I’m far from a hater, matter of fact HATE is not even in my personal vocabulary, but their are certain things that I will never rock with regardless of popular opinion, massive dickriding, or fear of being the odd man out….

So with that being said, walk with me as I unveil some personal Hip hop pet peeves…

1…“ANYWHERE THE WIND BLOWS”

One day your a B-Boy, the next day your a D-Boy, next week your a fashionista type, the following week your a trap DJ, next month your a EDM partygoer, and after all that I heard you were a rock-a-billy disciple as well…

What you are is a opportunist that will gravitate towards any current trend if you feel it will give you some type of shines…GTFOH.

2..“LIVE AID”.

“I’m tired of rappers with live instruments on the stage / save that shit for parades”….MC REN “KISS MY BLACK ASS”.

When it comes to Hip Hop I could give a fuck about a live band…Hip Hop started from DJ’s cutting up breaks, so why are you on stage with a 5 piece band playing all that racket?..

Maybe I’m traditional, you can even call me old fashioned, but I’m not messing with all these dudes that sound like a Bon Jovi cover band with someone spitting weirdo rhymes on top of it..

3..“SWEET AS ALIZE”.

Wow……Hip Hop is alive and well in 2013, but some of these producers are crafting the softest shit imaginable….

Whatever happened to aggressive chops, or drum programming so angry that it forced you to hit the panic button?….

4..“WAX SUPPORT”.

I recently heard someone complaining about the recent influx of niche record labels that have popped up….

Are you serious ?

Thank goodness cats have taken it upon themselves to keep vinyl alive when others attempted to ride a strictly digital wave….Make sure you support CHOPPED HERRING, DOPE FOLKS, ILL ADRENALINE, DIGGERS WITH GRATITUDE, VENDETTA VINYL and the many others that supply us with vinyl treats..

5..“INVASION OF THE BEAT BITERS”.

Where do I begin with this one…..It’s seems like very other day I hear someone rock a sample source that was flipped before (ODDISEE recently hijacked CRU’s “Just Another Case” for his newest single)..

Sure Guru stated that “Rap is an art you don’t own no loops”, but some of this straight up beat biting is getting out of hand, don’t you agree ?

6..“DIGITAL MOBSTERS”..

On Twitter & Facebook your a hardcore villain, but in real life your a cornball weasel that has never experienced any REAL LIVE drama…..Some of these clowns need to knock it off with all the fake digital tough talk – it might save you from a real life fiasco…

7..”HIP HOP HUSTLERS”..

Hip Hop is NOT a hustle, a grind, or work – it IS a artform that should be taken very seriously and not misused by cats that are only in it for a quick dollar….

I’m tired of hearing about your “BRAND” and your “GRINDING” when you don’t even spend a decent amount of time practicing to keep your skills sharp…

“It’s not about what Hip Hop can do for you, it’s about what can you do for Hip Hop”…

With the release of “CHEESE STEAKS & BEATBREAKS” earlier this year, The Booze Brothers continue their streak of dropping heavyweight boulevard bully rap…

Do yourself a favor and go cop the vinyl over & CHOPPED HERRING..

Ever since they were young boys these blood brothers (Him Lo and Clever One) repped the culture. MC’ing was the last element of Hip Hop that they took their hands to and Philly was always a major city for B-Boy culture. As well as cats like Steady B, Schooly D and Cool C doin music, the graf and breaking scene went as hard as anywhere. Him-Lo remembers that you could feel Hip Hop “in the air” back in the late 70s and early 80s. Even goin out for a ride in his parents’ car he was in awe of the throw-ups and pieces which coated the inner city walls. As a kid he always knew he’d never be able to shake it – he’d be livin Hip Hop for the whole of his life. Ha, and that’s been a while – Him-Lo is now 39 and his younger brother Clev One is 35 – and this is the first time they have released a physical product. Why?
The boys have been droppin rhymes since around 1992, when they started to become more serious about the craft. They were involved in a part-time crew called Bermuda Triangle. It was hard gettin stuff done cause members were in and out of jail or dealing with various addictions. The brothers too had been naughty boys!! Typically, they were both thrown out of their respective high schools for writing on the walls and before long they were jackin’ cars. They were introduced to Lo-Life B-Bill through a chick they knew called Big Shirley who used to go out boostin’ and would hide the gear in her fat rolls (!!). B-Bill AKA Michael Culley, one of the founding fathers of the Lo-Life movement, had moved from Brooklyn New York and the boys started to hang out around 1993 and that’s when their Lo boostin addiction began. Cats didn’t have money to cop Lo, so boostin’ was the only way to look dipped. The brothers would be out on the daily destroying racks. I asked Him-Lo about any particular boostin adventures he’d been on. He told me about one mission that always made him laugh when he looks back. He’d been boostin for most of the day, in and out of different stores in Philly. In one store that afternoon they noticed some store workers talkin on walkie talkies, so they bustin out and Him’s homie Ant jacked a Cutlass Ciera. They drove the stolen vehicle down some back streets and got caught up in (of all things) a police block party. Appropriately Lo, they found themselves swervin between police horses and cars, while carryin mad garms and ridin in a stolen vehicle. Him remembers just jumpin out the car while it was still rolling and sneakin’ off down the subway stairs and gettin the hell out. They always had a lot of fun and always ended up with ill GEAR. Welcome to Da Buze Bruvaz…

