NEW NAS CUT IS FUCKING FIRE

Nas feat. AZ - Serious

On that old drum loop sample shit but it is FUCKING ME UP. Some ill fucking lyrical shit for that ass, AZ brings heat. And I think Nas mentions Coldplay again which is like rapper number 4,080 to mention them in a song. Fucking bringing that fire.

Hip-Hop Box Volume 2

So with some assistance from myself and Erick, Andrew Unterberger
came up with a 4-disc set that builds on the original "Hip-Hop Box." I have a few criticisms of the last disc but for the most part he does a good job of covering a lot of the bases that the other set missed.

Here it is:

Disc 1 (1979-1987):

01. The Sequence - "Funk You Up"
02. Funky Four Plus One - "That's the Joint"
03. ESG - "Moody" (slightly questionable but countable)
04. Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three - "Love Jam"
05. Newcleus - "Jam on It"
06. Egyptian Lover - "Egypt Egypt (12" Version)"
07. Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick - "The Show"
08. Mantronix - "Bassline"
09. Marley Marl & MC Shan - "The Bridge"
10. LL Cool J - "Goin' Back to Cali"
11. Big Daddy Kane - "Raw"
12. JJ Fad - "Supersonic"
13. DJ Cash Money - "Ugly People Be Quiet"

Disc 2 (1988-1991):

01. EPMD - "You Gots to Chill"
02. Ultramagnetic MCs - "Kool Keith Housing Things"
03. Rob Baze & DJ EZ-Rock - "It Takes Two"
04. Jungle Brothers - "I'll House You"
05. Stetsasonic - "Talkin' All That Jazz"
06. N.W.A. - "Express Yourself (12" Version)"
07. Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
08. Young MC - "Bust a Move"
09. Beastie Boys - "Hey Ladies"
10. Stezo - "It's My Turn"
11. Kool G. Rap - "Streets of New York"
12. Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance"
13. Brand Nubian - "Wake Up (Stimulated Dummies Mix)"
14. KMD - "Peachfuzz"
15. Leaders of the New School - "Case of the P.T.A."
16. Geto Boys - "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me"
17. Cypress Hill - "How I Could Just Kill a Man"

Disc 3 (1992 - 1995):

01. Das EFX - "Mic Checka"
02. Raekwon f/ Cappadonna, Method Man & Ghostface Killah - "Ice Cream"
03. Souls of Mischief - "'93 'Til Infinity"
04. Snoop Doggy Dogg f/ Tha Dogg Pound - "Doggy Dogg World"
05. Ice Cube - "It Was a Good Day"
06. Lucas - "Lucas With the Lid Off"
07. UGK - "It's Supposed to Bubble"
08. N' Tyce f/ Method Man - "Hush Hush Tip"
09. Black Moon - "I Gotcha Opin (Remix)"
10. Ahmad - "Back in the Day"
11. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
12. Nas - "The World is Yours"
13. Jeru the Damaja - "Come Clean"
14. O.C. - "Time's Up"
15. Blahzay Blahzay - "Danger!"
16. Luniz - "I Got Five on It"
17. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"
18. Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt. II"

Disc 4 (1996 - 2004):

01. Foxy Brown f/ Jay-Z - "I'll Be"
02. OutKast - "ATLiens"
03. Missy Elliott - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
04. Big Punisher - "I'm Not a Player"
05. Lil' Kim f/ The Notorious B.I.G. and Lil' Cease - "Crush on You"
06. Canibus - "Second Round Knockout"
07. MF Doom - "Doomsday"
08. Black Eyed Peas - "Joints and Jam"
09. Three Six Mafia - "Sippin' on Some Syrup"
10. Jay-Z f/ Josey Scott - "Takeover"
11. Eminem - "Kill You"
12. The Clipse f/ Pharell - "Grindin'"
13. Ludacris - "Rollout (My Business)"
14. David Banner f/ Lil' Flip - "Like a Pimp"
15. Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boys f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Get Low"
16. Freeway f/ Beanie Segal and Jay-Z - "What We Do"
17. Kanye West - "Through the Wire"
18. Terror Squad f/ Fat Joe - "Lean Back"

Eminem needs to go back to killing his wife

I may be in the minority in that I think Eminem's new video is kinda gay even if you don't count the fact that the song itself is damn near unlistenable. But never mind that. What I really wanted to say is that I really haven't been as interested in anything Em has had to say since he stopped writing about how he wanted to kill his wife and about how all pop stars are faggots. I'm a firm believer that one should stick to what one does best. I think that ever since the gay community got all pissed off at Em's lyrics and since he decided to go to Hollywood and do 8 Mile, his music has suffered considerably. I wouldn't be surprised if, after this next album (which will suck), Em decides to give up rap altogether in favor of acting or producing or some shit.

All pop stars are faggots.

The Legend that is Paul C

This was posted back in August but if you love hip-hop, you need to check it out - one of the unsung heroes of hip-hop production in the late 80s, Paul C died at the age of 24 in 1989. The piece is by Dave Tompkins and it's easily the most comprehensive bit that's ever been written on Paul C.

Eminem's new single is actually starting to grow on me

The video's still such a cheap shot and kinda retarded, but I'm not really into hip-hop for the videos (unless they involve strippers) anyway. But, as far as Em's poppy, lead-off throwaway singles are concerned, I think this one might actually be the best one. (And I know that's not saying much, but follow...) It's really dumb, but I think it might take having to listen to it fucked up (like I am now) to realize how funny it actually is. Also, how much you like or dislike it may depend on whether or not you find shit like homophobia funny. I mean, since this is 2004 and there are probably a lot of people who don't but feel like their opinion actually matters.

On the other hand, this new "Mosh" shit that everybody's been raving about is just, the absolute worst shit I've ever heard before in my life. I don't care if it is political, it fucking sucks.

I was drinking Natural Light back before it was cute.

Killin' it

If you can deal w/ the lack of punctuation and capitalization, head over to Gel and Weave where plum drank is dropping science on classic Master P. The only P stuff I was really aware of was when Mystikal started to blow because that's when girls would start wearing those t-shirts with spray painted art on them and they said "No Limit" and had pictures of Mystikal on them. I was more into cash money and jazz but I still remember this girl talking about how Mystikal was buggin' on record. I also remember "It Ain't My Fault" by Silkk was a big anthem. Chicago gave a lot of support to southern rap when I was in high school (1997-2001). Anyway No Limit gets a lot of shit from critics still but I'm going to explore that shit more and thanks to guys like dude at "Gel and Weave" I get more and more interested every day. It's fascinating that P spent time in Oakland - I had no idea. Dude put up 4 mp3s too that you should check, although they'll go quickly because they're on "You Send It" which is getting less reliable. Master P was releasing music in '92!

Stealing Tapes And 45's From The Local Record Store

(excuse the shittiness of the images, I scanned the cover of my old tape for this.)
This post was inspired by this post a few weeks ago.

I was either 13 or 14 years old when I first heard this tape. When it dropped Homies was their lead single off this shit and on Phoenix's Power 92.3 it was getting constant rotation. Homies was my motherfucking jam. It was on some feel good sunday afternoon type shit. Kind of made sense since the song was on the same tip as "On A Sunday Afternoon" which was their most popular song off their debut album, Brown And Proud. I don't know how popular the song was outside of the southwest but "On A Sunday Afternoon" was the feel good summer jam at all the lowrider shows. LSOB never enjoyed the level popularity of Cypress Hill but in 1992 they were probably the 2nd largest latin act out there. Oh and for those that don't know Lighter Shade Of Brown was made up of two mc's ODM (One Dope Mexican) and DTTX (Don't Try To Xerox). I remember when I first heard LSOB I was so fucking stoked that there were latin rappers out there on some brownpride type shit. Cypress Hill was out there but they weren't rapping about Pacho Villa and fucking Zapata so when I heard LSOB doing it I fucking ate that shit up trying to be the brownest mexican I could be.

