Way too much ink has been spilled by people trying to decide if they like Odd Future. The excitement is palpable right now, but it’s hard to tell if people are genuinely interested or if they’re just raising their eyebrows at the group’s audacity. Then again, is there any difference?
When I think of Big K.R.I.T., showstoppers like “Country Shit” (“LET ME TELL YA ‘BOUT THIS COUNTRY SHIT, COUNTRY COUNTRY SHIT”) and “Pimp Tight” (“MOTHAFUCKA, I WAS PIMP TIGHT”) are the first songs that come to mind. But that’s not to say he can’t break it down in lowercase letters just as well. K.R.I.T. does just that on the first single from his new project, Returnof4eva. The Mississippi rapper/producer reflects on the early stages of his career over a quiet soul sample and at the same time keeps it distinctly Southern. The project drops March 22. Def Jam hasn’t botched his career yet!
No bullshit, I’ve actually been waiting for this album from Termanology’s DJ. No, seriously, he’s got the right features and beats in place for a solid compilation album. These joints from 2009 were dope too. Substance Abuse drops March 22.
Rappers, get your Burn One beats while you can afford ’em. “Like That” is just as cinematic as any J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League production and it has the added bonus of not having Rick Ross on it.
Part of our act was we would come out onstage with the shiny suits on to ‘If You Think I’m Jiggy’ and rip them off, and go into one of our harder records. But the crowd would sometimes go, ‘Awww…’ They wanted us to keep rocking ‘Jiggy.’
This particular strand of New York rap deserves greater recognition. Sene and Von Pea rarely drop an unimpressive rhyme and J57 and Audible Doctor have good old East Coast sample-based production on lock.
I was at the barbecue with Nas, Ak, and Pro,
They ain’t let me on the mic, ’cause I was ten years old.
Funniest rap video in a minute. Meyhem Lauren and Action Bronson just made New York rap cool again. Off Self-Induced Illness, which is dope, but runs a tad long at 41 songs.
Last night, DJ01 was in the middle of a rant about Mac Miller when I confessed that I actually like his new joint. For the uninitiated, the above picture will tell you everything you need to know about the newly anointed XXL Freshman. He was the guy in your high school physics class who was always talking about that sick party he went to last weekend and how that girl gave him head in his car.
On “She Said,” Miller tries to play the frat boy and the rap nerd. It’s a Wiz Khalifa-derived ode to weed and naked chicks, but with some dorky humor and a Tribe shoutout thrown in. So why do I like this song again? Oh yeah, the beat! The kegger takes on an unearthly tone over Khrysis’ heavy drums and thick sample-based haze. With the right beats, maybe Mac Miller can turn the frat party into a suitable setting for a rap album.
We all know the CIA invented rap music in the 1960s to rile up inner city youth and make them kill each other. Nevertheless, this evil music can serve a good cause. Sales of this song will support a little boy waiting on multiple organ transplants. His single mother can’t work because she stays with him at the hospital. TERRENCE of the 2dopeboyz comments section sums it up well: “3 OF THE DOPEST AND A DOPE MUFUCKIN CAUZE.”
