Pedro Crakk is the ‘rican in the middle.

My boy copped DJ E.Nyce’s new “Prince of the Roc Part 2″ Peedi Crakk mixtape. Apparently, Peedi dropped the “Crakk” from his name and is now just “Peedi Peedi.” Whatever. The mixtape has its moments and is definitely worth your $5 to $7 investment. I posted some highlights below. Buzz around Peedi is that he’s really one of the few new dudes on Roc-A-Fella with Star potential. I mean, to an extent, I can see it. Dude is charismatic as fuck and just plain ol’ fun on the mic. His flow is ridiculous and his voice is hella distinct, but I think he’s a bit too street for any real cross-over appeal (i.e. girls probably aren’t gonna buy his record). Whatever though. Dude can rap his ass off.

Apparently bol has a website, too. I didn’t know that until two seconds ago. Fuck. And now I just realized that all of these mp3s are posted over there, too. Fuck. Oh well. Enjoy anyway.

“Let’s Go” Produced by Swizz Beatz
- Peedi is effin’ killing this shit. Flowing his silly ass off, sayin’ dumb shit like “I’m a ‘Rican and I’m eatin’ and you leakin’ on your chain” but killin’ it anyway. Swizz’s lil’ minor-key chord progression on the hook is a bit stupid, but fuck it.

“Your Eyes“
- Pedro says “She put a lot of kisses on the stick I use to potty” over Timbo’s “Potion” beat for Luda. ‘Nuff said.

“Monopoly” Featuring Jim Jones
- Some ol’ gangsta shit with Peedi and my Byrd Gang look alike and some sucky dude at the end.

“Heat Roc“
- A quick freestyle with dumb hot shit like “Me and my brother came out my brother with heat cocked.” Hah!

“A New Day“
- An attempt at a song that is more than just flow and silly noises. Too bad it’s only one verse. “See me postin’ on Diamond.” Hot nonetheless.

Cop the mixtape here.

-e

I still have a bullshit internet connection and I’m posting this from work in between answering a million phone calls so it’s a little scattered. My friend got the new Missy album and I got to listen to it once or twice so this is just my immediate reaction.

Basically – it’s good. Not as good as Miss E and not as good as Da Real World but certainly not bad. It is all very much Missy’s vision, which means lots of hot shit and the occasional overbaked old-school tribute song. Only two tracks have Timbaland, “Joy” with Mike Jones and “Party Time,” both of which are better than most recent Timbaland joints. “Joy”‘s shifting multi-movement banger makes me appreciate Mike Jones more, too, and reminds me of Timbaland in “Come and Get Me” prog-hop mode, conducting each movement. I’m glad that Missy’s steered clear of Timbo for most of the album, though. Her last release was clearly her worst, despite the brilliant should-have-been single “Fix my Weave.” This seems like a much more refreshingly Missy-In-Charge album, not because she says so (like her last album) but because it sounds like it.

Worst mis-step is not the ballads like everyone says, ignore these people! Not that I like these Missy ballads all that much compared to her best ones (clearly those on Supa Dupa Fly), but the worst track is without a doubt the Apache “tribute.” Where “Lose Control” is a hype reworking of Cybotron, “We Run This” is anemic, and worse, unneccessary. We already have one “Apache,” the reason I like “Made U Look” is because (like a million other songs before it) it looped familiar drums and totally adjusted the original mood of the track, referencing the old-school shit subtly, rather than over-the-top “remember when…?” The best Missy ‘old school’ tributes were subtle references, new songs that hit the best touchpoints of a period without significantly aping the music itself; in other words, it went for old school feeling rather than recreating old school songs. Like “Old School Joint” on Miss E which is a transcendent disco thump filtered through Timbo’s contrasting high-end cyberwashes and a rattling bass that sounds just slightly off the beat. Or that one motorik sounding kraut jam near the end! Everything was coming from weird different directions, old school joints not compromsing because above all they were designed to make you dance.

