I randomly got in a CunninLynguists mood (no pun intended lol) and thought it would be cool to review their albums, especially since I just recently finally obtained their first Lp entitled "Will Rap For Food". This will not include the Sloppy Seconds mixtapes since 1) they are mixtapes and 2) I do not have them :)
Deacon, Natti and Mr. Sos are pretty nice on the mic and Kno is a beast with the production. They definitely one of the bright spots in the southern rap/hip hop scene. They speak on social issues sometimes, love, having fun, etc. They are one of my favorite groups and I love how versitile they are.
I guess it will make the most sense to go in order...
Also forgive any spelling/grammar errors, im too lazy to go through all this and fix anything :D
Will Rap For Food
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Standout Track: Lynguistics
The group's first album shows off their skills immediately in the second track/first song, Lynguistics. Kno's production is on point and the lyrics are nice and at a good upbeat flow. This is a great introduction to the group and showcasing what they are about.
"So fuck the commercial tracks you be doin,
A brother got to eat. Why don't you rap for food then."
[Deacon and Kno exhanging verses *=Kno rapping]
[Deacon]
The music makes me high
Even though I stay away from canibus, like Wyclef
*Deacon and Kno, fry sets.*
Similar to Christ,
*we got divine reps so tell me*
If you know your gonna die *why step?*
Show no mercy
*For rules and crews*
You hit with more bricks than new ?
*Riddles confusing fools,* like Confucian rules
*Cos most cats are more squared than Rubik's Cubes*
We spit raps that are totally murderous
*The rhymes are like an anaconda serpent clutch*
So check out how these herbs get touched
*Unless your broads giving us brains*
Nigga you ain't servin us
*Deacon and Kno,* cunning lynguists with stunning English
*Our true lies bring more pumps* than Harry Rehnquist
*Every week* with the best speech
Roll with cats who smoke more trees than the flash and burn techniques
*Sex, beats, between bed sheets*
Red fleets, Pulp Fiction style
*leaving your car with red seats*
We make like fly swatters and smash pests
*Put peeps under more pressure than a Kelly Price bed set*
Keep your bodies looking like samples for the Rorscach Test
*Ink blots,* so fuck around and get your team rocked
*Jugga's in the back with the beam cocked*
Gots to have everything between L.A. and Queens locked
Overall Thoughts: This album, like Southernundergound has more of a hip-hop feel than their later albums. It really gave them a chance to expose themselves, their lyrical ability and Kno's production ability (especially his ability to sample). Being able to go from songs like Lynguistics to Mic Like A Memory was an early sign of their versitility to be showcased later on in their careers. "Takin A Loss" is probably one of the best examples of their style and what they would become, the whole flow of the track, the lyricism, not so much the beat though. They used this album as a opportunity to showcase their personality's making it probably their most playful album; an example being the song "Fukinwichu" (lyrics below) and "Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts".
Shopping at Macy's, pissing in cologne bottles
Getting on a runway, drop-kicking supermodels
Smacking up vegetarians with hamburger patties
Tell an animal activist that I killed Lassie
Pimp through a hindu temple with a leather suit on
Stomp through a Japanese crib with muddy shoes on
Deacon the Villian, always misbehaving
In hospitals playing concentration with Alhzeimer's patients
SouthernUnderground
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Standout Track: Seasons
Seasons is easily the standout on this Lp but it is closely followed by tracks like Old School and Dyin Nation. Seasons is great in not only its production (nice sampling of Andre 3000) but its powerful lyrics on the state of hip hop and its assertion that the days of good hip hop will come again. Deacon's verse really helps get across the point -
As Summer's heatwaves ascended in it's splendid manner
Green was flooding our scene, although the skin was tanner
"Fuck The Police!!" jumpin over radio scanners
It was hot in the shade, wet paint all over the canvans
Fuck Vanilla Ice cones, we had T,
Cube's Amerikka's Most And wanted that Chronic on the Left-Coast Talent pools were full and fresh for swimming
Backstrokin' through Dark Sides and Illmatic beginnings
Them lemonade stands would make you street platinum
It was 2 Live.. Florida crews caught heat for rappin
But free speech pollination kept bee's colonizing in hives
And stung Delores Tucker right in her pride
The Tribes ocean splash was rising the tide
Strictly 4 My Niggaz that were ready to die in the ride
I wish the summer's vibe could've lasted forever
To bad we had to have a change in that weather.. that shit was beautiful
Overall Thoughts: This really fits with the title. This is completely different from Dirty Acres and A Piece Of Strange in that it is a lot more hip-hopish. Dying Nation was funny with that snippet of that quote President George Bush said. This album is definitely for those who just want straight up hip hop beats and hip hop lyrics. The next two albums would be alot more experimental-ish and out there but good nonetheless. Southernunderground was a nice second effort from the CunninLynguists. And it was especially encouraging when one sees just how much they evolved from Southernunderground to Strange Journey; even the progression from Southernundergound to A Piece Of Strange is amazing and just shows the versitility of the group.
