This is gonna be a problem for you whack MC's

Cormega ('Mega) + Action Bronson + Roc Marciano + Saigon = M.A.R.S.

I haven't been this excited since All City Chess Club. Whatever happened to that...

The only chopped and screwed song I f*cks with

Everyone else can STFU with their molasses, manufactured beats.

Reason #739 Hip Hop Isn't Dead

Sacramento, stand up!

REVIEW: Muscle Car Chronicles

Can't take an L, I'm too G'd up.

Man, I'm so tired of hearing about everyone talking about how Hip Hop is dead and everything coming out now is not real Hip Hop. What they should be saying is that not as much of that old school, in your face, raw Hip Hop is being put out there, either sampling funk or using those bare bones Run DMC drum lines. But this album right here?! This ish will make you deaf, after blasting it out your speakers way too loud. How can you not?

Curren$y goes the more and more trodden path that MC's having taken by stepping outside the stereotypical box of Hip Hop beats by working with Sean O'Connell, the man behind Blackroc-Dame Dash, and his media collective, DD172 (considering the movie that is going to be released with the album). The production echoes sounds from the Black Keys and the Red Hot Chili Peppers but the Hot Spitta does them justice, even though he raps about the predictable topics of smoking, stunting, girls, and his crew, the Jets. Just the switch in beats gives the album such a fresh breath of marijuana laced air to someone like me who is so excited to see the evolution of Hip Hop.

Lyrically, it's not the most impressive but Curren$y never has those whack lines interspersed that really make you question being a fan of his. Totalling a short and sweet 20 minutes, I'd say listen to the album more to hear how smooth and well Hip Hop and Rock can mesh together.

But Curren$y does realize (unfortunately he's right), that this album won't get much radio play, if any at all, with his track, "Not So Much." "The Strangest Life," although only 1:25 long, offers us a little peek into the self reflections Curren$y has about the change in lifestyles from a younger boy to his lush life. And of course he's gotta rep his Nola roots on "N.O. Shit."

Overall, it's not an album to leave on repeat for a party you're throwing, unless that party involves drinks that you don't even know how to make in red solo glasses, a bartender to make those drinks, and some blunts to the dome.

Features: Sir Michael Rocks, Tabi Bonney

Hungover?

Atmosphere - Became from MSB Richfield Creative Media on Vimeo.

Start your day nice and easy with a helping of Atmosphere. You should probably just close your eyes and listen for most of the video. But when you do work up the energy and steady stomach to, here's some info on the point of the project:

The goal was to create an engaging educational experience with students as the focal point. The result, a collaboration story with The Minnesota School of Business, MTS Digital Media Academy, Rhymesayers Entertainment, Visumm Media, Alex Horner Pictures, Hickey Photography, Hanson Creative Group, Justin Staggs, Jeremy Wanek, Tom Okins, Nick Mihalevich, and Cinequipt.

The Cool(er) Kids

The Cool Kids "Rush Hour Traffic" from GreenLabelSound on Vimeo.

Now, this is dope.

UPDATE and MUSIC VIDEO

Rome Cee is a Baltimore MC and he recently released his mixtape, The Grey. He's got a ways to go for him to make my top favorite MC's out right now, but I do have to say the song, Virtue, has me hooked. The video is nothing extraordinary but sometimes it's good to know what the MC actually looks like. Do yourself a favor and listen/watch.

ALSO, I will be posting more singles that artists release as I have been only doing that for a select tracks in the past. I know that I don't put out mixtapes often enough so I figure these loosies will keep you at bay. You can either go directly to my soundcloud or go to my flavors page, which has the most recent posts and my soundcloud. Actually, just go to the flavors page.