Feb
23

Word to the Gold Panameras

Say what you want about Rotund Ricky, he holds his own in rap battles like he does at an all-you-can-eat crustacean buffet. Forget “Devil in a New Dress,” he first put everyone on notice with “Knife Fight” where he arguably topped Kool G Rap. Blasphemy yes, but even if that’s hyperbole, the finish was photo.… Continue reading »

Feb
02

Sach O: Raekwon – Rock & Roll

A Seven Nation Army couldn’t hold Sach O back. I don’t know enough about the crack game to compare, but rap certainly reminds me of the pimp game in that it’s all about confidence. Theoretically, Rae shouldn’t be able to pull a track like this off but he knocks it out the park on momentum… Continue reading »

Jan
06

I Can’t Go To Sleep: Ghostface Killah’s “Apollo Kids”

Doc Zeus never had baked alaskan. Age is not a valued commodity in the dog-eat-dog world of professional rapping. Aside from the young pups clamoring to rip the necrotic, fleshy careers of the flabby and sick, age often robs rappers of that certain youthful couldn’t-give-a-fuck attitude that made us love our most esteemed veterans in… Continue reading »

Nov
04

Blu Shampoo

There’s a mild hypocrisy in championing Blu’s sporadic output while crowning Jay Electronica with this year’s Chuck Norris: Missing in Action Award for Absentee Rapping (a prestigious throne alternately held by Dr. Dre, Andre 3000, Del the Funkee Homosapien, and Slick Rick).  Via their occasional appearances and withdrawals from the LED limelight, both MC’s have… Continue reading »

Oct
06

It’s A Cold World

The Liquid Swords instrumentals are providing the soundtrack to my sorrow at watching Roy Halladay destroy the Cincinnati Reds like a Afghani-built bomb embedded in a cork of champagne. I found this floating around the Internet last week and have been meaning to post it ever since. Many moons ago, I wrote a 1,200 word… Continue reading »

Aug
16

Who Rock this Party?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDiLE91ZyvU In what is becoming a trite excuse that no one but me cares about, I am crawling to the end of another deadline. Posts may or may not be light for the rest of the day.When I emerge from my cavern on the rings of fucking Saturn, I probably need to revisit the I… Continue reading »

Feb
22

Meth Ghost Rae – Avenging Eagles Mixtape

The Wu-Massacre trio clearly squandered Def Jam’s art budget on the official album cover, leaving the promo mixtape graphics to the jurisdiction of a stoned intern from Fordham with a rudimentary handle of Photoshop.  Were one to judge a mixtape by its cover, this one would involve Ghostface’s unsavory relationships with gilded eagles, Rae feebly… Continue reading »

Jan
11

Meet Cliff, Patrick, Gary Grice and My Man, C. Woods

“Connect and network, that’s the part of the game that no one understands” –Raekwon. So says the chef, which explains why two decades deep the Clan commands a stature that stands up to easy Beatles comparisons. No one will ever confuse the Wu’s run between 2000 and 2008 with the Beatles of 62-70, but the… Continue reading »

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