The Blunt Rap

The IPhone story

2011-08-05T12:23:00.002-04:00

So this summer my family decided to vacation in the U.S. We wanted to explore New York and Washington D.C. mostly, but figured we'd stop in Virginia as well. New York was as amazing as ever. After a day of exploring, it was clear to me that the best place to buy an iPhone would be from Harlem. So I jumped on an up-town bus tour, and got off at the corner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King blvd. and immediately began scanning the area for what I was looking for: hustlers. Now, I wouldn't call myself cheap, but I am thrifty. I can smell a good deal from miles away, and I consider my knowledge of "the game" to be immaculate, hence I don't get hustled. Upon finding my group of hustlers, I confidently strode up to the one with the biggest set of grills (read: dentures with diamonds) and asked if he was "dealing" (correct slang when dealing with hustlers lets them know that you know the game) iPhones. He shifted his eyes and closed his hands, but nodded very discretely.

Seems I was in luck.

He took me to an average-looking Honda and opened the trunk. Half-expecting to be a trap, my eyes lit up at the sight of an iPhone box that appeared to be new. I reached in and grabbed the box, opened it and pulled out the glistening iPhone which shone brilliantly amongst the grills of fellow hustlers. I pictured myself stroking the glassy surface ever-so gently.

Quickly, the grilled hustler brought me back down to reality and demanded five bills (one bill is $100). I bartered for $400, threatening to deal with another hustler. Reluctantly, he agreed. I believe I laid my game down pretty well.

Leaving the barbecue (pun: there were so many grills) with my smashing new iPhone, I went back to the hotel. The rest of my vacation was a blur I thought I'd only vaguely remember with the aid of photos. However, it appears as if my cockiness may have caught up with me.

I was just enjoying a placid afternoon of single-player Jenga, when suddenly my iPhone informs me that I have one missed call. I check the number: "unknown". Strange? Somewhat. I pushed the thought aside and continued setting up the Jenga. The iPhone rang. "Unknown".

My fingers trembling, I answered the phone.

For seconds that seemed like minutes there was a long pause.

Then a voice. A New-York-grills-in-your-mouth voice spoke.

"You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air".

Without hesitation I whistled for a cab, and when it came near, the licence plate said “FRESH” and it had a dice in the mirror. If anything I could tell that this cab was rare, but I said "Nah, forget it. Yo Homes, to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to a house at about 7 or 8, and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo Homes, smell ya later." I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne, I was the Prince of Bel-Air.

AWAR - Nuclear (prod. by Alchemist)

2011-06-29T21:46:00.000-04:00

AWAR - Nuclear (prod. by Alchemist)

I don't know who this cat is, but it's a dope track.

Whoever rule the kingdom, you get your palace crashed
You muhfuckers DOOMed like I'm rockin a metallic mask

- AWAR

Album cover + tracklist: Kendrik Lamar - Section80

2011-06-29T21:37:00.000-04:00

JULY 2ND!! I'm definitely gonna cop this when it drops. If you're still sleeping on Kendrik Lamar it's time to wake up!

Tracklist:
1. Fuck Your Ethnicity (prod. by THC)
2. Hol' Up (prod. by Sounwave)
3. ADHD (prod. by Sounwave)
4. No Makeup (Her Vice) ft. Colin Munroe (prod. by Sounwave)
5. Tommy's Song (Her Evils) (prod. by THC)
6. Chapter Six (prod. by Tommy Black)
7. Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils) (prod. by Tae Beast)
8. Poe Man's Dreams (His Vice) ft. GLC (prod. by Willie B)
9. The Spiteful Chant ft. Schoolboy Q (prod. by Sounwave, Dave Free)
10. Chapter Ten (prod. by THC)
11. Keisha's Song (Her Pain) ft. Astro Bot (prod. by Tae Beast)
12. Rigamortis (prod. by Willie B, co-prod. by Sounwave)
13. Kush & Corinthians (His Pain) ft. Bj the Chicago Kid (prod. by Wyldfire)
14. Members Only (prod. by Tommy Black)
15. Ab-Soul's Outro (prod. by Terrace Martin)
16. HiiiPoWeR (prod. by J. Cole)

Ghostface Killah, Sean Price and Trife Diesel - Laced Cheeba

2011-06-29T18:27:00.000-04:00

Ghostface Killah, Sean Price, Trife Diesel - Laced Cheeba

This is off the upcoming Wu-Tang compilation, Legendary Weapons. It's the follow-up to the Chamber Music project that most people thought was better than 8 Diagrams. This drops July 26th. On a side note, Rae said a new Clan album is in the works!

