Universally loved by Hip Heads of The Golden Era, Black Thought was more recently introduced to today's Hip Hop Scene when he dropped that 10+ minute freestyle massacre on Hot 97. Video of his freestyle session went so viral that White Supremacists got alarmed thinking that #BlackThought was some type of movement. Well, for many of us HE IS! So for those still unaware of this lyrical genius, here are a few videos you can use to bring you up to speed...
THE BLACK THOUGHT/9TH WONDER COLLAB DROPS JUNE 1ST!!! TIME FOR HIP HOP TO GET EXCITED AGAIN…5/31/2018 While the rest of the music world swirls around the back & forth between Drake & Pusha t, Hip Hop Heads like myself eagerly await the Black Thought solo offering we've been waiting for since the 90's. As the front-man for The Legendary Roots Crew, Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought has been murdering the mic since 1993's "Organix" Album, and blessed so many other projects with hot cameo appearances; but FINALLY we get that solo piece that we've been waiting for. While disappointed that "Streams Of Thought Vol. 1" is only an EP, the fact that this opus is produced entirely by North Carolina's Finest 9TH Wonder definitely makes up for this just being a short form offering (hopefully we'll get Volume 2 before the end of the year). Universally loved by Hip Heads of The Golden Era, Black Thought was more recently introduced to today's Hip Hop Scene when he dropped that 10+ minute freestyle massacre on Hot 97. Video of his freestyle session went so viral that White Supremacists got alarmed thinking that #BlackThought was some type of movement. Well, for many of us HE IS! So for those still unaware of this lyrical genius, here are a few videos you can use to bring you up to speed...
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Fat Joe feat. Nas, Big Punisher, Raekwon & Jadakiss - John Blaze (1998)back when Hip Hop posse cuts still served as a means of showing you could hold your own among the best in the game, Fat Joe assembled an All Star Cast of Emcees to bless his track "John Blaze." The stand out track from his 1998 album "Don Cartagena," "John Blaze" featured The Late Big Pun, Nas, Raekwon, and Jadakiss dropping heat. While each offering of verbal delights was right, I am of the opinion that Big Punisher took home the trophy on this one. No disrespect to the others on this track; but Pun's verse Still gives me chills almost 20 years later. Listen and judge for yourself... "I hate an actor that plays a rapper, I'm Terror Squad beta kappa everybody's favorite rapper-Grand imperial, college material, insane criminal-The same nigga who known to blow out your brain mineral-I reign subliminal inside your visual-Try to supply your physical with my spiritual side of this lyrical-I'll appear in your dreams, like Freddie do, no kidding you-Even if I stuttered I would still sh-sh-sh-shit on you-Soon as I chitter chatter your shit'll shatter. I'm the kid out of Bronx, that'll stomp you to death like it didn't matter. I'm even better than before, iller metaphors-Killers bet it all on Pun, cause one verse, dead em all." This isn't the first time that we've featured the brother Royal Illness, but with the work ethic this cat displays, why wouldn't we? A while back we posted this review of his Album "Soundtrack To The War Vol. 2." The album got a lot of positive feedback; so it was a no brainer to show some love when he shot out the link for this new banger featuring additional vocals from Vegas Posada & Kentucky Hip Hop Legend/Wu-Tang Affiliate Father Jah.! "BloodLetters" has an ill Mid to Late 1990's feel to it, with a hot piano loop driving the track-Oh, and the well placed Shirley Murdock "As We Lay" snippet definitely took me to my Hip Hop Happy Place. The video follows the same vibe, blending Allah's Five Percent Universal Flags and snippets from "J.D.'s Revenge" with an ill color scheme and vibe as the backdrop to showcase these brothers spit like true emcees should. Not enough know; but there's a lot of talent putting in work in from The Commonwealth State!!! For more music and merch from Royal Illness, just go to http://royalillness.bandcamp.com/ "Back in the days on the boulevard of Linden-We used to kick routines and presence was fittin..." Back in the day the quality of lyricism was more than partially defined based on the emcees story telling ability; and Phife Dawg From A Tribe Called quest was one of the greats. Far too often in Hip Hop, we fail to show continued appreciation for Our Legends & Pioneers (at least until they are gone that is), and here again is another lost opportunity. By now everyone on the planet knows that 45 Year Old Malik Taylor aka Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest has passed away somewhere within the past 24 hours. Having battled diabetes, and also having underwent a kidney transplant; we all could see that Phife was having a rough go of things in recent years. But that doesn't make losing him any easier to bear. It has been refreshing to see the groundswell of tributes seen on social media-and hopefully we will now start taking better care to show love to our legends while they are still here & touring/making newer music. Starting with their 1990 debut album "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm," and finishing up with their 1998 farewell opus "The Love Movement," Q-Tip & Phife put together