playtetris' new hip hop recommendation thread

[playtetris]

this thread will be for new releases that i think people here will dig.

first stop, we go to jay guevara's own detroit and check in with slum village and elzhi.

IMO slum - besides elzhi - are the equivalent of an underground lil wayne. they are all style, flow and presentation. slum has a new album coming out soon, but for the moment they have released an ep to whet our appetite.

money right (produced by madlib) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik5tpIQOAd4)

cloud 9 feat. marsha from floetry (nice r'n'bish cut) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFK6NhRrvIE)

elzhi - IMO the best technical emcee in the game atm besides pharaohe monch - has also released a leftovers album of joints he left off his first album. production from black milk, jake one and moss amongst others.

it can be downloaded from

www.elzhi.com (http://elzhi.com/)

[pete's montreux]

it's about time motherf*cker, thread: subscribed

[Maniak]

So if I want hip hop that isnt just a bunch of rambling retarded cussing and senseless stupidity where shall I look, oh wise one?

[Lebowsky]

this thread will be for new releases that i think people here will dig.

first stop, we go to jay guevara's own detroit and check in with slum village and elzhi.

IMO slum - besides elzhi - are the equivalent of an underground lil wayne. they are all style, flow and presentation. slum has a new album coming out soon, but for the moment they have released an ep to whet our appetite.

money right (produced by madlib) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik5tpIQOAd4)

cloud 9 feat. marsha from floetry (nice r'n'bish cut) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFK6NhRrvIE)

elzhi - IMO the best technical emcee in the game atm besides pharaohe monch - has also released a leftovers album of joints he left off his first album. production from black milk, jake one and moss amongst others.

it can be downloaded from

www.elzhi.com (http://elzhi.com/)

Promising thread, bookmarked. I could use some good reccomendations. Elzhi is the **** Elzhi - Love it here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTLz5fkHsOs)

[Maniak]

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Im honestly asking him a question.

I dont care if a song swears, but if it does it in excess and thats the focus of it thats simply retarded

[RidonKs]

So if I want hip hop that isnt just a bunch of rambling retarded cussing and senseless stupidity where shall I look, oh wise one?
start by not being a slave to the mass media propaganda machine and work your way up from there.

[pete's montreux]

two tracks in and i can already tell this whole release is gonna be hot

[Maniak]

start by not being a slave to the mass media propaganda machine and work your way up from there.
Whats that supposed to mean?

[RidonKs]

Whats that supposed to mean?
oh, i think you know, good sir. i think you've known it your whole life.

[Maniak]

oh, i think you know, good sir. i think you've known it your whole life.
If you mean Im just one of those people that thinks all of hip hop is a bunch of black guys swearing, you're wrong.

Some artists are good, but I dont really know anything about hip hop so Im seriously looking for artists who dont cuss as much and actually have meaningful(somewhat) and good lyrics.

[Lebowsky]

If you mean Im just one of those people that thinks all of hip hop is a bunch of black guys swearing, you're wrong.

Some artists are good, but I dont really know anything about hip hop so Im seriously looking for artists who dont cuss as much and actually have meaningful(somewhat) and good lyrics.

You might like Be, by Common. He actually raps about things and doesn't curse for the hell of it (he barely does at all).

[RidonKs]

If you mean Im just one of those people that thinks all of hip hop is a bunch of black guys swearing, you're wrong.
heh, it was mostly a joke. finding good music can be tricky at first, but i find once you get on the right trail, it pretty much snowballs into a whole slew of really good music on top of it. you look for other artists that have contributed to the one you're listening to, affiliate artists, the entire record label, etc. you basically get started with the help of somebody like tetris who really knows his sh*t, and then work your way from there.


and doesn't curse for the hell of it (he barely does at all).
maybe not in this decade. :)

[Lebowsky]

maybe not in this decade. :)

Lol, at least in the album I mentioned.

[~primetime~]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbvjnXhx7wA

^^^ Freddie Gibbs is currently the best rapper alive

I truely believe that...

maybe not really because of his skill, although he has amazing skill, but more for the fact that he is the "REAL DEAL"...

he lives/lived the gangsta ass life that he raps about...and yeah I know other gangsta rappers hustled the streets for real too, but this guy is different, he is is just being real about and doesn't cover himself in diamonds all that BS...

^^^ posted that in another thread recently...

blasian introduced me to him, and alot of his stuff is just great...

infact I think he is the best thing around right now, at least from what I know of, I kinda stopped listening to hip hop years ago, but this guy reminds me of the good old days...

[Maniak]

Just finished downloading Be(alot faster than I thought it would be.)

I'll check it out sometime this week

[Lebowsky]

Just finished downloading Be(alot faster than I thought it would be.)

I'll check it out sometime this week

Hope you like it.

[v-unit]

Be was so overhyped IMO. I read plenty of people calling it a classic somehow. I like the Intro, Corner is hot, Testify is pretty good, Chi-City, The Food, and They Say are all good. But then you have tracks like Go! which is Common's version of Kid Cudi's Intergalactic. I wouldn't listen to that unless I got paid.

Maniak you should listen to Lupe Fiasco if you want rap with meaning, nice lyrics and no swearing.

[Lebowsky]

Be was so overhyped IMO. I read plenty of people calling it a classic somehow. I like the Intro, Corner is hot, Testify is pretty good, Chi-City, The Food, and They Say are all good. But then you have tracks like Go! which is Common's version of Kid Cudi's Intergalactic. I wouldn't listen to that unless I got paid.

Maniak you should listen to Lupe Fiasco if you want rap with meaning, nice lyrics and no swearing.

Lol, so Be is overrated, but the blueprint III is awesome, right?

[Maniak]

Be was so overhyped IMO. I read plenty of people calling it a classic somehow. I like the Intro, Corner is hot, Testify is pretty good, Chi-City, The Food, and They Say are all good. But then you have tracks like Go! which is Common's version of Kid Cudi's Intergalactic. I wouldn't listen to that unless I got paid.

Maniak you should listen to Lupe Fiasco if you want rap with meaning, nice lyrics and no swearing.
Yeah Ive heard a few tracks from Lupe.

Any particular albums?

[rufuspaul]

playtetris, this old white guy thanks you for this thread. :applause:

[phoenix18]

You might like Be, by Common. He actually raps about things and doesn't curse for the hell of it (he barely does at all).
Go is one of the most sexual songs I have ever heard.

Just wanted to add that.

Great Songs:

The Corner
Testify

I love those.

You should also cop that Finding Forever too.

[Lamar Doom]

IMO slum - besides elzhi - are the equivalent of an underground lil wayne. they are all style, flow and presentation.


maybe it's just my strong distaste for lil wayne but I think you're selling the rest of the V really short and i'd like to take back all the nice things i've said about you

[v-unit]

Lol, so Be is overrated, but the blueprint III is awesome, right?

Blueprint III? What? Huh? I don't think I've ever called Blueprint III anything other then a decent album.

Be is overrated :confusedshrug: Not even his best album. Pretty good but its not classic

[pete's montreux]

second track "deep" im pretty sure has a dj premier sample on it

[v-unit]

Yeah Ive heard a few tracks from Lupe.

Any particular albums?

He only has 2 albums so far and both have been called classic by many people, at least, they are both really good.

Food and Liquor is his first, more musical; choruses, beats are more on point. The Cool is darker, themed and more lyrical. Tells a story and has some really powerful songs. Both are great and favourites of mine top to bottom.

[playtetris]

maybe it's just my strong distaste for lil wayne but I think you're selling the rest of the V really short and i'd like to take back all the nice things i've said about you

it's just the way t3 and baatin use their voices as instruments. they have very distinct cadences, just like weezy does. although lyrically they are completely different from each other, stylistically they are cut from the same cloth IMO. i do prefer listening to slum records any day over wayne though.

@ maniac - seems you looking for that clean and fresh hip hop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iztp036z54) (bdk ftw)

elzhi is a great place to start: if you check his verse in that money right track i posted, he blacks out on the verse. i would also recommend people like pharoahe monch (although simon says is pretty much the opposite of what you're looking for), one be lo and little brother.

also you got the old skool native tongues stuff like a tribe called quest, de la soul, jungle brothers, pete rock and cl smooth and even bran nubian didn't swear too much.

[emsteez forreal]

He only has 2 albums so far and both have been called classic by many people, at least, they are both really good.

Food and Liquor is his first, more musical; choruses, beats are more on point. The Cool is darker, themed and more lyrical. Tells a story and has some really powerful songs. Both are great and favourites of mine top to bottom.

i think that's what i don't like about lupe. he tries to storytell too much. and the stories are all in the same format. psh, i remember when lupe first came out i was all on his bandwagon.. i'm talking back in the days of fahrenheit 1/15. his beat selection is horrible. if he was produced by 9th, madlib, exile, dilla, RJD2, he'd be godly.