That isn’t to say this more conservative direction is bad per se, it just makes this album less exciting, when the tracks can’t balance throwback and futurism well enough. Although the ratio of great to ehhhh is pretty good on the whole. I even like the joint with M.I.A., although Vybz Kartel clearly ran things on that shit. I’m feeling really good about this release, even when the old school nostalgia crops up a little too often; Grand Puba and Slick Rick both turn in good-enough guest verses. On the whole, The Cookbook is good, old school jams and all. All the same, ironically enough, I feel nostalgic for when Missy wasn’t.

Yeah that’s right bitches fuck this hiphop blog bullshit it’s all about Twisted motherfucking Sister. I have been fascinated by this band ever since I saw Flight Of The Navigator. At the time I had no idea who the fuck they were because I was 7 years old but I knew they had to rule because I wanted to ride in a robotic cart with Sarah Jessica Parker. Twisted Sister isn’t really all that brilliant rock shit but fuck this shit rules because half the time it’s goddamn ridiculous. Growing up on rap music made these motherfuckers seem tame as fuck which is part of the reason I think they are great. I think one of the greatest things about Twisted Sister is their creativity. I’m sure most folks have heard their big hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” but did you hear the even awesomer song “We’re Gonna Make It?” Other than a handful of lyrics this shit is the exact same fucking song, well except for being a little more mom friendly because it now offers words of encouragement so that you too can be a successful stockbroker just like daddy. Unfortunately for TS this song didn’t blow up like it should have but that’s ok. I still got hard as fuck songs like Burn In Hell where Dee Snider tells you how he lives his life by the edge of a knife because he’s so fucking gangsta with it. Or Street Justic where Dee Snider fights for the child that screams late at night, he’s a goddamn superhero. Just the concept that these cockrock motherfuckers were suppose to be scary is fucking awesome to me.

The Price

It’s a life you got to choose if you want to play in the game that is rock and roll. You have no idea what sacrifices Dee Snider had to make to join up with TS in 1976. Sometimes he actually wonders if it’s worth it to carry on with this shit, don’t you fucking understand the immense pressure he has to put on blush and rock the fuck out? Show some fucking respect for Twisted Sister’s pain your shitbags.

Burn In Hell

Dark menacing beat because you’re all going to burn in hell. Fucking crap this shit is so fucking fierce. Just listen to those guitars. My fucking god aren’t you pissing your pants? The slow sinister build up to a firestorm of hell infused rock and fucking roll, fuck this rules. Make your choice now because tomorrow maybe to late.

S.M.F.

You’re a sick motherfucker, you’re nothing like the rest failing all the tests, so hungry and so lean, you’re a metal machine. Yeah we’re fucking hardcore metal motherfuckers but we’re too shy to actually say motherfucker on a record.

Like A Knife In the Back

because Dee Snider will fucking kill you for not rocking hard enough.

yeah it’s about five o’clock on a saturday, I’m kind of drunk,and I’ve got some Twisted Sister blasting out of my computer right now pissing my neighbors off so that’s why you got this post. If you don’t like that well then you have no idea how it is to be as awesome as me, drunk and rocking the fuck out by yourself to some horrible ass music. Oh but it’s also here because they rule and I just think it’s funny to post some Twisted Sister on this blog. I’d post more stuff but I can’t find my cd’s in this mess.

This track is so new that Paul Wall is currently running to the studio to record it!

Brand spankin’ new joint that was posted on Soulstrut.

- “You Don’t Wanna”
G.T. featuring Mike Jones and Paul Wall
Produced by Mike B and the Craft.

So new I don’t even know what the eff it’s called. Paul Wall is killing it.

