MacheteVision wins the award for album I didn’t Kno existed in 2011 and pleasantly found in 2012, so I’m aware that I am a few months late, but I’m banking on most of y’all haven’t been exposed to it yet. MarQ Spekt (Jersey City emcee) and Kno (Cunninlynguist) team up for a 10-track album with the theme being a heavy dose of sampling from the film Machete and gloomy, sinister beats as only Kno, “the Emo Premo” can provide. Add some features from Action Bronson, Deacon the Villain, and others and this (although short) work has been getting some repeat spins from me lately.
So head over here and pick up the deluxe version ’cause you are gonna want Kno’s instros. Check the track “Roadhouse” with Action Bronson.
I dunno yet. I can’t call it. Mostly cuz I haven’t heard it yet. But I do know this:
Del tha Funkeé Homosapien dropped a new joint today. The West Coast Avengers. It’s free. Self-produced. His brother George was here. And there. And all over, because it’s all looped and chopped from P-Funk tracks. Get wit dis.
While you’re downloading this “mixtape,” you can get a nice little life update courtesy of Sir DZL hisself:
Props to ChopsWLS for the (uh-oh) heads-up on the Gangrene vizualz. My guess is he forgot to exhale sidewayz before chuggin’ on that Vodka & Ayahuasca. Cuz he forgot to post up the teaser joint, where one of The Nuge’s spawn dismantles and re-up’s an A-to the mu’fuckin’ K, homeboy. Here’s what he missed:
Oh yeeeah! Almost forgot the line of the year* courtesy of Alchemist:
“Scooby Doo, y’all/Scooby Doo, y’all/Rappers are RuPaul/I’m Kool Aid man, comin’ thru ya fuckin’ wall”
So, my man Lazerbeak released a super ill new instrumental album recently called Lava Bangers. To say that it is fresh is probably an understatement especially considering his other album that was kinda way too emo for us over hear at WLS…or at least for this guy. The mink coat didn’t help, kid.
…But anyway, here’s a couple certified Lava Bangerz, sons. Expect a full review once I get through the weekend and all of the madness of DNGRPXL.
Celebrate the New Year with a very special prototype online drum machine made by Atarilogic just for you. You may even recognize some of the samples used… Hear’s to the new year! *
* This may or may not work on some
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No disrespect to Masta Ace, but this Top Ten List ain’t got room for suckers. This is it. My Top Ten tracks (based on a super-scientifical system that calculates the # of plays with consideration to release date). If you missed the rest of the Top Fifty, go here (50-41). Here (40-31). Over here (30-21), and there (20-11). I may have run these a tad short, but that is because: A.) these tracks speak for themselves, B.) I’ve most-likely already touched on them throughout the year, C.) I still have a couple other ‘Best of’ lists to produce, and D.) I’d like to think I still have a life.
Without further adieu:
10. Vakill “Endless Road” f/ Vizion
Molemen affiliate Vakill dropped his fourth LP, Armor of God in 2011. A couple of assumptions can be made by that sentence: the beats will be bangin’ and the verses will strong. A rapper’s rapper, Vakill doesn’t disappoint on “Endless Road.” His delivery demands your attention, spitting densely-packed verses clearly and concisely. ”Endless Road” is a journey through the streets of Obamaville, and proves to be a daily struggle:
“Cops flash the blue and red so much/they tripling seizures/Every corner’s a chicken spot/hard liquor and Jesus/High cholesterol/Holy Ghost and liver diseases/This our birthplace/We inherit it’s attributes/Business acumen/Vacuumin’ bags of loot and sippin’ Absolut/You gon’ havta shot/Contemplatin’ my doom/I see your fork in the road and raise you a plate and a spoon/I’m tryin’ to eat.” Whew!
Indiana native Vizion joins for a dope cameo, toeing the line between saint and sinner. Both emcees bring it, weaving punchlines and clever wordplay throughout a lyrically heavy track. As for the beat, it’s not the Molemen this go-round. Although they lace much of Armor of God, the production on “Endless Road” was handled by MGI from Germany. Großartige Arbeit! (That means “Great work!” in German, according to Google Translate. I can’t call it).
You asked me for an article on whatever I wanted to write about and since you don’t pay I figured that gives me carte blanche. I started out tonight on an incoherent bitch about the record business… I was looking at the jacket copy of the “Watch the Throne” album…
Suddenly, the second worst sound in the world came from the corner of what one might traditionally call “the living room.” The television, a serviceable couch and my Selectric typewriter ensure that the last thing going on in this room is “living.” But enough about that mess. This wretched sound was the goddamn Mojo machine I had long since abandoned. Nobody communicates via facsimile in this day and age, and if they did, I sure as hell wouldn’t be able to decipher their out-of-practice manuscript.
“Who the fuck got this number? Has the Badmin gone mad? Is this some sort of a sick joke?” All of these questions (and a plethora more) raced through my still-inebriated membrane. “Too many cot-damn Stolis! The Russians are fucking with us again!” my pretzel-logic suggests. As I reach for the Mojo Wire, I see only one sheet:
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Many have tried and failed to ease the racial tensions between whites and blacks in AmeriKKKa over the years. Despite the best efforts of Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane & Biz Markie, it’s not easy to erase over 400 years of genocide, slavery, and civil injustices. MLK and RFK caught bullets for the cause. Protestors got hosed (both literally and figuratively) in Birmingham, Alabama. If only we could put aside our differences, much like the Black & White cookie (as “two races of flavor living side by side”)…
