Nore is a pro at copping albums digitally now. Mac and cigarette in hand, he buys Maino’s If Tomorrow Comes… on iTunes without even breaking a sweat. Cosigns don’t get much better than this. Then he shouts out some websites (I’m sure ML was at the tip of his tongue) before giving this memorable sendoff:
I need a haircut. One Love.
Knock back some tiger bone and peep ML’s interview with Capone-N-Nore.
Sphere: Related ContentSo it looks like a stint on Bad Boy drove Loon to find Allah as shown by his recent interview on the Al-Jazeera network. The video is so amazingly odd/awkward/random (also known as right up ML’s alley.) Shout out to Al-Jazeera homies for trying to force Loon to drop a 16 on-air (on two occasions) and playing his Bad Boy era clips on 3/4th of the screen as Loon spoke on pretty much denouncing all of that.
Via Rap Radar
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Welcome back, Bishop. Good to hear new stuff from dude, he kinda dropped off the radar for a while. Those drums are enormous sounding – nice work, ghost co–producers! Why doesn’t X kick a verse on this though?
Also: Bishop, can we have the fucking album already, please?
Bright, upbeat and two-steppable. It seems Kanye has finally put Auto-Tune behind him for good. Off Cons TV.
Update: video here.
Blaq Poet’s anthem for all the ladies with inner beauty. Also check “Hate” which features Nore. Tha Blaqprint is almost entirely produced by DJ Premier and an obvious must-have. Check back in a day or two for our interview with Blaq Poet.
via Nah Right
via DJ Premier Blog
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There are definite standouts on Chemical Warfare and Alch has a distinct sound, but the album inevitably suffers from producer-compilation-syndrome toward the end. Maybe a few more listens will change my mind. “ALC Theme,” which samples A Clockwork Orange (I think) is my favorite and the title track with Eminem tops anything on Relapse. Yeah, just I said that.
via OnSMASH
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This track from the Exchange Bureau Music compilation “Assorted Good vol. 1” has that swanky jazz lounge sound. Detroit’s Magestik Legend raps about his lady and Genevive sings a sultry hook. Snowman Jack probably doesn’t sound familiar, but he produced a few tracks on Shawn Jackson’s album First of All and he released an EP with Guilty Simpson last year.
Huge shouts to Magestik!
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Late pass on this mixtape from producer Mars, with appearances from The Game, Phonte and Marsha Ambrosius. Mars is part of the production group 1500 or Nothin’ who produced “Dope Boys” and “Touch Down” on L.A.X. Life on Mars is futuristic and sometimes excessively pop, but still very soulful. Can’t wait for volume 2.
via 2dopeboyz
Tracklisting after the jump
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Q-Tip’s second solo album Kamaal The Abstract, was recorded in 2001, and was supposed to be released in 2002 as the follow up to Amplified. Kamaal was shelved for its apparent lack of commercial appeal but it’s finally coming out on September 15th, via Battery Records (home of “Stanky Legg”!)
I listened to it a few times about a year ago, and it’s pretty interesting . I don’t like it as much as The Renaissance, but it’s certainly a more adventurous album; Tip raps and sings (much more of the latter) over live, loose jazz, rather than the pristine sampled jazz loops he normally employs. There have been versions of it floating around online for years but this one is apparently going to be fully remixed and remastered. I’m looking forward to hearing it again.
Via The A.V. Club
Take a listen to “Blue Girl” off the record as a sample.