[B-Diddy=2Easy]

Even hip-hop doesn't listen to playteris' hip-hop.

[Bigsmoke]

Be is somewhat overrated, Like Water for Chocolate is much better. No pop songs, and better production.

Be was my **** but yea LWFC was the better album. cant hate on J Dilla's productions.

[Lebowsky]

Blueprint III? What? Huh? I don't think I've ever called Blueprint III anything other then a decent album.

Be is overrated :confusedshrug: Not even his best album. Pretty good but its not classic

I never said it was his best album, or that it wasn't overrated. An album being overrated or not depeds on what you think about it and what others think about it. I only recommended a good album that met the criterion.
Btw blueprint III is not decent, is straight shit.

[pete's montreux]

Yep, I knew I heard it somewhere, "Deep" samples this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft8x_dvSCL0) Gang Starr track

[v-unit]

I never said it was his best album, or that it wasn't overrated. An album being overrated or not depeds on what you think about it and what others think about it. I only recommended a good album that met the criterion.
Btw blueprint III is not decent, is straight shit.

I know you didn't say it that's why I said it gets overrated a lot in general, didn't mean you specifically because you didn't say anything about it just recommended it. I don't see how Blueprint III is **** but whatever thats opinion

[RidonKs]

Yep, I knew I heard it somewhere, "Deep" samples this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft8x_dvSCL0) Gang Starr track
damn, good ear. i've got both tracks synced up on youtube right now.

souuuuuuul! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmk30mvVz3Y)

[playtetris]

everyone's favourite non album dropping enigma jay electronica has released a cd quality version of his banging 'exhibition c' (produced by a revitalised just blaze) (http://usershare.net/ruyx8jn4qxfn).


so now i'm back spittin' that 'he could pass a polygraph'
that rev run rockin adidas out on hollis ave
that FOI, marcus garvey, nikky tesla
i shock you like a eel, electric feel, jay electra.

another drop is a cut from reflection eternal 2. while the quality on this track is horrible, it can be deduced that at the very least this track will be a banga. features j cole, jay electronica, mos def and of course talib (http://www.mediafire.com/?zfjm1mdyj2z).

[andgar923]

everyone's favourite non album dropping enigma jay electronica has released a cd quality version of his banging 'exhibition c' (produced by a revitalised just blaze) (http://usershare.net/ruyx8jn4qxfn).



another drop is a cut from reflection eternal 2. while the quality on this track is horrible, it can be deduced that at the very least this track will be a banga. features j cole, jay electronica, mos def and of course talib (http://www.mediafire.com/?zfjm1mdyj2z).

Jay Electronica = the GOAT 'Jay'

Dope track!!!

To bad that 2nd link doesn't work :(

[playtetris]

Jay Electronica = the GOAT 'Jay'

Dope track!!!

To bad that 2nd link doesn't work :(

i wouldn't go that far, but he's certainly a talented dude.

my bad on the second link, here's the second try (http://www.mediafire.com/?zfjm1mdyj2z)

[playtetris]

this could be my favourite remix of all time along with pete's version of shut em down:

The instamatic focal point bringing damage to your boroughs
Be some brothers from the east with some beats that be thorough
Got the solar gravitation so I'm bound to pull it
I gets down like brothers are found ducking from bullets
Gun control means using both hands in my land
Where it's all about the cautious livin'
Migrating to a higher form of consequence, compliments
Of strugglin', that shouldn't be notable,
Man every word I say should be a hip hop quotable.

Yo, it's about love for cars, love for funds
Loving to love mad sex, loving to love guns
Love for opposite, love for fame and wealth
Love for the fact of no longer loving yourself, kid
We living in them days of the man-made ways
Where every aspect is vivid,
these brothers no longer talk ****
Hey yo, these ****** live it
'Bout to give it to you 24/7 on the microphone
Plug One translating the zone
No offense to a player, but yo, I don't play
And if you take offense, **** it, got to be that way
J.D. Dove, show your love, what you got to say?
(http://www.zshare.net/download/703308359119fc91/)
:rockon: :bowdown: posdnuous = most underrated emcee.

merry christmas ISH!

[playtetris]

when is Act 2 dropping?


out christmas day apparently

here is the reflection eternal cut w/ j electronica + j cole + mighty mos def (http://www.spinemagazine.com/news_mp3/dec/reflectioneternal/justbegun.mp3) i was talking about earlier in the thread

[playtetris]

out christmas day apparently

here is the reflection eternal cut w/ j electronica + j cole + mighty mos def (http://www.spinemagazine.com/news_mp3/dec/reflectioneternal/justbegun.mp3) i was talking about earlier in the thread

do not sleep on this joint. it is flames. youtube version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYC_NWSmEpk

[sunsfan1357]

So I've finally given a listen to Jay Electronica. I'm loving Exhibit C and Eternal Sunshine, but I can't find much variety of songs on YouTube or anything. His lyrics are also really hard to find is there a reason for that? Anyway if there are any more tracks I should give a listen to or any emcees with similar skills/style post em up here.

[KelticForce1349]

So if I want hip hop that isnt just a bunch of rambling retarded cussing and senseless stupidity where shall I look, oh wise one?


Nice post. :cheers: Just for my own curiosity, what music do you listen to?

[branslowski]

No Wayne?

Leaves thread....

[playtetris]

i realise this thread was started to recommend new hip hop cuts, but this next track really caught my ears and got me making the screw face. plus, it's produced by ?uestlove from the roots and james poyser (member of the soulquarians collective), so i figure it's half hip hop anyway.

the first single from erykah badu's new album:

window seat (http://www.zshare.net/audio/72296203f5a79c87/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2785/4177173622_0325223625_o.jpg

http://strangefruitmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/baduh5.jpg

http://unitedmusicro.com/upload/poze/1263474494_erykahbadu.jpg

[NotYetGreat]

Lovin' it. :rockon:

[playtetris]

new drop today comes from everyone's favourite fruity loops producer, 9th wonder.

http://grilledsteeze.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/9thwonder.jpg

here is his latest remix project

1. Babyface - Grown and Sexy (9th Wonder Please Talk To Me Remix)
2. Memphis Bleek - Be At (9th Wonder Fire Remix)
3. Kanye West feat. Ludacris - Breathe In, Breathe Out (9th Wonder Soul Remix)
4. Goapele - Catch 22 (9th Wonder I

[playtetris]

so finally we have a dope release this year.

from philadelphia, we have freeway's new joint produced completely by jake one (you may recognise his beat for de la soul beat 'rock co kane flow' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61cYyhI3hQQ)) called 'the stimulus package'. inventive beats + inventive flow (free's rhyme patterns have always unique as hell) = great album.

http://www.ourkitchensink.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/20091201-freejake.jpg

microphone killa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AO6Zj3aEWU) (feat jay hova post-black album... i mean young chris)

she makes me feel alright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMG2t0uPos)

never gonna change (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IV4Pn9qXJ8) (check the flow)

money (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRhHPxKZfeA)

[Rockets(T-mac)]

Can't wait for Distant Relatives:

This track is so sick (Full version is finally out)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyY70LE2D-Y&feature=related

[playtetris]

Can't wait for Distant Relatives:

This track is so sick (Full version is finally out)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyY70LE2D-Y&feature=related

that's ill, but they've been postponing the album forever. makes me wonder whether it'll actually come out.

[Rockets(T-mac)]

that's ill, but they've been postponing the album forever. makes me wonder whether it'll actually come out.
Last I heard (like 2 weeks ago) it is suppose to be coming out this month. I'm hopeful because the full version of this song actually came out. We'll see.

[v-unit]

I might have to download Freeway's album...Have you seen his actual album? He released a video, the packaging is UNREAL. I suggest you youtube it.

When I heard him on "Two Words" back in the day with Kanye I pretty much became a fan right away. He was also part of that classic freestyle back when Roc-A-Fella killed it on whatever that station was.

[DC's Finest]

I might have to download Freeway's album...Have you seen his actual album? He released a video, the packaging is UNREAL. I suggest you youtube it.

When I heard him on "Two Words" back in the day with Kanye I pretty much became a fan right away. He was also part of that classic freestyle back when Roc-A-Fella killed it on whatever that station was.
Haha two words use to be my shit. Always loved Frees line:

"Two words, Freeway, two letters, A-R
Turn y'all rap ****** into two words, fast runners"

[playtetris]

When I heard him on "Two Words" back in the day with Kanye I pretty much became a fan right away. He was also part of that classic freestyle back when Roc-A-Fella killed it on whatever that station was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Zs-Lb2rIM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rKl9vXJIzc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYPaSCiLXuE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcwG2VWPZMk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwtTN6kRuf4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xelx5FXxHXw

[Hotbullets]

Yo, I'm looking for some recommendations.

