
By now you should know the deal. A heated debate between me and NYC rapper
Malik 16 over the wack production on
Eminem's "No Love" resulted in me throwing down the gauntlet and challenging him to rhyme over some completely unexpected beats. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Malik's now been dropping some fresh rhymes over off the wall production for weeks now as part of his "Shit You Didn't Think Was Dope Until I Did It" campaign and I have to admit, the results have been ill.
The latest additions to the "
Shit You Didn't Think Was Dope" family are "
Blind Eye" and "
I Wanna...Touch Myself", two tracks that demonstrate Malik's topical versatility, all over some completely unexpected 90's beats (of course).
First up we have "
Blind Eye", a track that, according to Malik, offers "My perspective on the frivolity of day to day human interaction, judgment and compassion between one another, asking us to question how we view ourselves against how we actually are, with a bit of self analysis of how involved and charitable I am. From there, I go into my own small question game of if God was one of us."
Almost a complete 180 from "Blind Eye" is the hilarious "
I Wanna....Touch Myself", which brings on his Have-Knotz crew member
Bobby (a.k.a. Rab) &
Komp'L for an ode to Bad British chics like Mel. B/Scary Spice that segues into a SNL-esque pornstar dedication. If I could give a NSFW warning on a track, I'd do it for this one.
Download "Blind Eye" Directly
From Primitive Radio God's "
Standing Outside A Broken Phonebooth With Money In My Hand" and Joan Osbourne's "
One Of Us".
and...
Download "I Wanna...Touch Myself" Directly
From the Spice Girls' "
Wanna Be" and Divinyls' "
Touch Myself".
Play Malik-16 - Blind Eye
Play Malik-16 ft. Bobby & Komp'L - I Wanna...Touch Myself