As if the few readers out there haven't already figured it out, your man Wally is going to be taking an "extended break" from this Blogging ish. Really, I'm just kind of sick of the whole Blog thing at this point. Between work at DX, school and jumping head-first into production, I just truly don't have to the time or energy to devote to this site anymore to do any really interesting beyond "oh
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This is the End...
J57 feat. Skyzoo - "Lights Out Pt. Zero"
I really meant to get to this earlier today, but alas, I got distracted on some A.D.D. shit. Anyway, here's the first leak from the homie J57 (of the Brown Bag AllStars)'s upcoming debut solo LP Digital City. Shit's on some Dracula-type spooky-dooky shit. Plus, the guest feature from Skyzoo is def an added bonus. Apparently, the album is going to be completely electronic, which if it's anything
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7 Things That Are Not Hip Hop
I’m not one of those irritating purists who complains about what hip-hop used to be and blahzay blahzay, but you gotta draw the line somewhere.1. Kanye tweeting about goblets and carpets. I specifically ordered persian rugs with cherub imagery!!! What do I have to do to get a simple persian rug with cherub imagery uuuuugh2. E-mails from PR Assistants / Branded water.Hi!! My name is Karin Wolok....
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Cinematic Music Group x Smoke DZA - George Kush Da Button
Apologies for not blasting this one off sooner. My time this past weekend was apprehended by the ever important activities of zoning out to "Shark Week" re-runs, downloading jazz albums and trying to get drunk off aromatic bitters. That, and making beats (more on this at a later date). Anyway, Smoke DZA finally dropped his George Kush Da Button mixtape/street album, complete with Ski Beatz on the
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Batting Clean-Up - Brown Bag AllStars Edition
These two tracks from BBAS' Soul Khan and Koncept came out last week, but fuck it, I got an email blast with them today, and both songs are dope as fuck. Also, if you want to see more Soul Khan/Marv Won ish, check the doubles battle they did against each other. Hilarious shit.Soul Khan feat. Marv Won - "Thunder in Paradise"Koncept - "The Game"addthis_pub = 'WallySean';
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Grand Daddy I.U. - "Rhyme After Rhyme" x "Hustlin'"
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You know it's going to be a good day when Grand motherfuckin' Daddy I.U. comes throught with not just one, but two new songs. And one of them features Dat X! DX got the debut of the first of these yesterday (the one with X, that is), but Unkut was the first to come through with download links. I.U. is definitely one of those vets who's managed to not lose a single step along the way. Same with
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Joell Ortiz - "80's Baby" x "Sing Like Bilal" Freestyle
Joell Ortiz double times it on this latest leak off his upcoming mixtape with Green Lantern YAOWAH. This shit really goes hard. Green's beat is pretty damn hardbody, and Ortiz is simply bankers on it. But c'mon, where the fuck is Free Agent? Wasn't that supposed to come out this month? Damn man...regardless, at least we get a Joell and Joe Budden mixtape this October. Also, as a bonus, I included
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Vado feat. Cam'ron - "Speakin' in Tungs" Video
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And I'm back! Really, I should've been back by Saturday, but I've been on my production shit the past few days and I wasn't abut to interrupt that. Plus, it's "Shark Week." Anyway, first up for today is the long-awaited video for Vado and Cam's smash "Speakin' in Tungs." Honestly, there really aren't any artists killing it like Cam these days. Dude went from getting clowned on by Curtis to the
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Central Services (El-P & Camu Tao) - Free EP
This is somethin' for the Jukies...Free EP of unreleased Central Services joints from '04-'05, with Camu Tao & El-P. Click here.You can pre-order Camu Tao's posthumous "King of Hearts" here. Drops 8/17.Stream the whole of El-P's "Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx 3" on the Myspace.Looks like Def Jux ain't dead yet.addthis_pub = 'WallySean';
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Bloody Monk Consortium - Burden of Truth EP
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Yikes. If Killarmy spent three years locked in a dark basement, smoking PCP and listening to Chinese opera, it would probably sound like this. Warning: Not to be listened to by pregnant women, those with a heart condition, epileptics or soft mahfackas. You must be as tall as Raekwon to listen to Bloody Monk Consortium.Ready? OK, let's go.addthis_pub = 'WallySean';
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Gone Fishin'...