When I scrounged up enough money to buy the tape I hoped on my bike and rolled over to Christown mall and bought the motherfucker at Montgomery Ward. For some reason this Montgomery Ward had a music section and it was cheap. I think that is also where I bought Enter The 36th Chamber.

Anyways, my favorite song on the album has to be the posse cut at the very end, Interrogated Cause I'm Brown PT 1+2. The song features KAOS, Street Mentatlity, PeeBee, Aztlan Nation and ALT. Its definetly not one of the greatest posse cuts ever but I don't care I still think the song is fucking dope. The beat isn't anything too amazing and the lyrics aren't on some next shit but so the fuck what. They are talking shit about immigration cops and thats fucking great. This song was my lighter shade of fuck the police.

No more mp3 time:
Interrogated Cause I'm Brown

Homies

Possible Nas tracklist

Street’s Disciple Tracklisting:

CD1 "The Streets"

1. Get Up
2. Nazareth Savage
3. Play On Playa
4. Just A Moment
5. Serious
6. Rest Of My Life
7. You Know My Style (re-recorded)
8. Titalating
9. Reason
10. American Way
11. Sekou Story
12. Suicide Bounce

CD2 "Apostles"

1. Street's Disciple PT. 1
2. Rakim Bio
3. Remember The Times (Good Morning)
4. Perfect Bitch
5. Getting Married
6. Bridging The Gap
7. War
8. Me & You
9. No One Else In The Room
10. Live Now
11. Disciple (U Kno My Style Original)
12. Thief's Theme
13. Thief's Theme UK Remix feat. Rising Son

Awwwready Platinum

So this afternoon I was rolling down the slab on my new vogues when I saw the ghost of Dj Screw. I pumped by brakes so hard I almost broke my woodgrain steering wheel. So I jumped out of my candy coated Excursion and just as my feet touched the pavement Screw tossed me the new Slim Thug album, Already Platinum. I said "Thank you ghost of Dj Screw" and he told me "don't sweat it mayne, I'm da thoedest, awwwready." And I replied "yes, you are the thoedest." Then I got back in the Excursion and threw the cd in as I continued to roll down the slab.

Now I guess I should apologize to the ghost of Dj Screw because he gave me this cd and I truely appreciate it but to tell you the truth I'm kind of dissappointed in the album. There are definetly some dope tracks on here but I think the Neptunes got to meddling a little too much. A few months back I heard "I Ain't Heard" which was the lead single off this and its produced by the Neptunes and that song fucking sucks. I started to worry that this album might not be good but then Three Kings came out and that song fucking rules. So after hearing that I was thinking oh this shit is going to be heat all the way. But as it turns out I think its kind of on some middle ground shit, well as to what I would like to hear. Maybe I had my hopes up too much for this album but whatever. I've never been to crazy about the Neptunes so you have to take that into account. But after listening to this album I feel as though what the Neptunes tried to do and failed that they tried to fit Slim Thug to their sound rather than working Slim's own sound and style. He's not known because he raps over beats with no bass, he's known because he wrecks hard ass southern beats.

I guess a primary example of my issue with the production on this album would be track 9, Problematic. You see this song could be hard as fuck, Slim gets real cute with his shit but the beat has no fucking bass and that shit just isn't cool with me. If I wanted to enjoy songs with no bass I'd go listen to the fucking Young Gunz or some shit. The way the song starts out I'm expecting the beat to drop in and just blow my ears out but that never happens. Slim steps up his flow and comes faster than usually. For a song that has Slim rapping about how you're scared to call the laws because you don't want it with him and his hoggs the beat is on the softer side of hiphop. Production aside I think Slim goes hard on this album and I'm happy about that. I just think they should have left off some of the softer beats.

But enough of talking about the weak parts though. The album starts out with this track called "Move Somethin," which is dope. The beat has a New York feel to, at least I think so anyways. Then comes the second track, Like A Boss. Mayne hold up, this shit fucking knocks. 3 Kings is my favorite song on the album but this is a close second. Slim has some girl in the background yelling about how he is the motherfucking boss and the beat definetly helps drive home who is the fucking boss. Jazze Phae makes a contribution to the album on "So Incredible." I'm not to crazy about Jazze's singing but at least his beat is alright, he's getting cute with some organs and guitars. Another track I like is "Rockstar," its got this guitar that kind of gives it that country rap tunes feel. It's a pretty chill beat but I like it plenty. I also like "Too Clean" well besides the fact that in parts of the song nothing fucking happens. They just let the beat play for like 30 seconds. They didn't even get real cute with it or anything, its actually sounds like they messed up and couldn't get the mics to work. Also I could do without bitch ass Pharrell whispering "too clean." Whatever issues I have with the Neptunes I still think its a worthy purchase. So yeah I'm going to throw up a few mp3s. Get them while their fucking hot or before the ghost of Dj Screw tells me to take them down.

I told you to hurry but now its too late. Way to go you slow ass bitches.
Like A Boss

Move Somethin

Rockstar

Mos Def New Danger controversy

Blogger Byron Crawford, who also happens to be myself, on the fact that tall Israelis really are running this rap shit.

NOTE: You guys should get Haloscan, with its TrackBack feature, so that I can get really self-referential.

Fast food employees are running this blog shit.

T-Rock (if you like 2pac...)

Mr. Washington Story (2004)

T-Rock - "Little or Nothin"

I first heard about T-Rock from a friend who described him as being the "next twista." I'm not sure what he meant by that because he doesn't sound like Twista at all - although he may just have meant that all he needs is some good production and he will blow, and that's probably true. T-Rock was a part of the hypnotize camp posse and had a great song "Slang and Serve" on the Choices soundtrack. He broke away from 3-6 and I've heard various things about money issues and his solo album being delayed but either way he doesn't really seem to fit into the 3-6 style anyway. He's very lyrically-oriented, in to conspiracy theories and is very political. He's sort of like Ras Kass except he doesn't lecture you.

His wordplay keeps it interesting and his voice is magnetic and sounds strained with the weight of the world, like he's putting everything he has into every song. He can be very depressing to listen to for very long, and his beats, while not as bad as Eminem's production, ride that dark, gothic, somewhat crappy piano shit sometimes. He needs better beats. He sort of reminds me of 2pac, with those empathic vocals and inner turmoil that sounds like it will destroy him. Add a dash of paranoia and you have the pastor troy influence. He's quite good.

Buy Mr. Washington Story here.

Cam'ron's next album could be pretty good

Or it could be crap just like his last one. Being the "hater" that I am, my bet is on the latter. The thing about Cam'ron is that, unlike a lot of MCs that I don't particularly care for, he is somewhat talented. But he doesn't put out a lot of very good records, I don't think. Which makes you wonder, are all of these people that are supposedly fans of his actually listening to shit like Come Home with Me and From Me to You, or is it more about the fashion? I think my main beef with the shit of his that I've heard (I'm not as familiar with his pre-Roc-A-Fella work) has been his reliance on beats using sped-up vocal samples (and usually not very good ones at that) and guest appearances from his untalented homies. Still, I think if he can manage to get beats from all the Roc's best producers and keep guest appearances to an absolute minimum, Blueprint-style, he might actually have something. Then again, I suppose you could say that about a lot of people.

It's not really rape if it's your house.

