Sunday, November 24, 2013

New Music: Hefner Bros x On The Table



Hefner Bros are a hip hop trio from Detroit, Michigan consisting of Jea Hefner, Rell Hefner, and Jeff Hefner. I'm not going to very in detail about them in this post because I have an interview with them coming soon. But yesterday they dropped a song titled 'On The Table.' If you follow them on twitter you would've noticed them arguing with a group of dudes the day before. Towards the end it sounds like they're calling them out. But anyway, it's a solid song and worth listening to. I'll post the link to it below.

http://4shomag.com/2013/11/download-hefnerbros-on-the-table/





Artist Feature: Emancipate Yourselves


These days there isn't much variety as far as art goes. One of the saddest things is that many females aren't into art even though they're very talented. I think that this is something that needs to change, it's just a hard fact that males dominate in the arts. I see this as a huge problem, because there are certain perspectives only a woman can bring, and there are certain perspectives only a man can bring. I think that art right now is missing that strong female presence to kind of change up things and make them the way that they should be. With the lack of females in the field, what you get is only a males perspective. So even when a female tries to break into the art, she does it from a man's perspective because that's the art that she is used to seeing and or hearing. That's why I get very excited when I see people like 'Emancipate Yourselves.' She's putting out art from her point of view and no ones else's. She sings and does spoken word which is great. Her voice is beautiful and her spoken word is very thought provoking. As her name suggests, she wants people to free themselves of regular thinking and habits. Born in America but raised in a Jamaican household, she has an advantage that many other Americans don't. She was able to grow up immersed in two separate cultures, which I would imagine instilled in her a lot of the ideas she has today. After hearing her music and spoken word, I was itching to get an interview with her, and thankfully she said yes.

1. First of all, tell everyone who you are and what you do.
" Hi! Well first off, my name is Brittny Amanda. I usually go under the pseudonym "Emancipate Yourselves" on my blog and soundcloud. I'm a singer and spoken word artist."
2. In your cover of the song ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You’ was that you playing piano? If so, how long have you been playing?
"No, I wish haha. My good friend Lydia is an artist as well and while hanging out, she started playing that so I decided to do a cover of it. I learned how to play a few years back, lost all of it, and now I'm self-teaching myself!"
3. Who has inspired you musically?
"Hm, musically.. so many people. First off, Bob Marley. Then his children, Nas, J. Cole, the entire Motown Era (I cant even pin point certain artists), Kanye West (incredibly), The Roots and Emeli Sande."
4. I notice you’ve also posted a few poems on your Soundcloud, one that stood out to me was ‘Letter To My Modern Day Slaves’ could you give us a little insight on that poem?
"So that piece I did randomly one night as like free writing while thinking about the Trayvon case and decided to write something kind of relating to how I feel we as a human culture are.. we're so comfortable in our "chains" and fail to see how blinded we truly are. I tried to hopefully shed some insight and get people to rationalize."
5. In another one of your poems, you stated that you were not a poet. What did you mean by that?
" Hahaa, I say this a lot but I really don't want to be labeled as a poet or better yet, confined to that title. I really just like the term artist better. I just love to write so much in effusive amounts and it almost looks like poetry because of identical techniques I use but I kinda just wanted that statement out there so I wouldn't be known for being one lol. Much love to the poets though, y'all have a mind of your own, truly."
6. Who are your inspirations as far as poetry goes?
"On the other hand, I'm in LOVE with poetry haha. First and foremost biggest inspiration in poetry is J. Ivy. Heard him first off in "Never Let Me Down" by Ye and that completely inspired me to get up and one day write something to move thousands of people as he did. He doesn't even know what that verse and his other pieces do for people. I love Malik Yusef as well and I mostly just sit and watch old Def Jam Poetry videos and fall in love with all of it."
7. There’s something about you that doesn't seem American, are you and your parents from another country? Or are you just really in touch with your roots?
"Both parents are fully Jamaican! Unfortunately, I wasn't born there but I've been going since I was 3 every other year and I'm heavily influenced by the culture. My roots are everything to me, I always want to be known for that and always embracing it. I can never forget what made me and the family who shaped this strong mentality I have.. Jamaica is home man."
8. How and when did you realize that poetry and music were something that you wanted to make?
"Hm, two different moments. when I wanted to do spoken word was when I first heard J. Ivy's verse and also this man named Luis Marrero "My Apology." Raw emotion. For music, man.. it's just been in my blood, I've grown up with so much music from so many eras that I felt like it was just a part of me. I think after one of my concerts I did with my 4 best friends and the amount of love I was given, I knew where my heart was."
9. Any big projects coming up?
"Yes, yes! I'm putting together a project and my idea is to fuse both spoken word and music together. The concept of the project leads from a mindset of ignorance/mental confinement to spiritual liberation, kinda hard to put in words but it'll be more evident in the music."
10. Thank you for your time, anything you want to say before you go?

