Going Back To Cali

I'm goimg going back back to cali. It feels so good to be away from the hustle and grind of chicago.  I came out of here to LA to be in my cousins wedding. Getting a week in the sun has been great. I got to take in a dodgers game. (Pics below) After going to the dodgers game I never realized how much the LA Dodgers are a part of HIP HOP culture. Those damn Dodgers logos are everywhere. I guess if I was In NY I would see there logo. Over all I had a great time with the fam. It was a low scoring game but Yaseil Puag hit a walk off homerun in the 11th inning and the crowd went nuts. 

New Comer to the Game: Scotty ATL

Today I was introduced to the Music of a upcoming artist by the name of Scotty ATL.. His mixtape titled Faith, was just came out this month.. Take a look at it.  I have only heard a few of the songs. The first is called Game Feat. Trinidad James and Big K.R.I.T. and the second is called All the Hoes.. From what I have heard this ATL artist really have some potential.. Today and tomorrow I plan on really listening to the mixtape to get a feel for this project..  Take a look at the  track list. 

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Rich Gang: YMCMB Collaboration Released TODAY :

Today marks the Release of the YMCMB camp album.. After hearing the radio single (Tap Out) over and over again, I must be honest, I was not giving this project much of a chance.. Yes it has some of the games hottest MC's,  Artist on this track, but if this song is suppose to draw me in to go get this group effort.. It has missed the mark.. I am on the other hand looking forward to see what Mystikal still has in the tank. As he is featured on a few songs..  I  was surprised to see Limp Bizkit also featured on a song.. (yes they are YMCMB)  On the deluxe version of the album it looks like Stevie J. from Love and Hip Hop makes an guest appearance on the album.. (this should be interesting) Even though it seems like I'm starting on the negative I'm going to give it a few listens and see whats up...I just hope this is better than that We Are Young Money project from a few years back..Check out the project and let me know what you think.. 

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Welcome Back

Well it feels good to be back. After a long break I'm back.. Over the last few months there has been a lot of great things happening in Hip Hop Culture.. From this sneaker thing getting more and more crazy, Love and Hip Hop blowing up and taking every ones home by storm. Not to mention a ton a new music.. Trust me your ears should be happy with all the new music that continues to come out..

Over the next few days I'm going to try to review some of the some of the new albums that have come out over the last few weeks. With all this new music there is no way to review it objectively with out being swayed by all the new things out..In doing that I'm going to take my time and review all this new hotness. First up of course is that NEW J. Cole. Over the last 4 weeks have you noticed that Jay-Z has had his hand in all 4 #1 albums over that time.. First we have Yeezus, then we have J. Cole Born Sinner, Wale the Gifted, then his own project Magna Carta Holy Grail. This year alone Jay-z has started a sports marketing agency, Sold a million copies of his album before it was even released, Yes, Clearly if you mus have been hiding under a roc if you didn't  know that Jay-z sold 1 million copies of album to Samsung to be given away by them. That means even before Magna Carta Holy Grail was released it was platinum. That's what you call a business man . Taking some lyrics right from Jay-Z, " I'm not a businessman I'm a business man, let me handle my business damn...." DAMN is right. Any hustler has to respect that..  

This also marks the first time in history that 4 hiphop/rap albums have held down the #4 spot in consecutive weeks.   Can we say Illuminati.. Just joking ..Lets just give a round of applause for all the good music.

I know I named a few but trust me, I know there is a lot of music that you guys are sleeping on.. There is more to the word of hiphop besides the stuff you hear on repeat on you local station. If your looking for some music besides the stuff you hear all the time.. Try listening to that new Prodigy and Alchemist or even the new Mac Miller.  I have taken my initial listens of each album, and a review of both will be coming soon..

Ohhhhh before I forget Wale and J. Cole just dropped a new track that is not on ether of there cd's. The name of this track is called Winter Schemes.. Let me know what you think..

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And if there is any music you want me to check out let me, drop me a line and Ill take a listen.. 

New Game and New Freeway

Over the last few weeks there have been a few new releases.. None better than The new Game project.. Games new album is entitled Jesus Piece. There are ton of features on this project from, Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean, Fabolous, Jamie Foxx, and a host of many others.. There has been 4-5 singles released over the Sunday series that game has been released.. My favorite of those being celebrate and Holy water. Check out the new Game album. 

A former Roc-A-Fella great, Freeway released a new independent project.  I'm a huge Freeway fan. Freeway has been one of the most active, (none Jay-z, Kayne West) former Roc-A-Fella artist of late.. Freeways project is called A Diamond in the Ruff. So far I really like where Freeway is going with this project. It has the same feel as some of his more recent mixtapes but not the same ole Roc Sound.. I really looking forward to banging this cd.. Check Freeway out.. 

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Macklemore

I was listening to Shade 45 today and there was guest on there named Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.. And I must say that I was very surprised.  Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were part of a Sway in the morning Concert. During this on air concert they played a few songs, Thrift shop, same love and another track that I cant think of right now. But all of them were dope. When I went to youtube to see if there was a video for the songs. Of course there was a video for the songs but here is the thing. There were  over 7 million hits on one song and 18 million hits on the other . DAMN am I late to the party or what. After listening to the songs a few times I started to catch a few of the metaphors and what not. But then it i released something else. Dude is white. Its not as if that matters but from the flow I heard on Sway in the morning there is no way you could tell. Aside from the absents of the N word, you would never know.  I'm looking forward to seeing what else comes out from Macklemore.. Very Very dope artist.. 

Below is the video for Thrift Shop check it out.

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Jamal Crawford Crossover

Normally I don't put sports up on the blog. But certain players in the NBA you know go hard. There are certain people that would do good on the AND 1 mixtape (if that was still around)  and Jamal Crawford is one of those players. For years I have been saying that he has one of the best crossovers in the game and already this year he has gotten two great high lights. Jamal Crawford has the best move even on a video game.. (NBA2k) Here are the two highlights of Jamal from this year.. Also his move on the video game and in real life.. 

First this was last night on Ray Allen...


This was few nights ago...


Classic on Kirk Hinrich...


Video game move...