This is the part where I give my phone number to all the girls thats hot

The boss said he would revoke my Shrimp membership if I didn’t post more often, and since that’s the only thing getting me into clubs these days I thought I should add something here.
The Big Tymers are always a double-edged sword – you get to hear Mannie Fresh’s fantastic beats, but in exchange you have to listen to Baby’s fucking awful rapping. Baby likes to rap about how he is a great businessman, which is true, but it gets really tired on 20-track albums like last year’s “Big Money Heavyweights,” since Baby has run out of interesting ways to say “I’m rich” and he has a dull flow. Mannie’s production, on the other hand, has kept getting better and better – “How We Do” was one of the great unheard singles from 2003.
Fortunately Mannie has already dropped one of the ten best singles of the year with “Real Big” and hopes are high for his album, scheduled for a November 9 release date. Tracks that will presumably end up on the album have started to leak. The only track I’ve been able to find besides “Real Big” is “Day In the Life.” I don’t know that it will be on the album and that it isn't just a demo or something, but it is labeled online as an album track. It’s decent, good beats, but without the same great humor he brought to “Real Big.” It does have him making car noises though, so that’s cool.

Mannie Fresh – “Day In the Life”
Link is good for seven days or 25 downloads.

Just to be fair

Fabolous is a pretty horrible artist too. His latest single "Breathe" is an exception in that it's actually listenable, but he's committed enough crimes against hip-hop in his relatively brief career to warrant mention in the company of the likes of MC Hammer and Lil' Flip. In particular, there was this single off of his last album (the one with the R&B chick) that was pretty horrendous and almost as bad as this current Lil Flip atrocity. I suppose somebody's going to pop up and try to defend him too, or does he not have enough gold teeth?

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Here is a picture of Nina Sky

Because I care.

Lil Flip is such a piss poor MC

His song "Sunshine," which I'm sure we're all familiar with, is so bad, it might actually be worse than anything MC Hammer ever came up with. I say "might" because there might actually be something that he did that was worse than it on his post-2 Legit 2 Quit albums (and who knows how many of those there are), but I wouldn't know because I never heard any of them, and those don't really count anyway.

It's so bad in fact that I don't think it ever caught on at either of the local jig stations. But, apparently, they're still playing it on our TRL-oriented teen pop station, SHIT 107.7. The only reason I know is that we had this shitty little radio at the Asshole the other day and it couldn't pick up the game on an AM station, so we were flipping through the dial trying to find a station that was staying up to date with the score. In other words, no homo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

GETO BOYS VIDEO SHOOT

Chicago Hip-Hop

So I had two days off school this week. My friend and I drove her '71 Cutlass to Chicago to hang out with my friends for a few days. They live in the south loop (a stop north of Chinatown) because they go to school at Columbia Chicago which is like a community/technical/art school in one. Or some shit, I donno. Anyway it was a good time and I had Dim Sum for breakfast on Saturday.



Anyway while I was there I picked up Mass Hysteria's newish CD Chicago: The Underworld Mixtape. It's a pretty great example of Chicago's strange position in the hip-hop world. Chicago's always been in a really weird place because when hip-hop was developing in New York all the b-boys in Chi-town were listening to house music because that shit was huge and it's still pretty influential. I was born in Chicago in 1983 so I don't really remember this shit but apparently we had something of a hip-hop culture. William Upski Wimsatt's written a lot on hip-hop in the late 80s and early 90s but it's important to remember that WBMX, Chicago's house station, was the most popular station in the city as hip-hop was becoming the predominant music culture outside of the second city. And House music never really broke in the U.S. so Chicago was denied any sort of big important cultural impact, and then for a long time there was almost nothing here. What did we have, crucial conflict and Common and R. Kelly? Shit when I was ten just like every other kid my age from the Chi we were into Dre and Snoop, that stuff was big - "The Box" was almost all G-funk and 2pac and maybe some biggie here and there. At my high school it was all cash money - even the kids who made beats in high school were imitating the Mannie Fresh double-time bounce music.

Kanye West's picture dominates this mixtape's cover and its easy to see why - the guy pretty much dragged Chicago into the spotlight and helped to put Twista on and revitalized Jay-Z. He has a song of his own on here from before he was big. Its called "Nothin' Gonna Stop Me" and it's a really good example of how awful his drum programming can be and his rhyme style sounds a lot different and more amateurish. Its also got his beats on Common's new single "Food" which I actually like a lot more than Common's other recent hendrix bullshit and the "Overnight Celebrity" remix with Cam'ron and 50 Cent. 50's verse is surprisingly exciting.

For the most part though this mixtape is all about Dug Infinite. He produces a bunch of the tracks and drops a verse on No I.D.'s "State to State (Beatnuts Remix)." My personal favorite is All Natural's "Stony Island" which is on the Pete Rock-style piano loop steez.

Just like when House was king, Chicago is in its own world when it comes to hip-hop. The south is revitalizing hip-hop production and meanwhile these cats are sampling like its 1993. Dug Inf is pretty good and I like this mixtape a lot but some of the production veers towards dull. There are a lot of good MCs on it though, most of the major guys you'd want to hear from Chicago - J.U.I.C.E., Rhymefest (who absolutely rips it over a Mark Ronson beat), All Natural, and No I.D., for instance. And there's something endearing about Chicago's refusal to even acknowledge what's happening outside its own city limits.

For a history of Chicago hip-hop, check out the galapagos 4 website. This history was written by Kevin Beacham aka Formless.

Here are two mp3s of my favorite tracks from Chicago: The Underworld Mixtape.

All Natural - "Stony Island" (produced by Dug Inf)
No I.D. featuring Common and Dug Inf - "State to State (Beatnuts Remix)"


Buy the mixtape here for only 6.99.

Here is the tracklist:
01 – Intro – Gee Field & Mike Treese (Prod. By Matt Monster)
02 – Plane Terror – Mass Hysteria (Prod. By Dug Inf)
03 – Respeck – Rhymefest (Prod. By Mark Ronson)
04 – Renegades – Cap D ft. Ali & Tree
05 – Middle Ground Anthem – Prime & Clew (Prod. By Crates)
06 – Hot – Kaos (Prod. By Memo/Molemen)
07 – In the Trenches/Wake Up Call RMX – J.U.I.C.E.
08 – Stony Island – All Natural (Prod. By Dug Inf.)
09 – Rockin’ w/ the Best – DJ Presyce
10 – It Ain’t Safe – Mass Hysteria (Prod. By Dug Inf)
11 – Freestyle – Zoser from Frontline (Prod. By Spike & Jamal)
12 – Feels So Good – SMP ft. Earatik Statik & Pace Won
13 – Smoke Signals – Primeridian ft. GQ & DJ Kiko
14 – We Made Us – Mass Hysteria (Prod. By Dug Inf)
15 – Autobiography – Sham God (Prod. By Manos)
16 – Nothin’ Gonna Stop Me – Kanye West (NOT ON ALBUM)
17 – Chapelle Show Intro
18 – The Food (Full Song) – Common ft. Kanye West (BRAND NEW)
19 – Lost Boys – Longshot (Prod. By Panik/Molemen)
20 – Fall Out – Mass Hysteria ft. J.U.I.C.E. (Prod. By SC)
21 – This’ll Have to Do – Sef the Executioner (Prod. By Spike & Jamal)
23 – State to State (Beatnuts RMX) – No I.D. Ft. Common & Dug Inf
24 – Persevere RMX – Mass Hysteria (Prod. By SC)
25 – You Know I’m Wit It – SMP ft. Kool G Rap & Ma Barker
26 – Overnight Celebrity RMX – Twista ft. Cam’ron & 50 Cent
27 – Peace to Chicago Artists


All Natural (Tone b. Nimble and capital D)


If you are interested in hearing more from All Natural check this track which is available at the thrill jockey website.