"Thank you so much for allowing artists like me to discuss their craft, what you do is empowering and so supportive. For everyone, I hope you enjoy the messages and stories I want to share with all of you. Spread love always xo"

Many things are sure to come from Emancipate Yourselves and I really look forward to them. I'll post her soundcloud link below.

Twitter: @xbrittnyamanda

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/brittnyamandaxo






Intellectual Talk: A Peek Into The Mind of God Emperor White


In a world full of people with horrible vocabularies and bummy shoes, miraculously God Emperor White exists. Equipped with several Gucci belts and every pair of Jordans ever made, people would think that he's just an average 'hood nigga.' But they would be extremely wrong, because God Emperor White is different from every other useless nigga in Detroit. Why you ask? God Emperor White is what many people would call an 'intellectual.' I say many because some people are to stupid recognize his mental capacity. He has so much intellect that he reads the dictionary every night at 10 o'clock, and claims if you don't do the same thing you're "retarded." Aside from reading the dictionary he's also an avid chess player. He even flexed on me by pulling out a Chess Encyclopedia he had been reading that has upwards of 1,000 pages. I figured since he had so much intellect, I would ask him to bless the general public with a morsel of his knowledge. Luckily he accepted my invitation. The interview you are about to read will instill infinite amount of intellect into your frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and your temporal lobe. Basically all of the lobes. It'll even instill intellect into your cerebellum so you can properly balance all of the intellect . I know you want to read this so I'm not going to hold you up any longer. You can now read the words from the most intellectual mind the world has yet to see. A side note before you read: I didn't edit God Emperor White's answers at all, so all the grammatical imperfections come directly from him. But hey, who needs grammar when you have dictionaries, Jordans, and Gucci belts? Am I right?

1. So introduce yourself, tell the audience who you are and what you do?

“Im jermaine white, im just ur average working nigga, and i occassionally rap, but being a comic book artist would be cold. I draw very often.”

2. Word around town is that you have massive intellect. How true is this statement in an intellectual manner?

“Well im flattered and technically speaking intellect cant be measured. Im not sure how true that is but i often hear IQ isnt a real, reliable measurement. (Probably niggas who hate on chris langden said that but who knows..) But if talking to another intellectual, im confident in my abilities.”

3. Many sources have told me that you enjoy reading the dictionary at 10 o'clock at night, is this true? If so, how come? How does  reading the dictionary add to your intellect?

“Haha well thats not entirely true, i used to read it often to widen my vocabulary for rapping skills, but actually lately not that often. Im usually preoccupied with drawing, working, reading manga, and trying to improve in chess these days.”
4. Is it true that you pulled up to the party with Tadoe on Forgi’s?

“Haha unfortunetly that is not true..”

5. Okay, now the serious part of the interview. What does this whole intellect thing mean to you and why do you do it?

“Well over years of studying many different ways of life,(martial arts, sports, art, etc) iv come to the conclusion that knowledge is the most important thing you can have in life and translates to success in everything. So these days i spend every minute in an attempt to learn everything possible before i die.”

6. What do you plan to do after high school? Do you plan to do start a whole “God Emperor Intellectual” movement in which only people who wear Jordans and read dictionaries can join?

“Hahaha no, i was considering attempting to get rich off of rap, but i dont have a recording studio so it would be too much of a hastle. So i decided il just work a normal job and eventually try to become an american comic book or manga artist since i see my drawing skills are good enough. Drawing for video game designs or entering a chess tournament one day hopefully wouldnt be bad either..”

7. Are you going to college? Or are you done with school after this?

“As of right now i have no desire to attend college. From what iv seen everyone who goes just come out broke, and havent really learned anything. Besides people dont realize you can learn literally everything from books combined with the internet these days on your own time haha.”

