Category: HIP-HOP-RAP

 DVD

Various/Project Blowed – 10th Anniversary (Project Blowed/Decon)

I’m not going to lie, I didn’t expect to like this CD, what with last years Good Brothers compilation being downright terrible. I mostly picked it up for the DVD, but ended up appreciating the music more. Sure there are some duds (and as usual when these dudes fall they fall flat o­n their face), but there are also a handful of classically awesome blowdian cuts. Aceyalone is still fairly invigorated after tearing up the Haiku D’etat album, Busdriver steals the show o­n almost second stringers like Cypher 7 and Otherwize who I’ve never paid much attention to have really stepped up their game. Early favorite cut is “Jazzy Girl”, where Mikah, Bus & Xololanxinxo do this two minute jazz riff that’s like “hot” 2005.

The DVD consists of a bunch of videos that most blowed heads have either seen (“Knownots”, “Mic Check”) or don’t really care about (that annoying Ab Rude song that’s in NBA 2k5), a pretty cool documentary of mostly the usual suspects doing the usual things, and some footage of the tenth anniversary show. I was hoping for some archival footage, but noooo… Anyway, the anniversary footage is mostly pretty corny. There’s a lot of self aggrandizing bullshit and hugging and whatnot, and seemed like the kind of thing that was more for the 20+ artists o­n stage than anyone in the audience. But it’s really worth it for two reasons – The Ellay Khule & Pterro Freestyle and Mikah’s live performance of the first verse of “Life/Death” , both o­n the DVD. Rifleman absolutely kills it, I think Khule’s going to absolutely blow some wigs back with his Califormula LP, which, according to the insert comes out next month. And Mikah’s, well Mikah. He kicks that already mind numbingly fast verse at double time (i think that makes double double time, or quadruple time, if we’re keeping score). via  http://www.cocaineblunts.com/blog/blog.html

DJ Format/Abdominal

MF Doom / King Gedorah
Doom?s career in hip hop goes right back to the early 90s when, known as Zev Love X, he was a central member of nu skool phenomenons KMD. Dropped by Elektra for refusing to change ?controversial? cover artwork, tragedy was heaped o­n top of disappointment when Zev Love?s brother and fellow band member, Subroc, was killed in a car accident. The young MC and producer vanished from the hip hop scene and was, to some extent, forgotten. In 1998, though, he re-emerged o­n Bobbito Garcia?s classic label Fondle ?Em as MF Doom and over the next few years cemented his place as o­ne of the most important names o­n the underground scene, “Operation: Doomsday” was hailed as a classic and KMD?s ?lost? album, “Black Bastards” finally saw the light of day. A generation of musicians have grown up in awe of him and he has since worked with everyone from Prefuse 73 to Madlib. Read more It’s also possible, to listen to the whole album, just follow the link before.

MP3: King Gedorah – Next Level

– More info about MF Doom
– Interview from THE WIRE 253

GUNPORN funny but it´s true 

Description: from the first GUNPORN album.
Gunporn are Bleubird, Siaz & Nomad (Cavemen Speak), Marcus (Stacs of Stamina) o­n the beats from Xndl (Offbeaters/Subversiv*rec)

a rough electronical album with raps with various influences like elektro, d&b, downbeat…
for people who like stuff like Anticon, Lex Rec or Big Dada

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Added o­n: 02-Mar-2005

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