Let Me Put You On: El Michels Affair

I got another dope group I want to put y'all on. They're called the El Michels Affair (look below)



They're the guys that's not Raekwon. They've toured with Rae and Wu playing back up making old school Wu shit even doper than it was...They don't rap. They don't sing. They don't beef with other musicians to get pub. They're not picking up trannies (at least I don't think). Them niggas just play music (not that fruity electronic pro tools/fruity loops bullshit, real music with instruments); music that's funky. The first time I heard this shit it touched my soul. The shit is fresh. I'm gonna list a couple of tracks. If y'all like it let me know and i'll up the whole thing. Enjoy. If you likey, cop the shit (album cover pictured below, it's called Sounding Out the City). I didn't cop mines but you should cop yours. Cheap Bastards!!!




Detroit Twice

Ochos Rios

"Can't Tell Me Nothing," New Track By Kanye Tidda

Another Ye track leaked. I scooped it from another blog. It sounds like some real down south shit with the organs and horns (DJ Toomp-ish from Young Jeezy fame). Tidda even threw some Jeezy adlib samples on there too. Ironic, I was just talking about Jeezy. On the track, Ye rhymes about using cake to escape his problems. It's cool definitely not onpar w/that Common shit but it's iiight. Y'all let me know what you think about it.

Can't Tell Me Nothing

Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 = The Premier Gangsta Opus of Generation Y

I'm about two years late with this post, but sometimes it takes a minute for an album's effect to really set in. Awhile back, I think it was right after Jeezy dropped The Inspiration and I was debating music with my dude and I told him that Jeezy was putting out the best gangsta rap of our generation and he vehemently disagreed proffering no substantial substitute. After awhile, I think he said the Clipse who are dope but can you really say dudes rapping about full length chinchillas, english muffins and duvets are gangsta rap? Let's keep it 100, most cats don't even know what a duvet is.

DUVETS = NOT GANGSTA

You can say what you want about Jeezy (he's killin' hip hop, he looks like a turtle, he and jadakiss are twins) but the dude makes hot shit; POINT BLANK. Do I think Jeezy is the savior of hip-hop? Hell no. Are his lyrics the best ever? Not even close. But when it comes down to that straight ignorant, drink something/smoke something, bass wangin in your whip shit, HE'S THE BEST HANDS DOWN.

Case and point,Thug Motivation. When that shit dropped, summer of whatever year that was I think 05', I can't think of one n***a I knew that wasn't letting that shit yank from the whip AND LETTING IT RIDE FROM THE START TO FINISH--except that one slow track about banging out chickens, at least not while ridin--that's a neighborhood no no.

Thug Motivation was gettin burn in whips, on the radio, in the strip club, in the sewer. It was FUCKING everywhere!!! From LA to NYC, cats felt that album. Even Beans cosigned the shit. It was the biggest movement I had seen since 50 and the Get Rich album. Dude made gangsta rap sound epic ("Standing Ovation"); drums, horns and my homey put it best...Just saying the adlibs made you feel as gangsta as spitting the lyrics. I could go through the whole album in a review like manner but 1)I don't feel like it 2) I'm lazy and 3)no one would read that shit anyway. The bottom line: Thug Motivation 101 is the best gangsta rap album of Generation Y till someone puts some harder shit together.

Disclaimer: ALL YOU SO CALLED HIP HOP HEADS THAT PLAN ON FRONTING ON THIS POST. STOP FAKING LIKE Y'ALL DON'T HAVE AT LEAST ONE ALBUM THAT YOU PUT DECK IN THE WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO RIDE/GO TO THE CLUB ETC WHATEVER. Y'ALL KNOW THAT TALIB SHIT DON'T ROCK WHEN IT'S TIME TO GET MESSED UP

Kanye West Stronger = First Single Off Graduation

This is the new Kanye single off of the upcoming Graduation album.

Cool Kids: Some New Ish I Dig (That You Ain't Up On)

I love putting people on to new music, because cats sleep so hard on anything that's not on 106 & Park or on the radio aka BULLSHIT ASS POP MUSIC. Here's something I found on the fader site today while working hard at my gig. I came up on this HEAT ROCK. It's by these dudes from the Chi named the Cool Kids. The track is called "Black Mags," which is a reference to BMX bikes called Dynos (picture below)



Although their steez (fashion wise) is the overly saturated "hey, we're different look at us" jumpoff, the music is dope. Why the fuck does everyone want to be from the 80s? And when did being a nerd get cool? Like Commons says, it's the questions y'all. Enough with all the extra, here's the live performance and if you want to hear black mags check out their myspace.

A Man Torn: Ambivalent Feelings About Laila Ali

One day as I was sitting at my desk working diligently (aka perusing allhiphop.com rumors [shout out to Illseed])and they showed Laila Ali doing her thing on Dancing With The Stars. I saw this...



It left me with a number of thoughts; first being, she's kind of thick; second wondering would I hit; third, her arms are like Both my legs taped together plus my left arm which happens to be my strong arm and lastly, her back is wide as shit and laced with muscles I didn't know existed. The shit really had me fucked up because usually when a chick is diesel like that it typically makes me vomit/I'd never hit but this time it made me kind of wonder. Lightweight, she's kind of pretty AND she can move her hips which equals a hands down pass in my book but her ability to control me physically scares me, literally. I've dealt with women that have been larger than me before, which is almost a given when you're as skinny as I am but I've never dealt with a chick that could hem me up if it came down to hands. I'm no Jason Kidd/David Justice/Ike but c'mon it worries any dude knowing his chick could kirk out one day and whoop his ass, but Laila is ight minus that roided out voice she has...Y'all let me know what y'all think.