Joint lives up to its billing. Ninth's soul stirrer a subtle slice of mysticism-killing by three emcees hell bent on cementing their intellectualism, shaking the "will he/won't he" facade most rappers fume rhymes with (i.e., I'll do this that and the other and my sordid past I keep alluding to proves this and you can't prove otherwise so just shut up and soak it in bitch).
Drake's chorus is surprisingly well inflected and street for a talent who relies on his crooning for hook narratives, though his 16 disintegrates into boner gloating. A good thing, somehow.
Phonte, ripe in his element, comes more literal: pointing to his college degrees and well-spoken nature, but his verse is buried between a hungry young ace stoked to sit in with the pros, and Slum Village's Elzhi, one of those Detroit motherfuckers; the kind to rap and rap and rap and rap and rap until, well, motherfuckers recognize. Merits across the board.
Lots of superstars in action over the weekend, all over the map. Above we can peep Monch's keynote performance at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival.
More weekend footage of shows from a-listers after the jump.
Wherein Fab talks Method Man v. Joe Budden squabble, Dame Dash, his new album.
Can we talk about how geeky this kid is? Dude keeps it real humble, which is beautiful, but that cheddar cheese smile when Rihanna comes up? Lmao. Sure, it's preferable to "media training."
Drake talks about his upcoming album, which he started work on yesterday, called Thank Me Later. He drops pretty much the biggest names in the game in terms of collaborators, including Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. Obviously Weezy is a given, but 'Ye and Jay? We told you he had the most potential, but even we've gotta be a little skeptical on that front. Maybe it's the unbridled optimism, but I'm suddenly stricken with the feeling that there may be a rude awakening in store for this young man. Godspeed.
Part 2 coming soon, here's Semtex:
Drake was supposed to pass through my show last Friday, but he canceled at the last minute due to a studio session that was running late........with Rihanna.
I hooked up with him the following day, instead of doing the usual studio interview, we hit Hyde Park, which is London's equivalent of Central Park.
Drake breaks down:
*The Rihanna situation.
*Working with Kanye West
*Working with Chase & Status
*The forth-coming album and releasing it independently......and more.
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