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Archive for December, 2004
31
Dec
04
Final warning – poll
My apologies in advance to those of you who are getting bored with this whole Kanyegate, but I’m sure there were a lot of people who felt the same way during the original Watergate, and we know how that turned out. Anyhoo, I thought I’d just let you guys in on a couple of other Kanye-related scandles I happened upon while doing research for my own.
Cap-Onegate: Apparently, Kon the Louis Vutton Too Good for the Ghetto Don sold poor little Cap-One some beats, and then resold the same beats to Jay-Z for The Blueprint, Alchemist-style. Cap-One obviously didn’t appreciate that, and has recorded an entire CD going off on Kanye.
It’s Only Famgate: And if that wasn’t bad enough, it looks like he’s being sued by by some group called I.O.F. (It’s Only Family) for jacking the hook to their song "Straight Like That" for his and Ludacris’ "Stand Up." They too have decided to take their anger into the recording booth and have produced a song enitled "Fuck Ludacris," which should probably subtitled ("And His Buttboy Kanye, No Homo")
Were you aware that Kanye has already been banned from one awards show this year? Yep, it’s true. Some Gospel awards show was going to give him a trophy for "Jesus Walks," but then they realized how much of a douche he was and took his punk ass off the ballots completely. This is what can happen with the Grammys if enough of us speak out about it. Sign the petition today.
27
Dec
04
Slump And Grind
THE BAY IS BACK! Jyeah boy and on some gas brake dip type shit too! Thankfully B-Cause and Ross Hogg have teamed up to bring you some of the dopest music out of the bay right now. Shit one look at the fucking tracklisting and you’ve got a pretty good idea just how champ this mix is. These boys are pulling records from all over the bay area it don’t matter if you 41fiving, 510, 408, 650, 925 or goddamn 707 they got someone up on this reppin for your area.
This mix reminds me so much of why I love and miss west coast hip-hop. The west has so much style and a distinctiveness that is hard to match. Whether you’re talking about the way Freestyle Fellow shit flips their shit(see emynd’s mix) or the way that E-40 just manipulates his speech patterns it’s fucking obvious when it comes to style its hard to compete with the west. The emphasis on how you rapped over what you rapped about is a phenomenon that was developed and perfected on the west coast. Not to say the actual lyrics aren’t important but for me personally this concentration on style is what has made west coast hip-hop so much more interesting to me than say mediocre rappers from New York who all sound the same.
The first half of the mix is Ross Hogg and the second half is B-Cause. I like Ross’s half but my favorite part of his half is around track 8 when he starts playing some of the more hype shit. He drops “It’s Ah Slumper” which has Turf Talk and E-40 just rocking over some pounding drums. He follows that with Federation’s Hyphy, which if you pay attention to the bay you already know Rick Rock is on some next shit. After that you got Too Short’s Burn Rubber that is just full of hard handclaps and more of those loud crisp as fuck drums. It’s fucking great. Ross’ half tends to get more hyphy than B.Cause’s but B.Cause brings the heat with some slightly older joints that never really got the shine they deserved. He drops “Timing” which is E-40, San Quinn and Richie Rich rapping over the Clipse’s “Grinding.” I heard this song when I first moved to the bay about 2 years ago and I was fucking amazed that it wasn’t getting more play outside of the bay but I guess that’s the breaks when it comes to the regional raps form the land of the sideshows. Anyways, I need to say something about this J Official joint that B-Cause drops. Goddamn shit is dope, dude covers KRS-One’s “Love’s Gonna Get You.” On some straight “Getting money in Oakland, everything is fine, got myself an Uzi and my brother a nine.” It makes me smile everytime I hear it.
I’m really glad they made this shit because it is badly needed and right now bay area hip-hop is steadily building steam so it’s the perfect time to start letting fools know what’s going on out here. Especially since the south is so large right now I really think this is the good for Bay are music because it shares a similar aesthetic with the south. But be on the look out because the bay is definitely going to start blowing up.
Ross Hogg -Intro
B.Cause – Intro/Get High Inst. – Suga T
Too Short – Burn Rubber
E-40, San Quinn, Richie Rich – Timing
If you would like grab a copy of this mix up hit up italsection.com or 4OneFunk.com where you can email Ross Hogg (rosshogg@italselection.com) and B.Cause (bcause@4onefunk.com).
25
Dec
04
God Hates (the) Shrimp
Well The Shrimp hates god, fucking bitchass motherfucker trying to front on shrimps. The goddamn romans didn’t kill Jesus, the shrimp did. That fucking markass bitch was fronting on shrimp so some fucking iodine poisoning had to go down on that bitchmade motherfucker’s ass. You know the story about the basket of fish and bread. Well that shit was originally full of shrimp but because God had to be a fucking hater the shrimp got switched for fucking fish. FUCK FISH! With their dumb fucking fins and shit. We got motherfucking legs, fish ain’t even evolved to our fucking level. We’re on some next shit. Fuck a fish cause I ain’t him.
Don’t test the motherfucking crustaceans because you’ll get delt with.
23
Dec
04
Damage Control Archive
So Matt has some dude that wrote a book on the show and the guy start talking about how Ice Cube is such an entrepreneur and shit. Well I’m thinking to myself who gives a fuck cause Ice Cube can’t rap for shit anymore so I IMed matt on their damagecontrol shit telling them so, “Ice Cube might be an entrepreneur but he can’t rap for shit anymore. He needs to stop acting and start hating on motherfuckers again.” Well Matt actually read my IM on the air and the author guy just said that I don’t understand and I’m a hater. I say fuck that, Ice Cube needs people to hate on him. If he’s going to be an actor and make lots of money fine but he better stop fronting like he still has the skills he once had. The guy is a fucking embarassment on Grand Finale. Homeboy has fallen off hard. The man was once the top of the game but now he’s making movies for the whole fucking family. Yeah dude is real scary now fucking stomping in his big black loafers.
