Jesus wept, this is my joint... I think I have played this for at least an hour straight before sitting down to write this. This particular song is produced by DJ Priority, and it's transcendantly good! This took me back to Yo! MTV Raps! People complain about hip hop so much, but they really just need to turn of the corporate controlled radio and video channels and put their ear to the effing streets!
In this video, the artist talks about how she raised the bread to press the record and geeks out opening the first box of ceedees. You think some drug dealer on BET cares this much about getting their music out? Yeah, me neither... I don't complain that much about wack stuff as long as the underground keeps hooking me up with that fire. Click here to support street-level hip hop by copping the album Thought Kryminal on the artist's website!
MoNey Stax and The Rapture, known collectively as Conscience Operations (or The Co-Op for those who don't like the big words) are here with the video for their new single, Rap Money...
I first became aware of Stax as half of the mighty female rap duo Vicious Cycle (along side the incomparable Neeky Devero), and met her husband (known in hip hop circles as The Rapture) at a friend's birthday party before I knew he could rhyme. Both of them have the chops when it comes to rhyming and getting their proverbial grind on to turn raps to riches, and they're flexing a bit of both in this video. This song is a brief autobio of their marriage, which is grounded in their love for hip hop. But you'll only know that if you listen to the words, cause this doesn't sound like no love song! These two are all about the bangers, and the beats and rhymes of Rap Money are committed to a producing a screw-faced head nod, while the content just might warm your heart if you let it! Brilliant... Anyways, Rap Money will be on The Co-Op's self-titled EP which is due to drop in September 2011, but you can download the track free right now, 'cause I guess they're feeling generous.
Get ready to rock to the sounds of Conscious Operations, the husband-and-wife duo of The Rapture and Money Stax, who blessed my inbox with their brand new joint, Rap Money.
I don't know what brought these two down to Dallas from New Jersey, but they are a fixture in the hip hop scene here: Stax is currently charbroiling emcees as the not- Neeky- Devero half of the mighty Vicious Cycle (peep VeeCee's video You People and catch a listen at their dope ass debut album The Vagina Chronologue here), and The Rapture has a new EP out with M Slago, Word Life and Dow Jonez (another favorite here in Dallas) called RAMPAGE, as well as his solo record The Point. Rap Money will be on The Co-Op's self-titled EP which they are putting together as we speak, but you can download the track free right now, 'cause I guess they're feeling generous.
The ladies of Vicious Cycle sent shockwaves through the hip hop underground with the release of the single/ video You People off their instant classic album The Vagina Chronologue, and they look poised to do it again with this new track Goosebumps, from the upcoming EP Volume Control which is dropping soon...
The dynamic rap duo of Neeky Devero and Money Stax return with another banger. At 2:19 long, this joint busts in, roughs you up and leaves before you know what happened. I'll definitely let you know when EP Volume Control drops so you can get some more... Until then, definitely click here to peep The Vagina Chronologue (and my review) if you missed it!
"Leave the stories behind like Bre'er Rabbit BS takin' me out, I can't have it..." -Venemous 2000
yup. This is the first single off of the Fresh Amazingly album available now on Itunes. Props to my dude DJ Priority for sliding this to me. Hot stuff for sure, this is that good time hip hop that happens at open mics in true-school coffee shops that bump lots of Quest and have breakdancing and spoken word nights. After you cop Fresh Amazingly, make sure you take a minute to click here for more youTubery from Venomous2000.
good morning, fam! Here's some of the new fire from the mighty Reggie Noble, better known as the most consistent rapper alive...
Redman's new album Reggie dropped yesterday. Click here to cop it on Amazon, or get it at your local record store, if you can find one. Have a nice day!
I laugh a little bit when people say there are no good female emcees... In the Dallas area, you can't take more than a few steps without tripping over a female emcee. But I hang out at underground rap shows... it's pretty much all rappers... Here's the ladies who combine to form Vicious Cycle with the video for You People, off their banging LP The Vagina Chronologue.
I've been a fan of Neeky Devero for a minute. She has the kinda loudmouthed style that will make you turn your head when she comes on stage, and she's nice lyrically, too. When I saw a link on Twitter with her name on it, peeping it was a no-brainer... As you can see (if you watched the video) Neeky is joined by another chick who is mad nice in her own right in Money Stax, whose wordy delivery is a perfect compliment to Neeky's buckshot vocals.
The fun beat selection and humorous spirit of the hooks balance well with the defiant and aggressive content of The Vagina Chronologue, an album made by women who clearly take offense to the stereotypes and low expectations the popular hip hop world projects onto the careers of "girl rappers"... there's no apology for being rugged lyrically, or concern for the fans that dope rapping may alienate. No pandering to the radio. No shortage of profanity. And a punch in the mouth for you if you got a problem with it. Imagine Lauryn Hill and Rah Digga making an album together produced by someone like Showbiz or Diamond D. That's about right, I think. But feel free to listen yourself, and make up your own mind. If you dig it, click here to cop the album on Bandcamp. Maybe if enough people do, I won't have to convince people there are dope female emcees so often.
Good morning! thought I'd start the day w/ some brain food...
This is my joint A Genocide by Wise Intelligent of the venerable rap crew Poor Righteous Teachers. This joint is off Wise's solo record The Talented Timothy Taylor that came out in 2006. When I first started blogging I wrote this one up a couple times, and now you can get in on my reminiscing...
dropped yesterday. 
that came out in 2006. When I first started blogging I wrote this one up a couple times, and now you can get in on my reminiscing...