Fasho Fasho! Remix is a fun track to get the night on the town started correctly. It features two members of the HHD A-Team, Premrock and Zilla Rocca along with Mad Dukez (who I am not sure if I have heard before). Of course we have the ever creative Willie Green on the boards. Is it wrong for me to think of the hip hop version of A Night At The Roxbury when I hear this? It probably is, but that would be a fun video to make. Ladies beware!
I am pretty excited…no, let me rephrase, I am very excited to bring you some thoughts from one of the most creative emcees in the game, PremRock.
I have been listening to him for a couple of years now and in an ideal world, I would have connected with him at SXSW a couple of weeks ago. But that was not in the cards. Still, I wanted to pick his brain about, his art, his friends, and his perspective. What I got in reply was well thought out introspection.
I encourage you to read the interview, check the video freestyle (it’s amazing) and make sure you cop all of his music. If you love creativity in your hip hop, you are going to be an instant fan of PremRock.
I missed this joint from earlier this month, and it’s definitely worthy of posting. Uncommon Nasa links with the talented producer Willie Green and the legend, Prince Po for this track Frequent Flyers. This track can be found on Uncommon Nasa’s forthcoming album, Land Of The Way It Is.
Aritst: PremRock
Album: Mark’s Wild Years
Source: Artist
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Certain artists just push the thresholds as to what hip hop can do and speak about. PremRock expounds upon many topics with his album, Mark’s Wild Years. And it’s not just what he’s talking about, it’s how he’s talking about it. The wordplay throughout this album is exceptional and the somber tones in PremRock’s voice offer up his thoughts with that much more potency.
Here is the first single off of PremRock and Willie Green’s remix album entitled PremRock & Willie Green: Reassembled. The original album made my Top 10 Albums Of 2011 list and I am thinking the ‘rearranged’ version of the album has the same potential. The remix here is done by Blockhead. This sounds a little more upbeat than the original version. I could almost tell this was a Blockhead production without seeing the credits. I really like this version. It’s a fun joint. The remix album drops March12th.
Artist: PremRock & Willie Green
Album: Self-Titled
Source: Artist
Tracklisting:
1. You Love My Intro (ft. DJ Addikt)
2. Diary Of A Dreamer
3. How’d You Get So Fresh (ft. DJ Addikt)
4. Had To Be Me (ft. C-Rayz Walz, Soul Khan, DJ Addikt)
5. The Sound
6. Move
7. Kill Your Idols
8. Jogger (ft. Open Mike Eagle)
9. Johnny Rotten (ft. DJ Addikt)
10. Radio Dial (ft. Has-Lo)
11. You Can’t Go Home Again
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Yeah, I am feeling this album from PremRock and Willie Green. My first impression from the album was how well produced it was. There is such diversity in rhythm, sound, and tempo that the album always had my attention which was of course helped by the fact there was only eleven tracks on the effort (which I like). The album also flowed very well for being so diverse.
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Artist: Jesse Abraham
Album: Bars & NoBull
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Jesse, who? Jesse Abraham? I still don’t know who we are talking about. But what I did find out after listening to, Bars & NoBull is that this emcee is different. And I mean different in a good way.
Fun. Zaney. Witty. Lyrical. Gifted. Those are all words I would use to describe Jesse Abraham after listening to this album. Fun hip hop finally finds it’s way to us via Mr. Abraham in 2010. Admittedly I was a a bit unsure of this artist up to track three of this album, but he really started to grow on me. His style is extremely unorthodox in terms of relating him to another style or trying to place him in the proverbial box. He is somewhat similiar to Homeboy Sandman if for no other reason that they are unconventional in their rhyme patterns and cadence.
If you can appreciate an artist pushing the boundaries of hip hop, like clever and witty lines, and superb production, you will enjoy this release. It took a minute for me to develop this appreciation but after all is said and done this will retain it’s replay value for years to come.
Shouts out to DJ Booth from whence this release came!
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