Just caught this radio rip of ‘Meth Vs. Chef II’ via eskay so it seemed like a no-brainer to dust-off the original, unreleased version with that extra Meth verse.
Method Man feat. Raekwon The Chef - ‘Meth Vs. Chef’ [original version w/ extra verse]
Bonus: Method Man & Raekwon The Chef - Meth Vs. Chef II’
I fucking detest champagne. I don’t care if it’s that $10,000 a bottle type of bubbly, it’s still trash. Sure, it’s a good ice-breaker to impress a piece of skirt at a club, but when it’s time for some classic man-style drinking, it’s not time to be popping bottles. If history has taught us anything, it’s that the best way to get effed-up on booze is the classic neat whiskey with a beer chaser. No sweet shit, no bits of fruit floating around your glass – just the facts, ma’am. Personally, I’m rolling with your classic Jameson. Not that extra aged joint, either – just the regular version. Combine that with a case of Heineken tall cans or some Budejovicky Budvar and you’re ready to getitin. Considering that drinking has now replaced breaking as the third element of hip-hop, it seems like an ideal time to get a feel for what everyone is guzzling on when it’s time to dumb-out, get numb and try to get some. All teetotalers and Corona sippers please wait outside while us grown folks are talking.
What’s your choice of liquor when it’s time for a bender?
^ This dame is the only thing you’ll remember from this film.
What do you do when you’re a bored millionaire who isn’t selling records like you used to and has to resort to cheap stunts to keep his name in the news? You make another shitty movie, that’s what. Unlike 8 Mile Part 2Get Rich Or Die Trying, where 50 Cent was able to convince Oscar winning director Jim Sheridan to try and deliver something beyond the typical ‘hood’ movie, this time around he’s gone back to basics. That’s right, your boy Curtis Jackson wrote, directed and starred in this future classic of modern cinema… (more…)
So I’m throwing out the usual promotional bullshit emails that clutter the old Unkut inbox and I notice something that almost makes me spit my Oranjeboom all over the keyboard:
Artist “Kool G Mims” is looking for interviews, write-ups, bookings, etc
I didn’t pay much attention to XXL’s Top 100 Best Hip-Hop Websites when I initially saw it in list form, but now that they’ve posted a version with descriptions of each site I thought I’d cast a quick glance over it. In the two minutes it took an intern to skim through Unkut Dot Com, here’s what they reported:
Aging East Coast elitists take heart—some of the finest hip-hop blogs still cater to your demographic (even if the radio doesn’t). Unkut serves up comprehensive interviews from veterans like Freddie Foxx, Masta Ace and T La Rock and appeals to rap nerds everywhere, with hyperanalytical discussion of hip-hop’s past (“Which rappers wasted dope beats?”)
East Coast elitists? Guilty as charged. Comprehensive interviews? Check. What exactly is a ‘rap nerd’ though? Anybody who remembers a song that’s over two years old? Or does just knowing who Lakim Shabazz is make you a hip-hop geek these days?
No need to be ashamed anymore, rap fans. It’s time to admit to yourselves (and the rest of the world) that you might have bought some bad hip-hop records at some stage in your life, and maybe…just maybe…you kinda liked some of them. Obviously you can’t admit that kind of shit to your friends and family, but out here in the wilderness that is the intehnets, it’s finally safe to shout it from that top of the mountains.
Me? I own an original pressing of ‘Girls Ain’t Nothin’ But Trouble’ by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Shocking, but true. I also copped Arabian Prince’s Brother Arab when it came out, on the strength of ‘Let The Good Times Roll’, and have been known to play Gucci Mane’s ‘Wasted’ while driving…so yeah, regrets – I’ve had a few.
What’s the most embarrassing album you own? Or the worst song that you actually kind of like?
Talented photographer – and long-time friend of Unkut Dot Com – Alexander Richter suffered a sad loss on Tuesday, 10 November when his mother passed away at age 74 after a long battle with Diffuse Large Cell B Lymphoma cancer. Rest In Peace, Mrs. Richter.
Rakim has had some tough breaks over his career in the music business – having dealt with bad record contracts, a DJ of questionable ability and some misguided A&R people on his two previous solo projects, some of which he addresses on ‘Won’t Be Long’ – but this time around he’s taken his destiny into his own hands and released the latest chapter in his legacy on his own label. Finally we get to hear that raw, pure Rakim record we’ve been waiting for…right? (more…)
Far Rockaway, Queens doesn’t have the most distinguished rap legacy so far, unless you consider Father MC to be one of the best ever. Turns out that there’s a crew out there called Hard White who are dropping some seriously anti-social, ignorant rap shit – just the way we like it here at Unkut Dot Com. Led by Un Pacino – who I’d previously assumed to be just another Mobb Deep weed carrier – the crew includes H. Brando, Young Boogz, Mummbles and Scott Caine. If The Rockumentary from a few years back was anything to go by, then the official album (with a production cast including Sid Roams and ALC) is going to be a superior demonstration of non-progressive street shit. While the crew doesn’t have anyone on the level of Ice Cube in his prime, the combination of abrasive beats, ultra-violent content and multiple vocalists flipping it back and forth brings back that feeling that makes you want to punch someone in the wind-pipe, just like when Straight Outta Compton dropped. (more…)
Concluding my talk with eskay, we cover his time at XXL, the Nah Right comment crew, why his detractors just don’t get it and future plans for the site.
Robbie: So how was your time XXL? Was it a 9-5 kinda role?
eskay: I was gonna run the content on the Scratch website, because the XXL website was already up-and-running but the Scratch website didn’t really have any content, so they wanted me to come in and handle that. But then Jerry Barrow – who was the Editor-In-Chief at Scratch at the time – left, and they appointed Brendan Frederick in his place. Brendan of course had launched the XXL site and he had been running it since it’s inception. I had already accepted the job at Scratch, so when I got there Elliott was like, ‘OK, there’s gonna be a change of plan. Brendan is doing Scratch so I want you to do the XXL site’. I felt more comfortable working at the XXL site ‘cos it was more general hip-hop than the sorta niche site that Scratch was. I was amped that Elliott gave me that job – I got to work with a lot of talented writers and editors. I didn’t learn as much as I would’ve liked to learn when I was there, but I definitely learned a lot. (more…)
