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Steve Arrington – I be trippin (produced by Dam-Funk)

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Here we have the first taste of the much lauded collaboration between Dam-Funk and former Slave frontman/all around 80s funk powerhouse Steve Arrington. It’s as good as I expected it to be, this pairing just makes too much sense to yield a bad result. I was hoping for maybe something bit more spacey ala Dam’s solo work, but that’s really a minor gripe. This album is now officially upgraded from ‘anticipated’ to ‘can’t wait for this shit to drop’ (hopefully it won’t be too stingy on the keytar solos.) Extra thought.. Arrington singing on a Master Blazter song would be epic.

DOWNLOAD: Steve Arrington – I be trippin (produced by Dam Funk)

This song was taken from Stones Throw’s very generous 2010 sampler Clouds Over The Pacific. The photo above was taken from Matthew Scott’s blog, go there to see more of his work from this session.

A little bonus video footage of Steve and Dam Funk performing live is below.

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VIDEO: Roach Gigz “Goomba Pimpin”

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

The Bay Area’s future is in good hands.

VIDEO: Grip Plyaz & FKi “What I Do”

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Atlanta’s future is in good hands.

Does Elzhi care anymore?

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

First read this and then this and then this.

El – Why do you even bother anymore? You’ve been phoning in verses for years now. What happened homie? You used to be the future star. You were that ’87 Topps Bo Jackson Future Star at one point. You continued to steal the show and we all rooted for you. Are you bored? Are you uninspired with rap? Are you all disgruntled because the Fat Beats album wasn’t promoted well or that Slum Village is run by snakes? Black Milk deserves better. We the people deserve better. Enough with this bullshit. Don’t waste anymore time talking about T3. Stop with the Nas remake. Get your shit together or just fall the fuck back. And you owe Mic King his $ back for that wack verse too.

Sincerely,

The People That Still Have Faith In Elzhi



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Raekwon – Rockstars (feat. Inspectah Deck & GZA)

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

This is one of the bonus tracks from the OBFCL2: Deluxe Chocolate Coin Edition. The chorus is too long. Deck inexplicably triple-times his whole verse. GZA’s verse is great but his delivery is surprisingly kinda sloppy. Still, the song works.

DOWNLOAD: Raekwon – Rockstars (feat. Inspectah Deck & GZA)

Tame One – Freedom of Speech / Tone Liv – Splish Splash (taken from The Sampler Platter by The Custodian of Records)

Monday, August 16th, 2010

My appreciation of Tame One has been well documented on here and on the Philaflava boards. My appreciation of Tone Liv has been steadily rising ever since I came across Remarkable Mayor (expect to see some selections from their LP posted here soonish). NJ rappers in their mid-thirties FTW.

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The Sampler Platter can be downloaded for free here.

HD & Lil B “Cold Crush”

Friday, August 13th, 2010

HD’s Extortion Muzik 2 is quite gassy. Here, HD and Based God quickly go in over some familiarity. It’s always nice to hear Lil B displaying his conventional side. Here’s to this leading to a Lil B/J. Stalin collaboration…

Bentley – I know / Kristmas – Why I Wanna

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Today we conclude the promotional portion of DB49 week with two exclusive solo DB49′er efforts, one from Bentley and one from Kristmas. DB49′s debut album Happy Hour drops tomorrow, you might as well start pre-gaming now. The album is conveniently free, so you have more money to spend on beer and weed and DB49 merch or whatever you like to get fucked up on. As of post time it’s around 9 only in certain parts of Europe and Africa, the rest of you got no excuse.

First up alphabetically we got Bentley’s I Know. The song is a slightly off-kilter/drunken take on typical rapper/r&b chick collaborations, dedicated to the universal subject of bitches. You get a nice mellow nod-inducing beat from Mr. Beatnik, two hilarious Bentley verses as bookends, and some sweet crooning from guest songstress Ahu in the middle (her phrasing of ‘I know all the bitches’ is profoundly bonerrific). There’s also a nice little bit reminiscent of the ‘vertical hold’ gag from The Man On The Moon, you’ll know it when you hear it.

DOWNLOAD: Bentley – I know ft Aha (prod. by Mr. Beatnik)

Next we got Why I Wanna from Kristmas. Here Professor Kristmas gets his Harvard on to give a 301 level class about the in and outs of the W2 Boy philosophy, with detailed arguments and examples and an appropriate soundbite from ATL to drive the point home. The song was co-produced by Bossman and R.Dot. It premiered officially last night on Baller’s Eve radio.

DOWNLOAD: Kristmas – Why I Wanna (prod by Bossman and R.Dot)

Big thanks to Codie G for blessing us with the exclusives. Art credits go to Bentley (who came up with the idea for the pic above) and John Turner Jr (who brought it to life).

L Dash “Paperboy”

Monday, August 9th, 2010

I’m not a big fan of nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake (especially from young people who may or may not have lived it), but L Dash’s Blow On My Cartridge seems like it may end up being a welcomed exception. “Paperboy” is quite fire.

Steady B’s Best New Rapper Tournament (Round 3)

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Some major upsets thus far. Who will advance in round 3? Joell Ortiz vs. Vado, Curren$y vs. Yelawolf, Earl vs. Turf Talk or J. Cole vs. Freddie Gibbs? Vote now!


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