A Piece Of Strange
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Standout Track: Hourglass
It is VERY hard to pick out a standout on this album. There are literally atleast 7 songs which could be the best, which only atests to the hardwork and talent of this group. When you have songs like Caved In (featuring CeeLo), Brain Cell, The Gates, Since When, Beautiful Girl, and Nothing To Give; its hard to pick oen that stands out but Hourglass does to me. This album has a strong love theme and Hourglass fits perfectly with that with the great picture painting done by Deacon.
Spent Pubescent years, blessed with peers I could trust
Spinning records to a game of checkers after dusk
Laughter rushes out of mouth, clutchin my stomach, abs burning From fast learning, not cash earning
Cause we wasn't really on 'at yet, just yes' y'alling
At this point, our lil' brainchild was hardly crawling
But had fallen enough times to keep a niggaz head strong
Fucked with enough spiders to charm a mama leglong
We's dead wrong, many days and nights
Trying strange thangs From jane to cane and variants of the same change
Get trapped, you off map, no Peter Pan scenes
Where everythings tight and lily whiter than Klan dreams
Tryna get something ripe, a nice woman queen
Stay strong and fight life, like Sudan kings
Pray to make cents for giving And make sense out of living Lord give me patience to gain wisom, please
Overall Thoughts: This is a great album. It manages to maintain the same vibe throughout and is basically a great artistic work/expression as seen in things like the intro, damnation interlude, and remember me (abstract reality). The entire album is strong and it is hard to distinguish a clear cut dominant, standout track which makes this album so amazing because the songs are so good. Making it even more amazing is that it is so complete of an album and comes in at a managable 55 minutes.
Dirty Acres
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Standout Track: Yellow Lines
Dirty Acres probably has my two favorite CunninLynguists songs in Yellow Lines and K.K.K.Y. Yellow Lines features the same beat from EJ the Witchdoctor (member of Dungeon Family with Outkast, Goodie Mob, etc.) which is great even though it has his recyled verse from his song Spell On Them Hoes. Natti drops a solid verse but Phonte drops an amazing verse and really steals the show.
She used to call me late at night
Didn't take long to see that we were a-alikes
On the same page, just couldn't get it right
McIntosh of my eye, let me take a mega bite
I cordially invite you to come take a ride in my thoughts
Switch memory lanes while we dreamin, wanderin
And in return I'll strip my inhibitions
And go skinny dipping in your stream of consciousness
She said it sounds tempting
And I don't want to catch feelings
But this urge is calling me bad
I said well suga, if ya worried bout catching feelings
Chances are you already have
And there's no need to deny ourselves
I mean, lie to each other and deprive ourselves
Denial's not a game I'm prepared to play
So I express things most niggas scared to say
Put a spell on 'em, Forgive me Lord but I'm hell on 'em
Baby we grown folk, So let me longstroke
And send em back to they man with my smell on 'em
Let me be quiet before I tell on 'em
Overall Thoughts: This is an amazing album. Literally every song, even the interludes are great. It is not too long at all at a solid 46 minutes and it is a great combination of vibes. K.K.K.Y and Mexico are great upbeat songs. The first song (second track) Valley of Death is a strong, powerful beginning to the album. Dirty Acres and Yellow Lines are just solid balanced songs. The Park (Fresh Air) is amazingly chill. This album is great, every song seems to fit and it is without filler. Definitely one of the top CunninLynguists albums.
