A million and one MCs in the underground, but few have lyrical ability like Savant. You’ve probably never heard of this Chicagoan who now hustles hard in both music and matriculation in Arizona. “Make Your Move” is his first look on the video tip. Get familiar.
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#OutOfTownMovement. Just got around to listening to Evidence’s new one, Cats & Dogs. The whole sh-t bangs, not least of all this track, “You,” which features the beautiful and impeccable chop of DJ Premier.
A one dollar bill to the first person to tell me where the rapper Choclair is from. And no using the internet to find the answer.
This blogger is kickin’ it in Choc’s hometown for a long weekend. Back later, fam…
You know that scowl face you make when a track’s so mean it can’t possibly make you smile? Yeah, this track right here did that to me. #GoWest. #OutOfTownMovement
The primary goal of those truly astute comedians who center their acts around observations on on race and racism is to extract some degree of deeper understanding from their audiences. For them, there is no greater offense than crowd ambivalence. The disappointment in audiences’ failings is the reason Dave Chappelle divorced a fifty million dollar contract and fled to Africa to save his sanity. It’s the reason Chris Rock’s early stand-up routines were philosophically based in a contemptuous rage for the world and many of the people sitting before him. And it’s the same reason Das Racist (composed of three well-educated men of color) allow themselves to fall into lackadaisical stage performances at shows where, it’s important to add, the audience is typically composed of white, college-aged males who are all too eager to repeatedly chant the chorus to “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” but not consider why the song is so devastatingly funny. If Das Racist concerts were frequented in the majority by folks of color, it’s certain you would see an entirely different display of the trio’s very substantial rap skills rather than the lampooning they derive from the attendant status quo.
More #OutOfTownMovement for your TGIF’ed ears. Some heavier sh-t from LA-sian MC Dumbfoundead. Get hip to this Project Blowed affiliate if you haven’t yet.
(I can say “LA-sian” because I’m Asian. If you’re not Asian, you can’t say it. That’s just how it works.)
#OutOfTownMovement. Viewed for the first time at Out For Stardom. I don’t know who Azealia Banks is (that’s either because her thing is brand spankin’ new or because I am not nearly as cool as I think I am), but this track caught my ear. She raps, she sings, she smiles real cute, and she’s from Harlem, USA. The 212 is where I lay my head. The 206 is where I’m from. Something about this joint feels so right. Hence the post.
Dallas outfit A.Dd+ (who are MC’s Paris and Slim) dropped this clip a couple weeks ago. It showed up in my press emails and promptly got ignored (as does much of what shows up in there — time is a ma’f-cka). Thank a day off from work for the rediscovering of this gem, a building meditation on the choices we make and how the universe (or whatever you decide to call it) directs the repercussions. Top-notch video-making.
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“The G.O.A.T.” is the first drop from One Be Lo’s massively anticipated next album, L.A.B.O.R. (Language Arts Based On Reality). While I’ve always severely disliked the G.O.A.T. acronym (Because who can tell, really? It’s so subjective.), I do think One Be Lo is a Great MC and it’s cool having him as an honorary member of the SEA hip-hop scene. Greatest of all is the beat by Vitamin D. It knocks in the way vintage DJ Premier beats used to knock. As far as I’m concerned, this is how all hip-hop should sound.
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