“TAG TEAM TACTICS”..

“CHAMPION SWEATERS”

Back in 1989 TONY ROCK responded to L.L. Cool J’s hilarious song “I’m That Type Of Guy”…

On “I’m That Type Of Nigga” Tony made death threats to anyone brave enough to push up on one of his females..”I’m the type of nigga that waits for you to arrive / so when you frown up in the grill, I got a uzi by my side”….HAHA..

I’m not sure what Tony is up to in 2013, but you will go down in the history books as a funny ass motherfucker…

*Taken from the 1989 release “LET ME TAKE YOU TO THE ROCK HOUSE”..Luke Skywalker Records..

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As promised last week, PRITT KALSI delivers the last segment of his Paul C documentary….

Appearances from Dr. Butcher,CJ Moore, Jeru The Damaja, Rakim, Ced G, Moe Love, Mikey D, etc…

RIP Paul C.Mckasty…

Here is the Third and final part of the film about Queens Legendary Producer and Engineer Paul C McKasty. A man that contributed a great deal to the Golden Era of Hip Hop Music. As in the Article on the previous Post this is no way the definitive story or Film. There is still a few key people missing.

I hope that after watching this that they may want to contribute some footage that would make it the definitive film. I would really like to thank all those that took part and believed in me from the get go. Lindley Farley and CJ Moore who where the driving force behind me who’s words in previous conversations I cherished and kept in my heart and soul, this film as I always said is a film made for you.

PEEP..

When I ran into GORE ELOHIM (former member of Non Phixion) a few years back while digging at a random record store, he informed me about a upcoming project entitled , “Electric Lucifer”…

I knew with a title like that, he was going to bring some drama to the table…FFWD to 2013 and just like I thought, “E.L.” is filled to the brim with songs about ultra violence, paranoid conspiracy theories, rampant drug abuse, secret societies, and all types of wild shit…

It’s a solid record that contains a sinister frequency throughout..Some of the topics sound a little redundant after repeated listens, but there are a handful of BANGERS on here that might surprise some of you….For instance the GEMINI LOUNGE produced cut “Ritual Abuse” is my joint of the week without question (if your looking for some panic button rap, you just found it)….

“RITUAL ABUSE”…This intro will make you want to hurt something…

“GORETORIUM” produced by Vic Grimes..

* We will unveil sampler & begin pre-orders next week…Shipping date November 7th….

Picking up where the critically acclaimed first album left off, GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM 2-THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE by DRASAR MONUMENTAL and MF GRIMM proves there’s no such thing as a sophomore jinx. Their new release has crafted a world flooded by warlord bars, sinister MC supremacy, political unrest, and detailed crime sagas…

Their new creation is more cinematic and heavily constructed with sample abuse that instantly sweeps the listener into a hardcore hip-hop abyss that refuses to let all who hear it come up for air…
The deadly duo of crate digger extraordinaire DRASAR MONUMENTAL and award-winning writer MF GRIMM takes you on a unpredictable journey as they demonstrate hip-hop is alive and well in 2013…

*LIMITED EDITION VINYL – ONLY 500 PIECES PRESSED.

TRACKLIST-
1. “THE BEAR”.
2. “20%”.
3. “KHUN SA”.
4. “GOLDEN TRIANGLE”.
5. “CAGED BIRD”.
6. “CHECK EM”.
7. “ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION”.
8. “PERCY CAREY”.
9. “SAGA”.
10.”WHAT WENT WRONG?”.
11. “BURNING DAYLIGHT”.

RUNNING TIME – 40 MIN.
*ARTWORK BY KHUFU ONERZ

Icepick, Grizzly, and DJ Supreme (Hijack) put out a blistering EP in 1995 called “Genocide” under the name BODYSNATCHERS..In my opinion the best cut would have to be “MC Killer”, because it is pure pandemonium with a heavy emphasis on drama, taking other crews out, and all that other wild shit….

