Producer that he is, Terrace Martin usually leaves the rapping to his more talented guests, but he reveals some thus far unheard skills on “Crenshaw Motel.” The simple beat by the often forgettable 9th Wonder sounds great in the hands of capable rappers with a layer of live instrumentation flourishes. I love when songs seamlessly take the form of a conversation. Terrace Martin and Ill Camille (who flows even better than he does) make plans for a night out in Compton and of course, Terrace’s sax makes an appearance.
LOLOLOL, what other platinum selling rapper hops out of a trunk to start his performance, and then goes on airlift? Only this guy nicknamed Ye.
Below, There are even more LOLs to be had at Kanye forcing a re-do during the opening of All Of The Lights when the (majority white) crowd didn’t call and respond to the “MJ Gone..” line loud enough. A Rest In Peace shout-out to Black Eyed Peas was totally normal, too.
Fromthereviews ACL sounded like a swell job to wrap up the tour supporting My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
“Green Grass, Blue Sky” will appear on the upcoming Instrument of Emotion EP. Co$$ is sounding mad emo with his titles right now, but no matter. Shit’s dope.
This is my reward for following James Zoo on SoundCloud after I listened to his awesome mix with Paul White in April. Named for a Hermeto Pascoal LP, “Slaves Mass” is a nigh unclassifiable almighty banger. James told me that it will appear on a forthcoming EP. Beats, son.
Back in 1994 K-Def was working on some beats out of the B Room in Marly Marl’s House Of Hits when LL Cool J walked in on his session and said “let’s make some tracks together”. Uncle L had always wanted to rhyme on a track using the famous ESG breakbeat ‘UFO’, so he had Def lay it down with some scratches and then went to town with the mic. Both thought they had a sure fire hit on their hands but unfortunately it was never used.
The DAT tape of the studio session was feared lost for several years before it eventually turned up stuck behind a radiator! Now, 17 years later, K-Def and Slice-of-Spice are proud to present ‘Year Of The Hip Hop’ in all it’s vinyl glory.
The senator in Virginia for years was Chuck Robb. My wife and I supported him, and got invited to his Christmas party in the late ’90s, when [2Pac’s] Greatest Hits came out. My wife decided we should listen to it on the drive. We get to Robb’s house, and there were a bunch of black parking attendants. We opened the car, and — I didn’t know this — but the next song to come on was [“Hit Em Up”]. The timing was hilarious. Right when the brothers were ready to take the keys the line “I fucked your bitch/ You fat motherfucker” came on. These guys fell out. They looked at me at first in horror, and then started laughing like crazy.
–Bruce Hornsby (“Changes” samples Hornsby’s “The Way It Is.”)
Resolution is full of aimless visceral violence; writes Khan on his Bandcamp page, “No main topic, just blood on the dance floor, and perhaps every other floor.” Khan raps with the baritone of an old soul man and yet he’s red-bearded, bespectacled white guy. Producer marink adheres to dramatic, noirish samples while “Lord Khan Almighty” and “Anne Hathaway” are high points with their soulful sung hooks. It’s extremely polished for a stray underground rap EP and hopefully a sign of more incoming dopeness.
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