More of that shit

What did YOU do today?

ILL Gates

Posted on behalf of Buttholesovice

Herman Cain Has My Vote

Breaking Ned

Dope

HEAVY

No fun to walk the line

Rich and Black

WEST UP

OB4CL 16th Year Anniversary

In June 1995 on a sweltering hot day in New York City I interviewed Raekwon for ego trip magazine issue #5 in advance of Rae’s soon-to-be-released Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… At the time of the interview I hadn’t yet heard the album (my lone attempt to get an acquaintance at Loud Records to let me peep it having been met with words to the effect of: “You wanna hear how it sounds? How the fuck you think it sounds? It sounds fuckin’ DOPE.”)

Peep the whole interview HERE

John Somebody

"Long before sampling, turntablism, mash-ups etc., became common currency, Scott Johnson was creating amazing pieces for tape loops and electric guitar. It wan't easy - composing meant literally hand cutting & splicing tape, and fashioning loops (sometimes as long as 25 ft) to run thru recorders. John Zorn's Tzadik Records label has recently released an album called "John Somebody," and we're all the better for it. The title piece, begun in 1977, is a classic example of the Johnson style - taking recordings of real people talking, writing original music based the rhythms and cadences of conversation, and making those voices sing"

via Music For Maniacs!!

01 John Somebody Part 1 by John C. Nels

Now You See It.. Now You Don't

Hip Hopera

Prince Paul's concept hip hop album is very dope. Prince Paul is also responsible for awesome shit such as Gravediggaz, De La Soul, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and Stetsasonic.

1999 - Prince Paul's "A Prince Among Thieves" Full Album

Mimic Octopus

Rude Boy

Different Swords

This is a pre-Wu-Tang effort by the RZA. Under the moniker Prince Rakeem he had a deal with Tommy Boy Records, but due to legal problems was never able to complete the deal or the record. The content and style of his rap is very different from a couple years later as the abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan.


"That was more label-directed. I did it, but it wasn't like me being me. I definitely love women, and that rap was a true story, too. Every girl I named was a girlfriend at one point, and some of them were my girlfriend at the same time when I did that song. I probably had three girlfriends when I made that song. When I was writing it, I was like, "I got too many ladies. I got to learn to say no to these motherfuckers. I don't need all these girls." - RZA

Drunken Master

PS

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Captain Beefheart
Glook has Mirror Man on vinyl. It's The Shit

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