some of the most memorable examples of clever lyricism ever in Hip Hop History. For those that may have forgotten, and more importantly for the generations that have come since, here's a few samples of Phife's Magic... "If the beat's fat I use it, some wack shit, I lose it-Refuse it, how could you chose it, it stinks remove it. Put down the mic kid, cause you gets no dap-How long did it take for you to see you can't rap? The name is Phife Dawg and I got nuff styles-It doesn't take long for me to get buckwild. So bust what I'm swinging what I'm swinging when I swing-I rap when I rap cause I never wanna sing. Go ask the last emcee what happened when he said battle-I bust his ass in Cleveland now he's sleepless in Seattle. Rude bwoy official coming with the ill grammar Coming back on kids like Joey Montana. We be the three emcees that make your mind go batty Mad play on WKRP in Cincinatti. So lord send a hand and if you can't send a hand, send a man And if you can't send a man, come yourself-Cause all these biting emcees, lord them something else. See I kick the styles that'll make your ass melt-Money on my mind so never mind a trick-New York is the town and the team is the Knicks. World's greatest five footer ripping parties apart-Here comes Shaheed with the big green shark. Never had to rhyme about filling one with lead-Never mind that, man, here come the dread!" "One, Two Shit" 1993 Bonus B-Side cut off the "Oh My God" single "You looked in the mirror, didn't know what to do-Yesterday your eyes were brown but today they are blue. Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true-And if you really liked yourself then you would try and be you. If your hair and eyes were real, I wouldn't have dissed ya-But since it was bought, I had to dismiss ya. But if you can't achieve it, then why not try and weave it. If you can't extend it then you might as well suspend it. If you can't braid it, best thing to do is fade it. I asked who did your hair and you tell me Diane made it. If you were you and just you, talk to you, maybe-But I can't stand, no bionic lady. Trying hard to look fly, but yo, you're looking dumber-If I wanted someone like you I would've swung with Jaime Sommers..." "Butter" 1991 "Low End Theory" Album "There's a million MCs that claim they want some-But see I create sounds that make your ears go numb. Peace to Sayres Ave., yeah you know how we go-My best friend Steven at the Home Depot. Laurelton is in the house, I can't forget Southside-Walk past MCs like that girl did to Pharcyde. I'm labeled as the cat's meow, the MC with the know-how-Act like you know, not now but right now. Beast of the East, on MCs I have a feast. I'd eat that ass like quiche, crack a smile like Shanice. Straight outta Jamaica, seen? Jamaica, Queens But you could find me out in Georgia, or anywhere in between. Now if my partners don't look good, Malik won't look good-If Malik don't look good, then Quest won't look good If the Quest don't look good, then Queens won't look good-But since the sounds are universal, New York won't look good. Picture Phife losing a battle, come on, get off it Put down the microphone son, surrender, forfeit. Did I hear something 'bout a crew? What they wanna do? You better call Mr. Babyface so he can bring out the cool in you Or it'll be a sad love song being sung by Toni Braxton-And I'll dissect you like a fraction. Oh, you wannabe top cat MCs, I'll pop you like a zit-You wanna be the champ, you more like Chief Some-shit. Big up myself every time when it comes to this-MCs be running scared as if they're watching the Exorcist. I kick more game than a crackhead from Hempstead My styles are milk, man, you'd think that I was breast-fed. You know the steelo when the diggy Dawg is on the scene-I dedicate this to all the MCs outta Queens. That goes for Onyx, LL, Run DMC-Akinyele, Nasty Nas and the Extra P. You need a chart, straight up and down man, there ain't no other-Nuff respect to all my peeps that made the album cover Yo, Tip don't worry none you know I get the party jumping-Get on the mic and break 'em off a little little something. Yo, Tip don't worry none you know I gets the party jumping-Get on the mic my man and break 'em off a little something." "God Lives Through" 1993 "Midnight marauders" Album RUSTE JUXX FEAT. ROCK - "UNIVERSAL SEAN" Sean Price (aka Ruck from Heltah Skeltah) was Super Lyrical, Grimy, and Funny all at the same time. Truth be told, he carried the legacy of The Boot Camp Clik on his back for the last maybe 12+ Years. His style and delivery embodied so many different qualities (a rare trait in any era of Hip Hop) and now he's gone. Having passed away on August 8th 2015 (two weeks before the release of his new album "Songs In The Key Of Price"), there have been many tributes, but none like this one from his understudy Ruste Juxx. Produced by Kyo Itachi, Ruste Juxx goes in when celebrating the legacy of The Great Jesus Price. Lyrically Juxx more than reps for the type of wordplay I wish we got from more of today's Hip Hop, and the emotional musings of Sean P's former partner Rock add a lovely compliment to the vibe of the song overall. The video features cameos from Sean P's wife Bernadette, his children, and all of Duck down's finest! To help support The Price family, send donations to http://crowdrise.com/seanp R.I.P. SEAN P!!! BONUS CUTS: |
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