B.R. – now repping for Duck Down Records. Is that a cartoon monkey hat he’s rocking on stage? Woah.
DJ Doo Wop, Lord Tariq and Snaggapuss return to burn.
Here are a couple of mildly inflammatory drops I did over at XXLMag this week, who decided to let me back in the building for another guest shot after my 2006 cameo:
Following are my four vintage drops as well, three of which are now ‘Certified Gold’ as a result of generating more than 50 comments…?
The Last Taboo For White Rappers
In case you were wondering how the Godsville album is shaping up, here are four tracks from the team-up of two of the Bronx’s best. Dropping February 15. Yay or nay?
Show feat. KRS-One - ‘Show Power’
Show feat. KRS-One & Fred Da Godson - ‘We Love This’
Show feat. KRS-One -‘The Truth’
Show feat. KRS-One -‘Improve Yourself’
Did you find yourself giggling like a schoolgirl who just shot her first can of 4-Loko when news broke this week of Nas’ tax problems? Find yourself Tweeting things like ‘#naslost’ at random? Then you may be one of the millions of rap fans who have developed a deep-seated condition known as Nas Envy. Let’s face it, life in the music game was never going to be easy for the ‘verbal sniper’ when he was proclaimed as the second coming of Rakim before his debut album had dropped. Even that far back, some people considered Illmatic to be not as dope as it could have been, despite almost universal praise from the critics. It seemed that many rap fanatics were waiting for Nas to fail or take a step wrong. Were we not willing to accept that any rapper could be that great? When he returned to the scene with It Was Written, it was painfully obvious that Nas had taken the modest sales of his first born project to heart, and as a result he recruited Poke and Tone to add a little gloss to his tales from the project window and rap over an old Whodini song.
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Oh shit. I guess I might have to take back what I wrote over at XXLMag the other day. Premier kilt this.
The mystery man himself…
The idea of seeing you’re favorite rapper posing next to a naked pr0n model seemed like a good idea at the time, but it seems that the mighty Fish ‘N Grits magazine founded by DJ/producer/rapper Joe Fatal ran out of steam after around six issues. Thanks to the archives of Dallas Penn, I’m able to bring you some of the less explicit photos from an issue of this pioneering smut book. Check below for some not exactly safe for work pictorial goodness….
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Not sure why TDK made this promotional video about cassettes since no one buys them anymore…but hearing Nas talk about his days as a young rap fanatic is worthy viewing, MC Shan misquote and all.
Hoody rap isn’t going anywhere. Coney Island’s Lukey grabs a monster Fizzy Wo beat for ‘Off The Corner’ and slows it down for ‘Who The Fuck’…both vids directed by Blue Collar Television.
New S-Dub with Nick Wiz on the percussion. Solid meat-and-potatoes brag rap is always welcome around these parts, as is a good Biggie hook.
Shaabam Sahdeeq – ‘Sicker Than Your Average’
It was bound to happen eventually. As I approach seven years of wasted youth as rap blogger dude, I’ve decided that it might be time to escape from the basement for a stretch and take it to the streets, as the Doobie Brothers once harmonized. That’s right, I shall be packing-up my cardboard box of old rap magazines and start sleeping somewhere under a bridge in Queens sometime this April. For any irate Weed Carriers out there, now you’ll finally have the chance to punch me in the face if you think that will somehow make the awful reality of your career decision suddenly vanish in a puff of indo smoke. It will also offer me the chance to drink 4-Loko at will, meet the four girls who follow me on Twitter face-to-face and eat some effed-up burgers with the Internets Celebrities. Hopefully it will also allow me to make amends for the wrongs I committed against the group known as M.O.P. when they were last in my town.
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Meyhem pays homage to his hometown over a J-Love beat in this mini-documentary. Directed by Mrb Mrompeobca for Skillusions Films.
There have been some talented gene pools in hip-hop, where two brothers from the same mother have both shown and proved on skill and talent alone. And then there’s these guys…who needed a weed carrier when you’re own flesh and blood could carry your stash?
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DP laced me with this Bronson/Solace version of this classic Alchemist beat.
Action Bronson feat. Solace – ‘The Illest’
Official video for this Fred Beanz showcase off of TR and DJ Moe Love‘s Ultra Laboratory Stories. Directed by Pritt Kalsi.