Did you know that Dee Dee of the Ramones recorded a rap album as Dee Dee King in 1989? This single is not on the album but still terrible and entertaining in a kind of car-wreck way. Seek out the whole album if you hate your ears.
I like rap/I like hip-hop/I like hardcore and punk rock
To clean your ears out, here’s the video for “I Wanna Be Sedated” featuring Courtney Love in a cameo as a junkie (really!):
I just came back from an unventilated apartment full of drunk chicks and douchebag guys bellowing Bruce Springsteen. This track by singer/producer Slakah the Beatchild is exactly what I needed: an easygoing, relaxing neo-soul jam. Slakah’s album Soul Movement Vol. 1 is a great way to dead all your stress for an hour.
Linking up with Terrace Martin for an entire album is a step in the right direction for Murs. Terrace Martin produced one song on Murs for President which was by far the best song on the album. Murs’ quirky, nerdy rhymes and Terrace’s unique brand of West Coast funk seem mismatched, but the two mesh strangely well. Their album The Melrose can’t come soon enough.
“Just A Word Or Two” is Pete Rock’s way of reminding you that he’s still better than your favorite producer. Not sure where this track is from, but I need more.
The title track off Finale’s debut is a good indicator of his album’s quality. Finale raps swiftly and his flow never falters. Oddisee provides the grandiose beat complete with trumpets, saxophone, flutes and piano. The soulful hook has a gospel twinge which befits the song’s subject: the adversities facing an aspiring artist. This Detroit gem should not be missed.
I always appreciate when big brands have good taste in music. Scion hooked up Wale and 45 King, Rockstar Games has enlisted Oh No and Statik Selektah to lace their games and Smirnoff has been making hits with their Signature Mix series. This track is a remake of Black Moon’s classic underground single. I dig this version, it doesn’t have much in common with the Mr. Walt-produced original which is NY hip-hop at its finest.
We really thought TI’s MTV series Road to Redemption was inspirational, but it wouldn’t really help the delinquent team behind ML. However, Lil Duval’s Road 2 Destruction most definitely would.
This video is so powerful, so life changing, so inspirational. One of the greatest ML Hollers @ subjects goes to a Chicago Bulls game (sidebar: tonight’s Bulls/Celtics game was EPIC, and that’s coming from someone that kinda has hated both teams at various points). Highlights include getting Daps from Jeff Van Gundy, taunting Marbury, talking to Lindsay Hunter (it’s not like he has to prepare for any game action, he’s the team minister, right?), asking Floor Seat waiter- Chi City “How do you pronounce your name? Waiter: “John.”.
Oh and in case you were wondering why this had a little delay in getting posted to the internets, Chi-City has a pretty legit reason:
“FINALLY!!!!!!!!….NEW VIDEO JUST POSTED…its like 1:15am..lol my badd. Internet porn is DISTRACTING…LOL”
The tracks I’ve heard off Blackout 2 thus far have been fairly consistent, but Raekwon’s recent myriad guest appearances are not a good look. At this point, I have more faith in Blackout 2 than Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2. With that said, it warms my heart to see these four on a song together. The beat is plain, but everybody drops a worthy verse, especially Ghostface who wraps up the song with a passionate, aggressive 16.
