Music
Stop Pushin’
M.O.P deserves better. Why haven’t Lil Fame and Billy Danze attained the same level of fame and notoriety than all of our other favorite (read: marketable) artists.
Jay-Z – Off That
Somebody please tell Jay-Z that personally handing his album in to the people at Atlantic didn’t work.
Man On The Moon: The End of Day
ACT 1 – THE END OF DAY
1. In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem)
2. Soundtrack 2 My Life
3. Simple As…
ACT 2 – RISE OF THE NIGHT TERRORS
4. Solo Dolo (nightmare)
5. Heart of A Lion (KiD CuDi Theme Music)
6. My World Feat. Billy Cravens
ACT 3 – TAKING A TRIP
7. Day N Nite (nightmare)
8. Sky Might Fall
9. Enter Galactic [...]
…My Twisted Words
Radiohead has apparently given up on making full-length albums and will be moving more towards putting out singles. Whatever, as long as I get new Radiohead I’m happy.
Rumor has it that they will be releasing an EP entitled Wall of Ice on Monday the 17th. Nevermind, it didn’t happen. So, here is a new Radiohead [...]
Rakim – Holy Are You
I don’t get excited about much when it comes to music. Most things these days are average at best and sub-par more than they aren’t. Enter Rakim with the first single to his mythical Seventh Seal album, Holy Are You. I get excited just thinking about a Rakim 16. I downloaded this yesterday and have had [...]
Thom Yorke – All For the Best
New Thom Yorke off of the upcoming album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy out 9/29 via Shout! Factory. It can be pre-ordered at Amazon. An additional 20 tracks from folks like A.C. Newman, Buffalo Tom and Laura Veirs will be released digitally.
The Dead Weather – Horehound
The Dead Weather is an American alternative rock supergroup that formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Comprising vocalist Alison Mosshart (of The Kills), drummer and vocalist Jack White (of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), guitarist Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age) and bassist Jack Lawrence (of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes), the [...]
50 of the Best Songs I Have Ever Heard Part 1
I am a fan of music. Period. If I had to make a choice between music and most things, I would choose music.
I don’t pretend to know about every song ever created and I don’t spend hours on end looking for bands that no one else has heard of to look cooler than you. I [...]
Depart From Me…
Today Cage released his 3rd solo album , Depart From Me, on Definitive Jux records. I have been a Cage fan for a long time, ever since I heard Agent Orange.
This is not that Cage. I’m pretty sure that the only reason the name Cage is on this album is for name recognition as the [...]
Lasers Manifesto
This has got to be the biggest piece of crap excuse for an album trailer I have ever seen. Lupe needs to realize his place in the world, a rapper writing a manifesto about social change is retarded. Make songs, collect your check and go home.
It strikes me funny that he is talking about knocking [...]
Wu-Tang – Chamber Music
The RZA has been confirmed as the executive producer for the album. The album’s production will feature live instrumentation from Brooklyn soul band, The Revelations. Chamber Music will present a sound inspired by classic soul and kung-fu imagery that resembles the signature Wu-Tang Clan sound.
You’re still my favorite local producer.*
Jeff aka Espy One (i think) aka @tweeterjennings is pretty much my favorite local producer. He’s got a style that doesn’t sonically call you to the south, but it almost does. His beats are a good mix of a lot of sounds that at some times feel crowded, but if you took even one sound [...]
O.D.B. – Brooklyn Zoo
Hip-Hop doesn’t get much better than this. Wu-Tang ran it, I followed it. I remember a friend of mine tried to give me 36 Chambers in the early 90’s and I looked at him like he was retarded. Kung-Fu rap, yeah, that’ll catch on.
16+ years later and 36 Chambers is still in rotation. In fact, [...]
Fix Your Shoes. Sean P is running the label.
I guess Sean Price got tired of The Kidz in the Hall and Marco Polo getting all the Duck Down shine, so he rushes the offices and takes over.
First order of business? Change the logo. Classic. He slaps his face over the existing Duck Down logo and then proceeds to terrorize the staff. The funniest [...]
Cage – Look At What You Did
Cage leaked another track off of Depart From Me, his upcoming album on Def Jux. Production by F.Sean Martin. I’ll have to get past a few more listens to really be able to give an honest opinion.
Who doesn’t like a rap song that references vampires? Anyone? Oh yeah, me. I’m really trying Cage, but you’re [...]
Reports of a Possible Kidnapping
Definitive Jux leaked this tagged promo (sorry) of the new Weathermen song Reports of a Possible Kidnapping. The track is co-produced by El-P and Aesop Rock and features vocals from El-P, Aesop Rock and Cage. Beat sounds like some vintage, dusty, old El-P type production. Solid.
Weathermen – Reports of a Possible Kidnapping (tagged)
Yak Ballz – Gas Galaxy
New Yak Ballz off of DJXP4 and apparently the Gas Galaxy EP. Overall it’s pretty much fodder in what I hope is a much better Def Jux compilation. Sounds like Yak was trying to channel Afrika Bambaataa and kinda failed. Miserably.
Take a listen below, and hit the link to download the track.
Yak Ballz – Gas [...]
Terry Urban Presents SOUTHERNGOLD
Better late than never. Here is the Terry Urban mixtape that has officially been blocked by Santigold’s label Downtown Music. Santi apparently didn’t know anything about it and released a statement saying she would “get to the bottom of it”.
Tracklist
M.I.A. Artistes (Ft. Pitbull & Ying Yang Twins)
You’ll Find A Way Player (Ft. Andre 3000 & [...]
I Never Knew You EP (Unedited)
Here is the I Never Knew You EP from Cage. This is the unedited version that came out a few days ago. I also included all the production credits on the album as listed on the Definitive Jux website. Enjoy.
Right Click > Save As.. to download.
I Never Knew You
Follow The Bleeder
Tongue In A Sharks Mouth
Hell [...]
Mos Def wants to battle Jay-Z (or Kanye)
Mos Def still wants to battle rap’s big dawgs. But as he tells Angie Martinez, it ain’t that simple.
He explains he wants this to happen in New Orleans Dec 30-31 for charity:
2 Marching Bands (Morgan State vs. Grambling)
2 DJs (Kid Capri vs. Biz Markie)
2 Breaker Crew (Korea vs. France)
2 Battles of The Beats (Kanye vs. [...]
Sample Check: Jay-Z x Janko Nilovis
The guys over at Hip Hop is Read dug up the sample Kanye and No I.D. used for Jays latest record. The original from Janko Nilovis is pretty damn awesome.
Check out the side by side comparison below.
Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)
Janko Nilovis – In the Space
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
I have been thoroughly disappointed by Mos Def over the years. The New Danger was basically an R&B album and True Magic sounded like a really bad mixtape. Today Mos released The Ecstatic and changed all of that.
Not since Black on Both Sides has he been (in my opinion) this relevant to hip-hop. Even when [...]