Alright, so here are a few tracks that have been helping me kill my iPod lately.
First is B.o.B. I read about him in the latest issue of URB and this guy's music is soooooo much fun. A another good example that "The South" can release quality music — and all he has released to date are mixtapes. He reminds me of Nappy Roots, a lot, mixed with Outkast, and all kinds of good stuff ... like Captain Crunch (best cereal ever). So, here is "Grip Your Body" off the "LRG: Hi, My Name is Bob" mixtape. It also features a nice Amy Winehouse sample. WOO for crack.
Next, I've got The Grouch. The Living Legends affiliate is old. By old, I mean making music for days and by "days," I mean years. He just released his latest album "Show You the World" earlier this month. It basically keeps my hopes high, in that, not all my favorite Left Coast underground rappers are crapping it up (i.e. Zion-I going hyphy, what the fuck?) This track has MURS on it, and although I just dissed hyphy eight words, a comma and a parenthetical mark ago, "The Bay to L.A." is cool. Hyphy music isn't necessarily bad because of the beats, but more because the lyrical content blows. So, here is a definite hyphy beat with some interesting lyrics doing it justice.
Crooked I. Good gangsta rap still exists? The LBC is still relevant? Yes, yes it does, and it is. Crooked I, who is obsessed with the word "BOSS" and wants you to know, has been releasing a freestyle per week since April 2007 for free. Each track uses a mainstream, well-known rap beat that Crooked I proceeds to destroy with his off-the-top rhymes. He's not very well-known these days, but for sure is something to check out. This is his freestyle from Week 50. Check it out, as well as all the other freestyles over at the Dynasty Entertainment Group Forum.
Almost done. This is Eligh. "Love Thrice" is a rework of Justin Timberlake's "My Love." 1/2 of G&E with the above-mentioned The Grouch and also a Living Legends member, Eligh's beats are out-of-this-world. I'm pretty convinced he could make Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" into a bangin'-ass song. This track is off the album he did with Magi entitled "The Brothers Grimm." Pick it up, it's filled with all kinds of cool tunes like this one.
Lastly, we have Mickey Factz. Another artist I read about in URB's latest issue. His flow ranges from fast-paced hardness to soft, I'm-gonna-sleep-with-your-girlfriend loveness. His mixtape "Heaven's Fallout" is available for free from his MySpace and you should probably check it out, because well ... it's free. This is one of the super-duper tracks from that mixtape.
Alright, so there you go, some jimmy-jams after a long hiatus from this thing. As my social life continues to dwindle because of school and work, this will probably become my main source of socialization, even if all my views come from me hitting the refresh button.
Fuck you, I'm happy.
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