Lil Durk - “52 Bars Pt. 2” (Youtube, 2013)
I don’t typically condone such blatant examples of style borrowing but I think that Meek Mill is a healthy and positive influence for any young rapper looking to find his own voice. And Chop’s beat is ridiculous.
Birdman - “Neighborhood Superstar” (Mixtape, 2006)
This is the song that inspired me to tell the world that Birdman is a great rapper and it is true that Birdman is a great rapper.
Pitchfork: Hall Of Game - Super Ugly
I wrote about rap sonics and cleanliness and such in my latest Pitchfork column.
RK4L f/ Sayy, Bite Da Don & Ratchet - “Right There” (Mixtape, 2013)
There has been a real shortage of Spanish guitars in rap music for the past seven or eight or nine years. It’s good to know that the Rich Kidz and their carriers are doing their best to correct this.
“Anyway, I looked up chop and screw. He’s right. It’s a mixing technique… It remixes hip-hop music, which I’m told developed in Houston. Well, the chop and screw developed in Houston, not hip-hop. The chop and screw technique remixes hip-hop music with the kind of music that was in Houston in the 1990s in the hip-hop scene. And it’s done by slowing down the tempo and skipping beats. It ends up sounding like a chopped up version of a tune, and so it’s called chop and screw. There’s even an app for it.”
Foxx - “Get On” (Youtube, 2011)
Baton Rouge, home of the happiest sad songs.
“You get to where any motherfucker with some fingers can [get on a computer] and call themselves a critic.”
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Willie D, to AllHipHop.com. This B song needs to be processed. I’m reworking all my opinions. (via the20000)
Talk about burying the lede: Geto Boys national tour?! (via dayan)
(via dayan)
