As I just got done explaining over on the mothership, ¡MAYDAY!'s new "Take Me To Your Leader" is really good, like really fucking good. And because the Miami crew apparently doesn't sleep, they quickly followed the album release with one of the doper actual remixes you're going to hear. Listen and download...
Believe me, I like making fun of Ray J as much as the next man, maybe more, but in the end I do this because I love music, and I especially love music that means something. That's why I've been playing the hell out of Nneka's "God Knows Why", featuring a blistering guest verse from Roots frontman Black Thought. God this makes me want to throw a Molotov cocktail at the precinct. Listen and download...
I don't even really know what else to say. Everything I've heard from Thurz, formerly of U-N-I, and his upcoming "L.A. Riot" album has been doper than a package of raw Malaysian white tiger. (It's actually too much dopeness to list, click here if you need to catch the fuck up.) And it sounds like he might have just saved the best for last. "Riot" featuring Black Thought. Boom. Listen.
I never thought I'd use the word "lovely" to describe any song with two rappers on it, but that's exactly what Nikki Jean's "Million Star Motel" featuring Lupe Fiasco and Black Thought is. If the name Nikki Jean sounds somewhat familiar then that means you probably heard her on Lupe Fiasco's "Hip-Hop Saved My Life." Listen and download...
You'd think that a supergroup lead legendary Roots frontman Black Thought, along with past Roots members and frequent collaborators STS, Dice Raw, Truck North and P.O.R.N. would have gotten more attention, but oddly I feel like their Money Making Jam Boys debut mixtape, "The Prestige: Jam Boy Magic" didn't truly get the buzz it deserved. Well no longer. Listen and download...
Regular readers know that I'd post a recording of Ghostface Killah ordering Chinese takeout - seriously, I've got money that says that'd be ridiculously entertaining - so when Ghost goes in on a song with The Roots' frontman Black Thought? I'm on it like white on rice. Ladies and gentlemen, "In Tha Park". Listen and download....
Long story short, mixtape assassin J. Period did a recent show with The Roots' frontman Black Thought in Toronto, during which Period threw every beat he could think of at Black, including beats from Foxy Brown, Damian Marley, dead prez, Jay-Z, Snoop, Biggie, Drake, and more, and the world's best live emcee handled them all with ease. In fact, the results were so dope Period, Black Thought and OkayPlayer packaged it all up into a live "Illadelph Edition" mixtape. Listen and download...
Any day with new music from John Legend and The Roots is a good day, even if they're making music about depressing ass topic, so today is a very good day. Like I didn't even have to use my AK good, because we got not one, but two new supremely quality joints from Legend and the Roots crews' collab project (see previous efforts "Our Generation" and "Wake Up Everybody"). Listen and download...
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