How about some new Lu for your holiday hangover? Tracklist and download after the jump.
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November 2009 Archives
Stimulus: Lupe Fiasco - Enemy of the State
How about some new Lu for your holiday hangover? Tracklist and download after the jump.
Four Men and a Baby
Few singers in modern history can claim a more consistently outlandish and entertaining catalog than R. Kelly. We're used to celebrities getting into crazy shit, but probably none have translated that surreality into their work in the way Kells has over recorded sexual escapades dating back from "Sex Planet" to "Trapped in the Closet" to "Feelin On Your Booty."
I've been trying to figure out which quote to pull from his latest hilariously incredible, possibly Tracy Morgan inspired single, which features none other than Tyrese, The-Dream and Robin Thicke (you read that right). But let's just say there's a lot of talk about planting "magic seeds," "secret gardens" and putting your "pills on chill."
Watch out ladies, they've got fast swimmers.
R. Kelly ft. The-Dream, Tyrese and Robin Thicke - "Pregnant"
via Fader.
Decision: Kid Sister - Ultraviolet
Take a spin through the "ruthless queen of the dance floor"'s hotly anticipated debut over in Reviews.
Competent diss songs aimed at big fish
I think the Jay-Z diss songs are pretty legitimate and interesting; sonically pleasing as well. I'm discouraged at how feverishly the big satellites are defending Jay-Z like he's made or, more likely, indirectly responsible for a huge chunk of their income. It's akin to local sports radio DJs defending disgruntled locker room sources because their beat calls for repeated interviews with, like, Nick Saban.
In related news, The Game has something to say on Jigga-50 Cent-Beanie Sigel situation.
Beanie versus Jay #2*
Beanie versus Jay #3
Canibus versus Eminem
Click here for the first big Beanie attack.
Wale and J. Cole Run This Denny's
Still riding a high from a late show on the Jay-Z tour, Wale and J. Cole do the Denny's thing with their band and road crew. They even drop some impromptu rhymes for the flip cam and the undeterred and oblivious kitchen workers. Don't act like you haven't done the same thing.
New Theophilus London - "Humdrum Town"
New Southbound video featuring Mr. Greezo - That Ain't Right
Smart clip from some of my absolute favorite Texas rappers. Fact ATG went to middle school with these twins is mentioned for full disclosure. But seriously, dudes are nasty.
New Chip tha Ripper - Movie (prod by Boi-1da)
Ok, we've already weighed in on Fox's middling, tolerated The Cleveland Show, but now we'll actually be able to sample The Cleveland Show we really care about - the loong awaited mixtape from one of our favorite emcees, Chip Tha Ripper. It's scheduled to drop December 1st and the first official sampling is below.
Chip slows it down on this one, a smooth production from a rising star in his own right, Boi-1da of "Successful" and "Forever" fame.
Chip tha Ripper - Movie
New Blakroc ft. Mos Def - "On the Vista"
After dropping arguably the best rap album of the year, Mos has been keeping busy with The Black Keys and their Blakroc project we told you about a while back. Check out the new heat care of On Smash.
Blakroc w/ Mos Def - On the Vista
50 Cent + Conan
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First 10 minutes of Tha Carter doc
From QD3. It's a shame this movie didn't get a proper theater rollout, but the DVD is in stores now. We're pretty curious ourselves. Morbidly so, mostly.
Decision: Wale - Attention Deficit
"Hip-hop in 2009 has been very much like politics in 2009: If it started with great promise, it has been mostly short on tangible results. The genre's last living mass market mavens announced that a New School was in session, and ever since, we've all been hanging around the hallways waiting for the current class to earn its letters. Alas, such voyeurism has been less than satisfying. The rapper who started his career starring in an actual high school drama stole the show, leaving the rest of the gang upstaged by a free mixtape he originally dropped in a blog post. One-time buzz magnet Asher Roth showed up about as much as Ferris Beuller; Kid Cudi's space-themed party was more misfire than revelation; and Charles Hamilton got so high on his own supply that he crashed and burned before his record even had a chance to drop. Good thing, then, that Wale has always been the savvy one. Because Attention Deficit, his long-anticipated fourth quarter debut, turns out to be one of the best hip-hop releases of the year..."
>> Read the whole review
New K-Os video featuring Saukrates - "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman"
Absolutely love the endearing and ostensibly irrelevant title. As for the Phantom Planet sample? Ummm...
Kanye West - somesongcirculatingonlinethatrules
"The day that you play me will be the day MTV plays videos."
Off Big Mike & DJ Thoro's Follow the Leaders mixtape.People are calling it "I'm So Apalled" based on its opening line. It's clearly an unfinished demo but its dirty quality and heavy raps make it an appealing joint.
Kanye West - somesongcirculatingonlinethatrules
Heartbreak Drake leaks
Four confirmed new songs from Drizzy. Mixtape coming soon. I mean no shit. Nab 'em in an ATG exclusive bundle:
1. Scriptures
2. Hurt
3. Material Girl
3. Play Ball (featuring Birdman)
New Clipse video - 'Doorman'
"Cocaine brought me everything I ever had."
