Ya’ll might want to check “The Album of the Year” (2010) by the Detroit producer / MC Black Milk. There are some hard beats like the following one:
Black Milk - Black & Brown (feat. Danny Brown)
September 8th, 2010
Black Milk - Album of the Year
August 28th, 2010
Dilated Peoples - The Platform [video]
Back to the basics with Dilated Peoples, the year is 2000.
Dilated Peoples - The Platform (prod. The Alchemist)
August 17th, 2010
Slum Village - Scheming feat. J Dilla, Posdnuos & Phife
I don’t know exactly what’s going on behind the scenes, but Slum Village did drop an album called “Villa Manifesto” a couple of weeks ago. And J Dilla is on several tracks.
It’s been said that the head of the label and Elzhi are not getting along. Whatever it is, I hope they get back together… But it’s already sad that half (?) of Elzhi’s (who’s a really, really dope MC) verses got dropped from the album.
Here’s the Spotify link for the album. My man Hatsolo picked the following track as well.
Slum Village - Scheming feat. J Dilla, Posdnuos & Phife
August 3rd, 2010
The Roots - Dear God 2.0 (video)
The Roots actually did videos for both of my favorite tracks from the “How I Got Over” album.
The Roots feat. Monsters of Folk - Dear God 2.0
Like my man Pasi reminded, the original piece is ill as well:
Monsters of Folk - Dear God
July 21st, 2010
The Roots - How I Got Over (video)
I hadn’t noticed the title track from the upcoming album by The Roots until now. There’s only one 16 rapping verse from Black Thought on the track, but that’s some serious spitting.
The Roots - How I Got Over
July 18th, 2010
Supersci feat. Remedeeh - Get! (video)
Listened to some Supersci (Sweden) tracks from 2006, it was a while since the last time. I never knew “Get!” had a video. Really honest stuff right there.
Supersci feat. Remedeeh - Get!
July 16th, 2010
Marco Polo - For The Future
Sorry for the lil summer break I had with the blog.
Anyway, this is not the newest stuff, but like I wrote in the Marco Polo & Masta Ace - Nostalgia post, people have been sleeping on it. “For The Future” off the “Port Authority” album is worth picking to your playlist.
Marco Polo feat. Critically Acclaimed - For The Future
PS. If you’re around Jyväskylä today or tomorrow, check “The Payback Jam“.
June 19th, 2010
Pitch Black - It’s All Real (video)
A great song from the Brooklyn based group, produced by DJ Premier. It was released in 2003, but I forgot it had such a quality video.
Pitch Black - It’s All Real
Btw. Ain’t that Kurtis Blow on 1:27?
June 12th, 2010
Gwen McCrae - 90% of Me is You/ Mobb Deep
I went thru some non-album songs by Mobb Deep and remembered “What Can I Do” from the “Free Agents” mixtape (2003). The song samples a soulful gem by Gwen McCrae.
Gwen McCrae - 90% of Me is You
Mobb Deep - What Can I Do?
June 1st, 2010
Mobb Deep - Tight (prod. Alchemist)
Back to basics. During their 18 years long career, Mobb Deep has released a lot of dope tracks on mixtapes, b-sides and other unofficial releases in addition to the well-known albums.
One example is the following track that saw its daylight on “The Cutting Floor 2″ (2007) mixtape by The Alchemist.
Mobb Deep - Tight (prod. Alchemist)
Author: Marks
Produced for Kool G Rap, Punchline (EMC), Verbal Threat, Ken Ring, Asa, Joniveli...
