The Best Song Snoop never wrote?

So, I am working on the NEXT post you will see on this blog while Listening to Real Late with Peter Rosenberg (required listening for all you grown up Headz)  and I hear this new Snoop Song talking about how being scared of marriage will mess up your relationship with a good woman.

*pauses to cue record  scratch*

Yes, the man who brought the world a debut album with such insightful relationship commentary as “We don’t Love them Hoes” and “Bitches ain’t shit but Hoes and Tricks” is now exalting the joys of Monogamy.  There is hope for HipHop after all.

Uh….small problem.

He didn’t write it.  Or Sensual Seduction.  Or anything else on his upcoming album. 

Back to the album. Initially, there weren’t supposed to be any guest artists on Ego Trippin’. Why the switch?
It just happened. That might be me ego-tripping. The real ego-tripping on this record is that I let people write songs for me.

Singing songs? Rapping songs?
Everything.

Have you run out of things to say yourself?
Nah. I’m ego-tripping. I was watching Diana Ross getting inducted into a Hall of Fame, and she got up there and named all these great songwriters. Her biggest songs were written by somebody else. So I’m thinking, Wow, there’s nothing wrong with my pen, but I’m going to let other people write for me.

Has the recording process become easy?
Yeah, because I know what I want. When you know what you want, you aim for it and shoot for it. I was talking to Quincy Jones. He told me that, when he used to make records, there was a target they used to aim for, whether it was a No. 1 song or a hot artist. If you aim for a target, you’re either going to hit it or go higher. That’s what I’m on right now.

So there you have it.  The VERY second I get ready to praise Snoop for FINALLY growing up, It turns out that someone GREW him up.  (Although I can’t front, The Blue Carpet Treatment was not without its positive points.)

More on this as it develops.

Using Old School HipHop to Pour a little out for E-Spitz’ Career

Client, Client Number Nine,

New York Gov He might do time

20 Yrs for the Mann Act

WTF, WTF, WTF

Jin spits a hot 16 on Obama’s alleged lack of Substance

Get out your notepad and take notes. Dude is a long way from his Ruff Ryders days.

I’ll take stuff BET should be showing for 200, Alex.

The embed ain’t workin and I don’t feel like foolin with it

Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel Pt 1.

Freedom’s a road that’s seldom traveled, watch hell unravel
Right before the eyes of the soldier who fell in battle
The single mother who raised her daughter to bear the sacred water
And not take the hand of every man who make a offer
To black kids wishin they white kids, when they close they eyelids
Like, “I bet they neighborhood ain’t like this”
White kids wishin they black kids, and wanna talk like rappers
It’s all backwards it’s identity crisis
The industry inside us is vipers with fangs trying to bite us
Drug suppliers is the health care providers
We cakin, makin narcotics outta household products
We ain’t workin out ’til we exorcise the demons that’s inside us
Plus they seem to just provide us with enough rope to hang ourselves
Enough dope to slang ourselves, enough toast to bang ourselves
It’s officially nigga season, these niggaz is bleedin
That’s why I’m spittin freedom we had enough of trigger squeezin

I am telling you in advance. I will wish I had this post back

I can’t put my finger quite on what did it this week. But I am completely without respect or any empathy for the Clinton Campaign.

If I had a larger profile, I would probably keep this off my blog. But since I am lowgrade at this particular point, Screw it. Ima do me tonight.

Ordinarily my fishscale quality hometraining would prohibit me from going there.

But right now.

RIGHT THIS SECOND?

This right here is exactly how I feel. (hat/Tip to Post Bourgie)

NSFW.

I will be apologizing for this in a few days. But right now?

I don’t give a fuuuuuuuuuuuck(Smokey,1995)

*replays and proceeds to get his two step on*

HipHop for Grownups #1 Hero

Once upon a time, I used to write Press Releases for a living.

It was a thankless job, attempting to write words to right wrongs and setting up the most mundane events to be can’t miss engagements.