Strange Journey: Volume One
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Standout Track: Don't Leave (When The Winter Comes)
This is one of Kno's best production works in my opinion. It is the best song on the album even though it has an eerie, somber type feel to it. It features Slug (from the group Atmosphere, check their album Overcast! out) and everyone drops a powerful verse. Never Come Down (The Brownie Song) was a close second of mine probably due to those hilarious lyrics- "Physics dont apply, midgets in the sky/ skippin round my head sayin negro you so high". Even with that and other nice songs Don't Leave is definitely the standout track. The best verse comes from Natti:
To make it happen with this rappin is a part of my goal/
But leavin you little man takes a part of my soul/
Believe me, daddy no it aint gonna be easy/
Better this then you waitin for the state to release me/
Seein me through glass missin moments to squeeze me/
I'll be damned, I want for you all that I never had/
No growin up with hate for an invisible dad/
Wanna hold you when you cry, tickle you till you laugh/
I'm tryna walk a path, right now you dont understand/
You two and barely talkin and yet you my greatest fan/
I love you more then life, you with me every flight/
I leave in dead of night to keep from hearin you cry/
My luggage out of sight, to fight off from sayin bye/
If you could form the words I know you'd say daddy why/
And I would have to tell you how this is for you and I/
I be back fo november but daddy's gotta fly
Overall Thoughts: I got the album online for about 12 dollars, shipping and tax included. It was a special pre-order deal started by the CunninLynguists which I thought was cool (excpet for the fact that I had to enter all the track names into iTunes. I listened to it in the car today (6/25) and it has a more playful mood then some of the other albums which are a little more serious. The skits and some of the songs have a fun vibe but it is also balanced about ther somber reality of some stuff like The Distance and Don't Leave. Basically this is a concept album which covers the fun of being on a tour and the sadness of being away from what you love (city, loved ones, etc). The concept was well done and the instrumentals of several of the songs at the end are a nice bonus as well. I look forward to the second part of the journey coming out hopefully later this year.
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The CunninLynguists are a great group. Strange Journey Volume Two as of now is scheduled to drop at the end of 09. Picking a favorite album of theirs is difficult. It comes down to Dirty Acres and A Piece Of Strange. It seems like A Piece Of Strange put them on the map and is the most popular but I think I play Dirty Acres more often. When it comes down to it, I think A Piece Of Strange is the better album, but Dirty Acres is my favorite. Both are AMAZING though and I recommend either to anyone interested in listening to some lyrical, creative southern rap.
Even though Dirty Acres is my favorite due to its very short length matched with its more memorable (to me atleast) songs it is second on the list of CunninLynguists albums. While usually many artists best outputs are their first and they experience a steady decline, I like how the CunninLynguists got better with age and time.
Best CunninLynguists Albums
1) A Piece Of Strange
2) Dirty Acres
3) Strange Journey Volume One
4) Southernunderground
5) Will Rap For Food
HOB UP! BobbyOnes out.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Track- Hiding Place; Artist- Little Brother featuring eLZhi; Production by James Yancey
On the way back from the hangover the other night while listening to the little brother mix with fletcher I re-realized the greatness of Hiding Place. Three good mc's (yes fletcher big pooh is good just not as good as Tigallo) all spit great verses. It is rare, atleast to my memory, that Rapper Big Pooh may have spit a hotter verse than Tay on the same song. The production by Jay Dilla is amazing as he uses the sample excellently and each rapper spits heat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug50Eoq35xY
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RAPPER BIG POOH
Where you gonna hide?
Rapper
Where you gonna hide?
Dilla Dog, Jay Dee
Where you gonna hide?
Elzhi
Where you gonna hide?