8. I’m 1000% sure you’re the first Jordan wearing black person to watch anime faithfully. Does this make you feel more advanced than other black people? Intellectually of course.

“Actually..somewhat yes! Watching anime allows you to be somewhat in touch, and have an idea of what other places in the world is like. Unfortunetly i feel that japans people are smarter as a whole though..”

9. If you could choose to be in any anime, which would it be?

“Dragonball z of course! I could just blow up the planet and fly to a new one if i got mad! Haha”

10. If you were Light from Death Note, what would you have done differently?

“If i was light i would definetly have killed matsuda earlier. Stupid people are dangerous in my opinion. And i never would have left so much of the plan in mikamis hands. In a life or death situation like that its crucial to be in control yourself.. Also in the manga version light died like a bitch. I would never die like that..”

11. I’m pretty sure you’ve read all the different versions of the dictionary, Merriam, Webster’s, etc… Is there any interests to move onto thesauruses and Encyclopedias? Or would that just make your intellect to powerful?

“Well with all this talk of the dictionary i just might!”

12. Any last words for the people God Emperor White?

“Hope i didnt spell anything wrong that new age technology shit fucks you up. And who knows i might get motivated n make a mixtape. But eh..”
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So there you have it, a peek into the mind of someone with intellect. I think we can all agree that after reading that, we aspire to someday have at least half of the intellect that he has acquired in his lifetime. Well, I should wrap this up. It's getting close to 10 o'clock and there's a dictionary calling my name.







Saturday, November 23, 2013

Teef Sweat's Top 10 Dilla Beats




Still makes me sad that,for J Dilla being such a known producer, he's still so unknown. He's still the biggest underdog in the rap game of all time. Since my homies over at the ELC are from the D, I figure this list would have had to come soon enough.  So here it comes, My Top 10 McDillaNasty beats.

This shit is gonna be hard cause he probably has the most instrumentals of all time but anyways, here it goes.
(Fun Fact: DJ House Shoes claimed once that most beats ever released to the public that Dilla made were constructed in 10-15 mins. Genius..)

10. Earl: 
     Forreal g, this shit sounds like Allah himself came down & chopped the loop himself. My damn. This shit has the type of vibe that you'd listen to while the sun rises & you're sippin on your morning joe, before having to take a monster leak 15 mins later yahmean?  This is the epitome of a Dilla beat. Making something so complex with a layer of simplicity at the same time. 


9. Flyyy:
     In a Complete switch of feels, this is one of those nighttime jawns you'd drive & cruise to. Real fuckin smooovvvveee, and the bassline adds the icing to the cake like a spoiled 5 year old child's birthday party. No screaming about missing polly pockets in the gift stash though, this vocal sample has the "ahhhhhhh" sound reminiscent to the sound you make when you take a dump after a long day of jogging. Pure relief.
 
 

8. Heroin Joint                                                                                                                                       
 
 This is probably the best use of a James Brown sample ever tbh. (James Brown - King Heroin). Now, I normally wouldn't smoke some heroin (if that's even possible...maybe) but yo. If this played in your head constantly while under the influence of the poppy plant I may consider it. This beat has the feel of the hustle & bustle of a big city with flashing lights, something like a modern day Kung Fu flick. The way dilla structured the chops as well has my brain rattling. The natural bass on this track? my lawd.


7. Players:
  The best Slum Village track. The way Dilla manipulated this "Claire" sample & made it sound like "Players" is crazy enough. not to mention the hi hats that sound like salt shakers rubbing together or some shit. plus if you listen to the snare closely you can see he synchronized a clap with the snare, perfectly offbeat. Man.
 
 
6. Thelonious
   One of my favorite albums really. Dilla also has the best verse on this IMO. This will be the only track with vocals on this list for that reason. Shows that DillaDawg was also a good emcee (NOT TO MENTION JAYLIB YO). Peep the last verse & get that neck busted.
 
5. It's Your World
 
4. Runnin
 

3. Purple
 
First, for some reason I couldn't find the video thumbnail to this on my BlogSpot search box, so fuck it, here's the link. Secondly, I don't care if Mac Miller has somewhat shaped up his act, he almost singlehandedly ruined this beat a couple years ago. There are just some beats that will ALWAYS be better without lyrics, and for the most part, there's a lot Dilla beats like that. This is the first that comes to mind. Sheer emotion.
 
