I put together a compilation of some overlooked and/or underrated songs for the good peoples over at Passion Of The Weiss. Not meant as a comprehensive overview or a best of anything, just a bunch of random enjoyable tracks that mostly went under the radar. Full tracklist and dl link are below, please go read the fully annotated write up over on P.O.W.
Emcee Jermaine – Crazy 88
Flatbush ZOMBiES – Gucci Gucci
Troy Ave – Motion Picture
Shady Blaze – Machine Gun Spit
Western Tink – Practice Looking Hard Jr. Ft Shady Blaze
Hail Mary Mallon – Table Talk
Rittz – When The Sun Goes Down Ft. Starlito
Silky Johnson – Fast Life Instrumental
Danny Brown – Cartier Glasses
AZ & Cormega – murder on the daily
Yelawolf – Shit I’ve seen Ft Trae the truth
Ethereal – Recovery RMX ft. Micah Freeman and Opio
Zilla – Like A Jungle Ft Clova and Bentley
Marq Spekt & Kno – All Smiles (Plastic Mask)
ShowYouSuck – All Chill Everything
LG – Kool & The Gang Ft. Bonka
KD – Let Me Ride ft. Freddie Gibbs
The Outfit – The D-Funk Era
Davinci – Pangea
Sleepy Brown – You’re My Lady
This is actually Cormega’s “Professional Style” (which I believe was originally an AZ solo), reinterpreted with a live band backing. The difference is not earth shattering, but this is version does sound much cleaner and slightly more dramatic than the original.
Taken from Cormega’s Raw Forever compilation, which you can read about HERE and BUY HERE.
I usually don’t consider message board interactions to be good blog content but couldn’t pass this one up. After facing some criticism on his own fan forum, Cormega speaks out on his recent brief guest feature on a Lil B song. 10 pages of back and forth follow, spinning out into a wider range covering homosexuality in music, religion, Malcom X, Biggie and Eddie Murphy… and somewhere amidst all that you can find a few insights into the minds making up a (admittedly small) cross-section of modern ‘true-school’ rap fans. Key detail to consider: it doesn’t seem like most of the detractors have actually heard the song in question (you can hear it here).
Mega’s first post is this:
Theres a lot of younger rappers who dont study there history especially sadly in my own city. Theres young dudes who never heard of or listened to Kane or G Rap,Lil B is NOT one of them.I have heard him quote lyrics from dope MCs, not hot rappers so that enough merits respect. What some call old heads Lil B calls influences you’d be surprised how humble and respectful he is and the love he has for East Coast pioneers. Lil B is a better at marketing then some people that are paid at lables to market(check his youtube). He generated his own buzz and is generating more buzz by doing and saying whatever the fuck he wants. Hes a smart dude and he respects hip hop more then some of the rappers who got rich off exploiting it. Chasing The Rain is one example of Lil B making a dope song. The cooking dance generated a buzz that probably wouldve been a hit record if he was on a major. The kid knows when where and how to say things and apparently its working because people keep talking about him. People said hes the worst thing to happen and that he killed hip hop so he made a song called “I killed Hip Hop” ALOT of the top rappers sold out way before Lil B had a demo out let him live.
People say hes gay because of something he said well I know of a rapper who said “she look so good I’d suck on her daddy dick” and not only did people not criticize him they song along. PAUSE
Come on it 2010 almost 2011 lets stop bringing each other down its getting real tired!
In (a fairly likely) case you read all that (or just this post) and got nothing out of it, here’s a nice new remix of Cormega’s ‘Journey’ with OC, Large Pro and Sadat X to make up for your lost time (via Unkut).
Since Blogger fucked up the posts from our previous blog site, I thought I’d re-post this one for the archives. It’s another collection, this time featuring one of the more vaunted duos in hip-hop, Nas and AZ. (more…)
Before we get started let’s clear a few things up first. This is no way a BEST of 2009 list.
I tried to limit the amount of time an artist appeared but it was impossible to do with Raekwon. While he might not have been the best rapper this year, he gave us the best material. He had tons of guest spots, a stellar album and was hands down the most intricate part of Hip-Hop in 2009.
