Actors can rap too???

"I'm Mr. Consistent, I have never come in intervals"
"The world is my playground, don't fuck with my swing set"

Striaght out of Toronto (Can you name 3 rappers out of Toronto?) the same guy who plays Jimmy from the show "Degrassi High", (don't ask me how I know this) is rapping and he's pretty good at it. I first noticed this man on a little ditty called "Replacement Girl" w/Trey Songz. (See vid below) Cute song but typical rap/pop track. Didn't even do him justice. However I was pleasantly suprised when I heard more tracks. My fav song, "Brand New" is a slow-tempo r&b track where he the normally cocky guys loses his confidence when he gets aorund his girl and has to ask "Is anything I'm doing brand new?" Maybe he should just drop r&b album.

Whatever.

I also like the "Don't You Have a Man" ft. home grown Dwele. Great summer track. You know, light snare drums, smooth hook, and the "I wanna get w/you" theme.

The Milli freestyle is dope too. This is over that Lil' Wayne track. This dude really has potential. Another breath of fresh air when a rapper has some sort of inteligence. This guy isn't using alot of nonsence curse -word filers when they can't find words to rhyme w/shit and bitch. I like the flavor that he brings to the rap game. No gimmick. No chaser. No filler. And variety.

Critics are dubbing him the next Will Smith because of his "boy next door" good looks and non-threatning rap lyrics. Personally w/the right production, I'd buy this album. Now all ol' boy needs is a major label deal. If Bootsie can do it, anybody can. Peep the tracks yourself: http://www.myspace.com/thisisdrake.com

This is great Drake performance. He's really talented and this is a nice sample.

She's Locked Up!!

Wack-rapper Remy Ma was sentenced to 8 years for shooting her former best friend in the stomach for a $1000 debt. This sucks for her but good news for the music industry. One less wack rapper of the street. Now if only we can get Gucci Mane to get locked up again...

You have that glow about you...

This is the first of many posts about my hip hop main squeeze (only in music)...Kanye West!! Despite the picture below (we'll pretend I didn't see that), I think Kanye is a musical genius. He is fully equipped with the things that make a good MC.
1.) Charm
2.)Style
3.) Awesome performer (and I don't use awesome often)
4.) Creativity (this includes rhyming skills and beat making abilities)

I'm a fan. I know.
I just wanted to put it out there that GITD is 9 days away. And I'm excited. For the first time, I'm at a lost for words.

And when he get on....

Today, I saw some pics that made me sad. Why Yeezy? Why??? These look like porno rejects. I can't talk about this anymore.

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!!!

Drink up!!!!

Going to School

Kidz in the Hall


Kidz in the Hall, last year dropped an album that I never heard. Although I wish I would've, what I DID hear was the joint "Wheelz Fall Off" and I needed to hear more. These guys come equipped with an in house producer, Double O, who in my opinion is the backbone of this group. His beats are creative and straight up Chi-town. (mixture of screwed up/chopped up/sped up) This gives them a one up. The other half of this group, Noledge, brings a nice element as well. His smooth delivery is a perfect complement to the easy going (but still knocking) beats.

This year they drop singles like "Driving down the Block", the car fanatics anthem. Lyrically, these guys aren't superb, but since I'm not striving for perfection, I'll take the strong B+ effort. (FYI: Peep the remix featuring Bun B, Pusha T & Mikey from The Cool Kids)

My other favorite is the song "Hypocrite", this track is realistic tale of cheating on your girl, interacial dating and the cycle of self hate. MESSAGE!!

But just for sh*t and g*ggles, check out "Make it Last", with the Keith Sweat sample. Here Noledge discusses how he wants to last in the rap game. (Good Luck!)
This group is cool, and straight out of Chicago, which is slowly becoming the NEW Atlanta.

Check they're vid out below.

He keeps spinning round and round in my head

Spinning Studio from kwest on Vimeo.

Ye in his element making BEAUTIFUL music. This man doesn't sleep. He drops magic everytime. Cee-Lo singing on the chorus brings such a darkness to the track. His voice is soulful. And doesn't he sound like Queen for some reason? I can't gloat enough about this track. Its gonna make your day.