DJ Z-Trip Interview

Ztrip Interview

So the folks over at Downhill Battle interviewed Z-trip about sampling issues and the problems he's faced as a dj trying to release an album with a major label. Downhillbattle.org is the same site that did a lot of advocating for Dangermouse's album and the site is basically dedicated towards fighting against bullshit sample laws. The interview starts off talking about the Uneasy Listening album he made with DJ P (who happens to be a dope dj but gets overlooked too much because z-trip is more known). Oh I also recommend going to the DJ P site and watching the video footage of him djing at shitty top 40 clubs in the midwest.

Streets Disciple Cover (...the fuck?)

Is King Lear up in here?

I just got back from Chicago. The new t double d album is heat (Check gov't names for a couple mp3s). Upcoming I'll be posting about Lil Boosie and T-Rock and the mass hysteria mixtape of Chicago hip-hop. Stay tuned, motherfuckers.

Download this shit

It's probably not considered cool to jack a whole day's worth of links from some other kid's site, but I did it anyway. I'm gully like that.

Nas featuring Olu Dara - Bridging The Gap video


Nas featuring Olu Dara from VH1's Hip Hop Honors

Eminem "Mosh"

Immortal Technique and Mos Def - Bin Laden

I'd suggest you grab this shit while the getting is good, if you know what I mean.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

New Pimp C Track And Willy D Interview

Pimp C - Hogg In The Game.mp3

I don't know how long that mp3 will be up but if it goes down you can hear the song at the Rap-A-Lot Records site. You'll have to flip through the songs on the website's player to hear it. Unfortunatly the mp3 that I posted is an editted version of the song and has cutesy boy yelling over it. As for when the actual Pimp C album drops I don't have an answer for that, the website just says "coming soon" and in the world of hiphop record release dates that could mean never or next month. But fuck it, just download that shit and keep it trill as fuck.

FREE PIMP C!



In other news AllHipHop.com has a cutesy Willie D interview up.

I was like we got some dope s**t and a gimmick wont hurt. So if people saw a midget rapping, they would trip the f**k out, I know I would. Especially a midget talking about kicking somebody ass. So I was like, “Let me write him a song.” If he could rap, he could be in the group. So I asked Bill some size related questions and I came back in an hour with “Size ain’t S**t,” and three days later he was in then studio recording. That’s how Bushwick Bill joined the group. Even though I didn’t like Bill.

AllHipHop.com: Why?

Willie: We had an altercation before.

AllHipHop.com: You were about to fight a midget man? (Laughs)

Willie: S**t, I'll fight anybody…I’ll fight a motherf***ing first grader if he step out of line (Laughs) But the Bushwick thing was a business move and I thought it was a good idea. And that’s how you got the Geto Boys that you know today

Farnsworth Bentely Sucks

I hate this motherfucker. Fuck his umbrella, fuck his bowties, and fuck his shitty ass rapping. Apparently when you sign up to become Puffy's personal bitch you also become a fucking rapstar. I can't stand this guy. According to him he doesn't even rap, "What I do is to be referred to as `dissertation over instrumental.' " And people thought anticon was pretentious? Its all some bullshit attempt to make him out to be with worldy renaissance man. I think he's a eloquent piece of shit. The guy is even starting his own line of luxury umbrellas. My fucking god how stupid do you have to be to buy this shit. Sweet crap the man refers to his goddamn socks as "men's hosiery." SOCKS!!! What the fuck bitch, they are goddamn socks, get it right you fucking jackass. Farnsworth wants to bring back the "gentleman" but I think he's trying to bring back the bitchman. What guys need to learn about is how to fix their goddamn cars not how to do a fucking four-in-hand knot with an overpriced tied. Fuck Farnsworth Bently and his motherfucking pocket squares.


If you too would like to ride an umbrella to hiphop stardom well then go here

KRS One Rebuttal To NY Daily News Article

KRS-One responded to the NY Daily News, after the newspaper ran an article that labeled him a "Hip-Hop anarchist" & said the he expressed solidarity with the Al-Qaeda. "No one should ever believe anything that the one-sided Daily News has to say about the same Hiphop community that it has tried so desperately to undermine for years," KRS said.

Peep the rest of it here.

Foxy Brown is one dumb jiglady

OK maybe this isn't newsworthy at all, but, according to this kid who frequents my comments section, Foxy Brown received a $500,000 advance to record for Jay-Z's new label and spent $250,000 of it on a new Bentley. Just thought you'd all like to know that.

KRS Glad At 9/11 Atrocity, or is it Racist Media Spin?

KRS-One, decency zero
If Osama Bin Laden ever buys a rap album, he'll probably start with a CD by KRS-One.
The hip-hop anarchist has declared his solidarity with Al Qaeda by asserting that he and other African-Americans "cheered when 9/11 happened."
The rapper, whose real name is Kris Parker, defiled the memory of those who died in the terrorist attacks as he spouted off at a recent New Yorker Festival panel discussion.
"I say that proudly," the Boogie Down Productions founder went on, insisting that, before the attack, security guards kept black people out of the Trade Center "because of the way we talk and dress.
"So when the planes hit the building, we were like, 'Mmmm - justice.'"
The atrocity of 9/11 "doesn't affect us [the hip-hop community]," he said. "9/11 happened to them, not us," he added, explaining that by "them" he meant "the rich ... those who are oppressing us. RCA or BMG, Universal, the radio stations."
Parker's screed drew a loud boo from novelist Tom Kelly, who was in the audience. "I lost six friends there on 9/11," Kelly told us afterward.
Parker also sneered at efforts by other rappers to get young people to vote.
"Voting in a corrupt society adds more corruption," he added. "America has to commit suicide if the world is to be a better place."
Ex-Nirvana rocker Krist Novoselic, who was on the panel, yelled back: "That is wrong, man. Suicide is not the answer."
But, judging by Parker's downward-spiraling career, he's already bent on self-destruction.

Chamillionaire on Universal

"Houston based artist CHAMILLIONAIRE, a.k.a KOOPA, who has sold more than 150 thousand units Independently and whose last mixtape sold more than 40 thousand units in its first month, has signed a multi-million dollar deal for his label CHAMILLITARY ENTERTAINMENT to partner up with UNIVERSAL RECORDS. The joint venture was negotiated by Chamillionaire's recently signed manager Charles Chavez of Houston's Latium Ent. and Fred Davis of New York based Davis, Shapiro, Lewitt, Montone and Hayes. The first release on the new imprint will be Chamillionaire's highly anticipated solo album "CONTROVERSY SELLS", which does not have a release date as of yet."
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Chamillionaire.com

Jay Z new President of Def jam?

According to CNN, Universal Music Group is close to a deal to buy out the rapper and producer Jay-Z and his partners from their venture, Roc-A-Fella Records, a published report said Monday. The New York Times, citing people involved in the negotiations, said Universal Music plans to bring the entertainer into its executive ranks by naming him president of the Def Jam Recordings label. Universal Music, a unit of Vivendi (V: Research, Estimates), is expected to pay about $10 million to unravel the partnership in Roc-A-Fella, which has provided the music label with a series of platinum-selling hits, most recently Kanye West's "College Dropout," the paper said. The deal with Universal Music may seem impossible after Jay-Z announced earlier this year that he is retiring from making albums. But the rapper has made this proclamation many times before. If Jay-Z plans to record new music, he would be under contract to release it through Universal Music, but he is free to strike a deal for the creation of a new start-up label or take an executive post with any music company, the Times said. At the moment, Warner Music Group, a rival of Universal Music, is also pursuing the singer/producer, the report said. Universal Music and Roc-A-Fella weren't available for comment. Warner Music declined to speak about its interest in the artist.