There was some controversy that popped off when GENOCIDE was reissued a few years back, so consider yourself lucky if you own a OG copy of this ultra rare release….

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The ALOHA GOT SOUL blog’s main focus is the documentation of rare Hawaiian funk, soul, reggae, etc…Believe me there is a lot going on over there besides surfing, resorts, and all that other typical shit that most people think of when they envision Hawaiian sands….

I highly suggest heading over to their spot, make sure you tell them the grimey dude from HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD sent you!

PEEP…

Straight from Japan comes this mix by DJ Seiji (Underground Railroad 10)…I’m quite sure that after you peep the playlist you will do the right thing and scoop this one up…

26 cuts deep troopers….VIA-LTBB.

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Not exactly sure what happened with ONE LEG UP RECORDS (they haven’t released a record in years), but at one point they were releasing killer releases at an alarming rate…

They dropped unreleased gems from the BEAT NUTS, SHORTY LONG, BRAND NUBIAN, HERB MCGRUFF, PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH, LORD DIGGA, and the very ill CENOBITES “Demented Thoughts” EP along with the “Ill Funk Freaker” EP by GODFATHER DON……

Lucky for us they took the time to link up with the GODFATHER and ask him some well thought questions regarding his departure from Hip Hop, beats, and all types of other shit….This is the best interview on DON I have ever read, so make sure you check in…

“4XL: Now onto the Cenobites material we’re releasing on One Leg Up. Why didn’t these Cenobites joints make the first Fondle Em EP, especially since this material is on par with the stuff that came out previously?

Like I said, I used to do so much material that at the rate of creation of material you couldn’t keep up with it. So what used to happen during the times the Cenobites material was being created, I used to just do tapes all the time. And by that time, me and Keith was hanging tough. He was always hangin’ out in the city, shopping and stuff and I used to work right where everybody used to hang out like around 34th Street. So when I used to come out of work, he would already be out there and we would just hang out you know, go have drinks and bug out and go to the crib and do music and write stuff”.

PEEP…

And to give your weekend shenanigans a boost – here is the download for the “Ill Funk Freaker” EP cuzzo!

01. Frontin’ Ass Ducks
02. 8 Million Stories
03. Ain’t None Left
04. Ill Funk Freaker
05. Shoot The Two (ft. Da Funky Orphanz)
06. Yeah
07. Where’z The Skillz?
08. Slaves (Straight Jacket Mix) (ft. Kool Keith)

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Glad to see L-THE HEADTOUCHA & DJ SHAME get the limited edition vinyl treatment….Those dudes over at CHOPPED HERRING bring us a 6 song EP featuring unreleased cuts from 1997-1998 to keep the Hip Hop morale up..

Tracks:

A1 It’s All Over
A2 Rain
A3 Dead Man

B1 Sesame Street Hood
B2 Shady Niggaz
B3 All In Together Now

All tracks produced by Vinyl Reanimators 1997-1998.

A couple days ago FAKE BLOOD dropped another addition to his sample source “Used” series…

I’m quite sure you know the drill by now – doubles, ill selections, and another round of “name that tune” homeboy…

“Here is the 7th edition in my USED series.
I said I’d stop at 6, but I couldn’t really do that, could I?

As with all the previous volumes, it’s 100% original pressings of old tracks sampled in classic Hip Hop tunes, loaded into Serato (to save them getting wrecked and cos many of them are super rare), and then cut up on 2 copies.

Enjoy…

FB x”

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I gave this new project by Hus Kingpen & Rozewood a listen earlier today and there were a few joints that caught my attention…

“Debut official album from Hus Kingpin & Rozewood entitled
“$100 Taper” coming soon”……

I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the Brooklyn trio dropped their classic debut album, “Enter The Stage”….When it initially dropped I was blown away by the extra murky production, raw aggression, and imagery these BCC reppers were able to convey….

Unlike a lot of joints from this time period, “ETS” has managed to age very well (I double dare you to give it a listen now and say otherwise)..

PEEP….

*KHUFU rocking a DREAM dedication piece.

Even though the judges didn’t give my cuzzo KHUFU ONERZ the championship belt at the Estria battle in Oakland, it’s obvious to me and plenty others that he deserved the crown (and Doves should of got a close second)..

“Regardless of what”, it was a beautiful day in the park with performances by Dead Prez, and all types of other dudes..Big up to the whole GFC, Resek, Fooderz, Seca, Gir, Prize, Toons, NS, Pezo, Chris, Saurus, etc..

KHUFU ONERZ gets the “Flick Of The Day” because his piece is straight explosion status (keep in mind the above photo wasn’t the fully finished piece) …Click on the photo to further analyze the wreck..