Friday, December 31, 2010
Happy New Year 2011....
From Jefro's HiphopSpot...Would like to say...Happy & Healthy New Year...We Goin Strong Baby for 2011!!!
Top 10 Albums of the Year 2010...In Random Order
Montezuma's Revenge
Prince Paul Lends his hands on the production tip wit the Hiero Crew...Great Lyrics and Beats>>>>Dope Shit!
GutterWater
OHNO & ALC Team up as GANGRENE....Straight West Coast Underground at its Finest...Sum Gangsta Shit
Madlib's Medicine Show #4---Reggae Mix
Madlib was on a mission this year....Hands Down! 1 of the Hardest Producers in the Game....This Reggae Mix was full of Inhalation of Kush Muzik....Should I also Mention he did 12 albums in 12 months>>>>Fuck!!
In Search of Stoney Jackson
Krondon, Phil Da Agony, & Mitchy Slick and with help of MADLIB take ya on a journey of Smokin, Stealin, & Pimpin....And Still Haven't found Stoney!!
Rise Up!
The Hill came back this year (420 Actually) to let it be known that there still here and are hungry still....same Formula: Good Beats Good Lyrics and Good KUSH>>>Pass that Shit Homnie!!
Season of the Assassin
Vinnie Paz was on a Mission this year>>>To let people know that this Boston Cat can hang with most of these fuckin dumb rappers on the streets....Hardcore Beats and Lyrical Warfare
Mausberg
This was my pick for Up n Coming Artist of the Yr...Roc did the Production on this and Spits too....Check the Track SNOW...this Kid has a FUTURE!!
Kill Devil Hills
Muggs, AGAIN! brings the Best Album of the Yr in my Book>>>Ill Bill comes along for the ride bringin that Queenz shit and the outcome is a MASTERPIECE!>>>check...Amputated Saints ft. BREAL
1990-Now
Celph Titled has been in the game for a min now....This Album (Produced by Legendary DITC member BUCKWILD) brings ya back to an era that had jazzy loops and that Boom Bap Sound>>>If ya wanted to know how it sounded back then....Copp the Fuckin Album!!
OJ Simpson
Guilty Simpson & MADLIB bring sum Classick Battle Rhyme Smoked out Sampled Beats...Guilty has established himself as a Detroit MC that can fuckin hang wit any of these Rappers....J Dilla must be Smile'in Down Happy....Madlib, Hands Down got Production of the yr>>>the LOOP DIGGA!!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
BluePrint----“Adventures In Counter-Culture” Cover + Tracklist
Critically acclaimed mc/producer and Soul Position frontman Blueprint (link artist page), returns with his highly anticipated sophomore solo release Adventures in Counter-Culture. Experimenting with synths, keyboards, and drum machines, Adventures in Counter-Culture touches on Blueprint’s cynicism with the world, his disdain for pop culture, the state of politics and an apathetic, uninspired society. The album encompasses every facet of music Blueprint knows. It blurs genre lines and connects his hip hop pedigree with his early days in the church choir, to the R&B bands he was a part of in high school, to his new found interest in rock and electronic music.
After a five year musical journey, Blueprint has emerged with his greatest effort to date. A culmination of self discovery and societal critique, Adventures in Counter-Culture is just that. The adventure begins March 1st, 2011.
1. Five Years Ago
2. Go Hard or Go Home (Printnificence)
3. Automatic
4. Keep Bouncing
5. Wanna Be Like You
6. My Culture
7. Mind, Body, & Soul feat. Angelica Lee
8. So Alive
9. Stole Our Yesterday
10. Radio-Inactive
11. Welcome Home
12. Fly Away
13. The Clouds
14. Rise & Fall
15. The Other Side
NEW! Soul Assassin Winter Line...
Hear is the soul assassin winter collection it will be available on line next week !!!!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
OL SCHOOL WEDS Video-----MC Shan
Born and raised in the Queensbridge Projects located in Long Island City a section in Queens, New York City, Shan is the cousin of old school hip hop producer Marley Marl. In 1985, Shan started in MCA Records with his first & only major single Feed The World. Despite the success, he was dismissed from MCA because "the rhymes you wrote was wack", according to KRS-One from his song South Bronx. Not long after, Shan moved to Cold Chillin' Records due to his relationship with Marl, and joined Marl's Juice Crew All-Stars. After a few singles were released , MC Shan's debut album Down By Law came out in 1987.
Shan also found himself to be a key player in the noted hip hop rivalry the Bridge Wars between the Juice Crew and Boogie Down Productions. The feud was started when Shan and Marl released a song called "The Bridge" as a B-side to "Beat Biter," itself an answer record directed at L.L. Cool J. KRS-One responded with "South Bronx," and the Juice Crew replied with "Kill That Noise." Slate magazine described it as follows: "In 1986, it was a beef that launched the star of KRS-One, when his withering attacks on MC Shan effectively ended his rival's career."[1] Boogie Down Productions then released "The Bridge is Over," widely celebrated among hip hop fans as the paramount diss track.[citation needed] Years later, MC Shan remade "The Bridge" into "Da Bridge 2001," and strongly denied the bridge "was over", saying:
The Bridge was never over
We left our mark
The jam is dedicated to you and your boys
I brought my Queensbridge thugs to kill that noise
Shan's second album, Born To Be Wild, followed in 1988 and revealed the b-boy persona of Shan, with production once again by Marley Marl. 1990's Play it Again, Shan displayed a more mature style, but it proved to be his last album. When Cold Chillin's sub label Livin' Large was active, he was listed as one of its artists but never released any material. Despite the fact that he focused more on his production career (like Snow's 12 Inches of Snow, which featured "Informer", on which Shan appeared) he recorded "Da Bridge 2001" for Nas's 2000 compilation called QB's Finest, which also featured Mobb Deep, Cormega, and Nature
Monday, December 27, 2010
LEADERS 1354 x NEW ERA Chicago Hoyas 59Fifty Fitted Cap
LEADERS 1354 hooked up recording artist Phil Adé with the Chicago Hoyas NEW ERA 59Fifty fitted cap and have now made the hat available to the public. Inspired by the iconic color scheme of the Georgetown Hoyas, this New Era features a Grey wool crown, Navy visor and logo embroidery and a Kelly Green undervisor...
