G-UNot In California

So, I mentioned in my last post how G-Unot got ran out of San Diego. I got this story from some dude on The Siccness forums who goes by "pimpsmooth420". Sounds like a cool guy. Anyway, he was there, and this is a shortened version of his story:

"[Tony Yayo] shows up 3 hours late! As soon as this guy walks on stage with Spider and some of his homies, somebody in the audience throws a full beer (just beer not the bottle) and it lands right in Yayo's face! he stopped for a second, and then more people started throwin' drinks, lighters, watter bottles, it was crazy...AT LEAST 30-40 Crips came out on the stage with Spider & Yayo. There was a GANG of them!...It was probably only 30 minutes into the show, when all those Crips weren't doin nothin' but gangbanging. Throwin up C's & all their gang signs to the audience. just being like real disrespectful. If u don't know San Diego is definately a Blood city. not too many Crips, Bloods everywhere. Then one of the Crips was sippin Hennessey & spittin on the crowd. We weren't going for that! Drinks and glass cups started flyin at the stage. One cup barely missed Yayo's face & u should've seen his face. he was mad/heartbroken. funny shit. Then a drink hit Spider, and he went crazy but his homies held him back. He picked something up and threw it in the crowd, then his homie threw a Hennessey bottle at the crowd! Shit broke out, Hennessey bottles, drinks, beer, cups, glass, lighters, thrash cans, chairs, everything was flying back & forth from the stage to the crowd. People rushed towards the stage & Gayo, Buck, & Spider were GONE with a quickness! The show got cut off and their homies were the only ones gettin into it."

That is too triv! Here's some Mitchy Slick, to remind you about those green-rags.

Mitchy Slick f/ Yukmouth "Hate Factor"

(You're about to see what an amazing segue I have just made!)

Well, before Spidey got run out of San Diego, he also cancelled his show in Oakland. He then claimed, on his official website that Yukmouth (who got his Regime chain jacked by Spidey) got the show cancelled. Here is the "press release":

Spider Loc was set to perform in Oakland, CA tonight (Jan 26th) but rapper and recent Spider Loc victim, Yukmouth called the radio station and concert promoter to cry about the concert and ultimately got it cancelled. If Yuk really wanted to get at us all he had to do was show up at that concert but he couldn't go that route, instead he cried his way out of it so he wouldn't look like a coward by not showing up. We would like to apologize to the Spider Loc fans in Oakland for not being able to go through with the concert as planned.

Go to the site if you want to read some emails that Spidey has posted as proof of Yukmouth meddling in his business. They just don't really make sense, and don't point to Yuk being responsible for this at all. Yukmouth, needless to say, was fucking pissed. Instead of recording a diss song, Yukmouth got in the booth and went apeshit, no beat, no rhymes, just harsh words.

Harsh Words for Spider Loc

If you don't want to download the track (which you should), here is a summary:

-Spider Loc should get the audio file from the radio station to prove this; everything is recorded
-Yukmouth doesn't even have any radio station numbers
-Spider cancelled the show because he knew it was gonna get torn the fuck up
-Yukmouth, on the other hand, can go anywhere he wants to go in LA
-He is, in fact, down with EVERY gang in LA, even the Samoan and Japanese ones
-Spider Loc would get his head split if he walked down East 14th
-Yukmouth has people in: Germany, Australia, Canada, and Alaska
-Spider Loc is a faggot
-Yuk is going to get his chain back
-On the cover of Yukmouth's next album, he is going to be wearing some member of G-Unit's chain (!!!)
-G-Unit are the police
-People in Oakland shoot real cops

Seriously, this is almost five minutes long, and it's pretty entertaining. I figure, the best part of any diss by Yukmouth is when he starts yelling and talking crazy shit. He's better off doing this than actually rhyming. It's worth at least one listen.

Stay tuned here, cause I have some new shit that SLAPS. Some Bailey, DB'z, E-40, and of course, Mistah FAB.

