Monday, August 10, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Keo and Reas
These just popped up in the email.
No big deal. Just some burners from Keo TC5 and Reas AOK.
Pretty standard king shit.
I chopped them up as big as blogger would allow, but I think it's cool to see the detail shots this way.
Update:
click for full shot
No big deal. Just some burners from Keo TC5 and Reas AOK.
Pretty standard king shit.
I chopped them up as big as blogger would allow, but I think it's cool to see the detail shots this way.
Update:
click for full shot
Twista "Fire"
This is the official Friday afternoon jam. It has that twang player player whistle vibe that makes you wish you had a relaxed hair doo, gold chain, and beeper. Well okay maybe that's a bit of a stretch.
I don't normally even acknowledge Twista's existence, but this track is the knock. It reminds of 90's summer days when I used to mess with that fire on the daily. Alas I'm an old man now and rarely if ever pick up a spliff, but there was a time when my ideal day consisted of skating over to my friend's house and rolling up a Garcia Vega (sorry Phillies) and watching Ninja Scroll.
Damn that still sounds like a good idea. Damn you old age and proverbial wisdom.
P.S Lil Boosie gets a pass on name alone.
Ooosssssshhhhh:
Twista f/ Lil Boosie "Fire"
Nike Hyperizers
Another decent commercial from Nike.
The part where Fog Raw makes an ice cream cone appear magically is worth the watch alone.
Ranking Dread
Ranking Dread can always get a re-post as far as I'm concerned.
One of my favorite albums plus it has "Super Star" which beasts anything you can pull out of your little dub box.
Track Listing:
Lots Of Loving
Loving Devotion
Super Star
A Which One A We Yu Love
Come Sister Come
Wha-Go-A-Africa
Nuh Trouble Natty Dread
Revival Time
My Mommy A The Nicest Mommy
Dub Cut Lightning
First Cut
A Wha We Do
A Wha We Do (Dub)
Run tune:
Ranking Dread "Lots of Loving"
We Fidna Ride On AIDS
The best part about running a blog like SDTW is showing up to work to have something like this waiting for you in your inbox.
Shouts to The Real C-Murder
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Blue Scholars on NahRight
It ain't easy being relevant in rap music without posturing and posing like an "ex" 35 year old drug king pin.
Trust me I've tried.
Blue Scholars somehow pull it off.
Peep Seattle's finest on the only hip hop blog that matters.
Check it:
Blue Scholars on Nahright
Biggie
I've seen this album on a couple of blogs with all of them claiming that this is the original version of "Ready To Die". Now on the surface it's fairly similar to the album we all know frontwards and backwards, but there are some alternate lyrics and beats that in my opinion sound like scratch tracks. By scratch tracks I mean the producer was in the studio and putting the song together by laying different vocal takes over the track and these scratch tracks are what people are calling the "original" versions when in fact they are probably just the versions that never made the final cut. It's most notable when you hear varying vocals that aren't leveled correctly and sound like they are more of place holders and the like.
I could be wrong as I'm not some 90's rap scholar by any measure.
The best moments come during:
"Machine Gun Funk" Premiere version
Alternate "Ready To Die" beat
Alternate verse on "The What" w/ Method Man
Alternate "Juicy" Pete Rock original beat
"Suicidal Thoughts"
"Come On" w/ Sadat X
Listening to Biggie in his prime again makes it very apparent how much better he was than his contemporaries. Does that mean you name drop him in every 16 you spit? (The Game I'm looking in your direction) No, it doesn't, but his talent is undeniable.
Grab it:
Notorious B.I.G "Ready To Die" Alternate Version
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Mobb Deep
If you're gonna do summer right let's start with the basics folks.
The critically acclaimed and eternally revered (2nd album) from QB's finest.
Ballerina P and the H-A-V-O-C putting cowards where they supposed to be.
"Survival Of the Fittest"
Below:
Mobb Deep "The Infamous"
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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