Metal Lungies

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are back for their first album in 4 years (minus Flesh-N-Bone (Locked Up till 11′) and Bizzy Bone (Gone Crazy?)), but this album has a lot of potential as a preview of whats to come since Swizz Beatz signed them to his Full Surface imprint. To get a taste of whats to come, check out the e-card for the album right here. The album drops next Tuesday.

Another E-Card is for Defari, who is down with Dilated Peoples and the Likwit Crew, has an album on the way which should be a solid indie west coast effort, I’ve heard some of the tracks he has, including the Alchemist produced “Don’t be Mad at Me” which also features Evidence, keep an eye out for it.

Del the Funky Homosapian is hitting the road at the end of this month, the dates are below, and from what I’ve seen his live shows are definitely something I would attend. Also keep an eye out of a review of his recently released DVD on here soon.

Penelope Jones is a female rapper, she has quiet the story for the background, she did 4 years in Jail for conspiracy to commit drug trafficking for an incarcerated family member, she has appeared on America’s Most Wanted to help solve the murder of her brother. Now she is rapping about her hardships through her debut album which is due in early November, so far the two songs I’ve Heard I think she can hang with some of the top female MCs. Check her out..

***No Matter What They Say Ft. Mya (Real Player/ Media Player)
***Miss Me With That Foolishness Ft. Lil’ Wayne (Prod. by Jazze Pha) (Real Player / Media Player)

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In celebration of the first sunday in this NFL season, I’m posting a song that pays homage to one of my favorite NFL players behind Marcus Washington, Santana Moss of the Washington Redskins.
My favorite line in the song is:

And now he’s in the NFL str-8 punishing dudes / And when they in that cover 2, watch him give them all a “sue-flae”

Credit goes to D.C. Sports Bog, which by the way is a must-read for any DC area sports fan.

***I’m Black (Real Player / Media Player)
***Who Wanna Problem (Real Player / Media Player)
***Favorite One (Real Player / Media Player)

I think I missed some classic TV by not watching DMX’s Soul of a Man on BET, thankfully Youtube comes through and provides a nice fix of some cracked out Dark Man X. Enjoy.

DMX Enjoys fresh convenience store donuts, and fields telephone calls from Swizz Beatz using the store’s phone.

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DMX is not a friend of little people.

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DMX likes to dance to Omarion, but REALLY dosne’t like K-Solo.

(Requires Quicktime)

Top 5 dead or alive insurance company raps.

as Juelz would say, AY!

Thanks to Deadspin.

Youtube has a channel that is just P. Diddy content and while it has a lot of pointless short shit, I have found 3 pieces of gold. And of course I’m here to share.

First off is Diddy showing that he is the OG of ‘Proactive’: But I gotta confess I started using it cause it worked so well for Jessica Simpson, shit I started eating tuna cause of that woman, cause TV controls me like that.

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Next up is Diddy showing us how he is like the rest of us regular joes because he has scuffs on his walls. I’ve never felt closer to someone famous before this.

Last, but my favorite is Diddy comparing the time he spends at the urinal to that of his sexual encounters, well then I bet he <3’s Golden Showers. His sound effects are prono-esque. (PS, youtube has some content warning for this clip, why?)

I was browsing through AAH and I came across this tidbit regarding Talib’s new album

Ear Drum features production from Hi-Tek, Rick Rubin, Mad Lib, Kanye West and guest appearances from Norah Jones, UGK, Sizzla, Jean Grae and others.

Norah Jones and UGK on the same album? should be interesting and you already know Rick Rubin dosen’t deliver subpar shit only elite shit, this album is really picking up some steam. It drops Oct. 10th.

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This is the new Talib Kweli single ‘Listen’. It is currently the Jam of the Week on MTV Jams. I really dig this song because Talib dosen’t seem to stray away from his formula of catchy but not really club songs. I am really looking forward to see what his album turns out like with his own label situation finally on his plate.

***Method Man speaks on his career and the industry to XXL, Part 1 & Part 2. Meth is def. a smart dude, I found it amusing that he was bitching about the media to the media, but you get a sense of him being really jerked around at times.

***Really good interview with Kool G Rap. Covers a lot of his history and future, I would give this a must read.

***The Roots’ history in video format. I really need to see these guys live soon. It’s been way too long.

***Interview with Purple Ribbon/Dungeon Family’s Killer Mike. I think his 2003 album was a real sleep and from the bunches of tracks I’ve heard of his mixtape I think this year he is ready to raise it to another level, it is gonna be one of my top 10 albums to look for this fall.

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More recently I’ve been hearing rappers featuring people who cannot sing for shit singing their hooks on their songs.

The first time this phenomenon really hit me was with Big Moe on that Mike Jones track Flossin’. Now, me being a fan of Moe’s mic skills, I originally thought the song would feature a rap verse from the talented Houston MC. But unfortunately I was given a grating hook with only a little bit of rhyming. Honestly, more recently I have grown to like the song (but I’m still not a fan of his singing…..love the rhymes though) and I only use him as an early example to lead into one of the biggest problems in rap. Max B.

This Dipset-affiliate has recently been appearing on different Jim Jones songs and also on the new Cam’ron album. My least favorite song with this dude singing on it is a new Jim Jones single called “Don’t forget about me.” This song has some classic Jim Jones rhymes but I just have to know what Max B had to put in Jim’s weed to make him think he was a good singer. I mean it was either he drugged him or he took a bullet for him. What did you do Max B??!?!?!

P.S.- I still like Max B’s rap skills.

Like you never sang the hook of Flossin’ alone in your car……shit.