Fuck the YoungBloodz

straight marks.

So they had a couple good songs, whatever. Their last album's lead single was trash, an obvious attempt to clone "Damn." But that isn't why I'm hating. The problem with these two is that they are certified punk-ass beezies for not respecting the Bay. Let me tell you why.

Anyone who has listened to KMEL or 94.9 in the past few months (really, over the summer, too), has maybe, possibly heard this song:

Bitchass YoungBloodz ft. yer boy San Quinn- Datz Me

I was a fan of the song (sorry it's not the full version). The sample from that song in Kill Bill (you know what song I'm talking about) is cool, and Quinn's verse is off top. "In Fillmoe we get money outta women!" Indeed. Actually, the fact that he slayed Sean Paul and J-Bo (or whatever his name is?) might be the reason this happened:

I was just reading Ozone Magazine, mainly for the Groupie Confessions, when I came across this. Scroll down to the bottom, where it says JB's playlist (this is the same JB whom Benzino called a slutmonkey). You will notice that the song is on her list (hella tardy, I BEEN listening to the song), but featuring YOUNG BUCK and not Quinn! Basically they put on Buck to go the safe route instead of keeping the relatively unknown Quinn's stellar contribution. Fuck that shit! Of course, another possible explanation is that the original version had Buck, and that the version with Quinn was just a Bay Area remix type thing. In which case my anger is pointless.

Edit: I was wrong. The original version had Young Buck. I guess this means the YoungBloodz are actually cool, for at least worrying about getting some Bay Area radio play. Sorry, Sean Crease (sp?) and J-dude.

Wow.

Read this if you know what's good for you.

We all knew Zino was a beast with the lyrics, and we all were rooting for him in his noble quest to take Hip-Hop back from the corporate cocksuckers and haters. Alas, the worldwide anti-Benzino conspiracy was too powerful for Boston's most wanted, and now he has clearly gone mad as a result of his defeat. Coming back on a horse? Clearly the man is insane. But I think that this is a fitting end to our tragic hero's epic career path. I think that indeed I will tell my grandchildren the tragedy of Zino the great, when they ask me, "Who was this great man, who refused to give in to the corporate cock sucking?"

More Music About Stunnas

You might remember the Hardknox from the Dopegame 2 album. They were on "Round Up" with Keak Da Sneak. Yeah, that track.

From what I've gathered, the Hardknox are white guys who suck at rapping, and make rather grating, but catchy music. Their lyrics are fucking weird:

Michael Moore! Michael Moore! How long will I get drafted for?
Stupid white men, stupid white beats, we make (????) for the streets
we're not street, and we're not black, in today's rap, that makes us (???) wack

That reminds me, I saw Roger and Me the other day in class. Great movie.

I recently found a song of theirs on the Siccness boards, and I'm really into it. It's with Filipino (Gorillapino) rapper Nump, who already made one song about stupid-looking sunglasses. I suppose he had more to say on the topic. Seriously though, this is like, on constant rotation here in La Jolla, and I'm not sure if it's fucking terrible or not. If you don't like really dumb music, avoid this at all costs. If you're down, you might want to look into this.

Hardknox and NUMP "F-Star-Star-K (I Forgot My Stunna Shades)"

It's called "F-Star-Star-K (I Forgot My Stunna Shades)". Now, this confused me, but a friend of mine pointed this out.

F-Star-Star-K = F * * K.

Get it? FUCK! Am I dumb for not getting it? Or, are they the dumb ones for doing this in the first place?

Oh yeah, and I'm feeling real proud of San Diego these days. Some dudes basically chased Tony Yayo, Spider Loc, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck off stage the other day. Apparently it was totally gang related, which isn't something I'm into, but still. G-Unit got chased outta here.

