Now this song right here is called “creative narcissism”. The 17th is guaranteed to drop songs and concepts far different than what listeners are used to hearing. The 17th would rather listen to himself flow and make music than anyone of his contemporaries and when it is this good, there is nothing wrong with that.
I am so glad that his was released as a single off of The MyNORS mixtape, Black Lung. I am not going to have time to review this great project (and it is great) but this gives me an opportunity to put the spotlight on it somewhat. I have already started a Top 50 list for 2013 and this track is so far on the list. This reminds me of some Timbaland production meets The Beastie Boys. The guys add Nottz to the mix and there is some really great exchange. See hip hop can be fun…try it for a listen.
We featured Busy Bars before when he teamed up with EMS front man, M-Dot, Come Off Of That, over a year ago for the cut, . I was impressed then and thought I would give him a listen now. This beat by Taba (Poland) is pretty chaotic and took a minute for me to get into it but I love how he switches it up through the course of the song. The cuts by DJ Reel Drama are also quite on point. Busy Bars continues to impress with his flow and delivery. I think this would be a hard beat to ride but he doesn’t break a sweat. Solid work.
Can I get a “Holy Hot Damn” for this track! Wow. This track is one of the most complete cuts I have heard this year. The beat by Eric Lau, although it has an Asian appeal to it, is other wordly. But Whosane…wow…what can I say? These are some of the best bars assemble by one man for one track. His album, Brooklyn To Cape Town is not dropping soon enough with a June 16th release date.
“opposite of monotonous, do you know who you rocking with?” We know now my friend. We know now.
Very few people approach religion as unabashed as Co$$. He does it without being abrasive but really sets the table for the listener to think. He is a keen observer and a thinking man which really sets him apart. That, and he is an extremely gifted emcee. Black Hockey Players is set to drop soon and I will provide more information on that as it becomes available. DJ Mentos is on the boards.
K-Hill show us a little bit of Dragnet with this beat as Kourvioisier and Thee Tom Hardy give the listeners the business on the microphone. I might have heard of Kourvioisier before, but I am not sure if I truly heard him before. He sounds dope and now is a good time to get up on what he has to offer us musically. He has a new album dropping on April 30th entitled, Cable In The Classroom.
New joint from supa-producer SciFi Stu. It’s heavy on the drums, keys, and dope, chopped up samples. This is one of the more boom bap cuts I have heard from Stu. It doesn’t hurt that you have two deep and gruff voices flipping flows over the track in Junclassic and King RA.
Dopping it heavy…
We featured a Sommy Lovell song back in December called Amelia. That’s kind of a big deal because we have not been featuring a whole lot of new artists. It’s because a lot of new artists aren’t doing the type of music we like. But Lovell’s got the recipe for making good music. He’s also producing his own music which is a bit of a change up.
I never asked for acceptance, I was cool pariah
Need I say more. I say hop on board this train before it becomes a God forsaken bandwagon.
New music from Sandpeople member, Al-One is always a welcome treat in the inbox. This track is coming off of his forthcoming album, Shallow Al, which is dropping on April 20th.
Man, this is a moment that needs repenting: I have not checked out Napoleon Da Legend’s latest album, Awakening. I am ashamed of that because this joint is proof that the man has a serious skill set. He goes bar for bar with my current favorite artist, Spit Gemz. That’s saying something. So let us correct ourselves and give this album a spin, shall we? As purveyors of fine hip hop, that’s a definitive duty.