 
2. Last Donut Of The Night
 

1. In Space
 
 
 
 
 
And that's my top 10 Dilla beats. I'll probably be pissed later thinking I should have added something else because he literally has so much material, but just in case, here's a couple honorable mentions. 
Peace - TS


Friday, November 22, 2013

Nujabes

RIP Nuj-San
In Japan there is an extremely strong influence on daily life. There aren't too many "hipsters" or people that are out of the ordinary. Hell I don't blame them, there culture is awesome. But with all this anime, food, gaming, and Pop music, one person decided to pick up something new.
Enter Jun Seba, a somewhat clueless Japanese adult that did not do much with his life but play Jazz when he was younger. When the first wave of hip-hop hit Japan in 1996 in was very ineffective, but it shook Jun. He then began to try to produce what we call "nigga beats" that he probably intended for mainstream USA rappers. We he realized that he sucked and that nigga beats sucked, he decided to go back to his roots (Jazz) and make an album. Midway through he decided to put some of his nigga beats to his Jazz, and it sounded beyond amazing.. Sweet Lord.
His flare as a DJ and producer stems from the fact that he's not naturally talented. If you really listen to his music, his best songs sound as if he were a confused little white kid attempting to make rap beats. That's his true genius.
-Saks Fifth Ant

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Hidden Gems: Mic Musicbox



Around a year ago I was really obsessed with J Pop. Utada being the ruler of my childhood because of her heavy involvement in the Kingdom Heart series, I decided to check out as many covers of her songs as possible. When I saw a whole album by Mic Musicbox dedicated to her, I was ecstatic. I was familiar with the instrument Musicbox because I had used it to make melodies on Maschine before. I thought it would be a music box accompanying a band, or at least a voice. But I was wrong, it was just a musicbox. A child like twinkly sounding music box.



I scrounged the Internet for information about them but I couldn't find any. I looked for them in iTunes and they have a huge collection of albums, some of which I bought of course. They cover everything from J Pop, to songs in obscure animes and it's really beatiful. I never knew that listening to the same instrument couldn't get annoying or repetitive until I discovered them. At first, I was only listening to them because the actual musicbox itself sounds really soothing and nice, but then I actually started listening to the music they cover and it's a very refreshing take on the songs they do. I used to only listen to them when I was studying or going to bed, but now I find my self listening to them casually throughout the day. It's evolved from my relaxation music to my everyday music. I'm wondering what this music would sound like Chopped & Screewed, or even if someone would have the skill to do it. The sad thing is that if you search YouTube or Soundclound, you find nothing by this mysterious band/person. Their music is pretty much on every Internet radio platform. I can almost guarantee you if you start listening to them you'll buy one of their albums. Because you're sick of having to listen to them on stations with other artists. Realistically all of their music is the same, so if you like one of their songs you'll pretty much like them all. I recommend to start from their 'Hikaru Utada Vol ll' album. But as I said it doesn't matter where you start, you'll either love them or hate them. - L$G






Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Simp Music: 'More Sad Hits' by Damon & Naomi




Since Drake came out and got popular for making basically nothing but sad music. A lot of artists tried to duplicate what he did and build a career based around sad songs. They were plenty of artists who have done this before, but not to the extent which Drake has. I've heard arguments that The Smiths and even solo Morrissey have made some of the saddest songs in history. While that is very true and 'Unlovable' happens to be in the top 6 simp songs I've ever heard. Damon & Naomi are possible the saddest people to exist ever. Their whole catalog is just full of sad melodies with depressing lyrics. But specifically, 'More Sad Hits' is simply on it's own plane of sadness.

