June 2010
1 post
2 tags
With the new Roots album hitting stores two days...
January 2010
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May 2009
4 posts
The Genius
GZA - Alphabets
Dare I say GZA is underrated? We’ve all enjoyed Liquid Swords (and if you don’t have that album I highly recommend you snag it. It is so choice), but Alphabets takes the lyrical cake/pie/parfait.
There’s no doubt the second verse beats the first (and that rhymed). The chorus is what kills it though:
Allah Be or Born, See (C) Divine, Equality Father, then...
One more for your Brain
Chief Rocka
Jungle Brothers
This one is a great jam.
Enjoy that funky smooth shit.
April 2009
7 posts
Copperpot
Ahhhh!!!!!!!
This is that shit that I’m talking about.
Copperpot - Art of Rap
What Good Is Music?
Just remembered this song:
Melody - Blend Crafters (remix) featuring MF DOOM
Blend Crafters is made up of DJ Nu-Mark (you know him from Jurassic 5) and Pomo.
Together they create really great instrumental tracks that I highly recomend for anyone. Great music to chill by.
Bad Luck Blues
Pow
End up with carpal tunnel syndrome....
Alright, I’m making you click the link for this one. Still trying to figure out how to format this shit….
Kookies - MF DOOM
I’ve always been a huge fan of MF DOOM. The track posted above is on my favorite album of his (that’s a hard call to make.) MM FOOD is chock-full of great tracks. From Rapp Snitch Knishes to Deep Fried Frenz to the weird instrumentals in between, the...
Welcome to hip hop essence
I’m going to use this first post to let you all know that the goal of this blog will be to discuss what hip hop is and how it relates to today’s society.
I will be providing my opinion on essential albums, artists, and tracks. There will be reviews of albums that were released 15 years ago. I’m doing this because it seems to me that there is a lack of content regarding the...