Metal Lungies

I promised I would, so here it is….

Most Shameful Hip-Hop Moment in 2006: Flavor of Love
This shit had me genuinely disgusted for the entire year. How could a television station that aired such an epic documentary And You Don’t Stop be responsible for this travesty. They took a man who was cemented in hip-hop legend and exposed him for the drug-addicted clown that he has become. This shit didn’t come as a complete surprise to me though, VH1 has been dragging their viewers through a cultural mud-pit for quite a while now with their recent line of celebreality bullshit. I still love that white rapper show though……crack.

Coolest Company to Get Into Hip-Hop: The Folks Over at [adult swim] With the release of that Dangerdoom album in 2005 I thought AS would continue strictly cartoon-based raps. But no! They came with the shock of the year and released a compilation called Chrome Children featuring artists on Stone’s Throw Records. The album is a heat-rock and features some supurb indy hip-hop and some fantastic beats (Dilla even shows up). This is a must cop-album for 2006 and I look forward to any future AS + Hip-Hop collabos.

Biggest Anticipation With no Pay-Off: Papoose
This dude has been dropping hot shit for a while but still no album? He has songs, he has hype, he has major label backing. So why no LP? I really hope dude drops in 2007. Probably won’t sell though……no gimmick.

Check this classic vid for Alphabetical Slaughter:
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More to come. Really.