The album was released in 1997 making it considerably more modern than The Smiths, but absolutely acient compared to the simp music made by Drake and other members of the light skinned pigment today. The album itself is actually very pretty in a melancholy type of way. Everything on the album is really light on the ears and somewhat simple in nature so you can focus on being sad instead of complicated instumentaion. The great thing about this album is that the vocals are mixed so that they kind of blend in with the music. Giving it a very dreamy and engulfing feel. While they classify themselves as a dream pop band, I feel that this is a very wrong categorization. The mixing of their songs do delve into the waters of dream pop, however, this album lacks the synths, powerful vocals, and overly loud drums of dream pop bands. But weirdly the guitars are mixed in a way where they sound extremely spacey and airy. So they end up sounding somewhat like a pseudo synth. But the base sound of the guitar is still there, because it's impossible to make a truly sad song without an acoustic guitar. This album was made in the time where the shoe-gaze genre were riddled with bands. Damon & Naomi were a breath of fresh air to the scene. Even though his album isn't technically shoe-gaze per say, you can definitely hear the influence. The crown jewel of this album is 'Sir Thomas & Sir Robert.' This is easily the saddest song on the album. The song is very minimalist, the only instrument used in this song is a guitar. The lyrics are very gothic and the mixing on the vocals are very airy, which  makes it difficult to focus on the lyrics and easier to just focus on the depressing melody and strumming. Damon Krukowski's droning, deep, monotonous, sad voice is accompanied by Naomi Yang's high pitched,beautifully, less emotionally charged voice. All centered around a simple chord progression. Singing would be the wrong word to use on this song, the lyrics were recited with much more of a miserable drag than an actual voice. But somehow the passion is still present. Pretty much the whole album is great, but that's the standout song. All in all this album is great when you got the last Capri sun in the box and it doesn't have a straw attatched to it, or basically any other sad moment in your life. - L$G

Normal Rating: 7.6/10 

Sad rating: 10/10






Artist Feature : Tao Shui

Artist Feature: Tao Shui




Basics 
Name: Tao Shui (way of water)
Age: 21
Home: Newport News, Virginia
Talents: Hip-Hop Production, Guitar, Occasional MC 

Questions

What are some of your biggest influences? 

J Dilla, Marvin Gaye, Sinatra, N.E.R.D., Zeppelin, Oh and D'angelo! 

Sample based production or composition & why? 

Currently I much rather sample just to capture a more acoustic sound. I'm not a fan of synthetic texture but for composition I use guitar synthetic texture far as the keyboard sounds these days. I like making the chops wavy. 

Who are your favorite MC's right now? (Old & New) 

Nas, DOOM, Cam, Bronson, Mos, Pusha personally. I know there are a lot but those are who I listen to the most.


What was the first hip hop album/song you ever heard? 

OPP from my knowledge lol


What do you want to accomplish with what you're doing? 

All I want is people to overstand that anything is possible through art. No bragging rights, no ego, just want people to figure out the big picture... and shout out to Big L another one of my favs I forgot to mention.


Anything else you'd like to add? 

Basically as a musician all I can say is I know music. No matter what it may be I can figure out how to make it translate my feelings.


You can check out Tao's beats here:

Follow Tao on Twitter @taoconley


Don't sleep! - TS



Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Top 5 Weird Topics To Be Rapping About.



Now we all can relate to this list in some way. Every rapper could fit this criteria considering this topic is so broad. It's kinda like when you want to order pizza but you don't know what toppings to apply & you're all flustered & confused so you ask someone else to help you & they're all like you need to go on a die-anyways...moving on.


5. The Rapper's Dick/Vagina
So many rappers could be put on the spotlight for this one. The shit is really weird to be honest, & we could also rope in the "detailed sex story" verses because these also apply & usually involve a dick, vagina, or a dozen, depending on the rapper's aptitude. I don't want to hear about how your dick goes up when you see a bad bitch like a dog waiting 16 hours to take a piss. That shit is not clever or even funny yo. That takes me back to the 6th grade when kids around me would only talk about their dick & publicly talk about masturbation stories. Am I the only person that experienced this?  

4. The Rapper's Jewelry
This trend started with that dude who came out with that "Chain Hang Low" song. Couldn't tell you who the fuck he was, & neither could anyone else besides that guy's immediate family. He was like the Kirko Bangz of 2004. Anyways, there isn't much detail you can put into your 18 inch chain that hasn't already been done by LL Cool J & Run DMC. Trust me on that one. & Paul Wall, don't think I haven't forgot about you, you half albino disco ball mouthed fuck . (Notable References: Nelly & the whole grillz song)  

3. Food
If I'm not mistaken, the Fat Boys did this shit first. When you going in detail on what condiments you apply to your fresh Nathan's frankfurter b......talking like a cliched restaurant menu at Olive Garden b.....reviewing your thanksgiving break in song form b.....getting paid by Hardee's to write a verse b.....you get my point.

