The Best And the Whitest (Pt. 1)

Eminem's not doing it for me anymore, and I've had to do some searching for causcasion representation in Hip-hop. As a general rule, white people shouldn't rap, but here's my list of the best and the whitest out there anyway.

Madchild

One half of duo Swollen Members, Madchild, along with counterpart Prevail, has become one of the best-selling artists of his native Canada. That may 

not sound particularly cool, but I assure you, this dude can rap. Counter-intuitive though it may sound, these guys are some gangster Canadians.

Pressure - Swollen Members

Slug

Though not technically a hundred percent white, any list without slug would be incomplete. He, along with producer Ant make up the renowned independent group Atmosphere. His lyrics are clever, and he's got some nice flow for a (partially) white dude.

Yesterday - Atmosphere

Full Moon

Armand van Helden feat. Common

pretty good, kick-back beat. Cool video. Common naturally tears up the track.

Turns out this came out 2 years ago but whatever

Download

Mashup Mondays: Triple Threat

This week I have 3 mashup albums: Adrian Champion's relatively new Stars and Stripes featuring The White Stripes, and oldies but goodies - Viva La Hova featuring Jay-Z and Coldplay, and A Rhyming Ape featuring Lupe Fiasco and Gorillaz.

Stars and Stripes  -  Some posers posted this last week drooling over it as though it was the soundtrack to the second coming but honestly it isnt all that. This being said there are still some pretty good tracks that make this album worth checking out.

Ante Up Every Way - Featuring M.O.P.

Stars Stripes - Featuring Adrian Champion and Brian Jacobs

Tha Countdown Blues - Featuring Red Man

Viva La Hova - Terry Urban came out with this album this winter. The Jay-Z Coldplay mix works well for the most part, much like MTV's Collision Course that put his rhymes to Linkin Park, but there are one or two beats that just dont sound good at all. Never the less, this buried treasure is now availiable again for anyone who missed it. (What if we cry?, X-Y-Z, and Lost Part 1 are 3 of my favs)

A Rhyming Ape - Lupe Fiasco + Gorillaz= gold. Short but sweet, the three-year-old A Rhyming Ape is a great album from head to toe. Preview

WU-TANG IS FOR THE CHILDREN

Raise your Iron Flags.

Mr. Hudson Follow Up

Hudson Mix

As a quick follow up to PT's post, here's a 5 minute preview of  hudson's upcoming Album "Straight No Chaser". I'm still not sure how I feel about this guy.

Let Me Be Your Supernova

New music from the silver fox, Mr. Hudson. More Kanye on autotune. You make youre own judgement.

Personally I like this song the more I listen to it. And Kanye is welcome to support and showboat his newly discovered talent(Mr. Hudson) as long as he actually sounds decent doing it.

"Supernova" - Mr. Hudson feat. Kanye

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N.A.S.A.

N.A.S.A. (North America South America) is a collaboration between American DJ Squeak E. Clean, and Brazillian DJ Zegon. They got together everyone from E-40 to Tom Waits, and threw them all together on one album. The result sounds a little bit like someone recorded a mashup in the studio. The clash of musical styles gets to be too much on some tracks, but overall I think they pulled it off. The album is called The Spirit of Apollo. Give it a listen.

"Gifted" - Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li

You've Probably heard this one. Some of Kanye's best.

"Spacious Thoughts" - Kool Keith, Tom Waits

Waits on a hip hop track, while completely unexpected, works surprisingly well.

The Mayor - The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, Scarface, & DJ AM

Good shit from everybody, but I wish they'd let DJ AM scratch a little bit more. 

Whachadoin? - Spank Rock, M.I.A, Nick Zinner, Santogold

I have no idea who the fuck Nick Zinner is, and I'm not a big fan of M.I.A. Otherwise a pretty high quality song with an interesting beat. 

Not Bad...

But kinda gay. Asher Roth and his college cohorts have a nice little jam sesh over BEP's "Boom Boom Pow".

Mashup Mondays

Still Fly Like a Dragon (Big Tymers vs yeah yeah yeahs)  by  PTKilla

Got some more quality mashups this week. Big Tymers vs. the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (i didnt make this), Bloody Beetroots vs. Lil Wayne, Radiohead vs. Eve, and Ghostface vs. Spoon.

We Are From Venice (Lil-Weezy-Ana) - ignore the static at the beginning, its part of the beat

Tambourine Reckoning - i really like this one (1:55)

The Ghostface of You Still Lingers - weird but good

Passion Pit Comes to DC

Recently I've been helplessly hooked on Passion Pit, so when I heard that they were coming to DC I almost fell off my dinosaur. But yeah, they are coming to the Black Cat in DC on June 9th.

...And yeah, that is the day we get out of school..

more info-->

Heres a song from their album Manners

Moth's Wings - it gets good

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We Own The Sky

M83 - We Own the Sky from Mute Records on Vimeo.

