Lil’ B - Base For Your Face (feat. Jean Grae & Phonte)
Well, if you haven’t discovered Lil’ B yet, then well… here ya go. He’s barely older then myself at the age of 21, and he has over 1500 tracks. Now you can imagine with that much music there is a lot of crap, but every once in a while something floats to the top (please excuse the analogy). This track is one of them. Here is some Base For Your Face! Start Cookin’!
Graeme
Childish Gambino - Be Alone
Aiight, I’m gonna throw down some Donald Glover. Of course you know him from the hit NBC show Community (is it on NBC?), but did you know that he is also a rapper? I listened to his mixtapes and his LP, they were good, but nothing to write home about. So, yesterday he released his self-titled EP, and I downloaded it. Gotta say, I’m a pretty big fan, I listened to it 3 times in a row. His references are on point, his flow is smooth, and his beats are decent. All in all worth the download and listen.
Graeme
Post Script. I seem to have a theme of musicians that are on TV
Furlong Beaker Mini-Mix
I made this a little while ago and well these songs are too good not to share, download and enjoy.
Jay Electronica Theo Martins, Outkast and Lushlife.
Michael
Kanye West & Jay-Z - H.A.M.
Despite the questionable name for a single, it’s actually… well what you expect. It’s musical schizophrenia. This is the first release of the new album, Watch The Throne, coming from the hip-hop legends in March. There is quite the hype cause if it’s anything like what they did on Monster and So Appalled it’s gonna be quite unbelievable. Listening to this track though, that’s not so hopeful.
H.A.M. = Hard As a Mothafucka
Graeme
Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On
Lupe’s single is finally out for his long awaited album, Lasers. It’s pretty aiight. It is a Modest Mouse sample, and it is Lupe Fiasco, so it really can’t lose.
Graeme
Gros Morne National Park: Tales From Da Trailz
Haven’t heard of Envir- rap? Well now you have.
Help out our friends George Woodhouse and David Lawless, by watching this video and voting for it here.
Graeme
The Roots - Right On (feat Joanna Newsom & STS)
So I FINALLY got around to listening to How I Got Over, and I must say… I love it! I mean they are my favourite band and it took me 10 days to be able to listen to it. I will probably listen to it a few more times if I am not rudely interrupted by Skype again. Jeez Kat, I only had 20 seconds left to go on the album.
Anyways, inside jokes aside. This is probably the greatest sample I have heard in a while. Not only is it just a wicked Joanna song, but, in true Roots style, they made it better. Other indie notables include the girls of DP, and as we have already told you Monsters of Folk (worst band name ever?).
Graeme
Drake - Find Your Love
So I realized we have never actually done a blog post on Drake. I think that is mostly because most about him is hype, but I do like some of his stuff, such as this track. I listened to his album, Thank Me Later, recently and it’s alright. It’s got some high spots some low spots, but for the most part just an overall plateau of alright. I’d have to say where it really shines through is this track. The beat for this is just unreal, a Kanye beat no less, and it’s uber catchy. Kind of a guilty pleasure, but its not really guilty when its legit (aka Kanye production).
Graeme
Slick Rick Ft. Outkast - Street Talkin’
Thanks to DM Funk for sending this my way, a sweet collaboration between Rap greats. Slick Rick is a funny dude.
Slick Rick - 50 ways to kill your lover
This is a gem that is very like Kid Cudi’s 50 ways to make a record.
Slick Rick - Children’s story
This is probably his most famous song.
Michael
The Roots - Should I (feat. Project Pat)
TOP TEN FAVOURITE: THE ROOTS
This was an unreleased track from when The Roots were making Phrenology.
This post is about the Roots who are the hip hop band. I started listening to them when Phrenology came out, I read a review that said that it was a good album from a hip hop group that played their songs as a full band. I bought it because I thought it was kinda cool that they played their own instruments. Wow, I was not ready, it blew my mind! A good album from a hip hop group sounded like the understatement of the century. I went out and bought their back catalog, more gold. The Roots are operating on another level that I would call genius, the proof is in the fact that there is nothing else like them. I love The Roots.
A little while back I heard Jimmy Fallon was getting a late night show, meh.
Couple of weeks later the Roots rumoured to be the house band, haha yeah right.
Couple of weeks later The Roots confirm, what?!!!??! I couldn’t understand it.
Couple of weeks into the show and I understand it, everytime there is a late night musical guest that I love I get to see a once in a lifetime collaboration. Such as The Roots and Dirty Projectors or The Roots and Paul Simon. Further proof that the Roots are operating on another level. Or to quote from Rock You “I remain miles ahead of the game”. Bravado in rap may be the norm (ironically contradicting his point) but when you have such proof to back it up, it rings true.
Paul Simon featuring The Roots and Antibalas
I went to see The Roots this summer at the Cutting Edge Music Festival in Kitchener, I was in the front row. This is a video from said concert. Tuba Gooding Jr.’s energy in that show was infectious. I believe this song is How I Got Over with a bit of a Fela Kuti tribute.
Michael