Anyway, here are some tracks.

Jay Z, RKelly, Twista-Get This Money Remix-http://www.hiphopgame.com/player1212.php
Eminem Just Lose It remix by Green Lantern-http://www.hiphopgame.com/player1214.php

http://www.hiphopgame.com/player1223.php

This is for the girls in the trap steady hustlin'.

"Knuck if you Buck" is one of the year's best singles so I decided to check out the album.

Crime Mob's album is on Reprise which is the same label that released the great Lil Scrappy/Trillville record earlier this year. They sound like related albums in a strange way, like Scrappy/Trillville is the sound of Lil Jon's big-budget super-club crunk and Crime Mob is the stripped down, minimalistic, even skeletal low-budget cousin. And it is almost as good an album, too.

Crime Mob is six members, Killa C, Cyco Black, Jock, Lil Jay, Princess and Diamond. Their beats are gothic and minor-key and they sometimes sound like 3-6 but without the bombast and they definitely sound much younger. In fact they sound so young that it made me think of early hip-hop in many ways, especially the low-budget feel of the production and the fact that they rap like a team, trading verses without one MC dominating the preceedings so the Crime Mob becomes more important than any individual rapper. They also sound young because they keep messing up and sliding off the rhythm but they rap with a lot of passion and that makes up for it a bunch. "Knuck if you Buck" was the first single and it looks like the second single is gonna be "Stilettos (Pumps)" which is a great song that features Diamond and Princess, the two girls who really tear shit up on this album.

Sometimes it gets a little samey and overall I'd say this album is more promising than great but I like it a lot anyway.

Here is an mp3 of "Black Market Bonus" which kicks off with this crazy burbling noise.



You can buy the Crime Mob album here.

Tha Killa Klan

Tha Killa Klan from Houston, TX was founded by Pharoah of the Street Military. Tha Killa Klan consist of Street Military (Pharoah, K.B., Lil' Flea, Icey Hott, R.I.P. Nutt), Z-Ro and Trae of Guerilla Maab, Klondike Kat, G-Rapp The General, BAM, Stack Pack and Burton Boys. Tha Killa Klan is also a part of the South Park Coaliton.

K.B. and Lil' Flea - Killaz On The Trigga

K.B. and Lil' Flea - Jack Move

On the Killa Klan site they have two of these K.B. and Lil Flea tracks and both use that high pitched keyboard sythn sound and it gives them that westcoast g-funk feel. The added reggae bit reminds me of early/mid 90's bay area gangsta tracks that use to have some guest with the reagge twist do the hooks (see Spice1 and Method Man's Hard To Kill). These two songs were released in 98(probably recorded in like 97) so that's why they sound dated but fuck it they are still dope.

Street Military - Steel Gangstaz

Street Military - Gasta Get Paid

Now the first song, Steel Gangstaz, is way better second one. This song is what I love about Street Military, dudes just go hard as fuck on this shit proving that they are still G'ed Up as fuck. I'm a sucker for loud, abrasive, and pissed off rapping. As long as you got some folks yelling and someone telling me to "get'em up" then I'm a happy man and I will put my guns up. I don't know who it is that does the second verse but man whoever he is fucking kills that shit.

As for the second song, Gasta Get Paid, it has that crazy keyboard bit that comes out of nowhere. It doesn't fit the beat at all. Actually now that I think about it who ever made it has been playing Castlevania way to much. Then there is that guitar at the end of the song that sounds cheesy as fuck. You would think people would have figured out to get rid of those lame rock bits already. I thought RockBox proved just how cheesy that shit is. It's actually not even that good of a song but I like that buzzing synth. The rapping isn't recorded too well; it sounds like they recorded the songs in the shower but even with that I still dig the song. Maybe I shouldn't even have posted it but whatever Street Military is good for your mommy.

BET bans Just Lose It in support of MJ

Slim Shady is back again and pulling no punches in his controversial new video "Just Lose It." This time, he's targeting the King of Pop and, apparently, the King is popping back.

From the video's opening routine reminiscent of Jackson's "Billie Jean," to the case of the nose with a mind of its own, Eminem pulls no punches as he takes on everything from the 1984 accident in which Jackson's hair caught fire to allegations Jackson plied his underage accuser with wine, calling it "Jesus juice." Though the images arguably indicate otherwise, in his lyrics, Eminem insists he's not attacking Jackson, as he rhymes, "I done touched on everything but little boys. That's not a stab at Michael --- that's just a metaphor --- I'm just psycho."

Nevertheless, the video has sparked a flurry of published reports alleging Jackson is furious and considering legal action.

Jackson's spokesperson, Raymone Bain says that's half true -- so far Jackson hasn't threatened to sue, but he is piping mad.

"It's untimely and, quite frankly, outrageous," said Bain of the video. ""What was Eminem thinking? Because I don't think he would want anyone to treat him that way, particularly as a father. I think he should reconsider what he's done."

Jackson is asking networks to pull Eminem's video off the airwaves. Bain tells "CJ" that, so far, only BET has agreed.

Eminem says he's only poking fun at pop culture in the video, which also takes on Madonna's "Like a Virgin" routine from "Truth or Dare," MC Hammer's parachute pants, Pee Wee's big adventure, and the movies "Old School," "Bad Santa," and Eminem's own "8 Mile." Eminem's also got a team of celebrity supporters who appear in the video -- hotel heiress Paris Hilton, "8 Mile" co-star Mekhi Phifer, former "CHIPS" star Erik Estrada and "Bad Santa" star Tony Cox.

A spokesperson for BET tells "CJ" that the network has indeed pulled the video, at Jackson's request -- adding BET made the decision because of the video's content and out of respect for the network's long relationship with Michael Jackson.

Ant Banks

So Bambouche over at VanguardSquad posted this ugly ass Ant Banks mix on SoulStrut and man is it fucking hot. If you like old school oakland shit then you'd be highly advised to listen to this mix. If you don't like oakland rappers well then fuck you cuz Oak-Towns in the house. Back in the day when I was selling tapes with Freddy B we were fucking killing the game. Other motherfuckers couldn't sell shit because their crap music sounded so damn fake. People use to tell us that this music would never sell and we told them fuck you cause rap music is here to stay. Listen to this shit before I fucking kill you.

