Saturday, December 20, 2003
More music and music news...
Current (I think) mixtape heat:
DJ Big Mike Big Mike Retires?
This kid's been on the scene for like a year, maybe two, and he's already talkin' about retiring, WTF? He puts out some hot-ass tapes though. Highlights: Kanye West & Lauryn Hill's "All Comes Down", Kay Slay feat. Cassidy, Lil Flip & Graph "Pay Up" flippin the beat from De La Soul's "Buddy (remix)", the Beyonce "Me Myself and I" remix feat. (Pretty) Tony Starks plus it's got that "Planet of the Apes" joint from Raekwon's album.
DJ Storm Season's Beatings
I don't really know anything about this dude and this is the first tape I've ever copped from him but it got some heaters on it: Ghostface's "Tony Gets His Dough", two tracks from Jo Jo Pellegrino, one of the best white MC's out that nobody ever talks about, including the "Illmatic freestyle" featuring him rockin' over an old instrumental from the Wildstyle soundtrack, "King of Kings" by Raekwon and Havoc, "Certfied Gangstas (remix)" by Jim Jones feat. Lil Flip, The Game spittin' over the old NWA/Eazy-E track "Boyz in the Hood", an incredible track called "Never Let You Down" featuring Kanye West, Jay-Z and Saul Wiliams and the new "Blow it Out Ya Ass" Luda /50 remix jumpoff (which is also on the Big Mike tape).
DJ Trigga & DJ Kool Kid The Phenom
Kool Kid is one of the unheralded new young guns of the mixtape game who's been putting out some good tapes for a while. Highlights include: Cam'ron's "Hey Lady" (the Maurice Starr-era N.E. vibe finally resurfaces!), "Down South" by Big Tymers w/ Luda and Lil Wayne sounding like a joint that could have been from the first Outkast album (seriously!), Joe Buddens' "Pop Off (remix)", Raekwon with Meth and "Gypsy Cab" Cappadonna on "Ice Cream 2004" (which is much better than what I would've predicted), an Ali Vegas freestyle (did this kid miss his window to blow?) and Red Cafe (another one of my picks-to-click in 2004 if he can come with the right record). Also features "Planet of the Apes" (mistitled "Thug Niggaz").
New singles & tracks:
The Rapture "Sister Savior (DFA Vocal Mix)" (mp3 link courtesy of Fluxblog is temporary so may go dead after a while, email me if it does) Not sure if this mix is on the single as I still haven't been able to buy a copy on 12" yet.
LCD Soundsystem "Yeah" (also via Fluxblog but been hearing this on XFM online too)
Yup, I'm still riding DFA's nutsac but, at least , with some justification 'cos these tracks are ridiculous.
Defari on the state of underground hip hop:
A prefect mix of the commerical and the conscious? Mississippi's David Banner is launching a line of throwback Jersey's that will honor the murder of Emmitt Till, a teenager who was murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. (Allhiphop.com)
Hip Hop has been verging on being out of control the past couple of years with all the beefs jumpin' off. Is the time right for this?
And finally, not one but two new albums are expected in 2004 from Native Tongues pioneers De La Soul. (Rap News Direct via Where HipHop and Libertarianism Meet) While you're waiting for those to hit stores though, hold yourself down with new music on the official mixtapes from their Spitkickers crew.
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DJ Big Mike Big Mike Retires?
This kid's been on the scene for like a year, maybe two, and he's already talkin' about retiring, WTF? He puts out some hot-ass tapes though. Highlights: Kanye West & Lauryn Hill's "All Comes Down", Kay Slay feat. Cassidy, Lil Flip & Graph "Pay Up" flippin the beat from De La Soul's "Buddy (remix)", the Beyonce "Me Myself and I" remix feat. (Pretty) Tony Starks plus it's got that "Planet of the Apes" joint from Raekwon's album.
DJ Storm Season's Beatings
I don't really know anything about this dude and this is the first tape I've ever copped from him but it got some heaters on it: Ghostface's "Tony Gets His Dough", two tracks from Jo Jo Pellegrino, one of the best white MC's out that nobody ever talks about, including the "Illmatic freestyle" featuring him rockin' over an old instrumental from the Wildstyle soundtrack, "King of Kings" by Raekwon and Havoc, "Certfied Gangstas (remix)" by Jim Jones feat. Lil Flip, The Game spittin' over the old NWA/Eazy-E track "Boyz in the Hood", an incredible track called "Never Let You Down" featuring Kanye West, Jay-Z and Saul Wiliams and the new "Blow it Out Ya Ass" Luda /50 remix jumpoff (which is also on the Big Mike tape).
DJ Trigga & DJ Kool Kid The Phenom
Kool Kid is one of the unheralded new young guns of the mixtape game who's been putting out some good tapes for a while. Highlights include: Cam'ron's "Hey Lady" (the Maurice Starr-era N.E. vibe finally resurfaces!), "Down South" by Big Tymers w/ Luda and Lil Wayne sounding like a joint that could have been from the first Outkast album (seriously!), Joe Buddens' "Pop Off (remix)", Raekwon with Meth and "Gypsy Cab" Cappadonna on "Ice Cream 2004" (which is much better than what I would've predicted), an Ali Vegas freestyle (did this kid miss his window to blow?) and Red Cafe (another one of my picks-to-click in 2004 if he can come with the right record). Also features "Planet of the Apes" (mistitled "Thug Niggaz").
New singles & tracks:
The Rapture "Sister Savior (DFA Vocal Mix)" (mp3 link courtesy of Fluxblog is temporary so may go dead after a while, email me if it does) Not sure if this mix is on the single as I still haven't been able to buy a copy on 12" yet.
LCD Soundsystem "Yeah" (also via Fluxblog but been hearing this on XFM online too)
Yup, I'm still riding DFA's nutsac but, at least , with some justification 'cos these tracks are ridiculous.
Defari on the state of underground hip hop:
"Yeah because I'm out here trying to get shows and a lot of these dudes are taking my money you understand? It's like a lot of these cats are taking my money. The Ugly Ducklings, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, and all this shit that I ain't even heard of. I guess it's a lot of these young kids that always be on the computer that are into these MC's and these groups that kinda represent and look like them. When I hear these niggaz music I be like "damn that's horrible man." This shit is straight garbage."I'm not even gonna lie: not being a fan of a lot of the so-called current underground hip hop , I think Defari has a point although he comes across as a hater and real bitter in this interview. I don't even know what you call it when you're hating on artists who sell as little as some of these cats do but being a Madd Rapper against these kind of artists is not a good look for this one-time Liks Crew member. Full interview here (ThaFormula.com via hiphopsite.com)
A prefect mix of the commerical and the conscious? Mississippi's David Banner is launching a line of throwback Jersey's that will honor the murder of Emmitt Till, a teenager who was murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. (Allhiphop.com)
Hip Hop has been verging on being out of control the past couple of years with all the beefs jumpin' off. Is the time right for this?
And finally, not one but two new albums are expected in 2004 from Native Tongues pioneers De La Soul. (Rap News Direct via Where HipHop and Libertarianism Meet) While you're waiting for those to hit stores though, hold yourself down with new music on the official mixtapes from their Spitkickers crew.