Radio Show Update

Good news, dudes. The folks at wbar (Barnard* College Radio) have been kind enough to bring the world another semester of Stax Records (if anyone can think of a better name let me know, I'm open to it), a weekly radio show featuring the same music we discuss on this site. This semester, it will be Saturdays, 8-10 PM, Eastern time. Which is good, because it will interfere less with my drinking than it did last semester. To listen, just click on the link above and hit "listen." If you have iTunes, it should be very easy. If you have any songs you want to hear, you can send them to me (just post them in the comments section or something) and I will play them. Considering how many people read this site, I am expecting way more listeners than my fall average of 5-7 people. Listen in, and help me bring this hyphy movement to New York city.

*I don't go to Barnard, because then I would be a chick. But I do go to school across the street.

Freestyle Discount King of the Bay

I'll admit that I am new to the term "joog" (meaning hook-up, or discount). I had never heard of it till I heard this new Mistah FAB and Turf Talk song (and some other dude, if anyone has an ID, put it in the comments).

Mistah FAB, Turf Talk, some dude "Joog or Not?"

Baysically, the three are just trying to get the hook-up on some Girbauds, or some tree. Who could blame em? Those shits are expensive. If only they saw Girbaud's official website. The shuttle jeans are the ones you see everyone wearing. Shit's ghey as fuck! I like this song, it reminds me of how Mistah FAB is really good, and that he can actually rap about things other than going stupid-dumbo. Also, Turf Talk should feel at home on this one, cause he can rap about clothes, and it's totally justified.

I also got an audio rip of San Quinn's new single "Look What I Done For Them". Doxx over at Strivin' already posted the video. It's really good. The dude who ripped it (allow me to clarify: NOT ME) was on AOL Instant Messenger while he was recording the shit, so you can hear that one of his "buddies" signs off at the end of the song. Also, he ripped it from the video, so you have some talking between verses that I imagine will not be on the album version of the song. (On a side note, Scarface's "Streetlife" goes the other way around. In the video, you have that powerful whistling tune between verses, but on the album version it's some dude (Larry Hoover?) talking shit about "The Man").

San Quinn "Look What I Done For Them"

Oh yeah, that picture up top? It's from Thrasher. We know what's up.

Dre The Mac, Not The Muthafuckin Doctor

I was under the impression that the only time E-40 and Mac Dre recorded together was for "Dredio" with Mac Mall. Now, a lot of people like this song. I hate to say that I thought it was a letdown. Maybe I just had really high expectations, but I was let down, and I don't think I'm the only one. Well, I found another track by the two. It's been on some mixtape, but other than that I haven't heard of it.

Mac Dre, E-40, and DOE "Yell It Out"

There's this other dude named DOE on it, who I've gathered is a Latino rapper from Denver (wtf?). He's also relatively untalented. I think 40 does really well on this song, like he's not pretending that he's younger and hyphy-er than he really is. Mac Dre manages to make a CSI reference (Detective Caruso?), or at least I think that's what he's talking about.

I also found this Mac Dre song that's only a verse long. Maybe it's part of another song (with I-Rocc?)? If anyone knows, let me know. It's a sick verse.

Long dong, take a piss off a bridge/
and tell a bitch how cold the water is

No homo. Shit's funny though. I think that's a Richard Pryor joke right there.

Mac Dre "On a Hoe"

Listen to him in the background on the intro. "I'm so cool, I'm so cool."

Compare & Contrast Pt. 2

Beastie Boys- Egg Man

Geto Boys- Do It Like A G.O.

Here is another pair of songs based identical samples of Curtis Mayfield songs. Neither of these songs really flip the theme of the original (The two "Pushin" songs turned the civil rights struggle into the drug hustle), but the artists do have similar names, so there's that. Anyway, decide for yourself which is better-- although I predict there will be a preference for the Geto Boys, if only because people wouldn't admit to liking the Beastie Boys song more.