I like MF Doom, Madlib, Non Phixion, Looptroop, 'old school' Eminem (The Slim Shady LP, freakin' LOVE that album), J Dilla, Slum Village, Common, Biggie, Blockhead... Stuff like that.

It's been a while since I've listened to hiphop (I listen to heavy rock music mostly), but I'm starting to dig it again. Looking for some good fresh names, tho. :)

Thanks in advance.

[Shaolinswords]

Gucci Mane la Flare

[playtetris]

Yo, I'm looking for some recommendations.

I like MF Doom, Madlib, Non Phixion, Looptroop, 'old school' Eminem (The Slim Shady LP, freakin' LOVE that album), J Dilla, Slum Village, Common, Biggie, Blockhead... Stuff like that.

It's been a while since I've listened to hiphop (I listen to heavy rock music mostly), but I'm starting to dig it again. Looking for some good fresh names, tho. :)

Thanks in advance.

fair enough. i'd check out:

y society/damu the fudgemunk
panacea
oddisee
aloe blacc/emanon/exile

to start with.

reflection eternal have released another track off their new joint! this one features bun b of the underground kings:

very, very hot (http://videos.onsmash.com/v/Dm735xGCnq7TZf3i)

[playtetris]

black spade

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/40/l_f8a541bfd685d2aa1cde89e23e2d04c0.jpg

his lp 'to serve with love' was released a while ago, but a very dope album nonetheless:

enjoy the experience (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX-7t99X71s)

to serve with love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jak0ABzOvZU#t=0m47s)

[GhostDeini32]

thanks for making this thread, there is alot of stuff i need to check out in here.

has anyone got their hands on that Wu Massacre that is supposed to come out at the end of the month? if so... you know..

the snippets are out on amazon but i want to get the whole thing... the cover art is nice though.

[pete's montreux]

Word on the Black Spade, getting it right now. ;)

[Bigsmoke]

my hip hop knowledge >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[Tito Beasley]

this thread is all about geek-hop

[B-Easy8]

Can someone help me with recommendations for songs, I listen to a lot of old school rap such as Wu-Tang, I was told to listen to Only Built for Cuban Linx and loved both 1 and 2, really liked Nas verse on lyrical intercourse and am a big fan of illmatic. I also like the sound of Talib Kweli and Mos Def although I haven't heard too much of them.
Any suggestions for albums or songs to listen to would be appreciated.

[Jailblazers7]

Can someone help me with recommendations for songs, I listen to a lot of old school rap such as Wu-Tang, I was told to listen to Only Built for Cuban Linx and loved both 1 and 2, really liked Nas verse on lyrical intercourse and am a big fan of illmatic. I also like the sound of Talib Kweli and Mos Def although I haven't heard too much of them.
Any suggestions for albums or songs to listen to would be appreciated.

If you haven't got Mos Def and Talib's Blackstar album, yet get it now.

[macmac]

I wanna learn and know more about A.G. and D.I.T.C.H.... recommendations, history and so on....anybody a fan?

Also Jake One, what are some of his sickest beats? I just love dude's sound

[playtetris]

I wanna learn and know more about A.G. and D.I.T.C.H.... recommendations, history and so on....anybody a fan?

Also Jake One, what are some of his sickest beats? I just love dude's sound

a.g. is dope, he's in ditc and has a smooth style comparable to smif'n'wessun. his stuff with showbiz is very ill, 'goodfellas' being my favourite album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJY90SO1lWQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDA8bEBTfX8 (buckwild remix)

ditc as a clique is great. my favourites in the crew are big l (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwff61MTOUo) and oc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzyaaMUCpWs), can't go wrong with lord finesse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZmT3tOIn9k) either.

this is a classic posse cut. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGVdpZnGsI)

diamond d is also a dope producer and his album stunts, blunts and hip hop is nice if you can get past his maladroit rhyming. come to think of it they had some very nice producers with showbiz, buckwild, finesse and diamond.

jake one has been around for a minute and has dropped some nice beats along the way. his album with freeway released this year is very strong and his eponymous debut 'white van music' isn't bad either. he's probably best known for the beat he did for de la, roc cokane flow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61cYyhI3hQQ)

[v-unit]

Did anybody listen to Canibus' newest album "Melatonin Magik"? I heard some tracks on youtube and they are decent but I'm not feeling the production, it's too much for me IMO. Maybe it was just the two tracks I heard but if someone can shed some light I'll be greatly delighted

[Legendofthe718]

this thread is all about geek-hop

What kind of "hop" are you into? Don't say "hip".

[playtetris]

Did anybody listen to Canibus' newest album "Melatonin Magik"? I heard some tracks on youtube and they are decent but I'm not feeling the production, it's too much for me IMO. Maybe it was just the two tracks I heard but if someone can shed some light I'll be greatly delighted

nah i haven't checked out bis. never really thought of him as being that great or impelling despite his obvious technical skill.

been enjoying eric lau's 'kilawatt volume 2' ep atm. nothing groundbreaking, but nice, quality beat and rhymes.

this joint with oddisee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7VK63uG48)is nice.

[macmac]

a.g. is dope, he's in ditc and has a smooth style comparable to smif'n'wessun. his stuff with showbiz is very ill, 'goodfellas' being my favourite album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJY90SO1lWQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDA8bEBTfX8 (buckwild remix)

ditc as a clique is great. my favourites in the crew are big l (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwff61MTOUo) and oc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzyaaMUCpWs), can't go wrong with lord finesse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZmT3tOIn9k) either.

this is a classic posse cut. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGVdpZnGsI)

diamond d is also a dope producer and his album stunts, blunts and hip hop is nice if you can get past his maladroit rhyming. come to think of it they had some very nice producers with showbiz, buckwild, finesse and diamond.

jake one has been around for a minute and has dropped some nice beats along the way. his album with freeway released this year is very strong and his eponymous debut 'white van music' isn't bad either. he's probably best known for the beat he did for de la, roc cokane flow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61cYyhI3hQQ)

Yeah that whole crew is sick minus fat Joe....

I remember this track from back in the day, dude is too dope, flow is smooth, swagger and lyrics on point...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3weqw-K6szY

I recently came across new AG from 2006...not bad at all, especially with a dude that was relevant a decade ago...check out this track off his 2006 album....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3weqw-K6szY

[BlazersDozen]

Did Sean Price's new album Mic Tyson actually come out yet?

[playtetris]

Did Sean Price's new album Mic Tyson actually come out yet?

nah, not yet. :confusedshrug:

[BlazersDozen]

nah, not yet. :confusedshrug:

WTF

<_<

I read somewhere that it was supposed to come out on the 23rd of this month...

[playtetris]

WTF

<_<

I read somewhere that it was supposed to come out on the 23rd of this month...

releases get pushed all the time. he released his kimbo price mix a while ago if you haven't already checked it out.

[BlazersDozen]

Yeah I already got it...it's dope

It's just unusual that it got pushed back with no news of it...

I really want the Mic Tyson album!

[Lamar Doom]

F*ck, I'm late on this one:

pretty incredible lineup, be it Tom Waits and Kool Keith or KRS with Fatlip and Tre (pharcyde), they didn't slouch on talent for a compilation that doesn't quite reach Soundbombing status, but is awfully f*cking good.

http://indictos.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/the-spirit-of-apollo.jpg

NASA - Spirit of Apollo

1. Intro
2. The People Tree (Feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip)
3. Money (Feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip)
4. N.A.S.A. Music (Feat. Method Man, E-40 & DJ Swamp)
5. Way Down (Feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch & John Frusciante)
6. Hip Hop (Feat. KRS-One, Fatlip & Slim Kid Tre)
7. Four Rooms, Earth View
8. Strange Enough (Feat. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard & Fatlip)
9. Spacious Thoughts (Feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)
10. Gifted (Feat. Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li)
11. A Volta (Feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank & Lovefoxxx)
12. There's A Party (Feat. George Clinton & Chali 2na)
13. Whachadoin? (Feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner)
14. O Pato (Feat. Kool Kojak & DJ Babao)
15. Samba Soul (Feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert)
16. The Mayor (Feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, Scarface & DJ AM)

[playtetris]

^^ looks like an interesting project, LD. i'll definitely check it out soon.

http://blogs.splash-mag.de/splash-mag/files/2010/03/Marcbergcover.jpg

newest drop comes from slept on emcee roc marciano (formerly of the UN). this dude spits some of the hardest, grimiest, gutter shit you will ever hear. he's like the second coming of wu-tang.

his new album 'marceberg' is one of my favourite projects so far this year. check it out here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LFR46RUH

be careful: may induce paroxysm

[RealKnowledge]

What kind of thread is this? Lets put a good word in for our neighbor hood rappers?