Phonte
Another little brother presentation
Sending this out across the nation
I'm a hell of a problem, nobody has the answer
Pooh be spreaded out, like a body of cancer
My stanza, get it going like a car, (vroom)
Usher in the new era, like this y'all (this y'all)
I'm raw strip down, no minerals
A distilled emcee, no chemicals
No subliminals
A smooth criminal before the rape charge
I, shake and bake, bring terror to your squad
My, peers ferocious
I'm so focusing
I pray to God that the world knows this
No one exposes flaws in your scheme dog
Me and Dilla go hard, my Lord
You don't want know problems (problems)
I'm a nigga that'll solve 'em (solve 'em)
Without a doubt, ya
I'm in the booth, cold knockin niggaz out
Tell my tales by word of mouth
Ya, you know me
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Great verse. LOL the only Big Pooh verse that really stands out to me. He really went in with this one. The problem/cancer line, minerals/chemicals, the whole verse is heat and Pooh flows very very well. Great job R.B.P.
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ELZHI
[Hook]
Where you gonna hide?
When the sun goes down, and the lights in the city get low
Where you gonna hide?
When your peeps aint around, and there aint no place to go
Where you gonna hide?
When the hood starts watchin, and the boys got they eye on your safe
Where you gonna hide?
Aint nowhere to run, and there aint no hiding place
Don't compare me to jokes
I'll strangle the air in your throat
Like you jump from a chair and choke
In mid-air from a rope
Got a big gun and carry a scope
The flair of the smoke
Keep niggaz quiet like words that librarians spoke
I'm arrogant, outlandish
Blow your face out, and shake out the dandruff
The jakes wont make out the handprints
I'm as real as it gets, with the steel and the clips
Bark and make niggaz duck, and kneel and do splits
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eLZhi, my second favorite rapper behind Lupe and in front of Phonte. He is always a little more grimey/gangster with his lyrics outside of Slum Village and this verse is great proof. I have seen it argued in some places this is the best verse on the Minstrel Show. You cant get better then the librarian line and the confidence in words throughout the verse are TOUGH. That is Detroit grime Elzhi straight gutter to yo head lyrics! Not much else you can talk about just read/listen and admire the wordplay and flow.
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PHONTE
It gets no realer than this
Its Tay and Elzhi dropping that definitive shit
This should have been a double album commemorative disc
Cause hip-hop might need us
And in your town, no telling where you might see us
My whole team coming through in tees and wife beaters
Out, doin their damn thing like beavers
Yo, its P to the H-O, I finish the job
Plus my Dominican Broad
Making me chili con caso
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Good verse by Phonte but not one of his best. One of the best LB songs in my opinion but one in which he may be tied or behind Big Pooh :-O
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ELZHI
Work and plan a perfect verse
Then burst like a person
that jerked from a circus cannon
Then landed to the earth
Its me on the song, featured your fleet
Breathing is strong
It's a gypsy reading a palm
with a drawn heater
Never gone of the wrong reefer
A bong chief, of the don ballest
As long as the bronze is bronze sneakers
Got ways of a thuggie, thinking I wont come and get you
Dressed like a gun with pistols, and AK's in a bundle
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More eLZhi, not as strong as the previous verse but still gutter and still good. Its hard to beat El over a J Dilla beat.
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PHONTE
And Tay is blazing it lovely, cause I'm one with the game
So I sat back, chilled, dropped Foreign Exchange
And a lot of rap niggaz got lost
Heard Phontigga carrying tunes and assumed he don got soft
They didn't understand it was my next direction
So I'm playing postman and addressing questions
Like, yes I'm still a LB, no I'm not leaving
No I don't eat meat, but yes I'm still beefin
But all these wack niggaz putting records out
This is all live nigga, check it out
Lb, S bill a fam on a mission
And I ain't worried about people biting "Minstrel Show"
they still teething on "The Listening"
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This verse is a lot better from Phonte. I love the end about the people still teething off the Listening. And that line in there about people assuming he got soft was good too (you hear that fletcher! lol) That is one of the reasons I like Phonte so much, his wordplay is so amazing and he manages to keep it real in every song.
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J DILLA
Where you gonna hide?
