Dumping off some new beats for your Saturday groove. Never stop groovin'. A collection of beats created from Teddy Pendergrass samples. Enjoy. Oh yea, don't rap on my shit. I'm still gone use some of these beats.
This week on Take It or Sleaze It, I'll be reviewing Kismet, the Summer release from Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire. The Brooklyn spitta continues to linger way under the radar of most listeners, and quite frankly I think that's where he prefers to be. Not much to say about this release off the d.i.c., I'll try and let the music speak for itself. That cover is bandanas tho; just when you thought the galaxy backgrounds was getting played out!
As usual, listen in to Black Liquid's show Hip-Hop For The Rest Of Us on WRIR 97.3 FM, or stream the show from wrir.org and blackliq.com. Tune in Saturday night at 1 am to catch my views. But don't wait around for how I feel to form an opinion; drop off your thoughts in the comments! Fresh off last week's Take It or Sleaze It discussion on "The Verse", as it has been affectionately titled, by one Kendrick Lamar in which he names several mainstream artists to let them know he was coming for them. This week we take it back to a project by the Iciest One, Gucci Mane La Flare. My man decided to drop a mixtape that is actually 3 mixtapes in one titled World War III: Molly, Lean, and Gas. I'll be tackling Gas, which is produced entirely by the 808 Mafia.
Burr. Tune in to WRIR 97.3 FM, Richmond's Independent Radio source, Saturday nights at 1-3 am. The stream can be retrieved at wrir.org or blackliq.com. I was recently going through an old hard drive of mine and ran across this instrumental set i created back in 2008. Conceived as a tribute to one of my favorite albums, I decided to finally release it for others to enjoy. The 2005 album by North Carolina group Little Brother The Minstrel Show is one of those special albums that fans of true hip-hop hold near and dear. Along with their debut The Listening, Little Brother carved out a pretty strong niche for themselves in the early 2000s that was plagued with chronic under-promotion and low album sales. The group produced a host of mixtapes and two more studio albums before disbanding, to the dismay of many fans.
Personal and professional issues aside, The Minstrel Show album stands as a testament to the creativity and inventiveness that was always present in the projects from the supergroup. These dudes created their own universe on record and invited us in. Too bad the industry and personal differences pushed them out. So, above is the full set of instrumentals; created from the sample selections used to create the album. Listen, share and enjoy! Tonight on "Take It Or Sleaze It", I'll be giving my review on Kansas City, Missouri emcee Tech N9ne's latest offering, Something Else. Many East Coast hip-hop lovers may know very little about the man, other than he performs in crazy face paint and has been doing that for quite some time. Tech N9ne has built an impressive cult-like following of loyal fans and supporters even if his songs hardly grace East Coast airwaves. His business acumen is top-notch, having his music featured in several groundbreaking video games and movies. His style is all Westside but his reach is global. I'm going delve into this particular release to try and understand what the hub-bub is about.
Tune in to Hip-Hop For The Rest Of Us tonight at 1am on WRIR FM 97.3 in Richmond, VA to here my take on the project and the emcee. If you don't have the dynamic pleasure of being an RVA resident, you can stream the show from wrir.org or blackliq.com, respectively. A lot is often said about Mr. Shawn Carter. Diehards sometimes believe that the Jiggaman has strayed too far from his roots in music, incorporating TOO many D'evils into his image. Reckless money boasting and pseudo-drug dealing aside, a lot more needs to be said about JAY (no hyphen) Z. His street dealer turned corporate virtuoso story has been the soundtrack to many lives, as hustlers of all kinds try to emulate what Jay has brought to the table. Mr. Carter, in fact, has never changed his style or subject matter; often repetitive flows and the same blah litters many of his records.
But what can not be denied about Jay is his charm and determination. He effortlessly makes moves that excel him forward as opposed to just about every other member of the demised Roc-A-Fella camp. Magna Carta Holy Grail is no different. Jay manages to remain his same old self and put out another album that is far from horrible. On top of that, he drops this video in which he invites dignitaries from the art, film, performance, and music worlds to view his latest masterpiece; himself! If that's not some cool shit, I don't know what is. Coming off last week's phenomenal review of Prodigy X Alchemist's Albert Einstein, up next is another classic producer in the hip-hop game dropping off new material. Pete Rock, the soul force behind quite possibly the greatest hip-hop song ever created ["T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)" ], is back with the chronically slept on Camp Lo for the follow-up to 2011's 80 Blocks to Tiffany's. I'll admit to doing my fair share of snoozing on Camp Lo; but they're debut is just so good that I never needed subsequent doses of the Lo. I know Black is a BIG Lo fan, and besides this phase he's in now (BAOW! BAOW!), he loves really dope music. I'm inclined to believe that no harm can be done on Pete Rock's production, and any artist can benefit from his sonic guidance. But I've been wrong in the past so we'll just have to listen.
As usual, listen in to Black Liquid's show Hip-Hop For The Rest Of Us on WRIR 97.3 FM, or stream the show from wrir.org and blackliq.com. Tune in Saturday night at 1 am to catch my views. But don't wait around for how I feel to form an opinion; drop off your thoughts in the comments! |
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