Sometimes you hear a song and it just sticks to your ribs… it keeps you pressing rewind because it just hits you in a certain kinda way. Or maybe it throws a crazy combo from the beat, to the lyrics, to the flow, to the sample, to the chorus, to the message, to the passion, to the cadence, to…. you get it… when a track can check a ton of boxes it forever will be stained in my mind… I first heard Ab-Soul’s track “Do Better” back in October of 2022… I knew from the first 30 seconds that it would be one of my favorite rap tracks from the 2020’s. It might just be on my favorite rap tracks of all time list though. It is truly a masterpiece.
Read moreEEK-A-MOUSE RADIO
Are you a fan of Eek-A-Mouse? I think he is one of the best artists of all time. What does an artist mean? I don't know... Somebody that creates? Eek has to be one of the most creative musicians of all time. He was rolling out styles that even today are way too spacey... Eek on "Ganja Smuggling" was wild... is wild... will forever be wild... You are an Eek-A-Mouse fan right????
Read more90s West Coast Rap Compilations and and Soundtracks
This is my new playlist all about 90's california rap compilations. Back in the good ole days, artists would come together on independent compilations that brought tons of great people together. I love this sense of community in hip hop and I think compilations and soundtracks were the best way for likeminded hustlers to try to go hit a lick... this is a playlist of songs from some of your favorite artists that you possibly never heard.... do you accept this challenge?
Read moreOn Some Erykah, D'Angelo, Anderson .Paak, and Raphael Saddiq Vibes...
at the end of the day, we all want to be on some nineties d'angelo vibes right? i have a feeling that d'angelo could have been one of the best rappers out at the time... but he was just singing... and make everyyyyybodyyyyyy sing right with him regardless of who was around. if you're not singing brown sugar when that track comes on i don't know if we can even be friends... this is an ode to the tracks that have rap feels but are just a shade more mellow... you know... some erykah badu raphael saadiq type vibes...
Read moreASAP Rocky - Greatest Hits Playlist
a$ap rocky is on my mount rushmore. his album drops are celebrations... he's never trapped in four walls with his styles. he's got riri on his arm and a couple of kids who stay out of the public being raised as normal as possible. he burst onto the scene in 2011 with "peso" and "purple swag" and he hasn't left the public spotlight since. he can spit with the best on tracks like "1train" but then drop "fashion killa" and start new waves that others can't surf.... that's iconic... rakim aka rocky is a goat.
Read moreCOKE RAP PLAYLIST - PURE UNCUT DOPE 4 DA PLAYAZ
what is coke rap? good question… it’s what kids call hip hop nowadays… while old heads go into pandora and type ghost and rae, the young bucks just go right to the supplier with coke rap… you could call it art rap… underground rap… underground hip hop… it’s just this… it’s dope production with emcees to take chances over beats. they can go drumless and still sound dope because their voices are the instruments. let that sink in… this is that coke rap… that dope rap… that fresh shit…
Read moreBEACH VIBES PLAYLIST - summer playlist to keep y'all wavy
Fashawn & Reverie over some Trent production????? Single alert…………………
Summer is here… and with that said, grab that beach towel and sunscreen and let’s get after it. Hit the homies up and make some plans to kick it. Make sure that speaker game is on point at the backyard boogie. Then just let the good music and good vibes flow.
Read moreBEST RAP FLOWS FROM THE 90s
Who got the best rap flow? Who has the best breath control? Best overall cadences? Now mix em all up and who has the best flow? Who has the best breath control? Who is the best emcee? This is for all my rappitty rap cats. Chop it up fam….
Read moreSTEADY MOBBIN SUMMER PLAYLIST
God damn
The bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin'
And when dealin' with Da Lench Mob you gots to know steady mobbin' is not just the name of this jam
But a way of life
Bound together by motherfuckers that's known to break em' off something
Give it to me
KENDRICK COLE DRAKE - BEEF?
What is rap beef in 2024? To me it’s non-existent in the way that us kids in the 90’s know it. But as somebody who stays up on rap, hip hop beef in 2024 means you better step your bars up. And you better have a content creation team that will support your every move. Kendrick, Cole, and Drake have all of this. They’re ready to flex. They’re ready to rap. Grab your popcorn….
