good hip hop

[NESK]

dum - get the diverse album (one a.m.). hes not on def jux, hes from chitown and is put out by chocolate industries but hes got rjd2 beats before rj was singing like a dummy. and get edans two albums (beauty and the beat, and primitive plus). hes from boston and he raps/produces/scratches all his own shit. you could look for blueprint to. his album (1988) is real solid in a throwback kind of way, got aesop on a track too.

[heBAY]

And Dum....Try Despot. He's the last relevant rapper left on Def Jux, though he spends a lil too much time cavorting with the indie crowd for my tastes. But don't let me persuade you otherwise, there's no doubt the dude keeps it 100% gully.

I second this...not JUST because I like his rappingness way more than anyone else in that circle (he seemed to have progressed passed the mid/late-90's, yet isn't in outer space with it)...but because we did an impromptu dance routine on stage incorporating our blackjacks (no gay).

[Chris Jakob]

does anybody know a link that's up to download the kid cudi mixtape? if so, i'll appreciate it.

[NESK]

link to despot material for the uninitiated.

[Arcane]

If someone could shoot me a link to the new Babu joint I will become happy pony

[terrible!]

I'll upload it when i get home and PM you if nobody hooks it up.

[DüM]

thanks guys, I'll check that shit out.

any news on Cool Calm Pete's new album?

[evisu 2000]

get bigg jus' black mamba serums

[evisu 2000]

KINGSPlTTER

DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DEADLY VENOM

[notesee]

DUM, also check out Rob Sonic's first album Telicatessen. It was released on Def Jux in '04.

RBW, I gotta say I'm feeling the Product of the 80's album. I like the synthy beats, and P's lyrics are on point. I don't like the fact that he spits a Tupac line though ... haha. And I think Un Pacino is just bad, so many QB guests to choose from and he picks up this guy. C'mon man.

[NESK]

mighty underdogs feat mf doom. out on def jux

[evisu 2000]

speaking of rob sonic, sonic sum is mad slept on... get the plasterman ep and the sanity annex album.

[heBAY]

RBW, I gotta say I'm feeling the Product of the 80's album. I like the synthy beats, and P's lyrics are on point. I don't like the fact that he spits a Tupac line though ... haha. And I think Un Pacino is just bad, so many QB guests to choose from and he picks up this guy. C'mon man.

Quoted for truth...to the teeeeeee. I enjoyed the listening time I had with that album so much that I went back and found reasons to like HNIC2 more. How's that for a fuckin' review.

It's not INCREDIBLE by any means...but I like it overall.

[heBAY]

link to despot material for the uninitiated.

Well he's just got a handful of joints at the moment. Most of which are freatured on his Myspace...the rest you can see performed live-like on Youtube (yep, dedicated fans already...though he's been around since like 2000 or some shit).

Working on a full length though...

Love,

PR Firm for Despot Rapstein, LLC.

[Arcane]

New Babu is dope, especially the MF Doom/Sean P track!

Regarding the Migthy Underdogs record... not really feeling it. I liked the EP and like a lot of their other work but this was a disappointment to me. I think the main problem is the beats, not that they're bad but a lot of the time the beats just feel wrong or misplaced. This collab could be soooooo dope but not this time around.

Also, this is really cool. Not stunning but solid and the blues influence feels kinda fresh, at least on some tracks.

[Harry Sledge]

Currently playing Prodigy - Product Of The 80's...

No Havoc beats but still worth a listen.

[Arcane]

Just realized I forgot to mention the newly leaked Black Milk track featuring Royce. That shit is nice as hell, I really liked popular demand and this new one is shaping up to be even better

[Harry Sledge]

^ Produced by DJ Premier?

[Arcane]

Nah, he produced it himself

http://www.rappersiknow.com/2008/10/22/black-milk-losing-out-featuring-royce-da-59/#more-1109

[Harry Sledge]

I got it twisted, got ''Shake This'' on the brain.

[Chris Jakob]

Found this link: http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/nps/jazzbijdenps/nsjf2003/theroots.rm

North Sea Jazz, The Hague 2003

Roots x ChessnuTT is quality combination

[boone4mayor]

Anyone familiar with the R.A.G.U (Rae and Ghost United) Mixtape Vol.1??

The song "More Fish" what/whos beat are they using? I feel like I've heard it before. It's driving me crazzzzy trying to figue it out but I love that beat. YouTube it, would link but posting from my phone. PM or post here. Thanks in advance.

[mike lowrey]

Nah, he produced it himself

http://www.rappersiknow.com/2008/10/22/black-milk-losing-out-featuring-royce-da-59/#more-1109

that track is nuts

[Arcane]

This cover is simply genious

[Arcane]

Listening to the new Black Milk right now and god damn it's dope. No doubt one of the best hip-hop records in 2008. He really took his whole game to the next level, both beat wise and lyrically.

You can hear the whole thing on his myspace

http://www.myspace.com/blackmk

One of my favorite hip-hop reviewers wrote a nice review on it as well.

http://poisonousparagraphs.blogspot.com/2008/10/whats-new-in-darts-ipod-53-aka.html

[terrible!]

Arcane - So I take it you find Duck Season? Sorry I totally forgot about up'ing it.

[Arcane]

Haha, nevermind. They upped it on my favorite blog so it's all good

[Arcane]

Yeah motherfuckers, Im spamming the shit out of the threak now. Just came across this, havent heard the track (heard the beat of course) until now but its damn nice. Record out in a month, looking forward to it.

http://2dopeboyz.com/2008/10/21/evidence-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-f-phonte-blu-william/

[mike lowrey]

shiiiiet, new Mos Def track is sounding pretty sick. hopefully the album will be more interesting than his previous one..

Mos Def - Life in Marvelous Times.

[RAISED BY WOLVES]

RBW, I gotta say I'm feeling the Product of the 80's album. I like the synthy beats, and P's lyrics are on point. I don't like the fact that he spits a Tupac line though ... haha. And I think Un Pacino is just bad, so many QB guests to choose from and he picks up this guy. C'mon man.

It's getting spins for sure. That and the new Jeezy offering. Hate all you want. Best lines on P's latest are still the I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.... and the one directly proceeding it where he twists the "you can lead a horse to water" proverb into something like: I can't make the jackass drink the water, but I can lead him to it an show em where it's at. Priceless.

And fuck Un. Dude's not even from QB, yeah? Regardless he's weak. Listening to Twin got me wanting to pull out the old Infamous Mobb Albums. In all honesty, the first two are some of the best shit to come out of QB in the last 5 or 6 years. That was Alchemist at his prime in this critic's humble opinion.