RZA ft. Reverend William Burke - Robbery (prod. by RZA)

2011-06-27T22:59:00.000-04:00

RZA ft. Rev. William Burke - Robbery (prod. by RZA)

^ Lol great picture huh? Some new RZA for Wu Wednesdays!

Video: Rick Ross ft. Lil Wayne - 9 Piece [Remix]

2011-06-27T22:49:00.001-04:00

9 PIECE! STRAIGHT EIGHT BALLS. MJG, BITCH I GOT 8 BALLS.

Method Man on NY Ink, gets a Killa Bee tat

2011-06-27T22:42:00.000-04:00

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Wth... Now Freeway reviews Cars 2

2011-06-27T21:59:00.000-04:00

Even though I have no idea why these keep poppin up, I gotta say this is pure entertainment. Freeway digs deep into Cars 2, even talks about shit he learned from the semi-retarded tow truck hahaha.

KRS-One reviews Bad Teacher

2011-06-27T12:31:00.000-04:00

Yea, I don't know either. He claims it's a good movie and it's actually positive for teachers (like himself).

Video: Freddie Gibbs + Statik Selektah ft. Smoke DZA, Chace Infinite - Keep It Warm For Ya

2011-06-27T12:24:00.000-04:00

One of my favourite tracks off this EP. It was filmed while they were doing the UStream thing.

Lloyd Banks ft. Pusha T - Home Sweet Home

2011-06-25T11:54:00.000-04:00

Lloyd Banks ft. Pusha T - Home Sweet Home

Shit, lately I've been practicin my gas face
Cause that's what I'mma give em when they land in last place

- Banks

This turned out to be a pretty solid album, minus a bunch of wack RnB tracks. I deleted all of them but kept the good shit.

Album cover + tracklist: Freddie Gibbs + Statik Selektah - Lord Giveth, Lord Taketh Away EP

2011-06-24T01:33:00.000-04:00

This is that 24-hour album that they recorded the other night. Shit already leaked! Statik's been killing it for me, so this is definitely gonna get a listen tomorrow. Peep the tracklist:

1. Intro ft. Slaine
2. Lord Giveth, Lord Taketh Away
3. Rap Money ft. Daz Dillinger
4. Affiliated ft. Reks, PUSH! Montana
5. Wild Style ft. Termanology, Fred The Godson
6. Already ft. Trae Tha Truth
7. Keep It Warm For Ya ft. Smoke DZA, Chace Infinite (this was the shit I heard on the UStream. Believe me the beat is ridiculous.)
8. Fallin [Bonus] ft. Termanology
9. Crushing Feelings [Bonus]

Video: Shaun Boothe - Let Me Go

2011-06-23T14:46:00.002-04:00

Get em, Shaun! He's promoting a mixtape called Waiting Room, so this track might be on it.

Drake - Trust Issues

2011-06-23T13:59:00.000-04:00

Drake - Trust Issues

I'm only posting this for blog hits! #SELLOUT bahahah

Timeless Truth ft. Sean Price - True Grit (prod. by Roc Marciano)

2011-06-23T13:22:00.000-04:00

Timeless Truth ft. Sean Price - True Grit (prod. by Roc Marciano)

I don't know who these guys are, but this shit goes hard. And Roc producing is somethin new to me.

Video: Reks - Kill 'Em

2011-06-23T13:08:00.000-04:00

This is weird. But listen to Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme if you haven't! Hip hop in it's purest form!

J. Cole announces album title and release date

2011-06-23T13:04:00.000-04:00

Cole tweeted that the album's gonna be called Cole World: The Sideline Story and it's droppin on August 27th!

Video: Vakill - Armor Of God (prod. by Jake One)

2011-06-23T13:00:00.000-04:00

Off Vakill's new album Armor Of God, which is droppin soon!

No industry flow active can hurt me
The upper echelons about as effective as Proactive to herpes

Vakill

Video: Co$$ - Pot Ash (prod. by Exile)

2011-06-23T12:47:00.000-04:00

Off that Before I Awoke album.