[UK-NJ]

^^ looks like an interesting project, LD. i'll definitely check it out soon.

http://blogs.splash-mag.de/splash-mag/files/2010/03/Marcbergcover.jpg

newest drop comes from slept on emcee roc marciano (formerly of the UN). this dude spits some of the hardest, grimiest, gutter shit you will ever hear. he's like the second coming of wu-tang.

his new album 'marceberg' is one of my favourite projects so far this year. check it out here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LFR46RUH

be careful: may induce paroxysm

I'd seen talk of this guy but never got round to listening to his stuff. Will do so now. :banana:

[playtetris]

What kind of thread is this? Lets put a good word in for our neighbor hood rappers?

no, i'm just putting in a good word for stuff that people may not have heard.

if i was repping my neighbourhood rappers i'd be posting this sorta ish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiG5gmj_l3c

dope, but not most people's cup of tea, particularly on here

[playtetris]

new black milk!


don cornelius (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U11XZirvlos), an outtake from his new album to come out soonish :lol

[RedBlackAttack]

Ok, playtetris... I'm going to give you a bit of a challenge.

I pretty much think that all hip hop today is garbage. There are one or two exceptions, but if I'm listening to rap, it is from the early-mid 90s.

You already know that I am a huge Boot Camp Clik guy... Smif-N-Wesson, Buckshot, Black Moon, etc.

I'm also way into Wu and, of course, Nas. I'm really into the minimalist thing and I think the vast majority of hip hop today is way too overproduced with way too much going on in the mixes.

Is there anything new or semi-new (doesn't even have to be new, necessarily) that you think I would like after reviewing this information?

Your work is cut out for you, my friend.

[artex]

NASA is tight!! Props LD

Here are some random hip hop tracks off my iTunes, let me know if anyone's feelin any of em-I'll post some more

Shad K - I Get Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZ2g1s8e4s)

Ahmad ft. Pharcyde - Back in the Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1NDYXJTofs)

Common Market - Love One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewGK6D3zPAg)

Blue Scholars - Burnt Offering (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_LEM0cCJDk)

Lushlife - The Kindness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtcqyOdXZiI)

MC Paul Barman - Excuse You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2TBX4s9C4w)

[DC's Finest]

NASA is tight!! Props LD

Here are some random hip hop tracks off my iTunes, let me know if anyone's feelin any of em-I'll post some more

Shad K - I Get Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZ2g1s8e4s)

Ahmad ft. Pharcyde - Back in the Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1NDYXJTofs)


Those two were nice, but i'm much more of a old school gritty guy. Like RBA but throw in some Gang Starr, Gravediggaz, and Slick Rick

[Bean]

marcberg is hot f*ckin shit. mucho props.

[the_chosen_1]

Sani G, midwest monster, if you like mixtapes and gangsta rap you will love him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eabwXli3h0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0dThdJJyPk&feature=related

Sam Cuddy, best white rapper imho. Couldn't find much on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mw111ZH7d8&feature=related

[Jailblazers7]

Anybody listen to that instrumental album by the Beastie Boys? I've been wondering about it for a while now.

[thesnowman22]

Diabolic- Liar and a Thief

[playtetris]

Ok, playtetris... I'm going to give you a bit of a challenge.

I pretty much think that all hip hop today is garbage. There are one or two exceptions, but if I'm listening to rap, it is from the early-mid 90s.

You already know that I am a huge Boot Camp Clik guy... Smif-N-Wesson, Buckshot, Black Moon, etc.

I'm also way into Wu and, of course, Nas. I'm really into the minimalist thing and I think the vast majority of hip hop today is way too overproduced with way too much going on in the mixes.

Is there anything new or semi-new (doesn't even have to be new, necessarily) that you think I would like after reviewing this information?

Your work is cut out for you, my friend.

oh shit, i didn't see this post! compiling a list...

[Tito Beasley]

^^ looks like an interesting project, LD. i'll definitely check it out soon.

http://blogs.splash-mag.de/splash-mag/files/2010/03/Marcbergcover.jpg

newest drop comes from slept on emcee roc marciano (formerly of the UN). this dude spits some of the hardest, grimiest, gutter shit you will ever hear. he's like the second coming of wu-tang.

his new album 'marceberg' is one of my favourite projects so far this year. check it out here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LFR46RUH

be careful: may induce paroxysm

lol you gave this guy all this props and talked about how nice he was and how good his album is, then you put up a link so everyone can rip him off and download his album for free?

lol ****in clown. you're a ****in nerd.

[playtetris]

RBA:

a good place to start is that roc marciano album i posted earlier (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LFR46RUH). very raw, very minimal, very hip hop. totally what you're looking for. great street lyricism too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1G5VzKKzY&feature=related

then you should look at roc marciano's old crew, the un. their album
u n or u out' also fits (http://rapidshare.com/files/170038216/The_UN_-_UN_Or_U_Out_-_www.champion-sounds.blogspot.com.rar) the description you gave.

check this ferocious beat by pete rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgFR-Arx2qA

also some large pro tracks on there (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A3TPCHcnFk&feature=related)

next i have to recommend some damu the fudgemunk. (http://www.mediafire.com/?njmwfrmmzmm) i often rant about this dude, but he's the truth IMO. raw, looped up beats sounding like a revised pete rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmlkvTtliI

then you got cats like guilty simpson and black milk working with sean price (i.e. ruck from heltah skeltah) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUQ7wzrSiks). that's sure to be an amazing project; i'll give you the heads up when it's released. guilty is very raw in his own right (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0IZBAAMjTA&feature=related)

how about elzhi? one of the best lyricists in the game atm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGwAs0GiKNc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OI8Y8X4YkE&feature=related

the preface is a great album (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=xtuv93ch).

i guess i gotta drop some sean p in there for boot camp's sake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3aMfG6n-BQ

my favourite album by him is monkey barz (http://sharebee.com/95cde2b4)

uncut raw's first toke (http://sharebee.com/8fc2689f) is very ill if you like that dusty loopy shit too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrlrZ5YfcE0&feature=related

i'll be back with more when i think of more

[playtetris]

lol you gave this guy all this props and talked about how nice he was and how good his album is, then you put up a link so everyone can rip him off and download his album for free?

lol ****in clown. you're a ****in nerd.

yeah, i'm getting his music out there to people who normally wouldn't hear it. if people like it, they should purchase the record like i did.

[playtetris]

couple more drops:

LMNO and kev brown - selective hearing 2

kev is one of my favourite producers doing this thing at the moment. while LMNO isn't great, he's not bad enough to distract from the killer cuts on this project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFh0yvidQQM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeLMu2Q9JNM (both from the first project)

next up is the newest project by british emcee klashnekoff. he has a new album coming out in a minute, the first single of which is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK2t-YEunyE

one of the hottest tracks of the year, don't be a narcolept and check it out

[playtetris]

that klash anthem is pretty good

:cheers:

ok, so along with the roc marciano album, this next joint is my favourite. nothing complicated, just dope beats and rhymes coming from lil sci (john robinson) and lewis parker from the uk.

http://respecta.net/uploads/posts/2010-06/thumbs/1276000132_00-front.jpg

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O6JWDS4G

here are some cuts to test it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyiKaLrop_M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDTyqoUil-A&feature=related

[plowking]

:cheers:

ok, so along with the roc marciano album, this next joint is my favourite. nothing complicated, just dope beats and rhymes coming from lil sci (john robinson) and lewis parker from the uk.

http://respecta.net/uploads/posts/2010-06/thumbs/1276000132_00-front.jpg

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O6JWDS4G

here are some cuts to test it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyiKaLrop_M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDTyqoUil-A&feature=related

It's terrible that you actually think this is good rap just because its alternative to whats out there in the mainstream. These guys suck. They've got the typical nice production that's cited as easy listening that immediately gets the attention of most backpacker fans. Just because the beat is nicely produced, doesn't take away from the fact the guys rapping suck ass at literally every aspect.

[playtetris]

It's terrible that you actually think this is good rap just because its alternative to whats out there in the mainstream. These guys suck. They've got the typical nice production that's cited as easy listening that immediately gets the attention of most backpacker fans. Just because the beat is nicely produced, doesn't take away from the fact the guys rapping suck ass at literally every aspect.

i agree re: lewis parker. he has a stilted flow (although that seems to be consistent in the UK scene), but he produces killer beats so i'll forgive him that.

lil sci is actually quite a good rhymer. while his flow is not that in the pocket, he has an amazing ear for beats and is a solid lyricist:

political track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-K1rFCPbEw&feature=related

storytellin' female joint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3a-dLlrOTI&feature=related

freestyle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhWiGeH2MDE

as for my pick as this LP as one of the best of the year? i won't lie, it's mainly for the production, which i think is ultra f*ckin' hot. IMO you don't hear enough of these sorta beats anymore.

