“The illest shit you heard in your life…well, maybe not.” For the most part, this quote from the Reef the Lost Cauze solo track, “This is Where the Fun Stops,” summarizes the entire sophomore effort, Black Snow, of German DJ/producer team, Snowgoons. I get the impression that these guys think they are the best producers in hip-hop. Maybe it’s from their redundant attempts to have the most epic sounding hip-hop production of all time. I also view the ridiculously long list of featured emcees with the same perspective. Something about this album makes me believe all these dudes think they actually are the “illest shit you heard in your life.”
As complicated as it is to release a solid debut album, one may argue that it is equally as challenging for an artists second offering not to be dubbed a sophomore slump. Is there then more pressure to release a sophomore effort that captivates the original fans, but at the same time tries to get new fans who may have past over the first time around? The thing I love most about hip-hop is the amount of debating that can take place over the most mundane details such as these. In this case, there might not be as many debates over which of their first two full length albums are better, but Time Machine fans need not be disappointed after they spin their second album, Life Is Expensive.
“Here’s the OFFICIAL music video for the graffiti anthem “Click Clack & Spray” (produced by Deacon the Villain), which can be found not only on my album “whutduzFMstand4?”, but also on the MTV VMA winning soundtrack to Marc Ecko’s “Getting Up” videogame.
Jedi Mind Tricks and Babygrande Records are pleased to announce an unprecedented rapid fire 2008 release schedule guaranteed to satisfy even the most hardcore JMT/AOTP fans:
The summer release of the first ever Jedi Mind Tricks DVD: “Divine Fire: The Story of Jedi Mind Tricks”
The July 22nd release of Jedi Mind Tricks Presents: Doap Nixon “Sour Diesel”
The August 5th release of Jedi Mind Tricks Presents: King Syze “The Labor Union”
The September 30th release of Jedi Mind Tricks Presents: Outerspace “God’s Fury”
The October 14th release of Jedi Mind Tricks’ sixth album “A History of Violence”
Pace Won and Mr. Green
“HIP HOP”
The Only Color That Matters Is Green
Raw Poetix Records
Directed By Phil Sedehi
Cinematography by Lucas Pruchnik
Edited By Jed I. Rosenberg
J-Zone & Chief Chinchilla present…GATOR$-n-FUR$
June 2008: VICTORY!: The 1 year Anniversary Show!
We did it! Gator$-n-Fur$ has put down one year of monthly mayhem with this June show , so we’re gonna celebrate by playing whatever the f**k we want. No theme, just an hour of good music and madness. In true anticlimactic fashion, we’re taking July 2008 off from the show to clear our heads and catch up on real life things. Take that time to check out past shows you missed (download some of the self-proclaimed greatest Gator$-n-Fur$ shows below) and we’ll see you in August! But for now enjoy Victory!!, and celebrate our one year anniversary show with us! (download link)…
Tame One’s new album “Da Ol Jersey Bastard,” an ode to Wu Tang’s ODB, will hit stores on July 29, 2008. The album will be entirely produced by Drum and Knowledge of Parallel Thought, and will feature just two guest rappers, Sean Price and Del The Funky Homosapien. This effort will serve as a prelude to Tame’s next project, an ambitious download-only album tentatively titled “Acid Tab Vocab.”
Lawrence, Mass. (June 2, 2008) Veteran in the Boston Hip-Hop Scene, rapper REKS teamed up with DJ Statik Selektah to produce his highly anticipated sophomore album Grey Hairs. With production from the legendary DJ Premier and Large Professor, Grey Hairs is guaranteed to be a modern-day classic!
Most freebees usually end up acquainting themselves with a trash can after one listen. But, damn. Not only is Blueprint’sBlueprint vs. Funkadelic a keeper, the album is a top-notch piece of work guaranteed to provide listeners with more than just a few spins. I have already played it through a number of times (it’s a short listen) and, truthfully, this may be my favorite work of the year. The lyrics from Blueprint are some of the nicest I have ever heard from him and, oh…did I mention dude also produces the entire project? Well, he does, and in doing so he uses only the freshest of P-Funk samples.
In my mind, there is nothing better than hip-hop that is not reliant on contributors. When an artist can write dope lyrics and make equally as dope beats, there really is no significance in featuring any outside emcees and/or producers. The entire album is handled by Blueprint and, honestly, it should not be any other way. Blueprint spits on “Too Funkadelic”: “Every time I drop the rhymes are twice as raw, beats twice as dirty as the time before.” Let us know what you think. Why the hell shouldn’t you? It’s free. Download it here.
“The illest shit you heard in your life…well, maybe not.” For the most part, this quote from the Reef the Lost Cauze solo track, “This is Where the Fun Stops,” summarizes the entire sophomore effort, Black Snow, of German DJ/producer team, Snowgoons. I get the impression that these guys think they are the best producers in hip-hop. Maybe it’s from their redundant attempts to have the most epic sounding hip-hop production of all time. I also view the ridiculously long list of featured emcees with the same perspective. Something about this album makes me believe all these dudes think they actually are the “illest shit you heard in your life.”
As complicated as it is to release a solid debut album, one may argue that it is equally as challenging for an artists second offering not to be dubbed a sophomore slump. Is there then more pressure to release a sophomore effort that captivates the original fans, but at the same time tries to get new fans who may have past over the first time around? The thing I love most about hip-hop is the amount of debating that can take place over the most mundane details such as these. In this case, there might not be as many debates over which of their first two full length albums are better, but Time Machine fans need not be disappointed after they spin their second album, Life Is Expensive.