Blah whatever, Gritboys make an appearance, Matt plays some exlusive Old Dirty Bastard tracks that are pretty cute. They get a cutesy freestyle going and then play some new Terrorist track and a bunch of christmas shit. Oh yeah Matt also plays some fucking Crew X- Santa Rap that David posted up last week, straight repping for the Shrimp.
23
Dec
04
Fuck Your Early 90′s HipHop Mix
I wrote this post for my own blog, Beer And Rap, but David thought it was pretty funny so he asked me to post it up over here. I figured I’d just post up a portion of it and if you still want to read the rest well then you can take your lazy ass to my fucking site. I’m not sure how many folks are going to hate on me for this or if they even will, but I figure the keep it real fools will get sand in their pussies so fuck’em.
Hey shitbags those early 90′s hiphop mixes that you think are so fucking original well guess what. They fucking aren’t. No one wants to hear you mix a bunch of fucking reissues that you bought 3 years ago. People have been making early 90′s mixes since the goddamn early 90′s. Just what in the fuck do you think makes you goddamn version or T.R.O.Y. so fucking original? As much as I love that style of hiphop I’m fucking sick and tired of these redundant bullshit mixes. Fucking stop with the Black Sheep already, enough is enough goddamnit.
The early 90′s are not coming back. Nas will never make another Illmatic no matter how many wet dreams you fucking have. Pete Rock and CL Smooth will never make another good record. Remember their latest project? Because I do and it fucking sucked. Ultramagnetic is not going to make another Critical Beatdown because Kool Keith has lost his fucking mind. The Pharcyde will never make another Bizzare Ride because no one actually gives a fuck about the Pharcyde without Fatlip and Slimkid. Shit do you even know the other two dudes names cause I bet you don’t. The fucking point is that all your heroes have fallen off and you need to fucking accept that shit already.
RZA – “Fatal”
RZA reminds us that he’s a rapper too and soldiers through with decent results. The strings are too grandiose for the Wu general but the choked sample works.
Lil’ Flip ft. Ghostface and Raekwon – “I Gotta Get Paid”
Bouncy rubber bass over grime clicks. Sounds like Wiley snuck into the studio and took over. At gunpoint. Lyrically, would have expected a bit more from these three.
WC, E-40 and Christ Bearer – “The Guns Come Out”
Highlight. Dub-dancehall beat. E-40’s highly enunciated verses are the best here.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Black Ke – “Thirsty”
Dirty sounds restrained, at his most coherent… while rapping about vampires. Appropriate somehow.
Most of the rest of the songs are pop-dance and sound about 10 years late, DJs what, trance who, etc etc etc. The two Ramin Djwadi cuts (one with RZA) are both good, though.
21
Dec
04
Young Jeezy Video Feat Bun B
Young Jeezy Feat Bun B – Over Here Video
I’ve posted about Young Jeezy before and I do like this song but man the guy really needs to stop making himself look like such a T.I. dickrider. Its bad enough he sounds like TI but now he’s copying his videos. How the fuck you going to end that shit showing a video where you’re biting the You Don’t Know Me video? Fuck the only difference is that his is the car and its shot in black and white. Even with all that bullshit I still like the song but this just isn’t a wise career move.
20
Dec
04
Vote motherfuckers
Pistol Pete – yeah, the cat who remixed Ghostface’s “Run,” Dead Prez’s “Hell Yeah,” and Missy’s “Gossip Folks” for Fluxblog and was mentioned in Spin – has hooked the shrimp up with some hot shit. One lucky random person – maybe more if I’m in a good mood – who votes on The Shrimp 10 Best MCs of 2004 MC and Producer Poll by December 31st gets this free 12″ of all three of Pistol Pete’s internet remix mini-masterpieces sent directly to their home, in plenty of time for Valentines Day. So go vote. Now.
Those people are wrong.
I never thought much of the Ruff Ryders shit was all that when I was younger and I still don’t now. RRII had some moments, and DMX had his shit together obviously at some point, before he started becoming a parody of himself and dreaming of Aaliyah. Anyway, for christmas my friends thought it would be funny if they got me a swizz beats instrumental CD. Hilarious.
Yeah this shit is just grand. We had this “electronic music” class back in high school and when the students werent online looking at porn, they were busy making cash money-junior keyboard beats that didn’t sound as horrible as you would think. Anyway, no matter how lazy they got quantizing that shit, it never sounded as bad as the drum breaks from Swizz’ masterpiece “The General (Remix),” presented here in instrumental form:
Swizz Beats – The General (Remix) Instrumental
Those drum breaks are fucking killer. To be fair, Swizz has the occasional shining moment. I think my favorite beat of his so far is that Yung Wun track “Tear It Up,” which does that whole Destiny’s Child marching band steez, except better. I like that T.I. single OK, and “Money Cash Hoes” is pretty hot for a dude messing around with a casio. But seriously, compare this tinkly late 90s NYC beats to any of the crazy-ass bounce-bling-house shit that Mannie Fresh was doing in New Orleans and it just comes up empty. My friends used to download Swizz instrumentals in the days of Napster just to laugh at them, no joke.
Seriously, if you’re looking for a good time, check out this mixtape shit here, it’s worth the money because these beats are pretty entertaining. I can just see dude sitting at his keyboard hitting the drums all out of sync and having the computer quantize that shit on the wrong beats.
Here’s another track for fun, this was the instrumental to Cam’ron’s “Glory.” It’s pretty weak as well.