[plowking]

i agree re: lewis parker. he has a stilted flow (although that seems to be consistent in the UK scene), but he produces killer beats so i'll forgive him that.

lil sci is actually quite a good rhymer. while his flow is not that in the pocket, he has an amazing ear for beats and is a solid lyricist:

political track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-K1rFCPbEw&feature=related

storytellin' female joint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3a-dLlrOTI&feature=related

freestyle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhWiGeH2MDE

as for my pick as this LP as one of the best of the year? i won't lie, it's mainly for the production, which i think is ultra f*ckin' hot. IMO you don't hear enough of these sorta beats anymore.

I'm just sick of these alternative, less known rappers getting credit with most backpacker fans despite being absolute shit in most cases though backed by nice production. It seems everyone is trying to be the new Binary Star though the fact is those guys had some incredible skills in terms of flow, lyrics and punchlines, which a lot of these come ups don't come close to touching.

[playtetris]

I'm just sick of these alternative, less known rappers getting credit with most backpacker fans despite being absolute shit in most cases though backed by nice production. It seems everyone is trying to be the new Binary Star though the fact is those guys had some incredible skills in terms of flow, lyrics and punchlines, which a lot of these come ups don't come close to touching.

yeah, but one be lo is one of the best emcees in the game at the moment. top 5 going around, barring nobody. fact is, the album i posted has some of the best production of the past couple of years, and while not outstanding, the emcees are serviceable.

how can you front on a track like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0nU1s3cGQg ?

or an epic beat like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs9kLoKU-Bg

that shit makes just blaze's beats sound like a midi recording.

[andgar923]

I'm just sick of these alternative, less known rappers getting credit with most backpacker fans despite being absolute shit in most cases though backed by nice production. It seems everyone is trying to be the new Binary Star though the fact is those guys had some incredible skills in terms of flow, lyrics and punchlines, which a lot of these come ups don't come close to touching.

I actually agree with this.

Even back in the days when I was a hardcore hip head, I never understood why people liked some of the more alternative rappers just because they were different from the mainstream.

I also got tired of underground rappers always telling me how different they are, and how they were 'real hip hop'. I mean..... it's good, we get it but can you make a career or an album that's not solely based on that?

Which is why KRS turned me off as well.

To me... dope is dope, and the true dope artists lie in between underground and mainstream. Most of these underground cats deserve to stay underground because they can't make good music. The mainstream artists at times are even better than their underground counterparts, they just focus their talents on a different direction which diminishes their talents at times, this creates inconsistency and we get to hear the pop stuff more.

[RedBlackAttack]

RBA:

a good place to start is that roc marciano album i posted earlier (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LFR46RUH). very raw, very minimal, very hip hop. totally what you're looking for. great street lyricism too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1G5VzKKzY&feature=related

then you should look at roc marciano's old crew, the un. their album
u n or u out' also fits (http://rapidshare.com/files/170038216/The_UN_-_UN_Or_U_Out_-_www.champion-sounds.blogspot.com.rar) the description you gave.

check this ferocious beat by pete rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgFR-Arx2qA

also some large pro tracks on there (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A3TPCHcnFk&feature=related)

next i have to recommend some damu the fudgemunk. (http://www.mediafire.com/?njmwfrmmzmm) i often rant about this dude, but he's the truth IMO. raw, looped up beats sounding like a revised pete rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmlkvTtliI

then you got cats like guilty simpson and black milk working with sean price (i.e. ruck from heltah skeltah) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUQ7wzrSiks). that's sure to be an amazing project; i'll give you the heads up when it's released. guilty is very raw in his own right (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0IZBAAMjTA&feature=related)

how about elzhi? one of the best lyricists in the game atm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGwAs0GiKNc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OI8Y8X4YkE&feature=related

the preface is a great album (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=xtuv93ch).

i guess i gotta drop some sean p in there for boot camp's sake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3aMfG6n-BQ

my favourite album by him is monkey barz (http://sharebee.com/95cde2b4)

uncut raw's first toke (http://sharebee.com/8fc2689f) is very ill if you like that dusty loopy shit too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrlrZ5YfcE0&feature=related

i'll be back with more when i think of more
Haha. Just took a look at this thread again and hadn't realized that you responded to my post.

I'm going to take some time and give close listens to your recommendations. I'll get back to you with my thoughts. I just listened to 'Raw Deal' by Marciano, though, and I liked what I heard. It sounds exactly like the kind of sound that I am looking for.

Love that little electric guitar loop... Exactly the kind of minimalist mix that I like. And, he has a nice flow to match with the beat. Very nice.

I'll get back to you on all of this stuff.

*cheers*

[playtetris]

new drops for those looking for some new hip hop music:

ferocious beat by el-p off his weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3, to be released/leaked sometime soon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B173rxRIo0g (2:25 is neck snappingly good)

new album out by a producer from paris named onra called 'long distance'. reminds me a little of dam funk meets dilla:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElRBVDHT688

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B173rxRIo0g

also to come out soon, roc marciano's 'marcberg reloaded' which will feature production by just blaze, pete rock, q-tip and the alchemist




One of 2010's most championed underground Hip Hop albums is Roc Marciano's full-length solo debut, Marcberg. Produced and rapped entirely by the former frontman for The U.N. as well as Flipmode Squad affiliate, Marcberg was released this spring on Fat Beats Records.

Via Twitter (@RocMarciano), the emcee announced that he will soon release Marcberg: Reloaded. Per Marc's reports, this remixed version of his debut will feature new mixes courtesy of some of Hip Hop's most respected producers, including Pete Rock, Large Professor, Just Blaze, The Alchemist, Madlib, Q-Tip, Ray West and some new mixes from Roc himself.

HipHopDX will keep you updated.

[Jailblazers7]

I have honestly never listened to a Roc Marciano song. I need to fix that.

[xfactor99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKP7vU9w_A

Not a bad lyricist, though I ain't feeling that slow and plodding beat.

My personal favorite rapper (group) are the Cunninlynguists. Whack name I know but in their own words it was something they came up with shit-faced in 2000 in their basement :oldlol:

Check 'em out, I heard many ppl call this one of the best rap songs of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9khJP_mR8Iw

[Lamar Doom]

I have honestly never listened to a Roc Marciano song. I need to fix that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGB_c9-0c_Q

i like how he starts out slow and falls into it. the album is getting a lot of praise as the best hip hop album of the year, I'm not sure that's the case but it's definitely a good listen, real deal hip hop with some grimey NY beats. Lyrically it's not my favorite, well-worn gangster bravado, not strikingly original but he does have something.

[playtetris]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGB_c9-0c_Q

i like how he starts out slow and falls into it. the album is getting a lot of praise as the best hip hop album of the year, I'm not sure that's the case but it's definitely a good listen, real deal hip hop with some grimey NY beats. Lyrically it's not my favorite, well-worn gangster bravado, not strikingly original but he does have something.

while his topics are not overly unique, his approach to writing definitely is. he, to me, is WAY more evocative and creative that any other gangsta rapper in the game ATM which is why he's an emcee's mc. off the top of my head, i can only think of a couple of hip hop albums that i've enjoyed as much as 'marcberg' this year.

like in this track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqPxMsxoUGE), i can picture the protagonist maturing/progressing and reaching a realisation about his lifestyle as he moves through his verses. to me it's all about realising you're on the wrong track, and that's why it's so full of pathos.

then in this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqMBZUKm3sQ&feature=related) track, his wordplay is CRAZY. i don't hear anybody rhyme the words he does the way he does (totally unique rhyme patterns), especially in a narrative track.

my favourite of the album is this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uVHsPOL8j0) though. insane beat, vicious verses. "we chilling at the crib out in forest hills, whores from brazil trying to steal chlorophyll" :bowdown:

this track is killer too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxY9eBqmNaw&feature=related); beautiful stripped back beat.

and i haven't even mentioned 'snow' yet, which is perhaps the craziest beat on the album

[Lamar Doom]

what else is out playtet?

I checked out that Guilty Simpson on your recommendation, I couldn't find the new one but I found "ode to the ghetto", not as good as I was hoping for after you'd linked me to this track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEDBFzDnIRM).
Is the "OJ Simpson" (2010) album better?

I got the new Madlib "Medicine Show #7 High Jazz" it's kind of cool, I'd be happier if it were more hip hoppy- but it's cool, somewhere between Herbie Hancock and DJ Shadow.

I got the new Slum Village, they're never going to touch Fantastic Vol 2 but it's good to hear from what's left of them and of course my 32 year old ass loves hearing from Phife and Pos.