The Craft website says this:

The Craft is Houston’s number one production team. Having worked with gold and platinum artist such as George Clinton, Big Mike, UGK, Devin The Dude and others. The Craft’s legacy has only scratched the surface of what it means to be a hit maker. Mike B, Storm and DJ Styles have come together to create a unique blend of beats and music. The goal of The Craft is to place Houston on the map as universal force for beats and production that speaks to the masses. The main objective of the team is to bring highest quality of production to any project at an affordable rate. For anyone searching for beats on par with that of major label producers like Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, Timbaland, The Neptunes and others, but their budgets are on an independent scale, The Craft has what you are looking for.

-e

Before Xzibit was making soft club tracks for girls from the suburbs who dream of getting their cars pimped with weak ass neon lights and shitty ground effects that went out of style 10 years ago the dude put out on of my favorite albums. I never thought this album really got the props it deserved so I decided to throw it up on here. His video for Paparazzi use to get some minimal play on MTV but that was about it. Oh how I miss the days when Xzibit just stood in the background of the likwit crew holding a shotgun, well at least that’s what the alkaholiks said he did.

Carry The Weight

One of my favorite tracks off this shit, I use to come home after dealing with the stupidest girlfriend I ever had and just rock the fuck out of this song. Some how trying to make my self feel better by trying to relate my high school anger to Xzibit’s story of growing up being treated like shit.

The Foundation

You know in high school when you get some teacher who really wants to teach you the value of poetry so they decide to get hip and make you do some project where students pick songs and figure out all the metaphors that make that shit a poem so that kids will think wow, my shitty pop song is almost a poem. Well my teacher did that shit and I picked this song and the Gza’s “Swordsman.” She told me the Gza song was weird but the Xzibit song was “nice.” Probably because that piano is just so fucking heartwarming.

Plastic Surgery ft Saafir and Ras Kass

Another dope team up from some westcoast underground cats that could never get their shit together to release a dope ass album. For years I use to pray that a Golden State Warriors album would finally drop but every goddamn year I was left with disappointment. Because of this I learned a valuable lesson, when it comes to rappers making dope stuff don’t ever fucking believe them because rappers are fucking lying cunts who love to toy with the hopes of teenage hiphop kids.

DJ Muggs – Decisions, Decisions ft Goodie Mob

Off that Soul Assassins joint that Muggs dropped a few years back. This song came up when I had my playlist on random and I had forgotten how much I liked it so I decided to throw it up on here. Goodie still in their prime, before they released that wack as fuck World Party bullshit. Just rocking it over that dusty crackling piano loop.

Read them here.

Considering Slim Thugs album leaked over 6 months ago they had to change shit up some how so for the release they threw a guest verse from good old Bun B. I’m still don’t like this beat no matter who they get to guest on it. The video is really pushing the limits of hiphop videos, it’s in Black and WHITE! Wow, no one has ever done that before, at least with Pharrell in the video too. Fuck you would think these shitty directors would try a little harder than this to make a goddamn video. Whatever though, click the link to watch.

I Ain’t Heard Of That ft Bun B

Some philly bol (do I know you “Jack”?) has a hot blog where he’s breaking us off with some Miami Bass shit. A couple songs off the new Before There Was Crunk compilation, some Bass classics, and a DJ Shadow Miami Bass mix from ’99 amongst other things Miami-Bass-related. Go over there and kill his yousendit links, then blow up his comments seciton and tell him somanyshrimp sent you.

-e

Capski over at Laundromat United posted up this DJ Quik and B-Real joint.Quik sounds better on it than B-Real who I think is starting to get to old for his style. The beat is based around some synthezied horns that do kind of give it that newer bay shit style. Overall the song isn’t super amazing or anything but it’s worth checking.

Fandango

Jesus christ.

I’m at work laughing my fucking ass off right now. Listen to (at least) the first 9 seconds of this Juelz “The Hood is Back” shit.

The rest is hot, but the first 9 seconds are fucking hysterical.

Haha! God, I’m dying here, peoples.

He also says: “I’m like an apple with a worm in it, or more like a Don King statue with a perm in it.”

Umeancompetitor at it again with that dipset crack.

-e