Now that I am some hotshot Blogger (Sarcasm set to maximum levels) Every now and then I will get press releases and music about new HipHop artists on the verge.   Being a GAM (Grown Assed Man) and all, some of the stuff just leaves me sorta

Enter The following Press Release

E-DOT AND DARP MALONE ARE HERO

GROUP’S DEBUT FULL-LENGTH EFFORT TO BE RELEASED ON MARCH 25th, 2008

HERO: “A legendary figure endowed with great strength or ability; who commits an act of remarkable bravery or who has shown an admirable quality such as great courage or strength of character; the central figures of a movement.”

The “movement” in this case is to push the boundaries of the music we know and love. 

HERO gives us two such legendary figures. Introducing artist/producer extraordinaire Darp Malone and the incredible word-smith E-Dot (who has previously worked with Mr. Complex, The Chapter, Loer Velocity and released singles on Ill Bill’s Uncle Howie Records). These two long time collaborators have finally combined their efforts on a full-fledged scale to create a sound that is nothing short of amazing. HERO’s music is honest and passionate, so wonderfully sincere and effortless.

 

They have no capes or pantyhose, just soulful ballads and aggressive compositions. Somehow HERO manages to easily combine substance and intricate wordplay with moving melodies and catchy refrains.

Together as HERO, E-Dot and Darp Malone’s music utterly transcends time without the abuse of trends and propaganda. Upon first listen one comes to realize that the future is upon us. The time is now, and they are here. Embrace them, witness the conquest; and don’t take them for granted.

Yeah, I know…pretty heady stuff.  But it is a Press Release, after all.  The proof is in the pudding.

Here is your pudding

Personally, Im intrigued.  Someone needs to speak for GAM rap.  Why not these Cats?

And if you wanna Download it….I got it here legit. 

Work To Do - Kidz In the Hall’s Obama Campaign Song

These Cats are probably my favorite duo out right now. Good luck finding a copy of School Was My Hustle. The In Crowd in stores soon.

You can download the MP3 @ www.kidzinthehall.com

Mr. and Mrs. Nasir Jones, Lemme Holla @ Y’all for a Min.

First off, The T-shirt doesn’t bother me. The name of the album doesn’t bother me, much.

I wasn’t always a fan of yours. I liked your music, but I never did care much for you back in the Illmatic days. You reminded me of those kids I grew up with who were far more witty and creative than me, the universally acclaimed class nerd, but didn’t see the value in translating that genius to the actual work in school.

Your career is one long collection of shouldacouldawoulda. I could go into details, but I will let your boy, Mr. Carter summarize your career circa 2002

You said you been in this ten
I’ve been in it five - smarten up Nas
Four albums in ten years nigga? I could divide
That’s one every let’s say two, two of them shits was due
One was - NAHHH, the other was “Illmatic”
That’s a one hot album every ten year average

Yes, somewhere along the way you finally grew up and started making albums more indicative of your extensive verbal talents. And for that, Mrs. Jones, I actually thank you for slowin Nas down. Your entrance into his life has done WONDERS for his legacy.

But for real though, Nas. Ima need you to hit the books and the newspaper and stop relying on your inbox for all your news.

But Instead, of Beating you down, I’ma lift you up Nas, because lately you have really stepped your game up.

I choose to focus on THIS Nas instead:

Rock the Library Card before you Rock the Vote, Nas.

One.

Mixtape Saturday Vol. 1

For my first installment of Mixtape Saturday, I give you

Graduation the Musical

Kanye West rmx by Stanley Logan

Click here to Listen 

My comments:  It is a bit on the choppy side, but just to hear extended versions of the samples Kanye Used and how he interpolated those songs into new songs is worth the listen.

and then there is #10 - All Falls Down Spoken word and acoustic which is by far the highlight.

Happy Belated Birthday James T. Smith

My favorite Raven fan dropped a post announcing that LL turned 40 on January 14.

He linked some videos and it occured to me. Those were probably my least favorite LL songs.

After a brief discussion, I decided to put my LL Discography to good use. I am going to drop my first podcast/mixtape/collection of songs before the end of the month. IF any of yall folk got recommendations for audio programs that I can use, let me know.

Good looking out, T.

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