Sach O assumes the real rap comes at halftime.
Halftime 09 Rap Mix (Z-Share download)
Rap wise, it’s hard to find fault with 2009 so far. You can spend your time complaining about what the next guy’s listening to or shouting the praises of whatever specific movement you advocate from the rooftops like a disenfranchised Iranian, but truth is we’ve all been spoiled for choice this year. A collapsing music industry means artists are getting back to honest-to-God collaborations again and whatever specific batch of emcees you think should end up on XXL’s cover, they’re dropping good music for their audience and (hopefully) proving music can survive the internet economy. This blend puts together some of my favorites from the first 6 months a year from Wale and MF Doom to Lil Boosie and Kurupt. If the next 6 are half as good, we may finally get Nas to shut the fuck up. (Tracklisting after the jump)
- Q-Tip ft Busta Rhymes, Raekwon the Chef, Lil Wayne – Renaissance Rap (Remix)
- Wale – Pot of Gold
- Slaughterhouse ft M.O.P – Woodstock
- Raekwon ft Ghostface Killah, Method Man – Wu Ooh
- DOOM – Gazillion Ear
- Mos Def – Super Magic
- J Dilla ft Danny Boy – Dillabot vs. The Hybrid
- Random Axe – Monster Babies
- The Clipse ft Kanye West – Kinda like a Big Deal
- Rick Ross ft Kanye West, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, – Maybach Music 2
- UGK – She Luv It
- Lil Boosie – Loaded
- Cam’ron – Cookies and Apple Juice
- DJ Quik & Kurupt – 9X outta 10
- Method Man & Redman – Dis is 4 all my Smokerz
- 5’0 Clock Shadowboxers – High Noon
- Flu (Flying Lotus X Blu) – GNG BNG RMX
- Mos Def – Casa Bey
- Reflection Eternal – Back Again
- Busta Rhymes – Don’t Touch me (Throw da Water on Em’)