When the sun goes down, and the lights in the city get low
Where you gonna hide?
When your peeps aint around, and there aint no place to go
Where you gonna hide?
When the hood starts watchin, and the boys got they eyes on your safe
Where you gonna hide?
Aint nowhere to run, and there aint no hiding place
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The production was great. Really wish LB had a chance to spit over alot more Dilla beats. This is one of my favorite Little Brother songs as all three went in lyrically and were backed up by an incredible beat.
In HOB news I havent wrote lyrics down in a long time, I'll definitely need to get started back up on that.
HOB UP! BobbyOnes out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug50Eoq35xY
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RAPPER BIG POOH
Where you gonna hide?
Rapper
Where you gonna hide?
Dilla Dog, Jay Dee
Where you gonna hide?
Elzhi
Where you gonna hide?
Phonte
Another little brother presentation
Sending this out across the nation
I'm a hell of a problem, nobody has the answer
Pooh be spreaded out, like a body of cancer
My stanza, get it going like a car, (vroom)
Usher in the new era, like this y'all (this y'all)
I'm raw strip down, no minerals
A distilled emcee, no chemicals
No subliminals
A smooth criminal before the rape charge
I, shake and bake, bring terror to your squad
My, peers ferocious
I'm so focusing
I pray to God that the world knows this
No one exposes flaws in your scheme dog
Me and Dilla go hard, my Lord
You don't want know problems (problems)
I'm a nigga that'll solve 'em (solve 'em)
Without a doubt, ya
I'm in the booth, cold knockin niggaz out
Tell my tales by word of mouth
Ya, you know me
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Great verse. LOL the only Big Pooh verse that really stands out to me. He really went in with this one. The problem/cancer line, minerals/chemicals, the whole verse is heat and Pooh flows very very well. Great job R.B.P.
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ELZHI
[Hook]
Where you gonna hide?
When the sun goes down, and the lights in the city get low
Where you gonna hide?
When your peeps aint around, and there aint no place to go
Where you gonna hide?
When the hood starts watchin, and the boys got they eye on your safe
Where you gonna hide?
Aint nowhere to run, and there aint no hiding place
Don't compare me to jokes
I'll strangle the air in your throat
Like you jump from a chair and choke
In mid-air from a rope
Got a big gun and carry a scope
The flair of the smoke
Keep niggaz quiet like words that librarians spoke
I'm arrogant, outlandish
Blow your face out, and shake out the dandruff
The jakes wont make out the handprints
I'm as real as it gets, with the steel and the clips
Bark and make niggaz duck, and kneel and do splits
______________________
eLZhi, my second favorite rapper behind Lupe and in front of Phonte. He is always a little more grimey/gangster with his lyrics outside of Slum Village and this verse is great proof. I have seen it argued in some places this is the best verse on the Minstrel Show. You cant get better then the librarian line and the confidence in words throughout the verse are TOUGH. That is Detroit grime Elzhi straight gutter to yo head lyrics! Not much else you can talk about just read/listen and admire the wordplay and flow.
______________________
PHONTE
It gets no realer than this
Its Tay and Elzhi dropping that definitive shit
This should have been a double album commemorative disc
Cause hip-hop might need us
And in your town, no telling where you might see us
My whole team coming through in tees and wife beaters
Out, doin their damn thing like beavers
Yo, its P to the H-O, I finish the job
Plus my Dominican Broad
Making me chili con caso
______________________
Good verse by Phonte but not one of his best. One of the best LB songs in my opinion but one in which he may be tied or behind Big Pooh :-O
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ELZHI
Work and plan a perfect verse
Then burst like a person
that jerked from a circus cannon
Then landed to the earth
Its me on the song, featured your fleet
Breathing is strong
It's a gypsy reading a palm
with a drawn heater
Never gone of the wrong reefer
A bong chief, of the don ballest
As long as the bronze is bronze sneakers
Got ways of a thuggie, thinking I wont come and get you
Dressed like a gun with pistols, and AK's in a bundle
______________________
More eLZhi, not as strong as the previous verse but still gutter and still good. Its hard to beat El over a J Dilla beat.
