CRITICAL HIP HOP: 2011

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

14 years ago today we lost the potential "Greatest Rapper of All Time". The reason I use the word potential is that we were only graced with two albums of work from him. Two albums that were full & complete with every style of hip hop possible from great stories, to club bangers, to gangster shit, to just straight up just lyrics & wordplay, dude was just nice........Hands Down!!!!!!! If Son was still here, there's no tellin' where the game would be but one thing for sure he was setting the standard for what a good rapper is "supposed" to sound like. Funny thing is, to this day, still not many can touch him, anyway B.I.G. shouts out to The Notorious One, we still miss you homie!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Nice & Smooth No Delayin'

Monday, February 28, 2011

Common - I Used To Love H.E.R

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

XXL Freshman Class 2011 Cover

This is where the "CRITICAL" part of this blog comes in to play............ I don't know who half these dudes are. Crazy thing is I ask my daughter (she's 15) who I figure can help a nigga out & she may be familiar with them, namewise, she can't name too much of their music. That saves me from thinkin' I'm out the loop but at the same time, it doesn't say much for these new "so called" freshman rappers. If the kids ain't all the way up on it, the older heads damn sure ain't, so how the hell you gon pop son??? I do want to acknowledge Diggy Simmons & Cyhi Da Prince, two true MC's I'm lookin out for, word but on that note, I'll holla........ PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, February 21, 2011

CARMELO ANTHONY

It's official, Melo is a New York Knick, part of a huge deal that also includes Chauncy Billups. NY Let's Go!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

THE CYPHER/FREESTYLE

Not too many cats can even do this, they haven't perfected their craft. Probably don't even give a f**k about their craft because it was just a way for them to flip they drug money. Niggas wrote some wack rhymes got a hot ass beat and swore up and down they "went in", meanwhile I can outrap they ass and I ain't no MC (but I am a critic). Anyway just figured I would post some cats that get it in a lil somethin, PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BET Cypher 3 - Mos Def, Black Thought & Eminem

BET Cypher 3 - Ace Hood, Juelz Santana, Fabolous & Jadakiss

SAIGON - The Greatest Story Never Told

Hands down one of the best pieces of work I've heard in the past year. Dude is on some Real Public Enemy shit - some "thugged out" social commentary. With production by Just Blaze, this shit is definetly "blazin"....... REAL RAP!!!!!!!!

Monday, February 7, 2011

APOLLO KIDS - Ghostface Killah

Most slept on album of this past year's 4th quarter, dude is also one of my favorite MC's.....This is mos def one for the stash!!!!!!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

GUTTER RAINBOWS - Talib Kweli

The latest work from Brooklyn's own Talib Kweli is a must for your collection. Son never disappoints.....and he nice as shit!!!!!!

Monday, January 31, 2011

THE W.W.B.C.C.

Hands down one the illest "real hip hop" crews to ever do it & still doin it as we speak. Consisting of "Black Moon", "Heltah Skeltah", "Smif N Wessun", "O.G.C.", The World Wide Boot Camp Clik all display what we hip hop heads call "MIC SKILLZ". With much production from the Beatminerz in their early days, the basslines & tempos were straight Boom Bap. Under the leadership of Buckshot the BDI, these cats, right now, can give your favorite MC a run for his money, they might even just take his money (Shout out to "Brownsville"&"Bed Stuy", can't forget "F.A.P.") Any given day you can still see these cats walkin down Sutter or Mother Gaston aka Stone Ave, no security cause the hood still loves them or you might just get stomped out if you try to front........... So much much respect to The Boot Camp Clik, Headz Still Ain't Ready!!!!!!!!!!

Black Moon - How Many M.C.'s

Heltah Skeltah - I Ain't Havin' That

Black Moon "Who's Got The Props"

Smif-N-Wessun - Bucktown

The Fab 5 - Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Fallen Soldiers of the Game

These are some very influential MC's who were never exactly able to make it to their prime, one or two weren't even able to get of to a huge start, however they all left huge footprints and set high standards to what true MC's should be. The hottest (Billboard hot that is) of the new regime can't touch any of these dudes............ To all of them R.I.P. You will never be forgotten!!!!!!!!

Friday, January 28, 2011

The Illest White Boys To Do It

The Original Hip Hop Flicks!!!!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Female MC's

Shout out to the ladies that got it rockin back in the day, heres a few......

MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha (GTA 4) | Best Quality (1989)

Yo Yo-You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo

Antoinette - Who's The Boss

Sweet Tee - On The Smooth Tip

Monday, January 24, 2011

THE CLOWN WE ALL KNOW AS CURTIS JACKSON A.K.A. 50 CENT

I don't know if anyone else recognizes the buffoonery ( I don't even know if that's a word but it sounds so fitting ) that is constantly displayed by this rapper guy called fifty cent. Dude is having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that his "reign on the top was short like leprechauns". Since his talents have subsided (it was more hype than talent anyway) he has constantly tried to get shine off of "beef" with other rappers, or whomever he can find to give him the time of day, just so the fans will pay his washed up ass some attention. He has made himself hip hop's official court jester, stooping to the level of recording "telephone gangster" videos, because no one is interested in his music. Don't get it twisted, son is caked out but I think he's more obsessed with fame as opposed to money, cause obviously it couldn't buy that nigga happiness. If this dude was comfortable in his own skin, he wouldn't care less about what the next nigga was doin. And for tall those that wanna co-sign this dude's street cred, remember this is the same dude that went to the cops when them Murda Inc. niggas poked his ass & whooped him out at the Hit Factory back in the day, fast foward to now, he wanna capitalize off of an issue that World Star Hip Hop has (that he has absolutely nothing to do with) & relate it to a pending "LAW SUIT" that he has with them. Now last time I checked, when you go to any type of authorities & tell them that some other individuals are not acting in your best interest, so you wanna persue legal action against them, sounds like a "RAT" to me.............but what can I say, once a rat, always a rat. Funny thing is that a lot of you "fans" out there act like this clown wrote the thug manual & that everything that come out his mouth is the realest shit you ever heard, just cause he got shot 9 times (I guess that solidifies his gangster). C'mon Son, get the f**k outta here with that bullshit, niggas get shot in the hood everyday, bigger than that, niggas get killed by slugs that wasmeant for somebody else everyday, as well. This dude is just mad cause 40-42 year old Puff & Hov are still relevant after 15+ years in the game & he ain't barely makin it to 10. This nigga is WACK, point blank period. Oh & if you wanna reference the telephone gangster shit, you got Young Buck, Shyne & now Q from World Star, whether these dudes is official or not doesn't matter, the point is that Curtis records himself poppin junk & then he don't come outside, with that I'm done..................ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

REAL MC's STILL EXIST

Big shout out to this set of Real MC's, we all know they are extremely hard to find nowadays but if you look, you'll find em. Check these cats out-Reek Da Villain, Corey Gunz & Joell Ortiz.......FIRE!!!!!!

Reek Da Villian Freestyle on Toca Tuesdays

Cory Gunz On Da Spot Freestyle - DJ Green Lantern

Joell Ortiz - On Da Spot Freestyle

Friday, January 21, 2011

Nas Speaks On Cassette Tapes & Boomboxes-CLASSIC!!!!!!

Anyone who knows me knows that Nas is my all time favorite rapper, what makes it even better is knowing that back in the day he was doing the same thing I was doing.......making pause tapes off the radio, big shout out to the homie Esco, PEACE!!!!!http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhUhjrg4nJd0z3VGXg

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

This is by far my favorite group of all time, check some of their videos.......

Can I Kick It?

A Tribe called quest - check the rhime

a tribe called quest - Award Tour

A Tribe called quest - Find a Way

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I CAN'T LIVE W/O MY RADIO

This is a pic of my first "Boombox". Mom & Pop got me this for my 10th birthday. It was made by Panasonic, had no EQ, Dual Cassette Deck or nuttin, just play & record but I wore out Run DMC's "Raising Hell" & Fat Boys "Fat Boys Are Back" tapes on this thing. I spent many friday nights with my ears glued to the speakers listenin to Mr. Magic's Rap Attack & DJ Red Alert. The quality of tapes recorded from the radio was so horrible comparing it to CD's & MP3's of nowadays but when you got that exclusive Kane freestyle or that new Slick Rick joint, that shit sounded crystal clear. I can't believe I found this pic!!!!!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Kurtis Blow-The Breaks

Jimmy Spicer - Adventures Of Super Rhyme (Rap) FULL LENGTH

My First Records

When I was 5 or 6, my moms bought me my first two records, "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow & "The Adventures of Super Rhymes" by Jimmy Spicer. I played them joints til they was all worn out & full of static but I could rap those lyrics right along with them. Years down the line, Jimmy Spicer became my neighbor in Linden Plaza, we lived a few doors apart from each other, how's that for irony? Shout out to East New York. Just figured I'd share that, PEACE & BLESSINGS!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: EMINEM SIGNS SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO SHADY RECORDS

Congratz to these "REAL MC's" swimming in a sea of today's wackness, ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vintage

Saturday, January 15, 2011

X-Clan - Heed The Word Of The Brother

BRAND NUBIAN - WAKE UP (Reprise In The Sunshine) Quality Remastered Sound

We're All In The Same Gang Video, West Coast Allstars

Self Destruction

This pic is from a T-shirt.........Nostalgic, the cassette tape brings back memories of making pause tapes on Friday & Saturday nights off KISS & WBLS. Shout out to Mr. Magic & Kool DJ Red Alert (Sidebar-the shirt belongs to my nigga Dezo aka DJ D Nyce)!!!!!!!!!!!!