Wednesday, June 29, 2005
The Music Keeps Coming....
Resistance is futile: the Young Jeezy movement is a go.
- Kanye West "Golddigger" - so far on initial listens I'm not really feeling this too tough to be honest. The beat sounds like some weak Moby ish to me. (Stream via Hiphopgame | download via Spine)
- Mike Jones "Back Then" (video: Hi | Med | Lo)
- Young Jeezy "Stay Strapped (Gucci Mane dis)" - I always feel conflicted about posting these dis records but this track gave me slightly more insight into why this kid is the hottest ish on the streets right now. I've been feeling it hard (n/h) the last couple of weeks since I started hearing it on Hot 97's mixshows. (mp3 link via Caramanica | related: Young Jeezy e-card)
- Rev Run “Mind On the Road” - I swear this record from the newly launched Russell Simmons Music Group label was set to go right into my sell pile when I got the promo the other day. But I got the shock of my life when I dropped the needle: classic, Rick Rubin-style big beat, rock-flavored throwback hip hop sampling Joan Jett's "I Love Rock N Roll" that references and honors Run DMC's musical legacy yet still sounds contemporary a la Hov's "99 Problems." Doubles are essential for cutting and beat juggling. Don't sleep, this is that good for those who still know about and appreciate classic hip hop.
- I've said previously that I'm feeling the Yummy Bingham/Jadakiss heater "Come Get It" heavy. Here's a link to just about every record she's performed on including tracks from her upcoming album on Motown available for download.
- Nas "Honeymoon is Over" (mp3 via Hiphopgame)
- J. Period - the DJ behind the Best of Lauryn Hill mixtapes that have been buzzing the last couple of weeks.
Crunk and Disorderly
"Music to Get Robbed To"
Sick linkage at Poplicks recently including a Chicago Tribune's interactive hip-hop history site, info on Mexico's new racist postage stamp (probably personally approved by President Vincente Fox) and racism and homophobia (?) right here back at home with ABC's embarrassing new reality TV show that's already been pulled.
Band Space - the new MySpace?
And from The In Crowd which I've been slacking on posting at until a recent spurt of energy:
- $55,000 turntable.
- Info on the recently-released "lost" Anthony Hamilton album.
- DJ Language's Real Music For Real People compilation album.
That indie music post I've long been threatening is coming soon, I swear....
