1.5.07: Twista, Wale, & Che Grand
January 5, 2008, 5:16 pm
Filed under: BOSTON CELTICS, CHE GRAND, MARK RONSON, THE ALCHEMIST, THE LESSONDARY, TWISTA, WALE
Filed under: BOSTON CELTICS, CHE GRAND, MARK RONSON, THE ALCHEMIST, THE LESSONDARY, TWISTA, WALE
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2008.
Funkadelic Freestyles is back ON in just over a week. (a.k.a. I gotta get my shit together) On the real though, the fam is all ready to go. I’ll reveal our January 15th guest on Tuesday, a week in advance.
Remember:
Funkadelic Freestyles w/ Nyadenya and jben,ok
8-10 pm
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
LIVE on WRGW Radio
Listen: gwradio.com
In the meantime, I’ve got a few tracks I’m willing to throw your way. All you gotta do is start posting comments, start emailing us (jbenok2@gmail.com), or hit up the MySpace (myspace.com/funkadelicfreestyles, currently under construction).
The first track is from Chicago’s fastball emcee Twista, produced by the musical genius The Alchemist. I have no idea how I got this song. Or if it was on Twista’s Adrenaline Rush 2007 album. Bottom line: the beat’s heavenly and the hook is DOPE.
Number two: He told us about this one back in September, but for some reason I let it escape me. Not a huge fan of Maroon 5, or Mary J Blige. But DC’s own Wale KILLED this remix. (And I’m still geeking: I hear dude on Sirius everyday now, including a non-Wayne Nike Boots remix I’ve never heard before. No worries, I’ll find out about this soon.)
And three: Here’s Che Grand outta Brooklyn. A member of The Lessondary (which includes Tanya Morgan, Spec Boogie, A Brother Named George, and Elucid), and a real raw emcee. This track will be played on the radio next week, so get it now while it’s hot.
I’ll post a few more updates before the 15th. Until then, let ‘em know you listening to FF!
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2007: It’s A Wrap Pt. 1
“And don’t play: you was in your car singing ‘ella, ella, ella, ay, ay’”
Hey fam, the resident mad rapper is back once again with his year-in-review, aptly titled “2007 Wrap-Up.” Some people hate on Skillz for continuing to do this year after year, (I’ll admit, last year’s wasn’t exactly flames), but he got my attention with this one. Apparently there’s a video on its way as well.
One thing I’ve begun to notice as 2007 nears its end: I missed a whole lotta music.
I just started listening to Radiohead.
I’ve only now just begun my full assault on the entire Atmosphere discography.
Never copped the new Ghostface, Styles P, or Cormega.
And excuse my blatant hate: but who the fuck is this cocksucker?
There are two artists I really missed out on in 2007 that I actually feel sick to my stomach about:
1. Evidence ~ Wow, this was a huge mistake. Let’s set the scene: It was March of this year, and the buzz surrounding this Dilated People rapper’s solo effort was building. Every once in awhile, I’d catch the first single for The Weatherman LP, “Mr. Slow Flow,” tearing up Sirius. A few months later, the second single, “All Said and Done,” nearly got me hooked. But for some reason, I never got around to copping the album, (too busy graduating, I guess). Fast forward to November, when I DLed DJ Dub’s Little Brother Good Clothes Mixtape. Track 9, holy shit.
I listened to that song everyday before every class. I’d picture the music video in my head, Ev and Tay knocking motherfuckas on their ass. Alchemist championing his MPC like “yeah, ALC forever bitch.”
December 1st: I got to see Ev live with LB at The Black Cat in DC. After he killed his set, he jumped off stage and chilled in the crowd like a regular dude. That’s why I LOVE real hip hop. And now, after nearly 9 months in the making, I’m listening to The Weatherman LP. Classic shit.
2. Jay Electronica ~ I’m still not even sure who this dude is. Or what he is. Some say he’s an alien, a superhero, possibly both. I first learned of him from fwmj’s pristine hip hop blog rappersiknow.com. Basically Jay is in with the “in-crowd,” and hey, if you were best friends with Just Blaze, you’d be pretty happy right?
Check out this very well-written piece on Jay, featuring interviews with Just, Erykah Badu, and Young Guru. So what’s so special about duke? Well, basically, he’s got the internet on lock right now. If you read Andres’ above piece, it talks in depth about Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn), which was supposed to be released online on Christmas Day. It was hyped incredibly, but mysteriously, Jay still hasn’t delivered Act II to either fwmj or Just Blaze.
Hip hop heads stayed up all night, (and some left their families alone at dinner on Christmas Day), awaiting the release of this “special” piece of music. And he just recently shut down his MySpace, further adding to the confusion. Is he about to take over the world?
As we await Act II, here’s Act I, which was takes its beat from Jon Brion’s work on The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack. Enjoy.
Okay, that’s enough for today. Expect more tomorrow, and I may be putting together a year-end mix of my favorite hip hop this year. We’ll see, we’ll see.