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PHONTE
And Tay is blazing it lovely, cause I'm one with the game
So I sat back, chilled, dropped Foreign Exchange
And a lot of rap niggaz got lost
Heard Phontigga carrying tunes and assumed he don got soft
They didn't understand it was my next direction
So I'm playing postman and addressing questions
Like, yes I'm still a LB, no I'm not leaving
No I don't eat meat, but yes I'm still beefin
But all these wack niggaz putting records out
This is all live nigga, check it out
Lb, S bill a fam on a mission
And I ain't worried about people biting "Minstrel Show"
they still teething on "The Listening"
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This verse is a lot better from Phonte. I love the end about the people still teething off the Listening. And that line in there about people assuming he got soft was good too (you hear that fletcher! lol) That is one of the reasons I like Phonte so much, his wordplay is so amazing and he manages to keep it real in every song.
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J DILLA
Where you gonna hide?
When the sun goes down, and the lights in the city get low
Where you gonna hide?
When your peeps aint around, and there aint no place to go
Where you gonna hide?
When the hood starts watchin, and the boys got they eyes on your safe
Where you gonna hide?
Aint nowhere to run, and there aint no hiding place
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The production was great. Really wish LB had a chance to spit over alot more Dilla beats. This is one of my favorite Little Brother songs as all three went in lyrically and were backed up by an incredible beat.
In HOB news I havent wrote lyrics down in a long time, I'll definitely need to get started back up on that.
HOB UP! BobbyOnes out.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Pennywise in the gutter I'm stealin the boat
Been kinda busy lately with summer classes and working so really havent gotten a chance to just sit down and listen to some music. I'm back in a heavy J Dilla mood. I just got Old Donuts and Jay Stay Paid and it just further confirms Dilla's greatness. He can make grimy beats, smooth chill beats, and can use a sample better than anyone. I'm frustrated though a while back I downloaded a random set of 30+ "unreleased Dilla beats" and have deleted most of them because I already have them. Its a pet peeve and kinda bothers me to see a song named "Unreleased Beat 7" (which is one of my favorite Dilla beats right now). I NEED to find out the name of these last few beats.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/60892808f2548eed/
^^^ "Beat 7"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R2KOZeNylo&feature=related
^^^^ From Old Donuts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcHsmGQUb5E
^^^^ unreleased with Guilty Simpson (Spacey vibe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxoUTiN6Rbs&feature=related
^^^^ Chill feel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op54AmrvfeI
^^^^ Grime (wit some grime rappers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gZCFnE0LMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDIrsVBfXI
^^^^ From Donuts (Goes hard, amazing sampling!)
DOOM is still getting play too. Operation: Doomsday has some pretty good songs on there I enjoy; Rhymes Like Dimes, Doomsday, Tick Tick, I Hear Voices, etc. Listening to Madvillainy also made me realize how much I like Madlib. I've only listened to a few songs on Jaylib (collab album between J Dilla and Madlib) but I may look into getting one of Madlib's Beat Konduckta albums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2U0FFZXMN8
Still havent gotten around to listening to the Diamond District album. Probably will/should today since it is only about 13 tracks I believe.
A group I started listening to is Cyne. This song got me hooked on them and interested in their other work. Great lyrics, Great Flow, great beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZROFPUlfqY
I will probably give their album Evolution Flight its first spin tonight and definitely listen to another one of their songs I like, Paradise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr1KON-K-Kk&feature=related
Mos Def's newest album The Ecstatic is coming out next tuesday. I'm pumped. I enjoy Mos's work with Talib Kweli as Black Star (youtube Respiration, Thieves in the Night if you arent familiar), his work on Black On Both Sides, and even some stuff on the much hated on True Magic. The album snippets I've heard from amazon.com have me very pumped. There are some Madlib and J Dilla beats on there and it looks like it will be a great album. The beat that I love is Madlib's Auditorium, it sounds like it will go hard.
http://www.amazon.com/Ecstatic-Mos-Def/dp/B001GSV3F6
Also heard news about Lupe doing work with Soulja Boy. It wont be that big a deal as long as the work DOES NOT appear on Lupe's album. The worst it will do is let some of SB's fans know Lupe exists and is pretty good. Still wont be too happy if it happens though.