Read moreBUDGIE BEATS
Not sure if there’s a producer that brings a better vibe to a track than Budgie. He’s worked with Kanye and Drake but hangs in the under with cats like Earl Sweatshirt, Evidence, Jay Worthy, Navy Blue, and more. While the features are nice, those beats man….. Budgee is that guy on the boards.
Read more2024 RAP IS OFF TO A GREAT START
2024 is off to a great start in rap and hip hop. Are you keeping up with everything? If not, let me get you caught up to speed with a handful of videos, live performances, and a playlist to bump.
Read moreI MISS THE OLD KANYE
Damn… This year marks the 20th anniversary of Kanye West’s debut album, College Dropout. Has it really been that long? It seems like yesterday we became more open minded to pink polos and rockin’ backpacks outside of school hours. Kanye is obviously a very polarizing figure and feel however you want to feel about him, he has some classics under his belt. College Dropout being one of them. So to pay homage to Ye, I wanted to go back in time to the early 2000’s and paint a picture to the lead up to his debut release while highlighting some of the unreleased tracks from that era that you might not have heard.
Read moreDETROIT HIP HOP PLAYLIST
Image courtesy of Apollo Brown’s album cover of, Sincerely, Detroit
When you think of the best rap cities, what do you think of? New York and Los Angeles right off the bat but then you have Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Memphis, and Chicago? Does Detroit come right to mind when we talk hip hop cities? It probably doesn’t but it should. Starting with Eminem blowing up in the late 90’s all the way to Boldy James’ run right now we got a long list of dope rappers and producers out of Detroit and Michigan. Let’s take a look at who has had the biggest impact in the scene since the late 90’s.
Read moreI CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY RADIO
Last week marked the 50th anniversary of hip hop and unless you live under a rock, you’ve been hit with content from every angle about the big day. For me, it’s been cool to see the genre of rap and hip hop being recognized and embraced globally. Hip Hop is the most popular music genre in the world now but it wasn’t always so widely accepted.
Read moreTEXAS RAP PLAYLIST
Take a look back at the Texas Rap movement out of the late 90’s and 00’s and you’ll be amazed at the talent down south. Who doesn’t know a UGK at this point in time? I feel like every girl has a little Pimp C verse in her right? Lil Troy anybody? “Wanna Be A Baller” was just one of those smashes that shook up any house party back then. Mike Jones and Paul Wall though? Slim Thugga? DJ Screw? The Geto Boys? Chamillionaire? The list is longgggggggggg. Are you up on the Texas Rap movement though?
Read more90's UNDERGROUND HIP HOP
Company Flow in the late 90’s
The late 90’s in San Diego saw hip hop and skate and it was a beautiful thing to see. Going to rap shows back then was a straight up vibe with the baggy clothes all of us were wearing, the breakdancing in the club, the ciphers outside, and the beedie and herb smoke permeating the air as DJ’s played nothing but fire 90’s underground hip hop. Here’s a Spotify playlists and a few tracks for you to take you back to the good ole days….
Read moreALTERNATIVE HIP HOP PLAYLIST
Most of the hip hop I listen to wouldn’t hit your ear drums like it hits mine. I don’t like a lot of the mainstream hits bubbling on social media channels. I stay listening to music which can’t be fit into a box. I like rappers who take chances and producers who aren’t afraid to step outside the lines on their beats. Rap has so many different genres now that it’s hard to keep up with what’s dope unless you got your ears to the ground. Well I do… I stay looking for that next shit and this is my playlist to bring you in on what I’m bumpin over here. This is ALTERNATIVE HIP HOP for y’all.
Read moreDRUM BREAKS PLAYLIST
This is for all of the Spotify listeners out there who enjoy some heavy drums. This playlist isn’t limited to a specific genre either. It just hones in on drummers who dumb out in the studio, live and in concert, or right on your steering wheel when driving around town. Even the air drummers are welcome. Watch some videos. Listen to some music. Learn something new and find a community of music dorks just like you.
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