Not really, but as if you haven't already noticed, I'm taking the week off. I'm on song duties for DX this week, so other than maybe a few select joints at the end of this week, I'm not planning on posting anything.addthis_pub = 'WallySean';
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Joe Budden feat. Emanny - "Short Summer"
Yeah, apologies for the hold-up on operations over here at The Message Blog. I've been spending the past few days preparing for an interview with Ultrmagnetic's TR and Moe Love today. It should be an absolute banger once it's done. But anyway, I've been meaning to post this song up for the past couple of days. It's apparently the first leak off Jump-Off's (supposedly) upcoming Modd Musik 4.
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Kaimbr and Kev Brown feat. Roddy Rod and Hassan Mackey - "Army Fatigue Rap"
Honestly, this is the first time I've ever listened to/heard of DMV rapper Kaimbr. But apparently, like most rap music coming out of said area these days ('cept Wale, who I'd argue has proved to be somewhat of a one-trick blog pony), he's dope as motherfuck. And with Kev Brown on the boards, I'm expecting this upcoming apparently Al Green-inspired project between the two to be dope. The song's
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Fat Joe - "I Am Crack"
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Joey Crack and Just Blaze reunite for "I Am Crack," the latest banger off The Darkside. Apparently, the entire album's leaked out onto the 'Nets, so enjoy this last leak off it. I also happened to see the CD at a record store, which I guess would corroborate the whole leak-thing.Fat Joe - "I Am Crack"addthis_pub = 'WallySean';
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Super Chicken Sound Clash #7 [mixtape]
People really seem to be digging that Distant Relatives joint with Damian Marley & Nas, but to me it was on some shiny, overproduced, Starbucks-barista-playlist, somethin’-ta-bump-in-ya-Volvo shit. (Except for that one joint on here.)Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry used to bury his master tapes in the ground to make them sound more rich. Distant Relatives sounds like it was run through Pro Tools and
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Journey To The Center Of The Bandcamp
Some new drops you can cop on the free (mostly) and legal.Blueprint is highly slept on, and while I think his earlier solo shit is mas fuego than the Greenhouse joints, this is pretty dang fresh. Get It Here.Ensilence drops a free EP back-to-back with the LP I hyped yesterday. The beats are a bit more stripped down on this one, which just highlights homegirl's spittin'. Peep it here.Adjust from
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Fat Joe - "I'm Gone"
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Okay, so at first, I was about to bitch about this being only 2:30 minutes of actual rapping and four minutes of Joey Crack talking. But then I learned this was final song on The Darkside Vol. 1, which explains a lot about the talking. That being said, this song sounds like a great way to end an album, and the fact that he shouts out Guru and D.I.T.C. is even better. Apparently, this song was
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Review - Ensilence - Genesis Since '85
There's a lot of bitching going on about the internets and music...aside from the business/pirating side, cats complain that the ease of putting your stuff out there electronically makes for too much material to sort through. I say: bitch please. First of all, Bandcamp is def; nice layout, easy to use, looks great--a million times better than streaming a few tracks on an endless-loading Myspace
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Saturday Sample - KRS-One/James Brown, Boogie Down Productions and Slick Rick
I've been bumping "Outta Here" for the past week or so just about non-stop, so today I figured I'd break down what Primo sample in that. The crazy thing to me is that other than the obvious Slick Rick and B.D.P. samples, I had no clue this was just "Funky President." I mean, the drum break of course is recognizable, but it sounds a lot more complicated that it really is. It just goes to show you
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Koncept feat. Sene - "You Knew"
One last post before I push off for the night (since I'm doing soooo many important things with my evening). New song from Koncept of BBAS with Sene on the guest feature and the Audible Doc on the beat. It's apparently off his upcoming solo EP Playing Life. It's pretty nice to see these dudes getting their solo shine as well as together as a group.Koncept feat. Sene - "You Knew"addthis_pub = '
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