Outerspace - Blood Brothers
Group that does music with Jedi Mind Tricks and Army of the Pharoahs. So you know its going to be good. Check it out, i know you want to.
Marco Polo and Torae - Double Barrel
Very sick album period.
Anything that 9th wonder produces i am in love with because it is such a chill type of music. Swann Notty fits perfectly with his style of production. Check it out.Main Offenders can be described as three incredibly tallented rappers influenced by east coast style hip hop.
"Its funny how even though they’re repping Vancouver, Canada, these guys sound like everything you loved about hip-hop before it went all flashy and pop. Each MC is a well-rounded battle rapper and writer in their own right, reminiscent of a younger and hungrier Brother Ali or Mac Lethal. Their live shows are energetic and usually packed while they’re recorded material embodies a contagious rawness similar to that of the U.S.’s, Rhymesayers Ent. " -Cd Baby
Rhymesayers Ent. being rappers/groups such as Slug, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Mac Lethal and MF Doom if you folks didn't know which is saying a lot for a young group that you probably have never heard of out of Canada. I have intrest in the group because the way each emcee goes with the other perfectly, and when lyrically they sound amazing. Its not just me that is amazed by this talent. I have been reading online of other people really liking their album Depth Perception.
"One of the best CD I own this year. I just have one problem: I'm french so I never could see them on stage... :("
When I was told that I would have to blog for class I didn’t know what to expect. My main concern was that we would probably have to type a lot each post. 250 words I think is to much because I have to think of what I am going to type next instead of typing what I wanted to blog about and that’s it. Well before this year, I had never thought about blogging. But now that I have been "forced" to blog it actually is not that bad. I could see myself doing a blog when I get older in my free time. I could also see myself not doing it just because it’s almost a waste of time. The hardest thing that took the longest to decide was what I was going to blog about. I would only get one blog done in the computer lab and find my self scrambling on the weekend to finish my three posts. If this wasn’t an assignment I could find this very fun to do on my own time. If I didn’t have certain deadlines and I could blog whenever I wanted about random topics I could see myself blogging for awhile. I liked posting about music that I really enjoy listening to because it was sort of a way to manage my own music tastes and to reach out to people who may like the genre or haven’t heard this kind of music before to expand their musical horizons.
Reef started battling other rappers in high school and earned a reputation as one of the best battle mc's in Philadelphia. He received a film scholarship to the Philadelphia University of the Arts where he began to visualize a serious career as a recording artist. Realizing his true calling, Reef dropped out of college at the age of 19 and teamed up with Philadelphia-based producer Sleep E to begin working on his first solo project. The 10 track album, The High Life, was released in 2001 and opened doors for Reef as he began performing at area clubs and generating praise from both fans and local media.
In February 2003, Reef released his second solo album, Invisible Empire. He distributed the album himself by way of a national schedule of shows during which he won the Mic Check Battle in Philadelphia and took second place in the Blaze Freestyle Battle in Oakland, California.
Reef took his freestyle skills to another level early in 2004 with an arousing performance at the Beat Society production competition in New York, and a fierce win in the Riddle Records Mic Control Battle. He was also the End Of The Weak (EOW) Challenge Champion at the Rock Steady Crew 27th Anniversary in July 2004, and went on to take the EOW Grand Championship title in 2005. Mindful of his stunning battle prowess, Reef places a determined emphasis on balance with his songwriting and performance abilities.
Feast Or Famine, Reef's third solo album, was released in 2005 to critical acclaim. Also in 2005, Reef was a member of The JuJu Mob whose debut album, Black Candles, was lead by fellow Army of the Pharaohs rapper Chief Kamachi. The debut album from Army of the Pharaohs entitled The Torture Papers, was released in 2006 and featured two songs with Reef as a featured member.
A Vicious Cycle (fourth album) was released on November 18th, 2008. This is a very good album with SICK production. Again im in love with a rappers opening song. This one is called "Back At It".
Dont listen to at work. Unless you could give two sh*** about your job.
Immortal Technique, is an American rapper and political activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on political issues. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely a mixture of commentary on issues such as politics, poverty, religion, social class and racism.
