Leave it to Jim Jones of all people to deliver one of the year’s most random and unexpectedly dope rap tunes. Combining the unfuckwithable Sucker MC drums, a huge Rose Royce Sample AND a guest verse from Rev Run, the production recalls the best of MF Doom’s Mm…Food-era madness, but with a club ready tempo that could genuinely cross-over if someone was actually smart enough to push it. Even more surprisingly, the usually inept Jimmy steps his game up with an old-school flow that’s significantly doper than his usual shtick. He should make the 2009 Paul’s Boutique, I’d listen. [ed. note: I wouldn’t]
Public Enemy’s influence on British music is a little discussed but interesting aside in the group’s career, with The Bomb Squad’s sampler-powered sonic warfare having a massive effect on Rave and Chuck D’s riotous political indignation striking a chord with punks nostalgic for The Clash. 20 years on, the cultural-exchange boomerangs as UK Dubstep influences the Las Vegas duo of Havocndeed, whose “Bass Fo’ Yo Face” samples the “Darkest Light” and mashes up the inter-song dialogue and acapella vocals from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back. It may not be subtle, but the track’s grinding LFO riff and big-beat breakdown packs a hell of a punch, and Flava and Chuck’s chemistry chopped and screwed into a fine paste. More 80’s rap samples please.
Download:
MP3: Jim Jones ft. Rev Run – Eishing on a Sucker MC
MP3: Havocndeed – Bass Fo Yo Face [Left Click]