Gob Gobblin----Get it Poppin'
---From the BEATNUTZ camp....produced by Psycho Les.....Album coming soon
Friday, December 24, 2010
BluePrint----Radio-Inactive
“Radio-inactive” is the first official single from the forthcoming Blueprint album Adventures in Counter-Culture, to be released March 1st, 2011...
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
MF Grimm----Legend of the Golden Warrior
Taken from the album You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel. Production by Twiz the Beat Pro.....Coming Soon
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
OL SCHOOL WEDS Video-----Fu-Schnickens
The Fu-Schnickens comprised Chip Fu, Moc Fu, and Poc Fu. "Fu" stood for "For Unity" and "Schnicken" was a made-up word which meant "coalition". The three friends from East Flatbush, Brooklyn first gained attention after performing at a rap event at Howard University, after which they were signed by Jive Records. The group's debut single, "Ring the Alarm," hit the top ten on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart in 1992, which sparking anticipation for the group's debut album F.U. Don't Take It Personal and also inadvertently immortalized and ignited a new-found popularity for the original "Ring The Alarm", the signature tune of Reggae/Dancehall singjay Tenor Saw from 1985, which they sampled to create their track of the same name. Furthermore, with the hit singles, "La Schmoove" (featuring Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest) and "True Fu-Schnick", the album reached the Top 20 in the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was certified gold by the RIAA.
In 1993, the Fu-Schnickens began work on their second album. They recorded a fast-paced song called "What's Up Doc?" which featured a sample of Bugs Bunny saying his famous catchphrase. But they could not get sample clearance from Warner Bros so they shelved the song. Meanwhile, the then-rookie NBA star Shaquille O'Neal was a media sensation. In many interviews, he talked about his love of hip-hop music and stated that the Fu-Schnickens were his favorite rap group. This prompted the group to contact O'Neal for a collaboration. O'Neal recorded a verse that was added on to the already-recorded "What's Up Doc?" with the group and O'Neal saying "What's up, doc?" to replace the Bugs Bunny sample. Although, the group had not yet completed work on their album, the song was quickly released as a single to capitalize on O'Neal's popularity. The single was a Top 40 hit in the summer of 1993, briefly propelling the group into the mainstream. The group's second album, Nervous Breakdown, did not arrive until 1994, by which time the rap landscape had dramatically changed, and there was no longer an audience for their unique style....Enjoy!!
La Schmoove
True FU-Schnic
In 1993, the Fu-Schnickens began work on their second album. They recorded a fast-paced song called "What's Up Doc?" which featured a sample of Bugs Bunny saying his famous catchphrase. But they could not get sample clearance from Warner Bros so they shelved the song. Meanwhile, the then-rookie NBA star Shaquille O'Neal was a media sensation. In many interviews, he talked about his love of hip-hop music and stated that the Fu-Schnickens were his favorite rap group. This prompted the group to contact O'Neal for a collaboration. O'Neal recorded a verse that was added on to the already-recorded "What's Up Doc?" with the group and O'Neal saying "What's up, doc?" to replace the Bugs Bunny sample. Although, the group had not yet completed work on their album, the song was quickly released as a single to capitalize on O'Neal's popularity. The single was a Top 40 hit in the summer of 1993, briefly propelling the group into the mainstream. The group's second album, Nervous Breakdown, did not arrive until 1994, by which time the rap landscape had dramatically changed, and there was no longer an audience for their unique style....Enjoy!!
La Schmoove
True FU-Schnic
MADLIB MEDICINE SHOW #11: LOW BUDGET HIGH FI MUSIC
After a brief pause in the Medicine Show series, Madlib returns with a 28-track, full-length hip-hop album of collaborations with AG, Guilty Simpson, MED, Oh No, Strong Arm Steady and others. Karriem Riggins pops in for a short Supreme Team session, Madlib & Oh No debut their group The Professionals, and we hear for the first time a Jaylib-era track from Madlib & Dilla's never-realized second album.
The unofficial title of this album is Dirty Demos selected by the Loop Digga, a reference to a fire which destroyed some of this album's master tapes - a story detailed in the CD's 12-page booklet. The CD cover is by Isabel Samaras, LP illustrations by Gustavo Eandi, and design by Jeff Jank.
THE LIMITED-EDITION 3/LP VINYL contains 14 additional Madlib beat instrumentals. The covers are one-of-a-kind, hand silk-screened by Hit+Run, with Hennessy-infused paint. Some photos of the LP and printing process are below. More coming soon...
Supreme Team (Madlib & Karriem Riggins) - Interview #4080 by stonesthrow
Monday, December 6, 2010
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