I also had to give Big Boi a nod on my favorite rapper list because you can’t two drop of the best singles of the year and not make it. 2010 is looking pretty promising with the return of OutKast, The Roots, Blu and the Wu-Massacre. New albums from Pill, Curren$y, Yela Wolf, Jay Electronica, and Freddie Gibbs to name a few. When you look back at ’09 you won’t find that many amazing moments, but if you look closely you’ll find a ton of dope tracks you can’t deny. Not the best year in the decade but certainly not the worst either. Check back tomorrow for a list of my 200 favorite tracks of 2009. –Philaflava
Philaflava’s 10 Favorite Rappers of 2009
1. Raekwon
2. DOOM
3. Curren$y
4. Freddie Gibbs
5. Lil Wayne
6. The Jacka
7. Joell Ortiz
8. Cormega
9. Saigon
10. Big Boi
Philaflava’s 10 Favorite LP’s 2009
1. Raekwon – OB4CL II
2. The Jacka – Tear Gas
3. DOOM – Born To This
4. Curren$y – This Ain’t No Mixtape
5. Cormega – Born And Raised
6. Felt (Murs & Slug) – Felt 3: A Tribue To Rosie Perez
7. Souls of Mischief – Montezuma’s Revenge
8. Brother Ali – Us
9. Clipse – Til The Casket Drops
10. Fashawn – Boy Meets World
Philaflava’s 25 Favorite Tracks of 2009
1. Jay Electronica – Exhibit C
2. Raekwon – New Wu feat. Ghostface Killah & Method Man
3. DOOM – Gazzillion Ear
4. Big Boi – Fo Yo Sorrows feat. Too $hort & George Clinton
5. Clipse – By Popular Demand (Popeye’s) feat. Cam’Ron
6. Big Boi – Shine Blockas feat. Gucci Mane
7. UGK – Used To Be feat. E-40, B-Legit, 8 Ball And MJG
8. The Roots – How I Got Over
9. Cam’Ron – I Hate My Job (Original Mix)
10. Brother Ali – Best@It feat. Freeway & Joell Ortiz
11. Clipse – Kind of Like A Big Deal feat. Kanye West
12. Raekwon – Surgical Gloves
13. Wu-Tang Clan – Radiant Jewels feat. Cormega & Sean Price
14. Kurious – Benneton feat. MC Search & DOOM
15. CunninLynguists – George (Remix) ft. Khujo Goodi & Killer Mike
16. Cormega – Rapture
17. Raekwon – Kiss The Ring feat. Inspectah Deck & Masta Killa
18. Open Mike Eagle – iRock
19. Joell Ortiz – Move On (Slaughterhouse Mix) feat. Joe Budden, Royce Da 5’9″ & Crooked I
20. Felt (Murs & Slug) – Permanent Standby
21. Saigon – The Rules
22. Fabolous – Lullaby
23. Musab – Get Life
24. Q-Tip – Renaissance
25. Freddie Gibbs – I’m That Nigga
Our big brother dropping 11 on that ass and remember you always double down on 11. Check out the mix and our bro’s blog T.R.O.Y. –Jason Gloss
Sounds Like The 90s (Volume 11)
01. Juice Crew – Mr. Magic Tribute
02. Cormega – Define Yourself feat. Tragedy Khadafi & Havoc
03. Jay Electronica – Suckas
04. Saigon – Say Yes Pt. 2
05. Beanie Sigel – What You Talkin’ Bout
06. Remarkable Mayor – Doomz Day
07. O.C. – Life (Roc Raida Tribue)
08. Senor Kaos – 20 Years High & Rising (Homage To De La Soul) feat. Von Pea & Homeboy Sandman
09. Fashawn – Samsonite Man feat. Blu
10. Sene – WhyBother?
11. People Under The Stairs – DQMOT (Thes One Remix)
12. Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One – Flashback
13. Cormega – Live And Learn (prod. Pete Rock)
14. Curren$y – On My Way
15. Godamus Rhyme – Mass Appeal feat. Mr. S.O.S.
16. Masta Ace & Edo G – Pass The Mic feat. KRS-One
17. (Bonus Track) Mr. Chop – T.R.O.Y.
Being that our ace B. Ware has been M.I.A. for a bit True King has stepped up big time with his monthly mixes. Here is October V2. Tons of dope shit for your to marinate to. –Philaflava
I cannot stress this enough but on October 20th you need to go out and buy “Born & Raised.“ The man hasn’t dropped a real album in 6-7 years and you shouldn’t need me reminding you just how dope of an emcee he is. Here are THREE joints off the album (of the year candidate).
