Monthly Archives: May 2009

Talking With Innovative Street Terminology

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Just digitized this MC Twist tape, it was his first joint after leaving Florida and Skywalker.He was repping East San Jose pretty hard on this shit, rollin like BART but riding Cal Train in his video. There is a lot of coke rap on this shit, who would have thought San Jose had it like that in 1990. Figure that’s got to be more influenced by what was going down in the east bay than the south but who knows I’m just guessing. The best part of the whole tape is the first verse of What I Came 2 Do when they cut out the beat and he says “So to the curious you want a serious reply? I eat, make money, fuck hoes til I die.” The last part of the line is probably his strongest delivery through out the whole album. Over all the tape isn’t really that amazing but it’s got some moments that made it worth grabbing. I don’t know what Twist is doing these days, only thing I know of was an album that dropped in 97 and I think moved to Rocklin or some shit but other than that who knows what this he’s up to anymore.

The warning on the tape is funny shit: “Unauthorized Reproduction or Duplication Will Get U Mopped Up!”

Cocaine Bizness

A Step Beyond

Cold Chillin In San Jose

What I Came 2 Do

Doin All The Doin

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Dj Paul needs to do more of this and less of that. The album drops today, it’s got some dope tracks, a few softones but it’s worth checking for.

He also needs a new graphic designer, I like Computer and all but who ever was behind this cover sucks. It looks like those fake old western photos you get at fucking Knottsberry farm or some other shitty park with fake cowboys and cotton candy.

Probably my favorite Gucci line of the year

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Cuz we aren’t tweeting yet.

“So Icey Boys, baby everything groovy/ hat to the shoes, baby everything Gucci”

Just totally love the fact that he says “groovy”. It’s a truly odd word choice and in a way I think it expresses unbridled joy better than maybe any other word could’ve in that situation. It’s little things like that that make Gucci weird in a singular manner and not Weird in a Charles Hamilton/pink fetish manner (not to always pick on the guy, but) or Weird in a 2008 I’m Lil Wayne, the Alien Rapper manner. You can substitute compelling for weird, too.

A close second: “I can’t even lie, yo/ I be fuckin fly hoes”

Haven’t listened to Guccimania just yet— DJ Empire mixtapes are grating as fuck— but anyone who’s slipped up Gucci-wise so far should download the Gucci the Glacier tape cuz it’s got a bunch of his best shit from earlier this year— like the Juicy J and Project Pat songs— tacked onto the end.

Buraka Som Sistema

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If these motherfuckers are playing near you anytime soon fucking go, the live show is fucking intense. I saw them in SF a couple weeks ago and the shit was fucking brutal, they fucking murdered the place. I couldn’t stand the heat and just had to stand outside the club. People were dancing their asses off and just dripping with sweat all over the fucking place. It’s just something you have to see if you get the chance, they are just none stop with it. Below is some video from their show in new york last night.

WHAT?

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I am amazed by this, Xzibit is executive producing Awol One’s next album. What in the fuck, I never saw that one coming. Souldoubt is one of my favorite records ever. I need to revisit homeboys catalog, I haven’t been following his shit the last few years but I’ll still check anything dude does. He is my favorite rapper out of all the ShapeShifters. Check the video below.

Fuck blogger’s slow publishing ass

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yeah I know this one has been making blog rounds since last week,but I’ve been out of town for a minute and meant to post it up. I didn’t but still wanted to wave that flag of support for dude. People need to be checking for Playboy Tre, dude is dope. I first noticed him via the Dirty States of America dvd then ran into him at SXSW a couple years back randomly and got a mixtape off of him. Dope dude that people need to hear and I just want to state that I fuck with this dudes music and you should too. If you’ve been lagging cop the mixtape, it’s worth it. I like Tre because he’s got this uplifting outlook even when he’s talking about depressing shit. He proves that you can be positive with your raps without sounding like a softhands. The motherfucker gives you hope in his songs, not many rappers do that these days.

One Of These Mornings

get the mixtape