start the day off Right w/Vast Aire

I don't know about you, but I loves me some Vast Aire... Here's some cuts off his upcoming album Ox 2010: A Street Odyssey...


Yeah the album is called Ox 2010, even though it's 2011 now, but

1. There is significance to the album's title (which Vast touches on in the EXCELLENT interview he did on part 2 of last week's Conspiracy Worldwide Radio podcast)
2. The album should have dropped last year, but "It wasn't finished. Would you serve someone a meal that wasn't fully cooked
3. It's Vast's album... he can call it whatever he wants.

So anyways, I love Vast's attitude... In the interview, he laments on the way people keep dredging up his past, reminding cats how old these stories are to him. He's an example of an underground star who is significant enough to have fans (and haters) following him around since his Def Jux days, but close enough to the fans (and haters) that he hears every word they say...

"You have to compare everything I do to el-p? Go sit in his lap and tell him how much you love him (smh)... el-p hasnt made any bangers since 2001 grow the fuck up, but I love how I can count on you to listen to all my music just to compare it to a record I did 10 years ago? Thanks for giving me your time" -Vast Aire (actual comment on YouTube)
He's speaking of turn of the century banger The Cold Vein the seismic record he and partner Vordul Mega (known collectively as Cannibal Ox) did with el-p. His fan/haters fixation is understandable. That WAS a dope record... but I think it probably drew a bunch of nontraditional hip hop fans that don't like "ordinary"  hip hop. Vast is versatile and works with lots of different cats (a big part of his appeal), but I think some fans just want him to do what THEY want him to do.
anyways, have a great day!

holla!

samax.

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Canibus, Luther Campbell, Vast Aire, Elzhi & more #conspiracyRadio #interview #hipHop

This episode of Conspiracy Worldwide Radio is an instant classic! Canibus comes on to talk about his beef with Slaughterhouse, Luke talks about his Mayoral Campaign (yeah, I know...) and Detroit spitter and Slum Villager Elzhi speaks on his new album and European tour. Did I mention Vast Aire dropped in too? Rated J for Jeauh!
part one:

Luke for Mayor? yup. Here's part two

holla!

samax.

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Start the Day off Right w/Vast Aire

Vast Aire (the not-so-gentle-but-very-giant half of new york rap duo Canibal Ox) is one of those emcees that I find myself defending a lot. People say, "Vast is no good without El-P" the label boss who did the beats on CanOx's debut smash The Cold Vein... and all I can do is shrug my shoulders and put my headphones back on. I just don't agree with that! One of the best compliments I can give a movie is that it makes me want to go home and draw, and when Vast grabs the mic, I get that same sensation. It's like, Vast is not a storyteller type rapper, but when he rhymes, I see pictures in my head...

I think most people just attribute it to the cinematic quality of El-P's production. The production on Real Earth (above) and Scream Phoenix definitely open the mind's eyelids. But I can assure you, I wouldn't have given a second listen to either if not for the mighty Vast Aire. So for this post I will only post one joint from The Cold Vein, the aforementioned Real Earth, which I erroneously called Aire in Space for years, so I never could find it on YouTube.

This one's called Handle That, and was on Vordul Mega's solo album The Revolution of Yung Havoks. For the record, Vordul's the not-Vast half of Can Ox, and a pretty undervalued rapper himself,  But this post's about Vast. I went crazy when Vast said "Who you know who can hover over ground Zero, without Namor's feet, son? Gotta be the Aire Force One" cuz I'm a dork like that...

had to include Supafriendz, even though you might miss Vast's dopeness getting overshadowed by mothereffin' MF DOOM, but I promise, it's in there...

-samax.

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