Educate yourself about M83. Great electronica group from France with a unique shoegazing touch. Imagine flying over a colorfully lit Tokyo cityscape at 2 in the morning... yeah.

Gone Fishing

Easily one of the best mixtapes of the year. Trademark Cool Kids steez with Don Cannon drops and samples. Get the whole thing for free below:

http://www.zshare.net/download/597235278c9eb5ae/

I'd nail that midget

Light Show

Yar found this video of a electronica concert. This gets really trippy.

Mashup Mondays: E-603

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This week I got a really good mashup album by this guy named E-603. Even though this guy looks like he belongs at Hogwarts his beats are actually sick and Girl Talk-esque. You can download the entire album here.

other stuff:

Lil Wayne vs Buffalo Springfeild

Thinking of What it's Worth

Daft Punk vs. Ghostface Killa

Daft Ghost 500

Justice vs. Kevin Rudolf

Just Let Us Rock

Murs - The Science

Directed by Erick Peyton and Chris Conine.

Interesting Story.

Pow

Rap Saviors - K-Sparks & Angelous (Z-share)

- Great rap song with a Jay-Z sample on it.  Upbeat electronic beat to it.

 

Balla - Flo-Rida, Billy Blue, Brisco (Z-share)

- Also very upbeat.  Feel good rap.

Hot Like Sauce - Pretty Lights (Z-share) 

- Epic.

Come Get With It

http://www.zshare.net/download/59382044a484dbc5/

A nice easy track from Basic Vocab, "Come Get With It" takes it's cues from the likes of Common and A Tribe Called Quest. You might have heard it on Entourage a while back.

THROW YOUR W'S UP.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II coming this summer.

Bonus: "Resolution"
http://www.limelinx.com/files/ca04a7f6ad190561ccc0895e1b6f275b

Mashup Mondays: DJ Earworm

To start things off i found a pretty chill mashup by DJ Earworm of Billboard's Top 25 songs of '08 played over Viva La Vida. You can Right Click to download it here

Heres another one of Earworm's mixes:

Reckoner Lockdown - Kanye West vs Radiohead

Awesome mix courtesy of Robin*****

Touch (Jumpin mix) - Busta Rhymes vs. Kriss Cross vs. House of Pain

 

Lastly Lil Wayne's Comfortable vs Royksopp's Happy Up Here

Comfortable Up Here - Lil Wayne vs. Royksopp

Some Newish & Not So New Stuff

Glock Nines (Ratatat Remix) - Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel -- ZShare

- Simple but good remix by Ratatat.

The Reeling - Passion Pit -- Zshare

- First single off Passion Pit's (the guys who did Sleepyhead) new album.  Its not that new but very good.  There is something about the lead singer's voice that is very unique, which adds to the allure of the band.  Also check out the music video here.  its really weird but cool.

Hot Love Drama - MGMT -- Zshare

- New MGMT.  It's a little different, but I still like it.

Little Secret (nouveau)  - Passion Pit  -- Drop.io (Download)

-So Passion Pit is having a remix contest and this is the single they released for it. More info on the contest here. Listeners will vote on the best version and the winner will be picked on May 15th. Track is pretty good on its own but I cant wait to see what people come up with. 

 

Keepin it Weird

Heres some Santogold and Lykke Li to wrap up your weekend. "Shove It (Grandtheft Remix)" Santogold featuring Spank Rock, as well as "I'm Good, I'm Gone" by Lykke Li. enjoy

Shove It (Grandtheft Remix)

Im Good, Im Gone

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Magic Man

New Kanye featuring John Legend, Common, and Mailk Yusef. The verses are incredible (except Mailk's even though its still awkwardly good) and i like the ending

Magic Man - Download

DC Chillin

Our very own Wale has announced his first album, Attention Deficit, will drop this summer. The first single "Chillin" features a catchy sample, as well as Lady Gaga doing her best MIA impression.

Here are a few other tracks from the DC native:

Penthouse Anthem

Because every good rapper needs a song about strippers

The Crazy

A track from last year's "Mixtape About Nothing". Interesting background.

Nike Boots ft. Lil Wayne

Obligatory track with Wayne.

Waledance

Track sampling D.A.N.C.E. by Justice

Re-Rebirth?

After receiving a polarized response to rock-oriented tracks such as "Prom Queen" and "Hot Revolver" (I'm a fan), Weezy switches up the game plan for Rebirth. With these new tracks, Wayne exhibits what he does best, RAPPING over guitar-laden, Beastie Boys-esque beats. Here's a couple of cuts currently making the Internet rounds:

"Spit" ft. Kevin Rudolph (3rd Official Single) -
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5909235649d47020/

"Fix My Hat" -
http://www.zshare.net/audio/590924607a7357ef/

"I'm Not Human" -
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5909250986d233b9/