Let's shift gears a bit.
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While most of my favorite rap (and all that I've posted thus far this week) is from the dirty south, Cadence Weapon is from Montreal via Edmonton. I first heard about him because he posted on a music message board I used to read. I think he's pretty great. His beats are pretty wild, and he writes interesting lyrics.And in 2009 he was named Edmonton's poet laureate. Pretty cool.
He also puts on a hell of a live show. I saw him in October, and I'm considering driving to Winnipeg again next weekend to see him again. This was the last song he played when we saw him, and it was hype as hell.
(2 votes, average: 6.50 out of 10)Loading... Again, strong lyrics in this. But the video is so good I couldn't pass it up.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYjHdfGhbxo
SGP is a part of the current wave of mixtape rappers (see also: Lil Ugly Mane, Gorgeous Children) bringing back the mid-90s Memphis sound. His mixtapes are full of pops, hiss, and really poor mastering. He was signed to 4AD last year and brought out Mysterious Phonnk, which was a collection of his best mixtape tracks re-done with far, far better production values. This session has Purrp in a mic'd up room performing three tracks: "Mystikal Maze," "Get Yah Head Bust," and "Don't Give a Damn." The songs and visuals are both on point.
(3 votes, average: 5.33 out of 10)Loading... Dirty words abound, so consider yourselves warned.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVZRqkts4Ug
Curren$y is probably my favorite dude working in rap today. He's from NOLA and went through quite a bit of major label drama before finally breaking out with the Pilot Talk albums. He's around my age, which is nice in an age where a lot of the dudes coming out can't even drink legally. And most of all, he has a tireless work ethic. Last year he released four mixtapes for free in addition to his really great full length The Stoned Immaculate.
This is one of my favorite songs from The Stoned Immaculate. It's pretty much right in his zone: raps about cars, women, and weed. Yeah, he works with a pretty narrow selection of subject matter, but he's dope. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, check out those tapes. They're all good (especially Cigarette Boats).
(4 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... To piggy back off of jobu, here is my favorite Beasites tune. This is as a result of Tip being prominently involved.
1996
(4 votes, average: 7.75 out of 10)Loading... hope everyone's had a great holiday season. here's a traditional christmas song to cozy around a fire with.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFtA7IHZgzw
1980
(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)Loading... public enemy makes an appearance a few days back at the all tomorrow's parties festival in jersey. not so many vids with decent quality unfortunately...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C--0jo_1ljE
2011 (and N really SFW).
flav's actually semi-competent behind a kit. huh. also, if you click the link above, you can access full (much better quality) audio of the whole set.
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