I also finally got Johnson & Jonson's self titled album (rapper Blu and producer Mainframe). I dont remember but this might have been the first song I heard Blu in, either that or the So(ul) Amazing song on his myspace. Either way I liked this song and the feel of the other songs on the album sound promising so this should be a good listen later on tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T5n8ChL-aY
This also reminds me that Blu and Mainframe are working with Fletcher's favorite rapper Danny Brown on a cd. Can't wait for that one to drop it will definitely be either you like it or you hate it.
http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2009/05/20/danny-brown-cant-find-my-mind-prod-blu-mainframe/
To finish it off I will end with one of the Nas songs that has quickly risen up the ranks as one of probably not only my favorite Nas songs but maybe songs overall. This song has great lyrics as the story is being told and an amazing beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZ3LEZaL5k
Thats all. HOB up! BobbyOnes out.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/60892808f2548eed/
^^^ "Beat 7"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R2KOZeNylo&feature=related
^^^^ From Old Donuts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcHsmGQUb5E
^^^^ unreleased with Guilty Simpson (Spacey vibe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxoUTiN6Rbs&feature=related
^^^^ Chill feel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op54AmrvfeI
^^^^ Grime (wit some grime rappers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gZCFnE0LMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDIrsVBfXI
^^^^ From Donuts (Goes hard, amazing sampling!)
DOOM is still getting play too. Operation: Doomsday has some pretty good songs on there I enjoy; Rhymes Like Dimes, Doomsday, Tick Tick, I Hear Voices, etc. Listening to Madvillainy also made me realize how much I like Madlib. I've only listened to a few songs on Jaylib (collab album between J Dilla and Madlib) but I may look into getting one of Madlib's Beat Konduckta albums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2U0FFZXMN8
Still havent gotten around to listening to the Diamond District album. Probably will/should today since it is only about 13 tracks I believe.
A group I started listening to is Cyne. This song got me hooked on them and interested in their other work. Great lyrics, Great Flow, great beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZROFPUlfqY
I will probably give their album Evolution Flight its first spin tonight and definitely listen to another one of their songs I like, Paradise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr1KON-K-Kk&feature=related
Mos Def's newest album The Ecstatic is coming out next tuesday. I'm pumped. I enjoy Mos's work with Talib Kweli as Black Star (youtube Respiration, Thieves in the Night if you arent familiar), his work on Black On Both Sides, and even some stuff on the much hated on True Magic. The album snippets I've heard from amazon.com have me very pumped. There are some Madlib and J Dilla beats on there and it looks like it will be a great album. The beat that I love is Madlib's Auditorium, it sounds like it will go hard.
http://www.amazon.com/Ecstatic-Mos-Def/dp/B001GSV3F6
Also heard news about Lupe doing work with Soulja Boy. It wont be that big a deal as long as the work DOES NOT appear on Lupe's album. The worst it will do is let some of SB's fans know Lupe exists and is pretty good. Still wont be too happy if it happens though.
I also finally got Johnson & Jonson's self titled album (rapper Blu and producer Mainframe). I dont remember but this might have been the first song I heard Blu in, either that or the So(ul) Amazing song on his myspace. Either way I liked this song and the feel of the other songs on the album sound promising so this should be a good listen later on tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T5n8ChL-aY
This also reminds me that Blu and Mainframe are working with Fletcher's favorite rapper Danny Brown on a cd. Can't wait for that one to drop it will definitely be either you like it or you hate it.
http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2009/05/20/danny-brown-cant-find-my-mind-prod-blu-mainframe/
To finish it off I will end with one of the Nas songs that has quickly risen up the ranks as one of probably not only my favorite Nas songs but maybe songs overall. This song has great lyrics as the story is being told and an amazing beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZ3LEZaL5k
Thats all. HOB up! BobbyOnes out.
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