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Check the soulstrut link if you want to see Bam's tracklisting and comments on each track

Winners of this year's Source Awards

via the AP and presented without comment, other than the fact that they all fucking suck:

Artist of the year male solo: Ludacris

Artist of the year group: Ying Yang Twins

Breakthrough artist(s) of the year: Kanye West

Single of the year solo artist: "Right Thurr," Chingy, produced by The Track Starz

Single of the year group: "Lean Back," Terror Squad, produced by Scott Storch

Single of the year collaboration: "Damn," Youngbloodz featuring Lil Jon, produced by Lil Jon

R&B/Rap collaboration of the year: "Yeah," Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, produced by Lil Jon

Best female rap collaboration: "Lean Back," Terror Squad and Remy Ma, produced by Scott Storch

Fat tape song of the year: "Clap Back," Ja Rule produced by Scott Storch

Remix of the year: "Right Thurr," Chingy featuring Trina and JD, produced by The Track Starz

Album of the year: "The College Dropout," Kanye West

Lyricist of the year: Jay-Z

Dancehall/Reggae artist of the year: Elephant Man

Producer of the year: Lil Jon

R&B artist of the year male: Usher

R&B artist of the year female: Alicia Keys

Video of the year: "Through The Wire," Kanye West, directed by Coodie and Kanye West

Independent album of the year: "Konexion," Freddie Foxxx

International artist of the year: Tego Calderon (Puerto Rico)

Best acting in a movie by a rapper: "Shottas," Spragga Benz

DJ Smallz southern smoke 10 (late pass)

This isn't new or anything (in fact Gel and Weave posted the tracklist back in May and Southern Smoke 14 is already out) but I'm not sure that there's a better single-disc mixtape to represent southern hip-hop in 2004. Its hosted by Bubba Sparxxx and its got pretty much everything you want in a southern comp - A lot of the shit on this is already a hit or on its way to being a hit - Nolia Clap remix, Three Kings, I Want it U Got It, Knuck if you Buck, What They Gon' Do, etc. If you're wondering why the new Eminem single is so shitty, Lil Jon and Eminem's "Crunk Juice (40oz)" won't make things any clearer cuz shit bangs and Eminem sounds a lot hungrier and less bored than on his single. Its also got a whole bunch of Bun B verses (what mixtape this year doesn't...) but shit is always welcome - even this far into his career and minus Pimp C he's still killing it.

Southern Smoke 11 was cool cuz it was T.I. live from prison but it definitely doesn't have the same number of hot tracks that ten does. I haven't heard Southern Smoke 12 w/ Juvie but a quick scan of the tracklist suggests it isn't quite as good either.

I haven't been paying attention to mixtapes much since I got to school but if you get one CD of southern hip-hop this year, this wouldn't be a bad choice.

Buy Southern Smoke 10 or check the tracklist here.

Also make sure you head over to The Stypod and get the free mp3s by Trick Daddy, N'Tyce and Devin the Dude.

iTunes Is Hating On The Shrimp

So a while back we got this email from itunes about doing some link share program where we post up songs and link to their site. If people buy the mp3's then we get some money. It sounded cute and as long as they didn't try to regulate our content then we figured we'd do it. Today we find out that iTunes has reject this websites application for their linkshare program. This is the list of possible reasons they gave us:

-- The content is unrelated to iTunes
-- Your site is temporarily down or under construction ¿-please make sure to apply again after 2 weeks.
-- A wrong or misspelled URL given in the application. Please correct the problem and apply again.
-- Your site is aesthetically unpleasing
-- Your site promotes tobacco, alcoholic beverages or excessive drinking/drug use
-- Your site contains extreme religious content
-- Your site is international (with a majority of visitors based OUTSIDE the US. or written in a foreign language)

If any of the above problematic criteria can be resolved, we look forward to your reapplication.


What a bunch of bullshit. They could have at least manned up and told us why but then again maybe we are just too aesthetically unpleasing for a bunch of bitch ass macintosh users. Was the Lil Kerry picture not good enough for those bitches? Or are they scared of the Ice Cube picture? Whatever the reason them fools is soft and don't even know about our blog game. We finna takeover this hiphop blog game. Just you watch. The day of reckoning is coming soon and we will destroy this shit. We don't care if motherfuckers don't want to respect us because we going to take that shit. Fuck all them hating ass bloggers who don't want to let the shrimp shine. Tuck your chains and guard ya grills because we're going to be snatching your piece of shit archives and your motherfucking movable type. Ante up you fucking pussies. Motherfuckering haloscan comments aren't even safe anymore. The Shrimp will fuck you're bitch ass sidebar up. Those pussy ass livejournal motherfuckers ain't safe either, we're gonna put the hurt on all your punk bitches. You don't want to linkshare with us well then fuck you bitch. We will shit on your bitchmade links. The internet ain't safe from the Shrimp.

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Ohhh, how the rich get richer...

There's a great article in the Eastbay Express that clearly illustrates (again) how and why big businesses can and will dominate the little businesses that attempt to provide a potentially "authentic" alternative to the seemingly inexorable marketing machine we know as commercial radio. Power 92.7 was a radio station formed several months ago in the Bay Area in order to compete against the Bay Area's two big market Clear Channel urban stations (KMEL and Wile 94.9) by offering an authentic alternative to the two big market stations. It was Power's goal to offer a real alternative to the people of Oakland by catering their song selection towards what the people of the Oakland community wanted to hear (i.e. more local, "authentic" hip-hop) instead of dictating what the public wanted to hear through standardized program lists. But, this article by Chris Thompson and Anticon-hater Eric K. Arnold shows exactly what small market radio stations are up against in the world of media-conglomerate domination. The lesson is far from ambiguous: if Clear Channel won't get ya, good ol' buy, improve, sell-for-profit capitalism will.

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about time...

There's a new blog, looks promising. They do mixtape reviews.

Street Dreams also seems pretty good.

I recommend you check this Sage Francis track "Slow Down Ghandi" since we're all political tonight PS: Bush lost.

Madvillainy = Boring, overrated shit

Greetings, bitches. You'll have to pardon my "honesty," but I work the 10pm-6am shift at a White Assholes, which basically means that I start getting fucked up around the same time that most people are actually just beginning their workday. I took a lunchtime excursion to a Jack in the Box today, and let's just say it was a lot more interesting than it should've been. I'm usually asleep right now, but your boy David invited me to contribute to this here Shrimp blog, so I figured I should probably write something just to make it, you know, official.

Anyhoo, the point of this post is this: I tried for months to get into this shit, but eventually I just gave up. Back when I was in college, I never would've guessed that MF Doom would begin to put out music that I could pretty much just shrug my shouders about. But what can I say? I was young then. That was like, several months ago. I was already aware that Madlib has a tendency to put out all kinds of random garbage, and had always assumed that, if it weren't for Peanut Butter Wolf, or whomever is in charge of keeping 'Lib in check, he would've, by this point, been putting out recordings of himself taking shits onto various kinds of surfaces and calling it something stupid like, New Excursions into Yesterday's Jazz.

But Zev Luv X, or Danny, or whatever he prefers to be called had a pretty solid track record up until just recently. I thought even obviously tossed-off mess like the King Geedorah album was pretty effing brilliant. But between this and whatever that second Viktor Vaughan album was called, dude is in serious danger of slipping into Kool Keith status; where I don't even bother to dl his shit when it comes out, let alone buy it. Don't get me wrong, MM Food will probably be pretty solid whenever it comes out, but will it be on the same level as Operation: Doomsday? I doubt it. I don't know about the rest of you, but 2004 is looking like it will go down for me personally as The Year in Which I Was Disappointed by Sooooo Many Fucking Rap Albums.

Por ejemplo, peep my review of Mos Def's new back-alley abortion of an album, The New Danger.

As far as this one in particular is concerned, I won't go into any real detail because I haven't heard it in a while and I need to sleep, but, basically, I thought it was really boring shit and while I mainly blame Pot Smoker, Comic Book Boy has got to shoulder some of the blame as well. I don't think either one of them brought their A games to this project. I think they just suspected (and they were right) that people would be so hyped about the idea of two cats who are such heavies in the rap underground that they wouldn't be too critical about the actual results. Obviously, neither of them are readers of The Infamous and Lamentable BC dot C.

Thanks, David, and peace to all of the other cats who write for this site. I look forward to coming up with all kinds of new, interesting shit with you guys going forward. No homo, of course.

Nothing But Hits

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Boss Hogg Outlawz - B.H.O.Z.

