I love the fact that Raekwon and CNN have collaborated quite a few times during the last years, even if the resulting songs have been so-so.
This one, though, that I missed last year, is that shit; grimy, project hallway, back-and-forth rhyming, dope game folklore that we’ve learned to love and expect from these artists.
“a legend never seen like a Chupacabra…“
The track that Iceberg did with Brother Marquis, the one that Jay-Z lazily took big bites out of years later, is classic. Never seen this before, though.
Maybe ’cause I’ve never been a fan. 2 Live Crew are OK, but missing that boom and that cold mechanical sexy that I normally associate with Miami Bass and similar styles. Seriously, their songs sample guitars and shit.
During my endless hours researching this article, I also discovered that 2 Live Crew were pioneering that pants-hanging-below-your-nutsack lifestyle a quarter of a century before Main Attrakionz rocked shows in the Bay Area, or Slim Dunkin (R.I.P.) graced the cover of this mixtape. And them FILA shoes are sick.
Det låter annorlunda men visst kan man känna igen känslan i ett beat från DJ Burn One…
Min intervju med honom i Giftorm är ute på tisdag.
Uncut RnBased thugism from Harlem.
(via Yamborghini)
Hell Razah crying over an unorthodox 4th Disciple instrumental. This is the kind of modern New York blues that Nas always strives to but is never able to create.
Hell Razah got more classics, though:
Very strong and personal intro here…
Kickar den för kidsen i sin hemort.
Welcoming you to his hood, together with Shabazz The Disciple.
One of the only dope “bring back real hiphop”-songs ever.
Check out more of his material here.
Skizz – Influenser by Sir Sampalot
Skizz hyllar sina influenser. Skitkul för en musikälskare. Och beatet! Så långt före er andra!
“Lite Bob Marley, lite Bob Dylan / Lite Bob Hund? Nej inte ens på fyllan“
Förutom Shady Blaze så verkar rapparna i Chapter 5 av Greenova inte vara överdrivet fokuserade.
Här är en ny slap från Dom Lean, och det är nog det första jag har hört från honom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofr3vZGkJU
Ray West and A.G. have made magic together before. And with the help of Roc Marciano before, too.
This is off their “super group” album LUV NY, which also features Kool Keith, O.C., Kurious and Dave Dar.
Riff Raff owes giant pieces of his swagger to Gucci Mane and Lil B. That’s normal. It’s nothing for me to say that. That’s common ledge-knowing. But wait.
The homies over at Pure Baking Soda don’t just bless the nets with incredible rapper-related illustrations, they have also blessed us with two clues to the genesis of Riff Raff’s style some time ago… Dallas rapper Big Tuck… and fellow Houstonian and Swishahouse signee Lil Ron.
Listen to the songs linked, and then slap some Riff Raff. The similarity is undeniable, shocking, revelatory.
Now take a look at this interview with Bizzy Bone from some 14 years ago (I think I first found it on imnotatoy.com, but when I looked for it there again, I did not find it).
Bizzy’s pronunciation of words and the rhythm which with they roll out his mouthpiece, the obtuse angle that he’s eyeballing the host at, his finely (yeah, somewhat femininely) executed humour and wordplay, his all over dramatic demeanour, his dramatic fashion sense, with the braids, glasses, facial hair, animal prints, and so on; is he Riff Raff’s biological father or do they merely share a spiritual kinship?