I got the new Big Boi, I liked it and I have to say I'm actually surprised despite being a huge outkast fan, I looked at the guest artists and thought it was going to be annoyingly crunk but even the gucci mane track is tolerable.

I got all the black milk I could get my hands on based on your rec (I found "Tronic" and Fat Ray and Black Milk's "Set Up") it's not blowing me away but it's good solid hip hop. Anything else of his/theirs I'm missing out on?

I think it was your rec that led me to One Be Lo's solo stuff, it's not Masters of the Universe but it's been in heavy rotation in my car. mm hm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7kW8hQv-do)

I've been playing Royce Da 5'9's "Street Hop" in my headphones a lot lately, it's really great (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5X2K6CZNo) and makes me want to give Slaughterhouse another chance (I think Joe Budden just really turned me off when he badmouthed Meth). I f*cking love this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgTZMAHB9XM).



NON HIP HOP- I know, wrong thread, but as long as we're at it- they "just" released a 6 disc Wilson Pickett box set and I got it, f*cking sick. The new Jack Johnson is disappointing, I loved his first two albums but he's just having a few good songs per album lately. He has a live album that I got at the same time that came out in 09 and it's very good. I got the new Arcade Fire too but haven't listened to it yet.

[andgar923]

while his topics are not overly unique, his approach to writing definitely is. he, to me, is WAY more evocative and creative that any other gangsta rapper in the game ATM which is why he's an emcee's mc. off the top of my head, i can only think of a couple of hip hop albums that i've enjoyed as much as 'marcberg' this year.

like in this track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqPxMsxoUGE), i can picture the protagonist maturing/progressing and reaching a realisation about his lifestyle as he moves through his verses. to me it's all about realising you're on the wrong track, and that's why it's so full of pathos.

then in this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqMBZUKm3sQ&feature=related) track, his wordplay is CRAZY. i don't hear anybody rhyme the words he does the way he does (totally unique rhyme patterns), especially in a narrative track.

my favourite of the album is this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uVHsPOL8j0) though. insane beat, vicious verses. "we chilling at the crib out in forest hills, whores from brazil trying to steal chlorophyll" :bowdown:

this track is killer too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxY9eBqmNaw&feature=related); beautiful stripped back beat.

and i haven't even mentioned 'snow' yet, which is perhaps the craziest beat on the album

My fav hip hop album so far.

Imo, easily better than Rae's.

[Lamar Doom]

.

then in this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqMBZUKm3sQ&feature=related) track, his wordplay is CRAZY. i don't hear anybody rhyme the words he does the way he does (totally unique rhyme patterns), especially in a narrative track.



that shit is so Wu to me (that's not a bad thing). "It's a Crime" is too, that beat is straight off 36 chambers or Ghost Dog




my favourite of the album is this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uVHsPOL8j0) though. insane beat, vicious verses. "we chilling at the crib out in forest hills, whores from brazil trying to steal chlorophyll" :bowdown:




agreed. that's the pick of the litter. ridiculously funky beat and he kills it. got the earl boykins reference too

[Lamar Doom]

got that "Suite For Ma Dukes" orchestral tribute to dilla too- got a four track EP that you told me about and a live album with a bunch of shit.

Got the new RJD2 as well- I like my hip hop with lyrics but it's good ambiant stuff. I love those Soul Position albums.


EDIT- OH yeah, and check out Qwel and Maker's "So Be It" from last year, right up your alley. here's a sample for that ass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcJREwISeqY)
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[playtetris]

what else is out playtet?

I checked out that Guilty Simpson on your recommendation, I couldn't find the new one but I found "ode to the ghetto", not as good as I was hoping for after you'd linked me to this track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEDBFzDnIRM).
Is the "OJ Simpson" (2010) album better?

I got the new Madlib "Medicine Show #7 High Jazz" it's kind of cool, I'd be happier if it were more hip hoppy- but it's cool, somewhere between Herbie Hancock and DJ Shadow.

I got the new Slum Village, they're never going to touch Fantastic Vol 2 but it's good to hear from what's left of them and of course my 32 year old ass loves hearing from Phife and Pos.

I got the new Big Boi, I liked it and I have to say I'm actually surprised despite being a huge outkast fan, I looked at the guest artists and thought it was going to be annoyingly crunk but even the gucci mane track is tolerable.

I got all the black milk I could get my hands on based on your rec (I found "Tronic" and Fat Ray and Black Milk's "Set Up") it's not blowing me away but it's good solid hip hop. Anything else of his/theirs I'm missing out on?

I think it was your rec that led me to One Be Lo's solo stuff, it's not Masters of the Universe but it's been in heavy rotation in my car. mm hm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7kW8hQv-do)

I've been playing Royce Da 5'9's "Street Hop" in my headphones a lot lately, it's really great (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5X2K6CZNo) and makes me want to give Slaughterhouse another chance (I think Joe Budden just really turned me off when he badmouthed Meth). I f*cking love this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgTZMAHB9XM).



NON HIP HOP- I know, wrong thread, but as long as we're at it- they "just" released a 6 disc Wilson Pickett box set and I got it, f*cking sick. The new Jack Johnson is disappointing, I loved his first two albums but he's just having a few good songs per album lately. He has a live album that I got at the same time that came out in 09 and it's very good. I got the new Arcade Fire too but haven't listened to it yet.

yeah 'ode to the ghetto' is pretty mediocre for the most part. i enjoyed the OJ simpson album sporadically, but it's not up to where i want it to be from those dudes. same with slum village barring the track i sent you. i was also underwhelmed by reflection eternal's album besides 'just begun'.

love that madlib album you mentioned... he's released quite a few of those this year (medicine shows).

big boi/roc marci/damu the fudgemunk's ep with raw poetic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChjwSDclyik)+ instrumental album (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8HrH5OWZRs&feature=related) are probably my favourites of the year in terms of hip hop. after them, i go with flying lotus (although he's not hip hop per se, it's an amazing album) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFix7VLor88&feature=related), john robinson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0nU1s3cGQg) and lewis parker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyiKaLrop_M&feature=related) (nothing fancy, but crazy nice production), as well as the rick ross album :oldlol:

i'll add some more when i think of them.

that suite for ma dukes too.

this is probably a little out of left field for most people here, but i also really liked m-phaze's album 'good gracious' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiG5gmj_l3c). gotta rep my local dudes.

another good one i forgot to mention is the EP by eric lau called 'kilawatt volume 2' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7VK63uG48). nice chilled beats

[-playmaker-]

I actually agree with this.

Even back in the days when I was a hardcore hip head, I never understood why people liked some of the more alternative rappers just because they were different from the mainstream.

I also got tired of underground rappers always telling me how different they are, and how they were 'real hip hop'. I mean..... it's good, we get it but can you make a career or an album that's not solely based on that?

Which is why KRS turned me off as well.

To me... dope is dope, and the true dope artists lie in between underground and mainstream. Most of these underground cats deserve to stay underground because they can't make good music. The mainstream artists at times are even better than their underground counterparts, they just focus their talents on a different direction which diminishes their talents at times, this creates inconsistency and we get to hear the pop stuff more.
that is so true...

I'll be honest, with the exception of Gibbs I have pretty much stopped following rap altogether...but most of the time someone gives a link to a new artist (not in this thread nessessarly but all the rap threads in here) I tend to not like it...it always comes off TOO underground or too "bland"...or too much of the same shit over and over by a guy how is trying to be new...

and alot of times in those threads I never post that opinion because A. I am out of touch with the scene and B. I don't want to look close minded...

I try to give some of these guys a chance, but it is difficult for me...I just have alot of trouble liking it...


and then sometimes I just get the feeling that maybe I am getting old...and hip hop is a young man's game...:(

I hope that isn't true...because my entire generation grew up on rap...but it is hard for me to invision a crowd of 50-60 year olds still listening to the stuff...

unlike rock, maybe rap is something that you grow out of...it doesn't hold the test of time the same way other music does...

/bored rant

[-playmaker-]

what?!?!? you're not going to talk about gibbs? :eek:
I mentioned him...lol

once

[-playmaker-]

well...since you brought it up...lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZWDcDDWJ2M#t=00m37s

^^^ as of right now I do think that is the best track on SKNF






mean man cruch on Gibbs...

[Lamar Doom]

and then sometimes I just get the feeling that maybe I am getting old...and hip hop is a young man's game...:(

I hope that isn't true...because my entire generation grew up on rap...but it is hard for me to invision a crowd of 50-60 year olds still listening to the stuff...




