Slim Thug’s album is as dope as his tweets are funny. Tha Thug Show is out November 30.
Am I the only one who takes a dump in the dark cause if I turn on the lights I won’t be able to go back to sleep
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Check after the break to see Slim Thug discover the “Runaway” sample.
And since we’ve been sleeping, here are some more heaters from Tha Thug Show.
People Under the Stairs need to open a rap video consulting firm. Remember when I spazzed and called their last video the best of the decade? The “Beer” video is part sitcom and part college beer-B-Q, and it’s all b-boy’ed up. It was filmed in Fort Collins and Boulder, Colorado and also at the Odell Brewery.
Carried Away is out now. Check after the break for some Cali tour dates.
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If you’re wondering what happened to all the boom bap beats on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (chances are you’re part of the horde that doesn’t care), look no further. Kanye offhandedly told Rihanna the direction for Watch the Throne in the new issue of Interview:
Yeah, well, it’s a me and Jay album. Right now, I’m sitting here going through some Lex Luger beats. This whole album, Watch The Throne, is going to be very dark and sexy—like very couture hip-hop. Because since me and Jay have already had big records and over-the-top joints, we’re just going to make some real dirty, fucked-up, hardcore stuff. But it’s also luxe and definitely high-class.
So maybe it’s not pure boom bap if he’s going through Lex Luger beats, but still. Rap nerds, sit tight.
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Fun fact: Q-Tip did the drums on “All of the Lights.” Also, he and Soulja Boy both did versions of “Mama’s Boyfriend,” one of which will show up on the next pressing of MBDTF along with “Chain Heavy.”
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“Speakers On Blast,” and especially its unexpected remix, has Hot 97 written all over it. Any barriers or divisions that may have existed in New York hip-hop are gone. Lloyd Banks and Maino on a Skyzoo remix? Since when do Banks and Maino know who Skyzoo is?
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Sene’s career has an odd trajectory. The Brooklyn rapper made a name for himself in 2009 with A Day Late & a Dollar Short, an album produced by Blu, the elusive phantasm of the West Coast. But today, Sene seems firmly planted in the East Coast as an honorary member of the little-known NY boom bap crew Brown Bag AllStars. eye don’t dream…but i do is a teaser for Sene & J57’s album. The five song EP picks up where Dollar Short left off, alternating between jazzy and soulful with the introspective musings of an underground rapper. Blu & Exile/Tanya Morgan fans, come on in.
Side note: J57 once called me Sir Knobbzington, which is going on my grave.
Alabama’s Yelawolf probably has a deer head mounted on his wall. He eats at Sizzler. He doesn’t fit the profile of a stadium-status rapper, but that’s where he’s headed. “Fuck underground,” he told a room of DJs and writers. “I did underground for ten years.” Yelawolf has the air of an artist on the cusp of fame. He puts on an amazing live show and his classic rock/country rap is like nothing you’ve ever heard before.
His EP Trunk Muzik: 0-60 comes out this week, positioned as a prelude to his proper Interscope debut coming in March. The EP features new music in addition to tracks from his breakout mixtape of the same name. In our second interview with Yelawolf (for a proper introduction, see our first), we talked about his real Interscope debut, his mixtape with Big K.R.I.T., and his stadium-sized aspirations.
ML: We last spoke almost exactly a year ago when you were shooting the video for “Mixin’ Up the Medicine” with Juelz. What’s been the most significant milestone since then?
Yelawolf: Two specific milestones. One, the BET Hip-Hop Awards where I performed with Big Boi.
ML: Why exactly?
Yelawolf: First of all, I’m a die-hard Outkast fan, so artistically, it was an accomplishment. I met Big Boi five years ago on the streets here in New York. Randomly, him and his mom were asking me for directions. I was like, ‘I’m not from here’ and I said I’m on their way and I didn’t even introduce myself as an artist, but I remember at that moment thinking I want to meet him the right way. And I had a backpack full of my own music. I didn’t even give it to him, because I wanted to meet him the right way. Hustle and grind and build on my network. I met him and out came a record produced by Andre 3000, so it was one of the biggest cosigns of my career. Not only just because he’s a legend, but because I’m a huge fan, so it was personal. And doing the BET Hip-Hop Awards with him live — it just changed everything, because television’s still powerful. On top of doing the cypher with Wiz Khalifa, Bones, and Raekwon.
ML: And Premo.
Yelawolf: And Premo. Exactly. It was just history for me. It was something that my grandkids will go back and look at that. That’s something that will last forever.
ML: What’s the other milestone?
Yelawolf: The other milestone is this tour I just got off with Wiz Khalifa. The Waken Baken tour changed the way I see myself as a performer, the way I approach shows. It’s crazy, you think you got it, but you learn and learn and learn. When I did South by Southwest last year, I felt like I was hitting the nail on the head, but when I got on this tour, I started seeing cracks, I started seeing flaws in my performances. And it’s just using this whole tour, all 45 days, to get better better better better better. So it changed everything. It really made me realize my own potential.
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I’m writing a verse, and I come back to the table, and it’s something that I’m feeling, and [Kanye]’s like, ‘Naw, but I need more douche bag.’ And I’m like, ‘All right, man, c’mon.’ So I go back, and he’s like, ‘Naw, more douche bag!’ He’s screaming at me ‘more douche bag’ at this point.
–Pusha T on writing his douchey “Runaway” verse
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Hoodness gracious me.
Face melt music (c) DJ01.
Reloaded has beats from Alchemist, Just Blaze, Q-Tip, Madlib, Pete Rock, Ray West, Large Professor, and Roc Marci himself. Nas should be taking notes.
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