In 2001, Immortal Technique released his first album Revolutionary Vol. 1 without the help of a record label or distribution. Instead using money he had made from winning various rap battles. Revolutionary Vol 1 also contained the underground classic 'Dance With The Devil' which in my opinion is the one of the most "messed up" songs ive heard in awhile. In November 2002, he was listed by Source as the month's featured "Unsigned Hype", which highlights artists that are not signed to a record label. Consequently, since he did not have a record deal or distribution at the time, Immortal Technique is the only rapper in history to have a "Hip Hop Quotable" while being unsigned. He released his second album Revolutionary Vol. 2 in 2003 and The 3rd World in 2008.
But Revolutionary Vol. 1 is my favorite album by him because of the first song "Creation and Destruction". This song is so sick with the production by Marly Marl. Just listen to his lyrics and determine for yourself. And if you get a chance check out "Dancing with the Devil" which is a long song but it is a great/messed up story being told.
Not to be listened to in public places. Unless you really dont care haha.
With the Notorius B.I.G. overshadowing the whole New York Scene almost, a person you prolly never hear about, was(still is in my opinion) probably one of the most underrated rappers in New York. This is probably caused by a drive by shooting that left Big L dead after his first debut album release. He was sort of a rapper ahead of his time if you know what i mean.
This is my favorite song by Big L called Put it On off of his first album Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous.
He also was in a group called D.I.T.C.( Diggin in the Crates). He had many previously recorded songs before his death, not sure if this is one, but this is another song i like with Fat Joe. Trust me, Fat Joe was better back then, than he is now......
Army of the Pharoahs is a group started by Vinnie Paz consisting of rappers Apathy, Celph Titled, Reef the Lost Cauze, Chief Kamachi, Demoz, Des Devious, Doap Nixon, Esoteric, King Magnetic, Jus Allah, King Syze, Planetary,and Crypt the Warchild. They really caught my attention when they released their second album, Ritual of Battle. This song in particular caught my attention with Celph Titled in the first verse with his unique flow. But this group is very violent and talk about murdering people a lot. Other than that, you can't say they are not good. They are most certainly a really talented group and one of my current favorites.( I just realized how many favorites I have.)
Not to be listened to at work or school.....unless you have headphones!
One of my favorite rap groups is Atmosphere. The lyrical half of the group, Slug is the main MC. Ant (Anthony Davis) is the other half of Atmosphere, and is the producer of the group. With the exception of Overcast!, he has produced every Atmosphere record by himself. They have had six albums that in my belief got better with each one. Slug never lies in his songs, but does tell stories. He usually raps about depression, and peoples problems. I think it is almost the perfect music to sit down after a hard day of work or school and just fall asleep. To me its the definition of beautiful music.
My favorite song is Sad Clown from the CD Sad Clown Bad Dub II. In the song he talks about a depressed clown.
"Hey daddy tell me why the clown is crying."
"Well son he's got the task of cheering up the ill and dying.
On top of that everybody thinks that he's insane.
Can't fathom why he'd wanna ease their pain."
My second favorite song is Modern Man's Hustle off of the album God Loves Ugly
I always find my self looking for new music trying to find something that is the next big thing or something that has not been brought to the whole world yet like unknown rappers / producers. This is just something I found amazing about youtube as it helps me the most to expand my knowledge and mind with new music. Here is a song that I was not looking for, not expecting to find which really makes me more appreciative of the music that is out there.
Al Tarba is the producer which in my belief is a really good one. So check it out
Note: do not play at work
Detriot in my mind has given birth to many successfull rappers in the past 20 years. It all started out with the legendary producer and rapper J Dilla a.k.a James Yancey a.k.a the best that ever did it. His work with Slum Village brought Detroit music some love. But it sort of blew up when Eminem started out in the late 90's. Eminem could be called the best rapper ever, but has recently fell off my list due to his lack of effort and mainstream garbage. But for his work done before(Infinite, Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, etc)...easily in the top five best rappers in my book. He has done some work with D12, Detroit Dozen or dirty dozen. The Group Consisted of rappers Proof, Bizarre, Eminem, Eye-Kyu, Killa Hawk, Fuzz Scoota. They could not find six other rappers so they decided to create alter egos to make twelve. I never was a fan of them but they were a known group throughout the nation with their psychotic lyrics. Black Milk is making a name for himself as a producer and rapper recently. Guilty Simpson is most certainly talented and has a big career ahead of him(hopefully). But my favorite that has come up lately is Elzhi from the group Slum Village. He is amazingly good with his lyrics. Using differnt acronyms for D.E.M.O.N.S. Please decide for yourself.
