“Do That (Cashe Money)” features Chase and Kent Money over an impressively dope beat from Boi-1da, the who is pretty much responsible for Drake’s (unfortunate) success and the only humane rap-related entity in Canada right now. Kent kills. SC remains victorious.
New Surf Club jamming. Chase N. Cashe on the beat. Once Chili realizes that a direct correlation exists between the eeriness of his voice and his music’s success, we will have an extremely interesting rapper on our hands.
Produced by Surf Club’s Chase N Cash. Told ya so.
Here is a short interview he did with vibe talking about the humongous Wayne/Eminem song he produced and the Surf Club’s relationship with Weezy.
The fact that former No Limit artists still carry the label’s stigma today is hard evidence of how nerdy and eager to impress most of the people who shape the rap internet were in the late 90’s. No Limit has been an internet whipping boy for years in favor of Anticon, 21st Century Masta Ace, The Blueprint, Little Brother and other fleeting true school net trends. Its a shame, as incredible emcees like Mac and Fiend will never receive the praise they deserve.
Former Big Boy/No Limit/Ruff Ryder’s rapper Fiend has never been able to break through the Master P glass ceiling, but has always maintained his effectiveness. Sure, he may have peaked with There’s One In Every Family, but that album was a perfect storm of a production crew hitting their stride, a great roster of potential guests and the relative freshness of Fiend’s style. Since then, Fiend has continued to put out great records.
The Bailout showcases Fiend’s longstanding ability to alternate between laid-back gumbo funk and hyped up whomp-whomping. When the beats are creative and Rick seems inspired, he sounds as dope as ever. Silly RocNation rumors aside, someone should scoop this guy up, if not simply for his ghostwriting acumen. Still the Baddest Mothafucka Alive.
Here is another fine piece of production from soon-to-be super producer Chase N. Cashe. I don’t have any info on Big Bilz, but he is kinda nice with it. Such a dope beat though. Grab Chase’s spectacular instrumental album here. I can’t stop listening to “Stoopid”.
Big Bilz “Lifestyle”
I am by no means a fan of instrumental hip hop. Perhaps I don’t lay around and nod out with some heroin often enough, but its just not for me. I do, however, enjoy the work of the Surf Kids. Chase N Cashe, Chili Chill, Hit-Boy and Co. are all great both on the mic and behind the boards. As a crew they posses tremendous potential as hit makers in the current climate. Check out a ton of their work here
Chase N. Cashe combines hard drums, laid back grooves and just enough glitch to keeps things interesting here. Considering this is the first I have heard in 09, I am going to declare LOVEnd the INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR. Preview a few cuts, download the album and let me know which Ethiopian xylophone album produced by Madlib’s childhood babysitter’s cousin is better…
Phenomenal new tape from Sqad Up veteran Nutt Da Kidd. I have no idea what his situation with Young Money is right now, but I never really did. I do know that a Sqad reunion mixtape would make me embarrassingly happy. Nutt absolutely crushes on this thing and Sha Money XL’s beats are quite dope. This needs attention. As much as I want to beat up Drake, I’m glad the original version of “Forever” was included.
Weezy picks up right where he left off with Drought 3. No guitars, no autotune, no Drake…
I had moderately low expectations for this and I now feel foolish for ever doubting Mr. Carter. New flows, slick verses and great sports and pop culture references. Say what you want about him, but Wayne raps his ass off and has fun doing it.
Before Wayne discovered auto-tune. When Juelz still had a viable rap career. Before Wayne became a martian artiste. Before Cam took his ball and went to Florida. Before Drake. Before Skull Gang. Before Lil Twist was potty-trained. Before “swag splashing”. Before Wayne became a pop mega-star with his own Behind The Music. Before anyone gave a shit about a Grammy.
Rumors of I Can’t Feel My Face as a mixtape started in 2006, and later turned to rumors of a full-on album. Songs started leaking, as did reports that it would be impossible to find a workable label situation for the project (Jay-Z beef and early Cam’ron fuckery). Who knows whether these leaked tracks were meant for the mixtape incarnation or the album, but they are pretty fantastic. Both of these guys were in their prime. No pretension, no singing, no big name production, just rapping. These are the tracks that Mick Boogie would turn into the Blow mixtape, which immediately took attention away from the source material with it’s shiny packaging, false “official/exclusive” allure, interviews and skits. Here are the untouched original tracks. Original beats, no drops, no skits.