Another item: here are two hipster responses to Cam'ron's Jay-Z diss. They both write for pitchfork, and they both piss me off in their various ways. Can pitchfork writers just quit it with the snarkiness? At any rate, one guy likes the track, the other doesn't. Find out for yourself:

Sean Fennesey's Track Review
Nick Sylvester's Blog Post

Nick Sylvester's post is on his pretty-cool blog on villagevoice.com. Tom Breihan's is even better. Check them out.

What We Gon Do?

Clyde Carson "Hyphy Juice"


I just might fuck with some Cisco tonight. I probably shouldn't though.

Finally!

Cam'ron "Got To Love It"

Thanks to The Smoking Section for the track and link.

The pictures should make more sense if you download the track.

EDIT: 893 of umeancompetitor fame pointed me in the direction of an unedited, full version of the song. Here it is. Thanks!

Cam'ron "Got To Love It (Dirty)"

Call Me The Grape Ape

"Get Dookie Wit It" Mac Dre

Rapping about Mill Valley? The Grape Ape? "Tee Many Martoonis"? Blondie's Pizza?

Who else?

Download the fucking track. Far as I can tell, it's unreleased. Except it's on this shitty mixtape my brother accidentally bought called "Tale of Two Andres" or some shit (Nickatina is the other Andre). It claims to be mostly unreleased material, but it's not. Don't buy that mixtape.

Rock That Shit, Homey!

Rumor has it that The Team was working on signing with G-Unit last week or something. Though I'm sure this is totally false, there's definitely a reason that rumor is believable. You could probably see these guys rolling with G-Unit, right? They're not exactly out there like Mac Dre or Keak Da Sneak. I mean, just imagine the conversation where the three decided to call themselves "The Team".

Still, I'm a fan. I remember the first song of theirs that I heard. I was hella into it, but could never find it. Until today.

The Team "Rock That"

Catchy sample on the hook. None other than Flava Flav. Now, I don't watch much VH1, because I don't like to watch my television masturbate, but that's just me. I hear that Flava Flav has just been making a complete fool of himself on his new show. Just like his old show. I know that Chuck D was disappointed in him for his first show where he was dating that hideous blonde lady. But now, you have to wonder if the former hypeman even knew what Public Enemy was all about. Well, here's the song The Team sampled on "Rock That". It's a good one. If any skaters are out there, remember the Osiris video The Storm? I'm kinda embarrassed to say that I do. This was Chris Dobstaff's song, I think.

Flava Flav "Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya, Man"

Well, enjoy that. I went hella crazy on Kazaa, so I have some more shit lined up in the near future. Plus, I'll be back at school so I'll be around this fucking computer more.

Bay Song of the Year? (other than "Super Hyphy")

Now, I haven't heard many people saying it, but I'll put in my vote for Messy Marv's Bandanas, Tattoos and Tonguerings for the best Bay Area album of the year. I think a lot of people want to say that Jacka's or Mistah F.A.B's were better, but I disagree. Both of those albums are definitely more introspective and intellectual, but I just don't think they play through as well as Bandanas. Unless I'm really missing something, this was a good year for the Bay, but not many good albums. However, I will say that Jacka's "Barney (More Crime)" was probably my favorite song of the year. It came out on the first Dopegame album, but it was rereleased on Jacka's The Jack Artist, so I think we can call it a 2005 song. The sample, the hook, all of it, fucking powerful. Here's some proof the Dips don't have a monopoly on powerful music.

Jacka "Barney (More Crime)"

Now, I first got into the song by watching the video hella times. So, here's a link to Blastro for that shit, too. The song in the second part is called "Feel This Clip". In case you didn't notice, it's hella hard. Hit me up if you want me to post it.

"Barney (More Crime)" Video

Oh yeah, and I have an addition to the YouTube post. I seriously don't know how I missed this one. It's a clip from Unsolved Mysteries about the Romper Room gang's robberies in the Vallejo area. They break down exactly how they operated, and have reenactments and all that. I know there's controversy as to whether Mac Dre was really involved with all that, but this is still interesting.

Romper Room Gang on Unsolved Mysteries