Oh no

The track below is off new Oh No release, but I have just got around to listening to the ohnomite album from last year. I hadn't bothered with it after my disappointment with gangrene, but it's really good! Absolutely one for the 'slept on' list.

Edit - I love this beat off the album:

Oh No feat. Blu & MED - Jones's

CZARFACE

7L, Eso & Inspectah Deck project



ft Bronson



ft Oh No

RZA explains some lyrics that mostly don't need explaining.

Dirty Dike - Ten Dike Commandments (HF TV SPECIAL)

i fucking love contact play... they're the best thing out of the UK in time, and my mate is there dj!

brap

RappertagUK 23 Stig Of the Dump

So, rappertag 23 hit the airwaves a little while ago - this one is dope, especially for the fugees beat!

@MysDiggi - UK Rap Up 2012 prod. @BlackEinstein (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Not sure if any of you saw this.... i love a good old fashioned rap up!

New tune

Sup people,

I gone made another song. Actually, I made it a while ago but hadn't uploaded it for some reason.

What do you think? Feedback is 'preciated.

Demigodz - Demigodz Is Back - KILLmatic *OFFICIAL VIDEO*

I've still got time for these idiots.. Here they are rapping over the Rocky music

Kendrick Lamar - The Recipe ft. Dr. Dre

Jody - I got the Kendrick Lamar album a little while ago to check him out but I've really not listened to it much. IT seems OK, but nothing really wow. This song is nice, I guess.

Murz and 9th

They have done 5 albums?! Well, they have retired as a duo, here is another banger from thier final outing.

Action Bronson High School Yearbook photo

Joey Bada$$ - Unorthodox (Prod. by DJ Premier)

Nice one Jody. Will check those out properly shortly, and possibly respond to questions/comments. For now, here's Joey and Premo.

Jakk Frost Beard Gang initiation ft Malik B Nima AB

Man, I love this! Plus we can all join this gang! Well, maybe not James.

I think the picture is freeway for some reason (I guess he has a beard)

Buckshot and 9th Wonderfultunes - Shorty Left

No end of year list for me as I'm just discovering and catching up with the stuff I've slept on, I've posted 4 officially slept on by me tunes below. I will make the list soon. Here's the first



I've heard lots of good things about Rick Ross's album this year (God forgives, I don't) that has made him a lot of new fans, also Who is this Kendrick Jamal fella?
James, Loved that Breakfast club tune, it's tremendous!

Nas - Life Is Good

Well, this passed me by, or I ignored it, no longer excited by Nas albums. I noticed on almost every best of list this year. Every review said the same thing, can we stop holding everything Nas has done up to Illmatic and accept that the man can make some damn fine albums. I've heard this once and it seems very good. I've posted this tune, it's far from the best, but lyrically astounding and shows a Nas that, I think, is as comfortable with his persona as he has been since his early days, rapping eloquently and seemingly effortlessly about his own truth. Some good beats on this album too.

Apollo Brown + OC - Prove Me Wrong

Preemo + Bumpy Knuckles - B.A.P

Deltron 3030

2012

I just made this just now...

Having a think about best of 2012.  No surprises in naming Bronson and Sean Price (I've listened to that album shitloads; I'm not just saying this for the sake of it James). As JR said, Statik has had a good year.

Although, checking it seems Well Done came out end of 2011, and not early 2012 as I thought. Anyway - it's telling that of the albums he did with him and Alchemist I actually prefer Well Done to Rare Chandeliers - because Chandeliers is still great and Alchemist is great too, except when he's doing that Gangrene rubbish.

Gangrene - consistently disappointing output from two producers I really like individually. I have listened to Oh No's instrumental albums quite a lot this year.

I have listened to that Ghostfunk mixtape shitloads this year - I still love that even though I totally rinsed it.

The cd I bought from that Finnish band I saw at the jazz festival is awesome - probably my other most listened to album. They're not anywhere online though, otherwise I would link to them. Other good jazz I discovered this year includes Okay Temiz - really good Turkish jazz I found when I went over to Istanbul. He is old and pretty famous so his stuff is out there online. Oh, and that Rahsaan Roland Kirk, but I have put a track of his up here a few months ago.

Fuck. It's really hard to identify stuff that came out this year. I have listened to a lot of Prodigy and Mobb Deep this year - of that which was new was that HNIC3 mixtape. This was over-long and patchy but had some great tracks on it. (including, actually, a Gangrene track with Prodigy on it, that was one of the few decent tracks on the Gangrene album)

The new Santigold album is quite good, but for some reason I haven't listened to it loads. I played a fair bit when I first got it and kinda forgot about it. I need to rectify that.

Oh fuck!! Forgot about this for this year.. haven't listened to it yet even:

Best of 2012 according to me

Well where has this year gone I remember doing this recently for last year. Well I'm going to bring you my best of Hip Hop, best mixes and best non hip-hop. 10 of each. I will add my most heard this year when I ponder on it. This will consist of stuff I can't stop playing or only just discovered this year. The list is endless. If you don't agree with my list I don't care and ak I'm happy to say no Sean P. This is in no order except I've * the ones I like the most. Peace and I hope 2013 is better for all, there's some depressing music on this list..

Hip-Hop

Action Bronson - Blue Chips *
Criolo - No Na Chelha *
Dj Format - Statement of Intent
Dr Dre - Detox
El-P - Cure for Cancer
Joey Bada$$ - 1999 (kinda a mix tape)
Julian Malone - Enemy: The Time and loves of Malone
Killer Mike - Rap Music *
Purpose & Confidence - The Purpose of Confidence
Strong Arm Steady - Stereotype
Statik Slektah & Termanology - 1982

Non Hip-Hop

Bonobo - Black sand (Remixed)
Chromatics - Kill For Love *
Four Tet - Pink
Grimes - Visions
Supreme Cuts - Whispers In the Dark
Lianne La Havas - Is your Love Big Enough
Tame Impala - Lonnerism *
Two Inch Punch - Saturn: The Slow Jams EP *
Jacquees Greene - Concealer
Lee Fields - Faithful Man

Mixes

Alice Ant - Ramp Christmas
Benetah - The Daily Street 29
DJ Cam - Bonafide Beat 32
Joy Orbison - RA 331
Two Inch Punch - Daily Street 27 *
Flying Lotus - Lovers Melt 3 *
Motor City Drum Ensemble - Triphouse Rotterdam Podcast 007 *
Midland's - Dimensions Mix
Allen Farben - Luminous Green
Pro Era - Peep: The Aprocalypse

Paulett + Tanya Winley- Rhymin and Rappin

Blowfly - Blowfly's Rapp

awesome!



Courtesy of preemo's 70's and 80's (mixcloud) show i'm gonna be taking it back for my next few posts;

BRKF$T CLUB - The Fellowship

Julian Malone

JR I'll have my best of 2012 up shortly.

Best of 2012

Okay, a little late but Christbut is a busy period, so it's time for a little reflection. Best of 2012? song, video mixtape, rapper, producer and album. Also, any standout stuff. I usually use  hiphop site, but they have fallen off and don't do the lists anymore. It was them that originally had me DL a clipse album. I did read the review for the wu-block album;
http://www.hiphopsite.com/2013/01/03/wu-block-wu-block-12-review/
Haven't heard it myself yet.

Also Chi Ali is out the pen!


Happy new year.

Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era's Peep the Aprocalypse Mixtape

http://proera.tumblr.com/post/38495551842