Yeah, I caught this in the email over the weekend. Check out these joints from The Boy Illinois' "Inhale Pt. 2: Loyalty Before The Love" mixtape. Overall the project is dope. Give it a listen. "James Dean" is my joint and the "Coldplay (More Love)" is dope too. Check it
The internet is going nuts. I can't stop hearing the positive opinions about this amazingly dope track by Jay Electronica. This dude dropped Exhibit C and everyone is raving about it. I remember seeing him perform at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT when Nas was the headliner. He got on stage in front of a restless crowd that already waited 2 hours plus for the main man Nas to get on stage. Many people must've not known much about Mr. Electronica himself. I knew some. Won't front and act like I know dude's history. I don't. Just know enough to know he an MC to keep one ear on heavily until he drops an album so I can have both ears on his music. Notice how I said MC and not rapper. This dude lyrically spits Sistine Chapels. He got on stage, did 2 songs, didn't get a great response. Guessing his lyrics were going way over the heads of the alcohol indulging patrons. Perhaps it was just not familiar enough. Then he had the music off and went a cappella. Worse response. Some booing. A bottle thrown. Threats from Jay himself. And this is a dude that Nas cosigns. Too lyrical? Too deep? But isn't Nas that also? Didn't understand it. The crowd was filled with morons who wouldn't know a gem if the speaker was infused in the ear canal. Anyways, here's the track that thanks to the internet, blogs, tweets, emails, etc., I've been abusing. Check it out!
Jay Electronica - Exhibit C (Prod. Just Blaze)
Lyrics: When I was sleeping on the train Sleeping on Meserole Ave out in the rain Without even a single slice of pizza to my name Too proud to beg for change mastering the pain When NY niggas was calling southern rappers lame But then jackin' our slang I used to get dizzy spells, hear a little ring The voice of a angel telling me my name Telling me that one day Imma be a great man Transforming with the MegatronDon spittin' out flames Eatin' wack rappers alive shittin' out chains I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless Fightin', shootin' dice, smoking weed on the corners Tryna find the meaning of life in a corona Till the 5%ers rolled up on a nigga and informed him.
"You either build or destroy, where you come from?" "The Magnolia projects in the 3rd ward slum" "Hmm, its quite amazing that you rhyme how you do And how you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru."
Question 14 Muslim lesson 2: Dip diver, civilize a 85er I make the devil hit his knees and say the our father Abracadabra! You rockin' with the true and living Shout out to Light Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens, Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond While ya'll debated who's the truth like Jews and Christians I was in Cecil B, Broad St, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd, Tasker 6 Mile, 7 Mile, Hartwell, Gratiot Where niggas really would pack a UHaul truck up Put the high beams on Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop out the back like "whats up" "Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, buss up" That's why when you talk that tough talk I never feel ya You sound real good and you play the part well But the energy you givin' off is so unfamiliar I don't feel ya.
Nas hit me up on the phone said "what you waitin' on" Tip hit me up on a twit said "what you waitin' on" Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin' "when you gon drop that verse nigga you takin long" So now I'm back spittin' that He could pass a polygraph That Rev Run rockin' Adidas out on Hollis Ave That FOI, Marcus Garvey, Nikki Tesla I shock you like a eel, electric feel, Jay Electra.
They call me Jay Electronica Fuck that, call me Jay ElecHannukah Jay ElecYarmulke Jay ElecTramadaan Muhammad Asalaamica RasoulAllah Supana Watallah thought your monitor My Uzi still weigh a ton, check the barometer I'm hotter then the mothafuckin' sun, check the thermometer I'm bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man My momma told me "never throw a stone and hide your hand" I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan Out in London, smoking, vibin while I ride the tram.
(If lyrics not 100% accurate, feel free to correct.)
Shoutout to okayplayer.com for this clip! Mos Def and Black Thought go back and forth on 75 Bars. Gotta love a dope MC who respects and gets hyped up by another dope MC.
We just announced the Vinnie Paz “Drag You To Hell” remix contest today. You can download the “Drag You To Hell” acappella here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/23uil2 (COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK INTO YOUR BROWSER - MYSPACE WILL BLOCK THE LINK IF YOU CLICK ON THIS HYPERLINK DIRECTLY)
Then work your production magic and e-mail your remix as an mp3 back to us at contests@enemysoil.com by midnight PST on December 1, 2009.
Please include your producer name in the mp3 file name, so we can track your submission.
