While G-funk from Long Beach and Compton dominated hip-hop airwaves through the 1990s, the pulse of underground rap was maintained at the Good Life CafĂ©, a health food market and open mic workshop on the corner of Crenshaw and Exposition. After Freestyle Fellowship became the first Good Life group to invade the national consciousness with … Read More “The Nonce were one of L.A.’s greatest 90’s groups-Until tragedy intervened(LA WEEKLY)” »
Month: September 2015
If you follow the battle circuit then you know who soul calibur is. If not you should get familiar with his work if you are a super lyrical hip-hop head. He recently dropped this jawn “Definite Mass” from his upcoming the release by the same name and it is a good solid effort in my … Read More “Soul Calibur- Definite Mass” »
01. Intro (prod. by Marco Polo) 02. The Session (prod. by BeatWyze) 03. Grind State feat. Kev Brown (prod. by Kev Brown) 04. Brand Recognition (prod. by Marco Polo) 05. WTF feat. Rah Digga (prod. by Marco Polo) 06. Stand Down (prod. by Marco Polo) 07. Stillnaffek feat. 9th Uno, Fear & Tekniq (prod. by … Read More “First Division-This iz tha time” »
I have been checking for Anti-lilly since he dropped his first jawn a year ago. This is more of the dope lyricism over chill jazz feeling production. If you are a native tongue head then this is your wheel house. ENJOY! 91 Regal by Anti-Lilly
Doing this blog based upon my undying love for hip-hop has been rewarding because of the many diamonds I come across and share with people. RayQuans Video95 mixtape is one of those Diamonds. If you are a hip-hop head this album is for you RayQuan hits us with a dope flow over esoteric boombap beats. … Read More “RayQuan-Video95 Mixtape” »
Know thy history hip-hop heads….Rubble Kings is a powerful documentary covering the history of gangs in new York from the late 60’s through the 70’s and how the gang treaty gave way to what became hip-hop. This is a beautiful documentary and a must see for anyone who cares about hip-hop. Check out the trailer … Read More “Rubble Kings Documentary” »
MF DOOM and Ghostface drops another jawn on us from their upcoming DOOMSTARKS collabo and it is so New York it is beautiful. The project has a tentative release time as sometime this year. I just hope they do not tease us with the release like J electronica, Detox(at least we got straight out of … Read More “Doomstarks-lively Hood” »
It has been 10 long years since we heard from the left coast legendary duo known as blackalicious but on September 18 they are dropping Imani Vol 1. They dropped the track entitled “on fire tonight” some months back and there is also a track called “blacka” on soundcloud. After listening to these two jawns … Read More “Blackalicious-on fire tonight featuring Myron from Myron and E” »
Big Boi and Phantogram have connected and are about to drop a Ep entitled Big Grams. If “fell in the sun” the lead single is any indication, This is going to be a spacey soulful jawn with some southern lyrical gymnastics from Big Boi. The first single is a banger and feels like a Saturday … Read More “Big Boi x Phantogram-“Fell in the Sun”” »
Cadence and voice quality are a large portion of what makes a interesting emcee. Voices that command attention get…..well …..attention. Ockz has that kind of voice coupled with dope word play that engulfs the listener in the picture he is painting. He connected with dope producers “The stuyvesants” and gave us some gritty NY street … Read More “Ockz-The Stuyvesant chronicles” »