So the other day I stole this Boss Hogg Outlawz album from the middle of a crack house run by crips. The cd is titled Nothing But Hits and goddamn if it ain't nothing but. Boys are bringing it hard as fuck on this shit rapping over all kinds of beats like Quick to Back Down, Get Back, No Problem, Damn, Game Over, Lean Back you fucking name it. If the beat knocks they are rapping on it. If I could find a picture of the cover I'd post it but no one has it, the album isn't listed on the boss hogg site. But the best part is that little Proud Mary intro they got on it, that shit almost had me fall out of my chair when I heard it. It reminded me of Big T and Lil Flip's cover of Let's Get It On. But now that I've mentioned it I guess I have to post up. Well thanks to David I've now got the full version of the song so all you people can hear Big T sing his heart out about about rolling down the slab with the one you love AND Lil Flip rapping about maxi pad's and escalades. So yeah here it is:

Big T & Lil Flip - Candy On Chrome

Alkatraz Productions site updated

And the opening graphics are pretty lame but they have scary noises oooooh.

You can listen to a mixtape preview that's pretty hot, but definitely check "mixtape track 4" which is probably called "Let's Go" and it features E-40 and Lil Flip. Its nice.

If you aren't familiar with Al Kapone's shit you should be - they represent the OTHER side of memphis and although three-six gets all the respect the Memphis Drama compilations are nothing to cough at. Serg hooked me up with Memphis Drama vol. 1 and shit is real hot. Tracks like "Taylor Made" and "Shake That" bang just as hard as your favorite crunk tracks. They also make me wonder what other crunk shit everyone's sleeping on, from all the other crazy cities in the south. I made a friend here at school who's from Memphis and he was telling me how ridiculous all the parties are. I picture a city that is just a rowdy melting pot with dancing in every gutter-ass night club on every street - these guys are probably making money but not THAT much and its all locally supported. My friend says apparently Memphis radio used to be really rowdy and bawdy. They'd have random women call up and have phone sex with the DJs and play all kinds of raunchy shit on the air and then some christian groups came in and shut that shit down so now the stations have toned it down a bit.

Memphis Drama vol. 2 has this fucking hot song called "Gorilla Milk," definitely snatch this shit if you get a chance too.

Here is a free mp3 of my favorite track from Memphis Drama Vol. 1.

Its got these hot pizzicato strings and what sounds like seagulls and its one of those chill songs for driving down the road at 4 or 5 in the morning after a big night. "Got my hi-beams on and I know I'm lookin' good." So Fresh, so clean.

NIce To See Everyone In Hip Hop Eating.

Mister Cartoon Inks Deal With Nike, Preps New Shoes

Mister Cartoon, the tattoo artist who is responsible for giving Eminem, 50 Cent as well as Beyonce their ink, has moved up on the food chain. Like hip-hop stars Jay-Z and 50 Cent, the tattoo artist/entrepreneur has moved into the shoe world and is preparing to launch his own shoe with Nike.The artist has inked a deal with Nike to custom design six shoes, three Air Force Ones and three Nike Cortez. With Cartoon and partner, photography Estevan Oriel, already in the clothing industry via their own Joker Brand clothing line, Cartoon was turned to the idea of doing a shoe from a friend and after a long process, Nike decided to ink a deal with him."Originally, Nike wanted me to tattoo at a laser function for their shoes. I looked at it like if I settle for tattooing at a party then they would never wanna f--k with me for a shoe." Cartoon said. "It took about a year of convincing for the deal to come. I had to go back and forth, had presentations and had to do mock-ups."When the deal was finalized, the tattoo artist designed six different shoe designs: two being general public releases and four being art pieces. Of the two designs that are to be released to the public; one will be an exclusive limited edition, released to very select high-end stores, while the other will be a general release and be available at most shoe stores including Foot Locker.The six different shoes were recently unveiled with a release party at the Nike Blu House in Venice, California this past August. The shoes were showcased as well as a slew of custom-designed lowriders for partygoers and guests to enjoy. Guests that attended were Mr. Cheeks, model Rachel Sterling, Souls Assassins crew, as well as many industry people including media outlets, among others.Cartoon's Nike shoes are expected to be available sometime in November. For photos of some of the shoes, click here.

Super Groups and Westcoast Beef

I was sent these by way of the magical information superhighway. The Riflemen beat is better than Daz's attempt at hanging on to the coattails of g-funk. But Daz is more pissed off and after laying down his verse he just talks shit over the beat calling out all the people he hates. I don't know how long these will be up so get your download on.

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"riflemen is a brand new crew consisting of: kurupt, jayo felony, 40 glocc, mobb deep & cormega. their first track is kurupt/jayo felony/40 glocc over an alchemist banger going at daz. this was just leaked today. "

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response from daz dillinger (october 06, 2004):

Its getting INTENSE!

Hours ago Kurupt dropped a song dissing the LEGENDARY DAT NIGGA DAZ ... lol @ call that song a DISS ...

wanna hear some real ISHHH? ... how about Daz's retaliation! The tracks called PISTOL WHIP. The beat is produced by Daz and was just recorded an hour ago. (Side Note: Ludacris wanted to cop the beat but Daz had to use it ... u know he HAD 2 DO IT)..

DOWNLOAD THE SONG NOW!!! AND SPREAD WORD DPG RECORDZ IS NOT SLEEPIN'!

Hip-Hop singles, 2004

So me, Serg and Erick tried to compile a list of singles that ranged from "good" to "great" that have been released in 2004 and its definitely an incomplete list but its also pretty comprehensive. First, here is a list of songs that were suggested and then removed for general suckiness.

The Shitty Trax:

Outkast – Roses
213 – Groupie Luv
D-12 – My Band
Ludacris – Splash Waterfalls
Dilated Peoples ft. Kanye West – This Way
Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama
Lil’ Flip – Sunshine
Slum Village ft. Kanye West – Selfish
Beastie Boys - Ch-Ch-Check it Out
The Game - Westside Story (Why does this guy sound like he's from NY if he's repping the west coast?)
Goldie Lookin’ Chain – Half Man Half Machine
Houston ft. Chingy, Nate Dogg and I-20 – I Like That
Goldie Lookin’ Chain – Guns Don’t Kill People, Rappers Do / Soap Bar


Now here's what yr here for:

