Here is it… one of my most anticipated releases for this year…. and it’s FREE! Thanks to Deez for posting the link in the CBox last night. I was waiting all day for this to drop yesterday and it didn’t until last night after I had gotten offline. So, if you haven’t gotten it yet, you can grab it here. Lemme know what you think of it compared to their last two jonts in the comments. I won’t get to listen to it until tonight.
This week Phonte celebrates the release of Zo! and Tigallo Love the 80’s, discusses why Rick Ross would’ve been better off marketing himself as a rapping corrections officer, and counts down the Top 10 Golden Brown Mocha Colored Women of All Time.
Unrelated, I’ve been waiting all day for news on the new 9th Wonder & Murs album, Sweet Lord. It’s supposed to be released online today. Hopefully we’ll have something soon.
The Persuaders: “We’re Just Trying To Make It”
From the album Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (1974)
Nas: “Come Get Me”
From the album Nastradamus (1999)
Produced by DJ Premier
Nas: “N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave & The Master)”
From the album Untitled (2008)
Produced by DJ Toomp
Picking up from the awesome review Deez just wrote, here’s a sample that that has been used in two of Nas’ tracks. I think it’s obvious who the “premier” DJ is here, but I’ll let you all decide. On another note, the Butter Team has recently taken a play on our Who Flipped It series and put some emcees against each other instead of the producers. Go check it out. It’s actually right in line with a comment G.C. made recently.
Nasir Jones is certainly one of the best this genre has ever had to offer. His catalog, even with the rough spots, is pretty impeccable. It’s frustrating to some that Nas doesn’t return to his Illmatic routes, but to this reviewer, it is the more mature and smart approach. No one loves a good throwback more than your boy Deez; however, did we not get a pretty close throwback when we heard Stillmatic? Even so, I wasn’t even the hugest fan of that album, but I understand it was Nas saying that he is ‘still’ auto’matic’ally ‘ill’ and will always carry that NY State of Mind with him. With this album, you get the Nas you’ve come to love and respect in hip hop, but along with that, you get plenty of his flaws. While it already had plenty of steam behind it, Untitled had most of its talk surrounding the album name, but as Nas says on “Hero”: So Untitled it is/I never changed nothing/ but the people remember this. The album is passionate, but it is possibly too passionate and emotionally driven, which may alienate some of the listeners and the unique beat selection (but typical unsteady ear of Nasir’s) may throw the traditional Nas fans for a curve ball they can’t catch.
Yo, these cats are amazing! You gotta love the underground… hidden gems everywhere. The duo Common Market comes at us out of Seattle, WA. The track here is off their new album, Tobacco Road, due out September 9th. After you hear this track, you’ll be heading over to their MySpace to check more of their stuff (like I am now). I’m ’bout to hit up the iTunes and cop some of their other stuff now! Thanks Matt, for throwin’ this my way!
Continuing on with another Def Quad sample set, we compiled the samples from Keith Murray’s debut album. Released in 1994, The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World was hot primarily because it was mostly produced by Erick Sermon. You’ll notice that this sample set coupled with Sermon’s No Pressure sample set make for one nice party soundtrack!
A couple of weeks ago, we brought you Volumes 2 & 3 of this awesome compilation series from Laks. Here’s the first volume, as promised. Laks did one better and hit us with a bonus disc… Volume 1.5. I hear he’s finishing up Volume 4 now and should be out next month. So for those of you who hate radio hip pop and are looking for a variety of new hip hop, you’ll def wanna check these sets out!
No Pressure is the debut solo album from Erick Sermon. It was the first album that the former EPMD member released after 1992’s Business Never Personal. It was well-received and is probably his most popular album. Although the album’s goal may have been for Sermon to establish a solo career, some feel that it sounded much like an EPMD album, which was not necessarily a bad thing.
Hot new exclusive right here! Cymarshall Law & One Be Lo hooked up for this track that should be on Cymarshall & Mr. Joeker’s album due in the fall, Hip Hop In The Soul. Don’t sleep on real hip hop!
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