Winners will be announced on December 15, 2009 and will have the chance to have their production work featured on Vinnie Paz’s debut solo album, “The Assassin’s Creed,” and will also be laced with a Jedi Mind Tricks prize pack from the official JMT Online Store.
So go to this link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/23uil2 to download the “Drag You To Hell” acappella, work your production magic, and then e-mail your remix back to us at contests@enemysoil.com by midnight PST on December 1, 2009.
Check out this track Braggin Rights from Wordsmith off his upcoming project, The Overdue & Underrated, brought to you by 2Dopeboyz, HiphopDX, Coast2Coast Mixtapes and Frostwire. This joint was produced by Rafpak. The Overdue & Underrated is set to drop December 7 and features Chubb Rock, SoulStice, Fred Knuxx, Ruste Juxx,V-Stylez, Junclassic, Kontact & Black Knight, RAtheMC, Laelo Hood and more. Production on the mixtape includes Strada, Judah, DJ King Assassin, Capish, Professa, Street Level, Rafpak and more.
Despite my wanting to watch the opening Cavs and Celtics game, my Twitter fam quickly convinced me to watch the BET Hip Hop Awards. I was watching the Tweets and laughing hysterically. Soon I joined the fun.
Let me just say that BET always guarantees disappointment. The over display of Gucci Mane (aka Leather Lips) and Soulja Boy Tell Em (aka Mr. Sharpie Shape Up) was just ridiculous. Every other performance featured those two fools and since this was a “Hip Hop” show, I couldn’t figure out why. It’s not like they are real Hip Hop artists. Hip Flop is more like it. Souljah Boy came out with his Sharpie hairline and at first glance, I thought he was Flava Flav. His marketing team put together a helluva package. He came onto the stage looking uncomfortably “hard and from the hood”. Saggy skinny jeans and a bunch of hollow gold around his neck. He looked terrible. His outfit was definitely influenced by his woman (ahem… Trina). As for the performance well, you already know. I had to listen and rewind the performance a few times to hear what he was saying. He and Gucci Mane need to see a speech therapist because their speaking skills are the worst. Gucci raps like he has a mouth full of marbles … How the hell did he get a record deal sounding like that? I guess that masks his wack-ass lyrics.
And can somebody please direct Jim Jones to the shower ... Mmmmmkay?
Oh and Busta, Canal Street is not the place for Award gear. Perhaps you could pick up an accessory or two but a whole outfit, no bueno.
They did re-birth a lot of artists who we haven’t seen in awhile. Missy Elliot (who had some fabulous hair *makes salon appointment*), the Goodie Mob reunion was great!! Cee-Lo looks like he shrunk though. Snoop was there too looking fabulous with his Dominican blow-out. I hope those young boys had their notepads out because Snoop knows how to do the damn thang. The show opened with Jay-Z (O_o) and Jeezy. And after that, every commercial was Jay-Z inspired (that must have been in the performance contract).
Now here’s where BET messed up. This was a Hip Hop show … Right? Well, in between the commercials was a 3-5 minute piece called "The Cypher" … well that was the best part of the show. They could have just played all of those in a row and I would have been happier than a pig in slop. You had artists old, new, non-English speaking rapping in a group and they were freestyling!!! For minutes at a time, BET actually represented Hip Hop. I am by no means a fan but lyrically, Nicki Minaj gave me something to listen to. She definitely needs to ditch that “Barbie” image and her mechanical voice. At that point, she might gain me as a fan (I said MIGHT!) Joe Buddens held his own as well. Gsan did the damn thing in Portuguese (but it would’ve been better without the sub titles #BETfail). Nipsey Hussle is another one to watch. His lyrics are beastly. He sounds a lil Snoopish but I am sure he’ll break free of that copied image and create his own. The best damn Cypher of the night… Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem with DJ Premier on the 1 and 2’s. Dammit BET, why weren’t these Cypher’s stage performances? That was a humongous programming fail and this is why I think you folks at BET/EBT have no idea what you are doing.
If you missed last night’s Cyphers, here they are. Enjoy the first enjoyably vision ever on BET…
First Group: Nicki Minaj, Joe Buddens, Crown Royyal, Buckshot. Second Group: Nipsey Hussle, KRS-One, Gsan and Wale. Third Group: Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem
Check out Echo from R. Kelly off the new album.
Check out the new track from the homie Oncue, Because I Grind, produced by Alchemist