2. Simp Music (with company)
I don't care what anyone says, songs about relationships are the most uncomfortable shit to listen to with your homies. I don't care what you listen to by yourself, don't be singing heartfelt ballads along to the weeknd while I'm in the car with you g. That's just really uncomfortable and makes me want to jump out of your vehicle while you're in a car chase, running from the police at 90 mph & land in a prostitute's pussy on the way down. Rather be dead than deaf. 

1. Murder/Rape/Crime Lyrics
Now this shit more rare than holographic Pokemon cards b. ever since odd future got famous & stopped using this shit for shock value, Tyler, The Creator stans all over the world that also double as aspiring rappers stopped doing this shit. Now, every one of them is trying to do the MF DOOM type style that Earl Sweatshirt takes influence from without actually knowing it's DOOM's influence. Smh. Anyways, dudes that be talking about dissecting frog legs outside of science class & fucking processed chicken meat are played out as shit. I mean, the only dudes that could really do it well were Gravediggaz, Big L, Earl, & maybe a little bit of Eminem. Lets leave that shit to ICP, and their fan base that enjoys sharing the same attire as Korn fans & applying paint to their face with a makeup kit they found out of a Kellogg cereal box. -TS



Monday, November 18, 2013

Terrible Things Happening to Black People: Tyler Perry



Being a conscious black person in today's society is possibly one of the most painful things imaginable. We have more opportunities than we've ever had, but yet we continue to hinder ourselves. The sad thing is we don't notice, and for some reason we seem to think that people like Tyler Perry are helping us. But in reality he is terrible and destroying us. First of all, let's get started on Tyler Perry. He is a TERRIBLE person and should be abolished from black culture. I don't care what anyone says, you can't argue in favor of him. He's mad ignorant and all of his movies negatively depict black people. Then, like the worst part is that they don't even be fucking funny like I've never genuinely laughed at anything in a Tyler Perry movie. The weirdest thing is that nobody notices how sus he is. Like this nigga is FAR beyond a millionaire yet he still feels the need to dress as a woman. He said that he dressed as a woman in the first place to make money, but now the nigga rich and he couldn't find like iono, an actual female to play Madea? I mean that's concrete and not even worth going deep into. But I'm going to wrap this up because it's making me mad, Tyler Perry is just horrible in general and we should start a petition to get his movies annulled from our culture. We need to get a move on this before he does something even worse than what he's already doing. Like I can dead ass see this nigga writing a biography about a female version of Tyler Perry, directed by Tyler Perry, played by Tyler Perry dressed as a girl. -L$G



Sunday, November 17, 2013

A New Fart In The Breeze

It seems like even 10 years ago, Hip-Hop wasn't so much involved with the image as it is today. Automobiles, Sex With Females Under Intoxication, High Priced Clothing, Weed, Lean. These things  often fill the lyrics of your favorite rappers, undeniably noticed or not. It's practically to the point where if you don't look like every famous rapper out (& the millions of wannabes that copy their looks & sound), then you aren't going to get much love from a local base, or the Internet. It's almost ironic. Considering when Hip-Hop was conceptualized In the early 1970's in New York City, it was practically cool to express yourself in your own way & be different from everyone else. Even to the point where other MC's would get their ass beat if thought that they were stealing someone else's style. But fuck it, things change. The pros & cons vary, & you could be a dyslexic bloodhound in a windstorm to realize it. Unless you're a chubby white female.


-TS

Recommendation of The Month


I've always prided myself in having an extremely diverse music taste. I'm so proud of it  because it's not an easy job at all. I have to constantly listen to new artists and try to find different genres from different eras, it's a really big hassle. Because it's so hectic constantly searching for my new favorite artist, sometimes a gem will slip right past me. This happens to me often enough where I can do consistent segment about it, I was going to make it weekly but that's entirely to much writing so I've decided to make it monthly. Blood by This Mortal Coil is this month's gem.