Directed by Shomi Patwary. Is calling "Doorman" the most powerful, resonant video the Clipse brothers have ever unleashed saying anything? Well, it is.
Wale - Center of Attention (iTunes bonus)
The iTunes bonus cut is such a passe, played marketing tool.
Do recording artists today finish a track and consciously think, "this gem goes out to all you cats holding me down at the Apple store?" I mean probably not, obviously the label capriciously filters things and hand picks a justgoodenough number to dangle separately. However, the given nature of the iTunes exclusives has to mean a raised awareness lingering in, influencing studio sessions.
Keep it real and say it's a song you weren't quite happy with and due to its potential detriment to your product's cohesion, is leftovers for hungry fans.
Wale - Center of Attention (iTunes bonus)
Felt (Slug X Murs X Aesop Rock) - Felt Chopped Up
Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez coming November 17.
Not an advocate for Aesop Rock's industrial, choppy production, but new Slug bars are worthwhile.
Felt - Felt Chopped Up
Clipse - Til The Casket Drops
Drops December 8, as if you didn't already have this event on your Google calendar alerts.
Tracklist, leaks unearthed from Nahright, after the jump.
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Lil Wayne - Rebirth
The oft-delayed rock-tinged album in stores December 15; coincides with release of We Are Young Money, a crew venture which serves to boost Lil Wayne's underlings through his banner.
Where the fuck is my guitar?
Madlib X Guilty Simpson - The Paper
Madlib is launching what amounts to a volume of LPs to be released over a year, on a monthly basis. Here's the first taste, a nasty cut with Detroit's Guilty Simpson, whom you should remember from The Shining and other assorted underground flows probably produced by Black Milk.
Madlib X Guilty Simpson - The Paper
Show Review: Hova @ Erwin Center
No artist like Jay-Z on the arena circuit.
A hilariously wealthy and famous 40 year-old with an infinite stream of big songs that shuts down local media upon arrival.* At the same time, Hova is a folk hero and the mouthpiece of a movement and any fan of the genre worth his or her salt jumps at opportunity to hear his verses. Any verses. Blueprint 3 verses, fine.
It would have been nice to land Wale on this leg of the tour, but Jay's openers proved interesting.
J. Cole was humble, hella nice and competent during an awkward 10-minute set in front of N.E.R.D.'s equipment. A silver-spooned rapper with no album but an opening slot on the biggest tour of the season and a mixtape called The Come Up (!?!) and an unwarranted verse on the most anticipated album of the year, Cole is an easy target until he proves himself. Rocking a half-empty arena with the lights up to at least 600 haters is a step in the right direction.
Pharrell's poorly formed vision of what a constitutes bold, forward thinking, edgy music (jumping around, a dude hammering away on a Korg, college girls dancing on stage), sucked balls as usual.
From the opening chords of "Run This Town" through a well-balanced set list, Hova was musical, on point, in sunglasses. It's a testament to his catalog that dude totally ignored his last great album, 2007's American Gangster. No Reasonable Doubt either, but when you can throw on monster cuts like "U Don't Know" or "Jigga My Nigga" from an era wherein Jay-Z or DMX was a reasonable debate, don't complain about the lack of old stuff.
Jay was personable (crowd obliged his request to sing the University of Texas' alma mater) and charming (during his staple end-of-show acknowledgement of crowd he eyeballed a man with a pretty girlfriend, "don't fuck that up"). Austin's Erwin Center is a moderately sized drum of a venue, and the towering, blinding backdrop from the Madison Square Garden show looked that much more menacing crowded within.
During the meaty middle of the gig, there was a suffocating triumverate of "Nigga What, Nigga Who," "Public Service Announcement," and "Heart of the City." I don't even have to hyperlink them shits. World class.
Hit the jump for the rest of the setlist.
*The local hip-hip station, (I see you, Hot 93.3), played "Public Service Announcement" almost every other song for several hours. The station reportedly received an avalanche of last minute calls requesting tickets, including charmingly authentic live exchanges like "I just got a babysitter, ya'll got any tickets for me?"
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The ATG Interview: Das Racist
Our encounter with Das Racist was one of the more noteworthy experiences of CMJ '09, so I thought I'd reach out to Victor Vazquez and Himanshu Suri* and try to get behind the wall of booty bass and Taco Bell that obscures two of the hardest working minds on hip-hop's fringes.
In cross-country Gmail and Gchat correspondence spanning a little over a week, we covered all the bases and then some. The product is an inquisition about the utility of writing in Gmail, whether or not music fans have developed a taste for fancy degrees, Amherst's fakest music scene and, obviously, health care. They were alternately earnest and cynical, terse and expansive, but never censored. I played the probing music journalist. They were Das Racist.
Continue reading The ATG Interview: Das Racist.
ATG civil war
Stank love for album of the aughts?
We've been working on best of lists and formulating this site's second incarnation. We'll be back shortly. Hallelujah holla back.
Jay Electronica live @ Santo's
His steam is picking up. More after the jump.
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