Album cover + tracklist: Co$$ - Before I Awoke

2011-06-23T12:45:00.000-04:00

The first time I heard of Co$$ I downloaded this mixtape he put out with this producer dude named Numonics. It was a dope project, so I started putting Co$$ on my radar. So this is his debut album, called Before I Awoke. I wanna listen to this soon but I've got a lot of shit to listen to before this, so we'll see what happens. Anyways, the tracklist is after the jump. There's some Exile production on there that is prolly worth checkin out.

1. Risen (prod. by J83)
2. Spaceman (prod. by Fonetik Simbol)
3. Khakis and Taylors (prod. by Fonetik Simbol)
4. In The Wind (prod. by J83)
5. When I Feel ft. Shawn Jackson (prod. by J83)
6. 10-4 (prod. by Insightful)
7. What It Is? (prod. by Knxwledge)
8. Burn It Down (prod. by Cook Classics)
9. Da Meanest (prod. by Exile)
10. Pot Ash (prod. by Exile)
11. Only When I Dream ft. Sene, Aloe Blacc (prod. by Chief)
12. Love Is (prod. by Chief)
13. Born Again ft. Blu, Sene (prod. by Fonetik Simbol)
14. No Allah (prod. by Erik L)
15. Scriptures (prod. by The Soul Academy)
16. Before I Awoke (No Rest) (prod. by Beatnick Dee)
17. So Simple [Bonus] (prod. by Tranzformer)
18. Falling From Grace [Bonus] (prod. by DJ Playa Haze)
19. Star ft. Shawn Jackson [Bonus] (prod. by Fonetik Simbol)

Talib Kweli on The Colbert Report, performs "Cold Rain"

2011-06-23T10:53:00.000-04:00

tk on tcr by yardie4lifever2

Pretty good interview! Kweli gives some insight on what is rap (he says it's more folk music than folk music... I never thought about it like that) and talks about what it means to be a so-called conscious rapper. He then performs "Cold Rain" off Gutter Rainbows.

Live UStream of Freddie Gibbs and Statik Selektah recording a 24-hour EP

2011-06-23T00:11:00.001-04:00

This is nuts. Gibbs and Smoke DZA just went in to record a track on this ridiculous Statik beat. I've never really seen the studio process like this, in it's rawest form. This past hour they spent half of it just sittin around with the beat playing, and then the hour half laying down some verses. DZA had his shit memorized and goes up and spits it all in one take. Gibbs writes his verse down in his iphone, then goes up and spits. Cause his flow is crazy he has to do it a few times, but they play the end product afterwards and it sounds incredible. Link is below.
Live UStream of Gibbs and Statik

Album cover + tracklist: Vakill - Armor Of God

2011-06-22T01:32:00.001-04:00

If you like word play and punchline rap then Vakill is for you. This guy already has two real solid albums under his belt, so you know he's gonna deliver on this too. Check the tracklist after the jump. I'm really digging the fact that he's got Jake One production this time around.
EDIT: I posted the wrong tracklisting the first time. This new one I got from the Molemen site, so it's good.

1. Intro
2. Hi Ate Us (prod. by Panik)
3. Armor Of God (prod. by Jake One)
4. Mean Mug Muzik (prod. by Panik)
5. Sick Cinema (prod. by Panik)
6. Heavy (prod. by Panik)
7. Endless Road ft. Vizion (prod. by MGI)
8. The Apology (prod. by Joe Blow)
9. Wild Wild (prod. by Bluntologist)
10. Beast Ballad ft. J.U.I.C.E., Rhymefest, Nino Bless, Crooked I (prod. by Panik)
11. Appetite To Kill (prod. by Panik)
12. You Don't Know ft. Astonish (prod. by Panik)
13. I Came 4 U (prod. by Panik)
14. Armorgeddon (prod. by Jake One)
15. A Lynched Legacy (prod. by The Sheppard)
16. Bi-Polar (prod. by Memo)
17. Proof (prod. by Jake One)

I want this...

2011-06-21T15:38:00.001-04:00

It's DOOM's first album, Operation: Doomsday re-released as a 4LP box set. Comes with the album, instrumentals, b-sides, and remixes. Also has a dope looking lyric book. /nerdgasm.

Video: Madvillain - Accordian

2011-06-21T15:28:00.000-04:00

Slip like Freudian, your first and last step to playin yourself like Accordian

- DOOM