http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVm7Smq-T0c I actually own this on CD-single, which is either keeping it real, or keeping it really retarded. From the first moments of the reel, one can immediately infer that the film is going to be of quality. Why? The stamp of quality from Mo’ Thugs Family Features. Like the ill-fated male fortuneteller scheme alluded… Continue reading »
Who knew these two were even working on a new album? Not like I’m complaining. All I know is that their new collabo “Broken Language” appeared in my inbox this morning, with little explanation other than the confirmation that it was indeed, a new Meth and Red track. I imagine it’s for a mixtape or… Continue reading »
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_cOsgRY7w Sometimes, I feel sorry for the 13-year olds of today. I can’t even begin to imagine how disgruntled my adolescence would’ve been had I been forced to listen to “A Bay Bay” and “Low” everywhere I went. We got “Regulate,” and “Hip-Hop Hooray,” they got the Soulja Boy dance. And of course, there was… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEaGNQ8t5Vs Whether consciously or not, rappers have understood the concept of branding since the on-and-on-to-the-break-of-dawn days. You can listen to everything from the “The Breaks” to “Crank That” and figure out pretty quickly that they were performed by Kurtis Blow and an autistic 4th Grader with a rudimentary understanding of Pro Tools, respectively. You don’t… Continue reading »
Listening to Edan’s “Sound of the Funky Drummer” mixtape on this fine evening and heard “Funky Drummer” for the first time in a while. Thought I’d share. MP3: James Brown-”The Funky Drummer”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63kRUCWstCo Maybe there was a trace of hyberbole when I kicked off my Times piece by declaring that Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is the most underrated group in rap history. Then again, I’m willing to ride this point out. Of course, other possible answers may include Organized Konfusion, Ultramagnetic, Camp Lo and others. And no, UGK no… Continue reading »
I’ve been meaning to write about Fresh Cherries From Yakima’s debut LP, Buttons For North Carolina for some time now, but it’s an elusive record to wrap your head around, a gnarled, slippery work that leaves you vainly groping for the proper adjectives. It’s an acoustic art record of ghostly, skeletal folk songs, sliced open… Continue reading »
Don’t get me wrong, Pusha T and Malice are very good rappers. And I certainly don’t blame them for not wanting to be lumped into “your coke-rap genre.” Truth be told, they can rap rings around the likes of Young Jeezy and Rick Ross (though be fair, both of those heavyset clowns rap about as… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6qMsEsCaQ Haven’t thought of this cut from The Panther soundtrack in over a decade. In hindsight, it’s got to rank among the best posse tracks ever. I mean Biggie, Bone Thugs, Coolio, Busta Rhymes, Redman, Ill Al Scratch, Big Mike and Buckshot? Gadzooks. Granted, it has neither Rick Ross threatening to tip over a speedboat… Continue reading »
Last week, DJ Khaled announced the creation of his We the Best Music, a new vanity label that will be distributed and released under the Def Jam umbrella. In a press conference to promote the pact, Khaled repeatedly proclaimed “we the best” and that “we taking over internationally.” As I find Khaled neither “the best”… Continue reading »
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