"Critical Beatdowns"
When it comes to Hip Hop journalism, the majority of fools approach it like the associated press…Who, what, when, why, how?………That format is very corny, and sterile when it comes to getting critical, investigative information……….Hip Hop journalism {in my opinion} is at it’s best when the actual participants {artist} give their point of view……….That’s why this book “Making Beats”, is a keeper…….The writer { Joseph Schloss} hits up various producers Vitamin D, Jake One, Supreme, Soulman, Specs, Kool Akiem, etc, with descent questions and allows them to speak their minds freely…………..The only problem I have with the book is that he focuses mainly on Pacific north western producers………..If he would have interviewed a wider spectrum of producers, the book would have a better balance………………..Check 4 it……5000
"Truth Be Told"
Black Dot is no joke……I appreciate how he expresses his views….He doesn’t speak over your head with a bunch of unneccesary big words, but he doesn’t dumb down his word play either………In the Hip Hop world today he is a minority, someone who speaks the truth with no apologies……..Cop his book “Hip Hop Decoded”, or one of his many d.v.d. lectures………You Tube clip below…..Out…..
"Wax Weapons 3"
Wax Weapons 3 is a little different this week..Every single beat is a “D.J. Premier” production…..Damn, Preemo has released some bombs over the years……I could of easily made this longer, but this is Wax Weapons…..30 min sessions…….Download A.S.A.P…………….Mixed by yours truly….100
"Beef Rap" Remix Edition
In 1999″ L.P.” {Not Co-Flow L.P.} released a diss record called the “Truth”……He calls out everyone who was popular at the time Snoop, Foxy Brown. DMX, Coolio, Onyx, Camron, etc……The original was produced by “King Shameek”, of “Hollywood Impact/Twin Hype” fame………I decided to remix it and give it my own dusty twist…………I wonder whatever happened to this dude?
Likwit Crew General
When it comes to west coast Hip Hop , you can’t mention Compton without saying King T…….His work with legendary D.J. Pooh, set a new standard on the west…..From ‘Act A Fool” , to “At Your Own Risk”, to “The Triflin Album”, to his work with the “Liks”, T always showed versatility over dope, sample heavy beats……He helped start the careers of the Liks, Xzibit, Madlib, Defari and even signed to “Aftermath’ for a brief period…..I am still waiting for a ‘Likwit Crew” album……….Below is a Marley Marl remix of “At your own risk”…..Rap City used this as their intro piece back in the day…….Enjoy………..P.S. He also had a album entitled “Kingdom Come’, before Mr. Sean Carter……..
Show and A.G.
Showbiz is one of my favorite producers…..He was no slouch on the mic mechanism either…..Their new E.P. is full of fly joints..My favorite off of this E.P. is “Business As Usual”…….D.J. Premier is on the cuts……Download below………
4th Of July Fuckery
It’s only right I post up Kam’s “Holiday Madness”………….This is a day we should all reflect on the lives of those who passed away fighting for freedom in babylon……….And we will continue to fight for our freedom as human beings until this system becomes humane…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..” Picture us cooling on the 4th of July/ And if you heard that we were celebrating that’s a world wide lie” Flavor Flav {Louder Than A Bomb}
" Sucka Of The Week " Fonzworth Bentley
Viacom, M.T.V. and Jamie Foxx should be implicated in this as well…….”G’s to Gents”, is a new reality show that attempts to turn “gangsters” into gentlemen…….And the gatekeeper to this gentlemen’s club is Fonzworth Bentley, {P Diddy’s ex-cornball assistant}……..Some people might find this type of “entertainment” funny……I find it rather pathetic, and a sure sign that we have not officially hit rock bottom yet……………….Time to form a 2008 “Drop Squad”, and reprogram some of these suckazzzzzz
"Mostly The Voice"
Big Twinz has the dirtiest voice in Hip Hop……Hands down……..He claims that he doesn’t know how to read, and that his lawyers handle all that “paper work shit”………Sad………..Regardless, he still sounds ill as fuck over beats…..Here is a joint from his new album “The Grimey Collection”…..Cop it……….
Industry of Imbeciles
Recently Serious Jones was dropped from “Disturbing The Peace”……It’s another sad story of politics and bullshit….What more does a up and coming M.C. have to do?…..Serious slayed opponent, after opponent…..Wrote good songs…..And had the undergound on fire for a couple years….He seemed to be the perfect mix of ‘true school” lyricism, with “new school” swag……..What’s the problem here?………..I see a trend occuring….”Raekwon” { Cuban Linx 2 } shelved…”Rakim” on Aftermath, shelved……..”Saigon”, on Atlantic shelved……….I could go on and on but I won’t……Check the clip below and peep Serious in battle mode………….
"Styling On You"…..S.F. Flashback
When I hear cats talking about the “old” Bay, these names always pop up……”415″, “Totally Insane”, “Cougnut”, “R.B.L Posse’, “The Click’ and a gang of other dudes……But one name is seldomly mentioned ….”Paris”. It’s a shame because his body of work is amazing……The above picture is of “A.T.C”……Paris produced this joint in 1988, and it was ahead of it’s time…………I tried to find out more about A.T.C., but my attempts were futile….But Paris continues to drop heat….He did all of the production for one of P.E.’s newest offerings, and has a fresh website “Guerilla Funk.com”………..The name of this song is ‘Time To Bill’……..and yes, I own the record so quit acting dizzy……360
Wax Weapons 2
Another installment of Wax Weapons is on the set……All instrumental, all off the top of the dome, all flavorful…….Since I am dealing with wax, there is one needle skip in the beginning……Oh well…..Download this right now and bug out to these beats…100………P.S. Live mix from my manz straight from Bronx New York, Dj Hektek up in a hot minute….
Remix Slap Down
What’s up people…..I wanna thank everyone for checkin in….I’m doing my numbers on the downloads and I wanna say thanks…….Shit is about to get ill on this side of things.. ……Here is another remix attack……The first one is a Mobb Deep flip,”Killaz Theme”…..Me and my dude Mondo did that……..The following one is a “Ruthless Bastards” remix, that I did recently….
Brand New Shit
This is a brand new Singapore Kane, feat..Big Shug joint……I first heard this when Eclipse played it on Premier’s radio show..Moss on the production , and I must say this is a scorcher…..Check it out and let it bang at maximum volume…
Renegades Of Funk
I hear fools complain on the regular about Hip Hop….. “Aww shit everything sucked after 96”, “The net fucked up Hip Hop”, “All that south shit is wack”……..Yeah, whatever…..While your running your jibbs, veterans in the game are still making major moves…..Imagine how someone like Bam, Flash, Theodore, Herc, etc feel about the current Hip Hop scene?…….One thing I know for sure is that they are still active……..Bam is steady on tour and has a XM radio show, Flash hosted Chris Rock’s show for four years and is about to release an album, Grandmaster Caz is touring heavy……….These brothers are a inspiration on how to stay true to your craft as you grow older……………The blueprint has been laid down…..Let’s take the pioneers example and add on………..360..Z’s up
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