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Would OhWord ever steer you wrong, fam?
Large Professor Discusses Main Source, Nas, New Album (Video)
The Sample From Nas’s “Life Is Like A Dice Game” Revealed
Junior Mafia “Player’s Anthem” Beat Deconstructed
A Buyer’s Guide For Out Of Print Rap Albums
Pete Rock Discusses Sampling Techniques (Video)
The Entire Fondle ‘Em Discography Available For Download
- New Blog - Philaflava T.R.O.Y.October 3
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Don’t let the name of the blog fool you – it isn’t a Philly-centric take on rap, or an ongoing ode to CL Smooth, though you should not be surprised if rare 3XDope b-sides or unreleased Pete Rock tracks show up in the mix. The blog is actually an outgrowth of philaflava.com’s “T.R.O.Y.” forum, a popular destination for bloggers, college radio DJs, vinyl junkies, and assorted rap nerds. At the forum, the denizens stay busy uploading entire forgotten discographies, verifying the existence of sought-after demos and alternate takes, and performing impressive detective work on sample sources. The blog will provide world outside of the forum easy access to the end results of these inquiries and discussions, so point your browsers over that way and fire up the external hard drive. Add the blog to your feed reader to keep up with all the downloadable goodness.
If anything, peep this post by yours truly to get a sense of how a message board community can make big things happen through teamwork.
- The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same (Only Different)October 2
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Brandon Soderberg, one of my favorite writers, makes an excellent argument that we are in the midst of a new era of hip hop.
The “Post Lyrical” Era, where rappers are paradoxically no longer “rapping”.
It makes me wonder: what if “lyricism” is just a code-word for rappers not from the 5 Boroughs?
Brandon himself says that beside denoting a certain era of artistry (using only East Coast rappers as examples), “lyricism” doesn’t…really…mean…anything (and yet you and I both know it means everything).
I know Brandon isn’t being malicious. He’s merely extending a concept that critics and listeners have been using for a long time now.
As vague as “lyricism” and now “post-lyricism” are as ideas they both share one thing in common: the East Coast’s #1 export:
- Black Milk - Give The Drummer Sum...September 22
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Black Milk – Give the Drummer SumEasily one of the hottest singles I’ve heard this year. Anthemic without being overblown, dusty without losing its energy, timeless but not a tired retread , soulful but more importantly, FUNKY: this track has it all and THEN throws in a horn solo. Oh and it lives up to its title, this features some of the hottest drums on a rap beat in a minute (anyone else sick of 808’s? No? fine just checking…)
Someone give Jay-z this guy’s number, maybe he can save the Blueprint III.
- YOUNG RAP MIXTAPE (Wale, Kid Kudi, Mickey Factz, more...)September 17
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Drivin down the block…Low End Theory bass hittinDOWNLOAD THE YOUNG RAP MIXTAPE
1. The Cool Kids – 88
2. Kidz in the Hall ft The Cool Kids, Pusha T, Bun B & El-P – Drivin Down the Block (Mix)
3. FKI – Iggy Fresh
4. Pac Div – F.A.T Boy
5. The Roots ft Wale – Rising Up
6. UNI – K.R.E.A.M
7. Mickey Factz ft Skyzoo – Incredible (Mix)
8. The Knux – Cappuccino
9. B.o.b – Grip Yo Body
10. Mickey Factz ft The Cool Kids – Rockin n Rollin
11. Lil Wayne ft Fabolous – You ain’t got Nuthin
12. Kid Kudi ft Wale – Is there any Love
13. Jay Electronica – Retro Electro
14. Wale ft Bun B & Pusha T – Back in the Go Go
15. Lupe Fiasco – Paris Tokyo
16. AC – Freestyle
17. Elzhi ft Fat Kat – The ReasonI’m not telling you anything new when I say that 2008 has been a bad year for Hip Hop full lengths, even by recent standards. While I’m actually more optimistic about the state of rap than I’ve been in a while, that’s because of new emcees, most of whom haven’t had the chance to drop an album yet. And while I enjoy my near-hourly perusal of Nah Right as much as the next guy, mp3-singles rarely ma