Posts Tagged ‘opinion’

WhiskeyTeeth x SteadyBloggin’s 100 Underrated Independent Hip Hop Songs of 2010

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

For our final 2010 post, WhiskeyTeeth.com & SteadyBloggin.com wanted to bring you 100 of the most underrated and overlooked independent hip hop recordings that dropped in 2010. There is a mixture of the experienced and the unknown within the collection, but the common ground they share is that they are all tracks that flew under the radar, didn’t get a fair shake in the blogosphere, or were great songs that didn’t get the props they deserved from fans and critics alike.

The 100 songs are split up into a four part download due to the 600+ MB size of the folder. Here is a list of the artists featured in the folders (Most of it is in alphabetical order):

aDaD & Exile, Aleon Craft, Atmosphere, Basic Vocab, Black EL, Black Milk, Blu, BMB (aka Spacekid), Celph Titled, Ceschi, Chuuwee, Cloudy October, Count Bass D, Debilorithmicos, Dela, Descry, Danny Brown, Dom Kennedy, Dr. Oop & Rogue Venom, Droop-E, ESQ, Earl Sweatshirt, Erik L & 7even:Thirty, Erik L & Illingsworth, Fashawn, Fel Sweetenberg, Freddie Joachim, Fresh Daily, Front Porch Poets, Gonjasufi, Incise, Intuition, Jermiside, JR & PH7, John Robinson, Junk Science, Kokayi, KON, KVBeats, Little Brother, MadKem, MaGr, Mally & The Sundance Kid, Maxilla Blue, MellowHype, Panacea, Poetic Republic, Quincy Vidal, Qwel & Maker, Raedawn & Main, Roq’y Tyraid, Miedlev, Moe Pope, Nemo Achida, Nocando, Nottz, Open Mike Eagle, Othello, Outasight, P.SO, Kenn Starr, Oddisee, MED, Random, Rugz D Bewler, Soul Professa & Roc C, Statik Selektah Sene, 7even Thirty, Shad, Shawn Jackson, Strong Arm Steady, Thaione Davis, The Burnerz, The Grouch, The Gent$, The NewOld, Truthlive, Finale, Ras Kass, 8thw1, Tyler the Creator, Von Pea, Writtenhouse, Young Gully, Zion I, and SkuFL.

Download Part 1 (A-F)
Download Part 2 (F-M)
Download Part 3 (M-S)
Download Part 4 (S-Z)

Mel Gibson – The Audio Tape

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

First it was the Jews and now it’s blacks. This dude stays taking L’s with his comments. Maybe it’s me but I find his wife seriously attractive and I don’t know what this fool is complaining about. Sure she went under the knife a few times but she looks like a 40 year old Jessica Alba now. I can’t watch Lethal Weapon anymore, but I’ll still fuck with Braveheart even though he hates my tribe. And since this isn’t really a music post I thought I’d drop a treat at the end –Philaflava

Capone -N- Noreaga – With Me feat. Nas (prod. Buckwild)
Capone -N- Noreaga – The Oath feat. Busta Rhymes & Raekwon

My Advice To Rappers

Friday, May 14th, 2010

You might be asking what kind of advice can I give to rappers, especially never having rapped before? I’ll tell you, the best kind! You might say, but these are pretty simple and obvious statements. Yes they are but many rappers are stubborn, foolish, self-absorbed and illiterate. Trust on this jawn, read and comprehend. I promise for a better career. –Philaflava

1. Before you leak your shit, MAKE SURE it sounds right! If it’s not finished, missing a hook or sounds like it was recorded in a bunker in Baghdad don’t allow it to be heard. Pablo Picassco didn’t walk around Spain showing off his unfinished pieces of work and neither should you. We can wait.

2. This is more directed as indie cats, but make sure you invest in a good mic. It really does make a world of difference. A chef wouldn’t be caught buying some really shitty knives.

3. Keep the guest appearances on your album to a minimum. Anything more than a a few shows signs of weakness, codependency issues and you’re setting yourself up to be the 2nd bill on your very own shit.

4. Less is more. Some of the greatest albums are short. Remember Illmatic? 39 minutes bitch! Remember Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? 39 minutes bitch. Less is more and chances are you aren’t Nas or John Lennon either. What I am saying is, you ain’t that interesting to listen to for an hour.

5. Stop with the monikers. Kool Keith started it, Wu-Tang abused it. It’s annoying.

6. Stay in your lane. Stick to the script. Don’t prep the role. I don’t know how many different ways I can say the same shit. Just stay true to yourself.

7. Chill with the overexposure. While you think you’re building up tremendous buzz with all the blogs and vloggers posting your shit day in and day out, you’re just slowly turning people off. Remember, in 2010 music is accessible and disposable. Come correct or don’t come at all.

8. If you build the right buzz MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THROUGH with an album in a timely manner. It’s hard to regain that momentum and you might never see the same support again. (Hi Saigon).

9. Stay off Youtube with those bullshit videos late at night or in the studio or whenever you think it might be cute to post your opinions for people to see. The thing is, people don’t really care but they are waiting for you to hang yourself. Waiting for the slip-up or just the littlest reason not to fuck with you. Joe Budden has hurt his career more than helped it with his idiotic videos.

10. Give people what they want. If you do they’ll stick with you, if you don’t you’ll be all by yourself.