I think we'll probably always love hip hop to some extent, I see no reason why I wouldn't love Pharcyde in 20 years. Most of the new shit is for kids so in that sense you're right about it being a young man's game but that's no different than rock. People who grew up on Chuck Berry think Spice Girls/N'Sync/Justin Bieber is total shit, it makes sense that the 30-40 year olds think lil wayne is a joke. Different markets. I think there will always be the stuff that we loved when we were young and some guys who put out new shit that we can get into. I do feel a little detached from it though, I remember in the 90s I'd read liner notes to find out about more people and really take an active interest in the world of hip hop. It was realer and more important to me than it could ever be again. These days I need hip 20 somethings on the internet to tell me what to get and even then a lot of it misses for me.

It is going to be really funny when we're 80 years old and guys like Snoop Dogg are dying of old age and we'll think back to the days of doggystyle and just laugh.

[-playmaker-]

http://content.onsmash.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/freddiegibbsstr8killa.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arn6P3v3k4M

National Anthem




I am not going to post all the tracks on that CD, because I pretty much think with the exceptions of a few they are all great...

I am 100% convinced that had SKNF come out in say 93, Gibbs would be talked about right along with Pac and Biggie...and Nas...maybe the greatest ever...

as most of you know, alot of the appeal I have for him comes from the fact that he is talking about his life in there...he is as real as it comes...

[playtetris]

I think we'll probably always love hip hop to some extent, I see no reason why I wouldn't love Pharcyde in 20 years. Most of the new shit is for kids so in that sense you're right about it being a young man's game but that's no different than rock. People who grew up on Chuck Berry think Spice Girls/N'Sync/Justin Bieber is total shit, it makes sense that the 30-40 year olds think lil wayne is a joke. Different markets. I think there will always be the stuff that we loved when we were young and some guys who put out new shit that we can get into. I do feel a little detached from it though, I remember in the 90s I'd read liner notes to find out about more people and really take an active interest in the world of hip hop. It was realer and more important to me than it could ever be again. These days I need hip 20 somethings on the internet to tell me what to get and even then a lot of it misses for me.

It is going to be really funny when we're 80 years old and guys like Snoop Dogg are dying of old age and we'll think back to the days of doggystyle and just laugh.

i'll always have a soft spot for hip hop, if not for the music then for what it represents. TBH it opened up a whole new world of music (thanks aladdin) to me: if i like a sample i will do my best to find out what it is, and generally end up bumping the original artist more than the sampler :oldlol:

then there's the lyrics... hip hop at its best is such a lyrical craft. when i hear a verse that i relate to (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4JBC7I3kfQ#t=0m30s) it sticks with me as much as a book or a movie or a tv show that i like, probably even more.

[-playmaker-]

i agree he is really good, that ep has 7 great tracks, the exception being the last. but the reason you like him so much is because his life appeals to you. there are a lot of guys who are "as real as it comes" in what they are saying and are more talented. if you want to get into more hip hop than you have to get over the only liking "gangster rap"
I know...

it is certainly the main issue with me...

I probably look at rap music in a very sckewd f*cked up way...maybe like watching a action movie or something...

and rap without the action to me can be boring...I need someone to get shot damn it...:lol

that is joke, but it do kind of look at rap as "action music" for lack of a better term...and a real story to me is much more interesting than a made up one...

[playtetris]

bang, new shit once again. slum village's album from earlier this year was a little weak, but from the sounds of things black milk's 'album of the year' (to be released soon) will not disappoint.

here is the (second?) single featuring royce and elzhi.

deadly medley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOMldtCNyZ0)

top 5 joints of the year, EASILY. no question. AMAZING BEAT

[chrisxuk]

bang, new shit once again. slum village's album from earlier this year was a little weak, but from the sounds of things black milk's 'album of the year' (to be released soon) will not disappoint.

here is the (second?) single featuring royce and elzhi.

deadly medley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOMldtCNyZ0)

top 5 joints of the year, EASILY. no question. AMAZING BEAT

I'm liking that, added to iTunes.

[playtetris]

I'm liking that, added to iTunes.

still can't get over how bananas that beat is. the sample is phenomenal.

already bumped it 3x in the past hour hahaha

[Lamar Doom]

chrisxuk just posted this in another thread (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=188854)

http://soundcloud.com/wait-what/sets/the-notorious-xx

very cool biggie remix mixtape

[Lebowsky]

bang, new shit once again. slum village's album from earlier this year was a little weak, but from the sounds of things black milk's 'album of the year' (to be released soon) will not disappoint.

here is the (second?) single featuring royce and elzhi.

deadly medley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOMldtCNyZ0)

top 5 joints of the year, EASILY. no question. AMAZING BEAT

Most of Black Milk's beats are fantastic.

[Lamar Doom]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z_YFyxeS-8/TEZ5xLAN3JI/AAAAAAAAB5A/JZR4NOwaxM4/s400/Black+Sheep+-+From+the+Black+Pool+of+Genius+(2010).jpg

Black Sheep - Party Tonight (featuring Jean Grae) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I56eAHTMPlg)

Black Sheep - Power To the Pih-Poh (featuring Rhymefest) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JNj8E746HA)

Black Sheep - Important Fact (featuring Psycho Les of Beatnuts) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr_EOU-GUjk)

Black Sheep - Winner (featuring AZ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33sq7F0ZwXs)


For my part I kind of wish he'd just released this as "Dres of the Black Sheep" because it's just not the same without the Sugar Dick Daddy Mr. Lawnge... but let's be honest, it's wasn't gonna be the same either way.

A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing is one of my all-time favorite hip hop albums, and it's clear that the low lifes of the native tongue family tree, the doo doo eatin, vomit tastin, pee drinkin, jelly donut makin, hoe slappin, kitty cat lickin, cesspool swimming, pre marital sex havin Black Sheep will never be back in prime '91 form but we do have a surprisingly good album here. Lots of interesting guest appearances, an eclectic set of beats, and a pretty sharp Dres. By no means a heavy rotation album for me, but nice to hear from an old friend.

unrelated subnote- Dres always sounded like Smooth B (Nice n Smooth) to me, he sounds a bit like Speech (arrested development) too.

[Jailblazers7]

Lovin Party Tonight.

[Lamar Doom]

Lovin Party Tonight.

oh shit, I left off the most notable track of all....

Black Sheep - Birds of Feather (Featuring Q-TIP, and DAVE of De La Soul, and Mike Gee of Jungle Brothers) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8nX90mtDr0&feature=related)

[Lamar Doom]

Just got the Black Milk "Album of the Year"... definitely a misnomer. Somebody get this guy a decent producer. I'm seven tracks in and the beats are lame and generic (your deadly medley track the exception). There's nothing unique about them at all, no soul, no real style. zzzzzz

[Lamar Doom]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2YX4sdGO3a8/THF4VhlL00I/AAAAAAAAAqA/wpCsHodXZzA/s320/DjmuggsIllBill.jpg


DJ MUGGS vs ILL BILL - "KILL DEVIL HILLS" ANIMATED SERIES - EPISODES 1-4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7rmLBF9kHI <-- CHECK THE LINK!!!Saw this linked in another thread-- Un-f*cking-real cool. get blazed and check out the video. the whole album is really good too, I was a big fan of

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e-NZkYgfbbQ/SPoefRl6s7I/AAAAAAAAFgM/B1z7Uhs5_Bo/s400/Non+Phixion+-+The+Future+Is+Now.jpg

and this is on par or beyond that. Almost has a Deltron feel to it. Highly recommended. Frantic, dramatic production, definitely tells a story.


My buddy just hipped me to this last month

http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/80/PerceeP-Perseverance_cover.jpg

incredible shit. just relentless rhymes, unstoppable force, can't believe I hadn't heard this before. You all up on Percee P?



http://www.hip-hopkings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Marco-Polo-The-Stupendous-Adventures-of-Marco-Polo.jpg

http://www.antisteez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ski-beatz-24-hour-karate-school-450x583.jpg

sent both of those to playtetris as well, figured I'd tip you all off to them.

[DC's Finest]

Ski Beatz is one of my favorite producers

[Lamar Doom]

will check the percee p

will thank me. guaranteed up your alley.

[Legend of Josh]

Nice to know hip hop heads can be progressive these days...

[Lamar Doom]

Nice to know hip hop heads can be progressive these days...


for you joshy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_HVSvErbmE)percee p and diamond d produced by madlib

[Legend of Josh]

LOL... not bad... nice shit actually... sounds like a Sauce Money in slow mode...

[Jailblazers7]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e-NZkYgfbbQ/SPoefRl6s7I/AAAAAAAAFgM/B1z7Uhs5_Bo/s400/Non+Phixion+-+The+Future+Is+Now.jpg

and this is on par or beyond that. Almost has a Deltron feel to it. Highly recommended. Frantic, dramatic production, definitely tells a story.