B.G. - I Want It U Got It
Big Tymers – No Love
Blazin’ Squad – Here For One
Bubba Sparxxx – Back In the Mud
Busta Rhymes ft. Chingy, Fat Joe and Nick Cannon – Shorty (Put It On the Floor)
Cee-Lo - I'll Be Around
Chingo Bling - Walk Like Cleto
Christina Milan ft. Fabolous – Dip It Low
Ciara ft. Petey Pablo – Goodies
Crime Mob - Knuck if you Buck
David Banner ft. Static – Crank It Up / Christmas Song
Dead Prez feat. Jay-Z - Hell Yeah
Devin the Dude - Anything
Diverse feat. Lyrics Born - Explosive
Dizzee Rascal – Stand Up Tall
Do Or Die F/ Kanye West - Higher
8ball and MJG - Straight Cadillac Pimpin
8 Ball and MJG – You Don’t Want Drama
Elephant Man ft. Twista, Young Bloodz, Kiprich – Juke Girl (Wine, Wine) (Remix)
Erick Sermon ft. Sean Paul – Feel It
Erick Sermon - Relentless
Fabolous - Breathe
Famlay ft. Pharrell – Fresh ‘N’ Drivin’
Federation feat. E-40 - Hyphy
Ghostface ft. Jadakiss – Run
Ghostface Killah ft. Missy Elliot – Tush
GM Grimm – Dancing
Guerilla Black feat. Beenie Man - Compton
G-Unit – Smile
G-Unit – Wanna Get to Know You
I-20 feat. Lil Jon, Bonecrusher and Ludacris - Break Bread
Jacki-O - Slow Down
Jacki-O - Sugar Walls
Jadakiss – The Champ is Here
Jadakiss - Kiss of Death
Jadakiss ft. Anthony Hamilton – Why
Jadakiss, Styles P, Common and Nas - Why (Remix)
Jay-Z (Timbaland) – Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Jay-Z – 99 Problems
Jean Grae – Haters’ Anthem
Jim Jones - Certified Gangsta (and hopefully "Crunk Music" soon, too)
J-Kwon – Tipsy
Juvenile ft. Mannie Fresh – In My Life
Juvenile - Nolia Clap
Juvenile ft. Soulja Slim – Slow Motion
Kano feat. Wonder - What Have You Done
Kanye West – All Falls Down
Kanye West - Jesus Walks
Kanye West F/ Common & Mase - Jesus Walks (Remix)
Kanye West - New Workout Plan
Lenny Kravitz ft. Jay-Z – Storm (Just Blaze Remix)
Knoc’Turnal ft. Snoop Dogg – The Way I Am
Lil Boosie feat. Young Bleed and Mr. Magic - I Smoke I Drank
Lil’ Flip – Game Over
Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys feat. Lil Scrappy - What You Gonna Do
Lil Scrappy ft. Lil Jon – Head Bussa
Lil’ Scrappy – No Problem
Lil’ Wayne – BM J.R.
Lil’ Wayne – Bring It Back
Lil Wayne - Go DJ
LL Cool J – Headsprung
Lloyd Banks - I'm So Fly
Lloyd Banks – On Fire
Ludacris – Blow It Out Your Ass
Lyrics Born - Calling Out (Remix)
Madvillain - All Caps
Mannie Fresh – Real Big
Ma$e - Breathe, Stretch, Shake
Ma$e – Welcome Back
Masta Ace – Good Ol’ Love
Memphis Bleek - Everything's A Go
Memphis Bleek – Just Blaze, Bleek and Free
Memphis Bleek ft. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel – Murda Murda
Memphis Bleek - Yes
Method Man ft. Busta Rhymes – What’s Happenin’
Missy Elliott – Ragtime Interlude (I’m Really Hot)
Mobb Deep - Got It Twisted
Mos Def feat. Ludacris - The Jump Off
Mos Def - Sex Love and Money
Murs – H-U-S-T-L-E
Mya - Fallen remix feat. Chingy
Mystikal - Oochie Pop
Nas - Bridging the Gap
Nas – Star Wars
Nas – Thief’s Theme
Obie Trice ft. Nate Dogg – The Set Up
Perceptionists - Memorial Day
Pete Rock feat. Dead Prez - Warzone
Petey Pablo - Freek-A-Leek
Petey Pablo - Vibrate
Pitbull - Culo
Pitbull ft. Lil’ Jon & Lil’ Scrappy – That’s Nasty
Pitch Black (DJ Premier) – It’s All Real
Prince Po – Hold Dat (Richard X Mix)
Redman – Saga Continues
rjd2 - Exotic Talk
The Roots – Don’t Say Nuthin’
Royce Da 5’9 – Hip-Hop
Sage Francis ft. Brother Ali and Slug – Doomage
Shawnna - Shake That Shit
Sleepy Brown ft. Outkast – I Can’t Wait
Slim Thug, Mike Jones and Paul Wall – Still Tippin’
Slim Thug feat. Bun B and T.I. - Three Kings
Snoop Dogg - Drop it like its Hot
Terror Squad – Lean Back
Terror Squad F/ Mase & Eminem - Lean Back (Remix)
Terror Squad – Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Three 6 Mafia, DJ Kay Slay, Lil’ Whyte, Frayser Boy – Who Gives A Fuck Where You From
T.I. – Rubber Band Man
Trick Daddy - Let's Go
Trillville - Get Some Crunk in Yo System
Trillville ft. Twista – Neva Eva (Remix)
Twista – Overnight Celebrity
Twista ft. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx – Slow Jamz
Twista - Slow Jamz (Collipark Remix)
Usher ft. Ludacris and Lil Jon – Yeah
Vast Aire - Look Ma No Hands
Tim Wright – The Ride
Wiley – Pies
Wiley – Problems
Wiley – Wot Do You Call It
Ying Yang Twins - Salt Shaker
Ying Yang Twins ft. Trick Daddy – What’s Happenin’
Young Buck ft. 50 Cent – Let Me In
Young Buck - Welcome to the South
Young Gunz – Friday Night
Young Gunz - No Better Love
Yung One ft. DMX, Lil Flip & David Banner – Tear It Up


If we're missing shit (we are) let us know. If you think something is hella shitty and it shouldn't be up there (I'm questioning that Elephant Man track) post so.

But You Don't Hear Me Tho!!!

This is Rodney O and Joe Cooley's 1993 album titled Fuck New York. The duo was primarily known for their song Everlasting Bass and while Fuck New York may not be one of their biggest hits or even that great an album I fucking love this record. In 1993 I had to get my dad to come with me to buy the tape because the dipshit at the recordstore refused to sell me the tape without parental approval. Thankfully my pops didn't give a shit what I listened to and rolled with. I've played this tape so many fucking times that I still have most of it memorized. I don't know about other areas but the lead single off the album "You Don't Hear Me Tho" was in constant rotation on Phoenix radio. Other notable tracks were "Humps For the Boulevard," "Chase The Bass," and "Sounds Of The Underground." One of my favorite things about this album is just how much shit they talk about New York, this was also around the time Ice Cube began his anti new york stance because NYC radio wouldn't play their shit. Rodney and Joe also talk some shit on MC Hammer, KRS-One and others. Now that I think of it them hating on Krs was quite a foreshadowing of what I would come to do 11 years later. But whatever, just download the goddamn mp3.

Rodney O & Joe Cooley - U Don't Hear Me Tho' (removed)

I start cutting DJs heads off

All Hip-Hop recently did an interview with veteran mixtape DJ Kay Slay. The first part of the interview he runs pretty typical promotion for his upcoming Streetsweeper mixtape, but the second part has some interesting insights on the labels' hypocritical attitude toward mixtape DJs...

AllHipHop.com: You mentioned it earlier, so I wanted to ask what are your thoughts on the Sony-BMG merger? ... They cutting back staff, so they may cut back budgets. Especially cause you aren’t like a traditional artist. They may be like, ‘We could do what Slay does.’ [laughs]

Kay Slay: Well you know what, then I’ll cut back on playing their shit. And I start cutting DJs heads off that want to play their records. That’s when you put the pressure on. Fuck them niggas, yo. They got to play by the rules, man. Because it’s already a double-standard game as far as them not promoting mixtape DJs when the beef comes from the R.I.A.A. Because they hand us the fucking records, like here ‘I need you to promote my new artist that I’m trying bring up.’ Or even artists they already got, ‘I need you to break the record in the street.’ For the mixtape, they will give you the records. BUT—if you have a headache with the R.I.A.A., they don’t wanna give you a letter stating: He does independent promotion for us and no he’s not selling the tapes, they for promotional use only. I don’t sell no mixtapes, they just to keep my name alive. But what about the people that have to do that to make a living? They straight giving them 20 to 30 records to make a tape, and when the beef comes they ain’t backing them, man. So I feel a way about that anyway. It’s nasty, yo. That’s why I got the attitude I got.

So the labels want the promotion mixtapes provide, but when the RIAA comes in talking about copyright infringement, the label that handed out the records won't stand up for the DJ.
I've only heard a few tracks associated with Kay Slay so if he's worth checking out in greater detail someone point me in the right direction.