The following is an excerpt from the new book, The Dirty Version: On Stage, In The Studio And In The Streets With Ol’ Dirty Bastard by rapper/producer and ODB’s friend Buddha Monk and author Mickey Hess. (You can purchase it here.) The “Ghetto Superstar” chapter details Dirty‘s everyday interactions with the people of Brooklyn, showing … Read More “Read an Excerpt from the Ol’ Dirty Bastard Book, The Dirty Version.” »
Month: December 2014
For people who don’t know, Kurious Jorge is a hip-hop vet from the golden era who released a unsung classic called “a constipated Monkey”(place joke here and lets move on). Who followed it up with a solid sophomore album and a few more beyond that but eventually walked away from hip-hop. I think because he … Read More “Kurious Jorge-“Best in the world” and “All Records”” »
Joey Bada$$ is known to pay homage to the golden era with his style and delivery. I see him as more than that, I see him as the continuation of a subgenre of hip-hop that is one of my favorites. Hip-hop is still treated like the disposable fad music it was thought to be by … Read More “Joey BadA$$-“NO. 99”” »
The Rap Monument features white-hot beats provided by production wizard Hudson Mohawke, rapped over by the likes of Pusha T, Action Bronson, Young Thug, Danny Brown, Raekwon, and Prodigy from Mobb Deep. It is awesome, and because we like to tease you we won’t be releasing it all at once. Instead, we’ll be putting out … Read More “The Rap monument- featuring flat bush zombies and mayhem lauren” »
Sa-Roc is a incredible emcee and artist in general from ATL and I have been blessed to see her perform. Do yourself a favor and go to one of her shows when you can. She adds a fiery lyrical display to Commons kingdom and it is on point as always. She recently dropped a incredible … Read More “SA-ROC x Common X Jay Electronica- Kingdom remix” »
Rapper Big Pooh connected with Blakk Soul to create this new joint holiday. I would have preferred Pooh to trade barbs over a bubbly soul tinged beat reminiscent of his little brothers days. This track is close to that however it has more of a experimental mash up quality of many contemporary soul songs. The … Read More “Rapper Big Pooh and Blakk Soul- Holiday” »
De La Soul is one of the groups that inspire me after all these years because they have never tried to play to a crowd that didn’t care for them. They pretty much stay in their land and innovate because of who they are. I wish many other vets could take a page from the … Read More “De la soul ft Chuck D- The People” »
Shabaam Sahdeeq and Good Grief over a track created by Balkan Beats to drop this banger “Spanglish.”
Ah yes back from a relaxing time with family and friends to my little humble blog experience and NPR gives me a opportunity to check out Royce the 5’9 and Dj primo. All I can say is they just knocked a album off my top 25 of 2014 and are battling for the number 1 … Read More “DJ Priemer and Royce Da 5’9 album stream” »