My buddy just hipped me to this last month

http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/80/PerceeP-Perseverance_cover.jpg

incredible shit. just relentless rhymes, unstoppable force, can't believe I hadn't heard this before. You all up on Percee P?

Listened to these two while doing an accounting project this morning (Jesus Christ I need to switch majors lol) and the Non Phixion album was incredible. Loved it from front to back.

Percee P was great too. I'd never heard of him before this but he has some very serious skills.

[playtetris]

Listened to these two while doing an accounting project this morning (Jesus Christ I need to switch majors lol) and the Non Phixion album was incredible. Loved it from front to back.

Percee P was great too. I'd never heard of him before this but he has some very serious skills.

non phixion is a great album. is that the one with 'cia is trying to kill me' and 'rock stars' (very underrated premo beat btw)? that percee p is great too: 'the woman behind me' is one of my favourite lib beats fo sho. @ jailblazers - percee is one of the best, most unknown "golden era emcees" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZmT3tOIn9k). unmistakable flow. i'm actually seeing him with pharoahe monch and jean grae friday week.

@ DOOM as for the couple of albums you sent me, i enjoyed the ski beats, was a little underwhelmed by the marco. that dj muggs and ill bill could be good; i know they made a track with sick jacken, oc and sean p (one of my favourites, aka ruck from heltah skeltah) that sounded dope. p.s. there is a remixed version of the percee p album, also produced entirely by madlib that is aight

[Lamar Doom]

DJ Premier's Guru Tribute Mix (http://www.mixcloud.com/WorksOfMart/keith-guru-elam-tribute-mix/)

[pete's montreux]

DJ Premier's Guru Tribute Mix (http://www.mixcloud.com/WorksOfMart/keith-guru-elam-tribute-mix/)
Even after all they went through and even after what Guru said on his death bed? Wow. Really...wow.

Downloading immediately.

[pete's montreux]

Wait what? You can't download it? Damn.

[Lamar Doom]

Even after all they went through and even after what Guru said on his death bed? Wow. Really...wow.

Downloading immediately.

If you're speaking on the letter "written by" Guru most people believe that's an absolute sham and that Solaar wrote it himself. There's actually a pretty good site www.f*cksolar.com (you have to put a U where the * is) that really gets into what a sleezy piece of shit Solaar is. Primo has maintained love and repped Guru throughout so it was no shocker that he did this show. There's a lot of talk to get through, most of which is interesting, but he pulls out some of Guru's best shit. And it's just cool to hear what Primo picks out of his former wingman's catalog. Primo's show is worth the price of admission for xm/sirius by itself.

[pete's montreux]

If you're speaking on the letter "written by" Guru most people believe that's an absolute sham and that Solaar wrote it himself. There's actually a pretty good site www.f*cksolar.com (http://www.f*cksolar.com) (you have to put a U where the * is) that really gets into what a sleezy piece of shit Solaar is. Primo has maintained love and repped Guru throughout so it was no shocker that he did this show. There's a lot of talk to get through, most of which is interesting, but he pulls out some of Guru's best shit. And it's just cool to hear what Primo picks out of his former wingman's catalog. Primo's show is worth the price of admission for xm/sirius by itself.

Gang Starr is probably my favorite hip hop act, but I guess I never really got into the background and details like I do for most of the artists I love. I honestly don't know anything about Solaar, I don't even know who he is.

And I've been entertaining the thought of getting XM for my work truck, Primo having a show is just another notch in the 'closer, but not yet' category.

Thanks for the info. I'm gonna see if I can download it and throw it on my iPod for tomorrow.

[GhostDeini32]

can someone link up some of these cds?

like.. i click on a picture and it downloads..... please?

[Lamar Doom]

And I've been entertaining the thought of getting XM for my work truck, Primo having a show is just another notch in the 'closer, but not yet' category.

Thanks for the info. I'm gonna see if I can download it and throw it on my iPod for tomorrow.

feel like people probably think I work for xm/sirius with all the repping them I do but it really has changed my life for the better. I still listen to all my music at home but in the car it's just so f*cking nice to have a variety of shit that isn't just the stuff I always listen to. There's a Primo show, a Pete Rock show, Grand Master Flash's "Block party", a Statik Selektah show, a Tony Touch show, Afrika Bambaata's "Zulu Beats", a DJ Muggs show that are all incredible (the only DJ show that I don't really like is the DJ K-slay show). There's also shows with Monie Love and the G-unit guys that aren't DJ shows but are still interesting. Rude Jude and Lord Sear do a show M-F that is hilarious and plays a good mix of music. It's definitely not all shit you're going to enjoy all day long, I find myself on Backspin (old school) most of the time because Shade45 (eminem's station) and hiphopnation play too much shitty new stuff (Lil Wayne, Young Droozy) during the day but it's the only place (besides here) that I really hear new stuff and those aforementioned DJ shows are worth the price of admission by themselves. The decade channels (5=50's, 6=60's, 7=70's, etc) are also incredible and I spend a lot of time there.

[Lamar Doom]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UuKQF6MOHXE/T1aM600u71I/AAAAAAAABkU/z8blvv0to9A/s320/Cover.jpg

Kind of a throw back boom bap album, good ole New York shit. Rooted in duck down with rawkus flavor. Some french guy named Kyo Itachi produced it, sonically dandy. Reminds me of DJ Honda or the Beat Junkies.

F*ck Ruste Juxx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-PXu0CGWc)

Hardest From The Underground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJzvIro5o3g)

Strapped With A Wut (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxpId_NASIU)

[Legend of Josh]

LD - have you listened to Kool Keith's 'more recent' albums, nogatco rd, Project Polaroid or Dr. Dooom 2?

It's his best work since the original Dr. Dooom shit back in '99 - with Project Polaroid the best of the three. Each album is by a different producer.

I'm also curious to know your personal opinion of Watch the Throne?

[Lamar Doom]

Nitty Scott with Action Bronson and The Kid Daytona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJi08Evi9wQ)

[ace23]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z_YFyxeS-8/TEZ5xLAN3JI/AAAAAAAAB5A/JZR4NOwaxM4/s400/Black+Sheep+-+From+the+Black+Pool+of+Genius+(2010).jpg

Black Sheep - Party Tonight (featuring Jean Grae) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I56eAHTMPlg)

Black Sheep - Power To the Pih-Poh (featuring Rhymefest) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JNj8E746HA)

Black Sheep - Important Fact (featuring Psycho Les of Beatnuts) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr_EOU-GUjk)

Black Sheep - Winner (featuring AZ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33sq7F0ZwXs)


For my part I kind of wish he'd just released this as "Dres of the Black Sheep" because it's just not the same without the Sugar Dick Daddy Mr. Lawnge... but let's be honest, it's wasn't gonna be the same either way.

A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing is one of my all-time favorite hip hop albums, and it's clear that the low lifes of the native tongue family tree, the doo doo eatin, vomit tastin, pee drinkin, jelly donut makin, hoe slappin, kitty cat lickin, cesspool swimming, pre marital sex havin Black Sheep will never be back in prime '91 form but we do have a surprisingly good album here. Lots of interesting guest appearances, an eclectic set of beats, and a pretty sharp Dres. By no means a heavy rotation album for me, but nice to hear from an old friend.

unrelated subnote- Dres always sounded like Smooth B (Nice n Smooth) to me, he sounds a bit like Speech (arrested development) too.
:bowdown:

Great thread! Just post the shit in hip-hop thread, though.

[Lamar Doom]

Can you catch all the Samuel L Jackson references?

Statik Selektah feat Jon Connor (love this guy) and The Kid Daytona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUHIAT7rN_8)

[Lamar Doom]

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/53/01/530193232-1.jpg

Del The Funky Homosapien and Fela Kuti - West Coast Avengers (http://delthefunkyhomosapien.bandcamp.com/album/west-coast-avengers-wca-limited-ii-fela-mixtape) (free mixtape (www.mediafire.com?dktxb2c9878etor))


Del's one of my favorites. Kind of a low-fi garagey mixtape but it's Del on Fela, and it's f*cking free.


bonus throw back Del (heiro) jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG5La6k6eTI)

double bonus Del throwback track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ba2NErKFZk)

bonus futuristic track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_jbluF0qo) (3030)

[Legend of Josh]

Lamar Doom ... see below.



LD - have you listened to Kool Keith's 'more recent' albums, nogatco rd, Project Polaroid or Dr. Dooom 2?

It's his best work since the original Dr. Dooom shit back in '99 - with Project Polaroid the best of the three. Each album is by a different producer.

I'm also curious to know your personal opinion of Watch the Throne?

When I'm in the mood, Del is golden and a delight to the ears. He's what a consider a 'seasonal' taste (a lot like Kool Keith in some ways).