Legendary B-More Hip-Hop Program Strictly Hip-Hop releases their FREE album featuring winners from their “Test Bin” segment. Click the images above to download. It’s Nice!
New Ish! Khalil Ismail & Ambush “Freedom Fighters” Mixtape
Dope new mixtape by Khalil Ismail & Ambush…Check it out…It’s Free!
Download the mixtape here: “Freedom Fighters“
Hip-Hop Hall of Fame (Update)
Re-Release Tuesdays “Through The Wire”
Kanye has come a long way. It wasn’t until this song and this video that I really felt dude. Except for 808s, he hasn’t disappointed yet. One of the dopest and most personal songs of all time. “Turn Tragedy to Triumph…” This week’s Re-Release is Kanye West’s “Through The Wire“.
Producer Kanye West’s highlight reels were stacking up exponentially when his solo debut for Roc-a-Fella was released, after numerous delays and a handful of suspense-building underground mixes. The week The College Dropout came out, three singles featuring his handiwork were in the Top 20, including his own “Through the Wire.” A daring way to introduce himself to the masses as an MC, the enterprising West recorded the song during his recovery from a car wreck that nearly took his life — while his jaw was wired shut. Heartbreaking and hysterical (“There’s been an accident like Geico/They thought I was burnt up like Pepsi did Michael”), and wrapped around the helium chirp of the pitched-up chorus from Chaka Khan’s “Through the Fire,” the song and accompanying video couldn’t have forged his dual status as underdog and champion any better. All of this momentum keeps rolling through The College Dropout, an album that’s nearly as phenomenal as the boastful West has led everyone to believe. From a production standpoint, nothing here tops recent conquests like Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name” or Talib Kweli’s “Get By,” but he’s consistently potent and tempers his familiar …
– Allmusic.com
One2FlowOn- “WE WON’T STOP”
“When is it time to put the mic down?”
“The Game Needs Me…well the Bobcats do.”
Check out my latest hip-hop commentary here: WE WON’T STOP
New Ish! Greenspan x Feeva “I Declare War”
New Ish from Greenspan x Feeva…Check it out:
Rock The Bells 2012 Line-Up
2 Chainz
ASAP Rocky
Atmosphere
Big Daddy Kane
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Deltron 303
Dipset
DJ Lance Rock and Friends
DJ Quik
E-40 and Too Short
Eligh, Grouch and Zion I
Fashawn
Hit Squad Reunion
Ice Cube
Immortal Technique
J Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Kid Cudi
Mac Miller
Missy Elliott and Timbaland
Murs
Nas
Naughty By Nature
Prodigy
Redman and Method Man
Salt-N-Pepa
Schoolboy Q
Slick Rick
Supernatural
RZA
Tyga
Watsky
Wiz Khalifa
Yelawolf
Dom Kennedy
Hosted by:
RZA + Supernatural
For more info: RocktheBells.net
In My Rotation 5-16-2012
I haven’t done one of these in a while. Honestly, my hip-hop rotation was a little light. Well…we are in full swing now! Here’s what I’m currently rocking:
Apollo Brown & O.C. “Trophies“
“The best thing about this album is the fact that I didn’t expect much. That’s not a slam on the people involved. It’s just what my expectations were. This is a dope album and a strong candidate for my tops of the year. O.C. keeps the topics varied and Apollo Brown kills a lot of the tracks on here. YOU SHOULD OWN THIS!”
Meek Mill “Dreamchasers 2“
“I didn’t like the first one, but this is good money! Hottest dude in MMG. He spits. His energy drives the track, and his voice is perfect. I will say that I think there are too many songs on here but whatever. This is a dope mixtape. Download that… it’s FREE. “
Ab-Soul “Control System“
“I was a little slow getting to this one but I’m glad I did. I first got hip to dude via Kendrick Lamar. I really didn’t feel his last album but this one is on point. The west coast is doing their thing as far as young emcees go. Add this one to your rotation…it knocks!”
Jadakiss & DJ Drama “Consignment“
“Initially I was disappointed. There were just too many guest features by inferior rappers. It felt like a “who’s hot right now” ploy. Needless to say, I’m a big Kiss fan so it’s whatever. Kiss doesn’t necessarily dumb his lyrics down to the level of his company. There are a lot of dope tracks and there are some duds. As you can see, it hasn’t left my rotation yet. If you are a Kiss fan you might be interested….or maybe not. Lol!”
Beanie Sigel “Broad Street Empire Vol. 1: Lost Files“
“If you have been thirsty for some new Beanie. THIS IS YOUR BEST OPTION. Jay-Z should just resign this dude. Don’t try to make him into a mainstream darling. That he is not. Just make HARD (a Grown man Never has to say Pause…GTFOH), and undeniable hip-hop. This mixtape contains a lot of unreleased material along with some of those Jay-Z diss records from the past. Add this one to your rotation…NOW!”
Re-Release Tuesdays “The Sh*t Is Real(DJ Premier Remix)”
It’s funny when you’ve established that you don’t like a particular artist and they release an album like this. I heard one song I liked and didn’t flinch. Then I heard two more that were dope…didn’t care. Then I heard 3 different songs off of the album that were hot..that’s damn near the whole album… I still wasn’t going to buy it. Smh. Finally while attending a party, one of the promoters were handing out tapes (Yeah, I now. LOL!). Guess which tape he happened to give me? Yep. Fat Joe’s sophomore release and, arguably, best album “Jealous One’s Envy“. It took me a while but I love this album. This week’s Re-Release is Fat Joe’s”The Shit Is Real(DJ Premier Remix)“.
The infamous Fat Joe (aka Joey Crack), a heavyset bully of a rapper out of the South Bronx, dropped this noisy jackhammer of an album in late 1995. The follow-up to his street-acclaimed Represent from 1993 is bloated with vivid tales of violence and fortified claims to street credibility. Joe has an old-world sense of the criminally minded and displays a Cosa Nostra-like romanticism in his hearty boasts to rap supremacy. An interlude of Spanish braggadocio over the melodic Godfather theme and a Frank White (Christopher Walken) monologue from King of New York are proof of Joe’s self-professed kingpin status. The healthy dose of inspired production from heavyweights Diamond D, Premier, and Domingo provide an amply pugilistic background for Joe’s nitroglycerin-fueled verbal warfare. Joe makes no bones about his affiliations with drug trafficking and thievery either: “I’m the realer MC/the drug dealer MC.” The legendary KRS-One climbs aboard on “Bronx Tale” and the Wu-Tang’s Raekwon helps out on “Respect Mine.” Even the shamelessly purloined sample of Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” on “Envy” cannot slow down this driving record. Few rap albums of the modern era have the pure testicular quality of Jealous One’s Envy and the lyrical content, while tending to be repetitive, is always clever and never nauseating. A solid second effort from a true Bronx Bomber. -Allmusic.com
New Ish! Danny Brown “Jay-Dee’s Revenge”
New track off of the new J. Dilla album…Check it out:
