DOWNLOAD // Raekwon - Trenchman
Via A-Med Pro. OB4CL2 or bust.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
O.C. & A.G. // Put It In The Box
Daddy Kev Live @ Low End Theory NYC
DOWNLOAD // Daddy Kev - Live @ Low End Theory NYC
Courtesy of Daddy Kev & Alpha Pup via GRANDGOOD.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Jadakiss // Don't Start Nothin [ prod by Grind Music ]
Hands-down becoming my favorite production duo, Sean C & LV (Grind Music) are on fire, no question. I'm not a Jada fan, not by a long shot, but this beat is chunky, stripped down, thumping, pressure.
DOWNLOAD // Jadakiss - Don't Start Nothin [ prod by Grind Music ]
Thursday, July 3, 2008
One Day As A Lion
Winding down for the holiday weekend (at the daily grind, that is) I spotted this news bit announcing a new project from ex-Rage Against The Machine front-man Zack de la Rocha. Collaborating with Jon Theodore on drums, the project debuts July 22nd on the Anti label.
Press Release:
One Day As A Lion are:
Zack de la Rocha (vocals / keyboards)
Jon Theodore (drums)
Anti- Records is pleased to announce the signing of One Day As A Lion. An on-going creative collaboration between two like-conscioused individuals, One Day As A Lion will release their eponymous debut EP worldwide on July 22nd.
The band writes:
“One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept.”
“A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California.”
“The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.”
The songs:
01 - Wild International
02 – Ocean View
03 – Last Letter
04 – If You Fear Dying
05 – One Day As A Lion
The details:
Recorded by Robert Carranza at Ocean Way Recording
Mixed by Mario C at MCJ Studio
Links:
One Day As A Lion website
One Day As A Lion on Myspace
Prepare yourself for something that's politically-driven, and well-engineered.
Truthfully, I don't know what else to expect beyond that, but I'm down.
Soulja Boy vs [ Insert Emcee Here ]
I found a great excerpt that nails my sentiments exactly on this whole mess, courtesy of Method Man via HipHopDX:
“Ice-T is an OG he don’t need to be even addressing nothing like that but he felt the need to address it for the love of Hip Hop and all that and I respect that. But him being the status that he’s at he shouldn’t be addressing someone like Soulja Boy – nor should Snoop Dogg,” he said. “But (Soulja Boy) is out there like that. If he wasn’t put out there like he was the truth I don’t think anyone would have a problem with him like that. Because lyrically he’s not the truth that’s no secret.”Swap out Ice-T with Snoop Dogg, with GZA with anyone really. Point is (and the real truth) is that Soulja Boy obviously does have pull with the younger demo, but also stands to gain from taking stabs at all these pioneers.
Sources, substance, significance.
Shit, when someone can produce an Ice-T live performance pre-dating Soulja Boy's birth, that says it all. A million ringtone downloads is nice, but let's be real.
Will Soulja Boy even be relevant 12 months from now?
Ask yourself, on a cold day in Chicago, a year from now, will anyone give a fuck?
BONUS:
Metal Lungies // Exclusive Method Man Interview
"Don't be a sour-grapes-ass-rapper," says Mef.
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