This album is so cool because I've never heard anything like it. This Mortal Coil was started in 1980 by the founder of 4 AD Records. 4 AD happens to be an extremely successful indie label now, putting out the likes of SpaceghostPurrp, St. Vincent, Purity Ring, and many other successful acts. The album is the collective's final and most experimental release. I love music that you can't exactly pin a genre to and this is literally the definition of that. On the opening track there's a lot of Soundscape synths going on which automatically gives the song a surreal ambient vibe. Then it transitions to an absolutely heavenly voice, it's not something that you can describe. Her voice is filled raw emotion, which emotion you're not exactly sure but you know she put her all into that song when she recorded it. The weirdly ambient, depressing, heavenly vibe continues throughout the album. Perhaps the most beautiful thing about the album is that no two songs sound the same, but all of the songs seem to run toheter for some reason. It truly is a masterpiece, and that's an extremely rare word for me to use when describing music. The sad thing about this post is that everything I'm saying is a major understatement. It's one of those albums where people can rave to you about it, but you won't get the full impact until you listen to it for yourself. Basically this is pretty much a perfect album based on uniqueness. Even though as a band they did a lot of covers, they always revamped them and changed them so much you couldn't tell. But check out this album I promise it'll be one of the best musical decisions you'll make ever. - L$G



Wednesday, November 13, 2013

CEO Cash Camp Chirs x Winning


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUTsi9XarsU&feature=html5_3d

Possibly the best song made this year, maybe even in the last 3 years. Cash Camp Ceo Chris is a member and CEO of the revolutionary group Cash Camp. But he easily outshines all of his group members and all of his previous work with the song 'Winning.' The song itself is just amazing, the lyrics and beat is absolutely stupendous, but what really tops it off is the rare video. He recites his lyrics in extremely unique fashion making him one of the best rappers to ever live. To most people, Cash Camp CEO Chris might seem like a joke; To others he may even seem like a random LD kid that decided to rap. But don't judge this book by it's cover, this kid has a particular natural talent that most people no matter how hard they try cannot obtain, it's called being yourself. He knows that he may not be the greatest rapper of all time but he's confident to the point where he can upload a shitload of songs and still be comfortable with his life. In my opinion, these are the steps to create role models. For instance, Lil B is my hero. This single person proved to the world that you can be yourself and still prosper. I believe that if Cash Camp CEO Chris continues down this road, the dawn of a new era of hip-hop will be among us. - L$G/SFA

Best lines: "Flying up the Warren doing 90 in the Jag, why you still stealing lil boy get a bag!" "Shout out my cuz J  that boy be cripping RIP my bro Tez, the shit wont be the same."







Stop Sleeping on Chingy!


Chingy was famous back in the day for rocking crispy long tees and just being amazing, but to be honest it kind of seem like he was made to go out of style. The whole world laughed at him when he put out an album that sold 683 copies. Well I take that back, nobody knew that his album sold 683 copies or that he even had an album at all, so this was an invisible blemish on Chingy's otherwise perfect record. A couple more flops and a transvestite or two later, he drops the absolute gem which is 'Jackpot Back.' Even though he bought out Datpiff with banners and pages and shit, advertised for months, he didn't get a trophy on Datpiff yet. This gem has been around for 2 years and hasn't even gotten 25 k downloads yet, it's really sad. Chingy really let loose on this amazing mixtape, he even released one of the best songs of that year titled 'Do It With Yo Face' the message of the song is beautiful. Chingy even has a song about Swag on the mixtape to show that he isn't to old to keep up with the latest trends. But ignoring all of that, he had the best song of his career on this mixtape. Everyone knows that Chingy is to deep in Da Pimp Game, that's why he's been slacking in the rap game lately. But on this song he brings the two worlds together for the most perfect song ever made. He uses a Temptations sample, and assumes the persona 'Jackpot Da Pimp.' The song is so amazing because he does so much in it, first he gives an acceptance speech for a pimp award, then he fills his pimp cup with pimp juice, threatens to smack a girl, spits some of the dopest bars since Illmatic, smacks a ho, and recalls the time he met Magic Don Juan. The name of this perfect song is titled 'Love No Hoes.' If you listen to this song I swear that you will fall in love with Chingy all over again and you will most likely start pimping hos and drinking pimp juice because Chingy is just that strong of an influence. I often find that when I'm in doubt I ask myself "What would Chingy do?" and I always find myself doing the right thing. Well, occassionally when I ask myself that question I find myself releasing an album that sells 683 copies, but that has no relevance here. All I'm saying is that, realistically Chingy is one of the best rappers to ever live and people need to stop disrespecting him. He is a deity and he will go down in history as the best rapper of our generation. I'll post the link below to the best song ever made below and I really hope you enjoy it. - L$G

Proof Chingy's album sold 683 copies: http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2010/09/chingys-album-sold-683-copies-went-credit-score.html