Peep the visualz for one of the best tracks from Sav Killz’ Scratchin The Surface. Beat Butcha delivers a sax heavy banger and Sav carries the Wufilliate iron flag with Brooklyn 5 Percenter swagger. If you are one of those Sean Price, Mayhem Lauren, Skyzoo etc. types, you really should be up on this guy.
Scratchin The Surface is a few months old, but was extremely underpromoted considering the internet-friendly guest appearances (plus a Vanderslice beat!). Overall, this shit is rugged as fuck.
Doom and his clan of crunk dwarves straight julliene some of his most rugged and brawny herbs. Rap Hippy production done right without any sloppy swordsmen asleep at the wheel. The skits provide an effortless listen and do what they should; enhance the album experience without the slightest temptation to hit the double arrow. Highly slept-on in the Doom lexicon due to the “extra” rappers, who contrarily destroy every building in sight. Appreciate the jewelz.
If PhilaFlava.com’s forum archive went back further than a couple years I would link you to a thread from a few years back where we discussed how insane Supa Nova Slom was/is. The guy is as equally as crazy as a vegan “medicine man” who has “published” his own “health plan”/Brooklyn Native American Mystic as he is on the mic. He is a terror, pure and simple. Think of Mindbender at his batshittiest only with focus, professionalism, realistic goals and the ability to rap hard as fuck. Here, he samples the like-mindedly crazy Jay Electronica on what can only be described as a tour de force of postmodern fastrap. Listen to this and then google this motherfucker to fully comprehend the multi-level awesomeness.
There are very few rappers who have been slept-on due to circumstance more than Black Rob. The beat here is simple and effective and Rob doesn’t waste a syllable. Give me an album full of songs like this ASAP.
Solomon Childs put out a street album last week. For the most part it sucks, but there are moments when the right beat meets Child’s old non-rhyming distorted flow and magic happens. He kills the Nas half tribute “Correct Techniques”, rapping about Gucci Hovercrafts. Excellent verses are also logged on “Falling” and “Nothing But Nigga”. “This and That” features one of the best beats I’ve heard in a while. Its a nice surprise to hear one the guys from RZA’s Harlem 6 on “Tired”. There are a few other decent tracks, but they are either bogged down by plodding choruses, 50 Cent lyric re-interpretations, Don Henley or completely rhyme-less spoken word. Check out the highlights:
Big Noyd never gets the credit he deserves. Regardless of how hard his contemporaries fall, he continues to drop rugged street raps without any illusions of commercial success, perpetually dropping gems. With his follow-up to 2008′s insanely dope Illustrious, we get more of the same from Big Noyd’s Queens Chronicle. This is as hard and gritty as you would expect with very little filler. Guest shots from ACD’s Dog (who is as slept-on as it gets), some singers and some guys I’ve never heard of… and Termanology, who does his usual and ruins a fantastic beat. Check out the highlights and support the guy.
The first leak off the War Report 2 from CNN, featuring Imam and Musaliny. If the rest of the album sounds anything like this, we’re in for something special. Since CNN first made their appearance in 1996, they have gone through drastic changes (Arrests, label issues) but now they are back, and hopefully they continue to drop heat like this.
