Peace to J the S. Been seeing the SNZA around at shows and events in Boston recently promoting that Last Days album (available here). All that hometown love gets reciprocated on this remix to his single which originally featured Styles P, “Razor.” Dutch RaBelle, Millyz, Dre Robinson, Phinelia and American Antagonist on the verses.
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We already posted about Will C.’s awesome Beach Boys remix project Adieu or Die last month, but this one deserves another special mention. Forget “Kokomo,” the cheesy shirts and the stomach-churning John Stamos cameos…this is the other side of the Beach Boys–the demented, drug-sex-and-rock-n-roll fueled side that still gets referenced by dudes like Danny Brown. Really can’t say enough good things about this project.
If you haven’t downloaded it yet, you can get it here. For those who have been enjoying so far, check the new trailer (above) featuring the song “Back to Mono” (with DJ 7L on the cuts) and also Will’s appearance on WTBU 89.3′s Midnight Marauders show, where he played special edits of cuts from the album as well as a few cuts from his forthcoming new solo album Eli’s Prism.
On a final note, Will is having a big house party on Friday and if 5 people comment on this post I will p0ast the address.
You can hang out with this guy in person. And maybe me.
After a short hiatus, Boston’s own, Black EL x Durkin, are back with their sophomore release, The Collage EP. Expect to see a lot more material from #ELxD this year. Word.
The Jim Jones show was shut down tonight due to the Jim Jones NEED to instigate a fight cause some one threw a drink onstage. It was the most unprofessional display ive ever seen. In my opinion It was a media stunt to gain publicity cause of his love for drama. Luckily the Middle East security handled the situation and nobody was hurt or arrested. They contained a potential disaster and prevented any further drama from happening. Tonight myself and the Boston Hip Hop scene are in total debt to the Middle East staff.
i swagged this one out for Treez…..his clothes are all Purple for all his haters who say he’s not really down w/ the new school hip-hop era movement….i added the the Wu-Tang tat for official status and my 2yr old son wanted in, so he threw some Blood red on the fitted
this is my “what if DJ Knife was really Faraone” look. Purped out eye bags (found on both Knife and Faraone)…..1 of a kind fitted Phoenix hat (spelt wrong to avoid being sued by either him or the paper he works for)……and of course the real official Faraone-Tang back tattoo he has that i redid w/ crayons.
so his boy has a site called Put That Shit On The List (add .com) in which he “interviewed” him and after reading some of his comments i drew pictures based on his ACTUAL comments…..
Q: How would you like to die?
A: “With a boner.”
that led me to do this DJ On & On inspired piece ….super swag swag swag swag beard complete w/ receding hairline and skin like color on the boner he wishes to die with
Q:The quality you most admire in a man?
A:”The ability to grow a perfect beard.”
this rendition was obvious to me…..it’s our beloved Chris Faraone with Peter “Cactus Pete” Boyd’s beard…..this is my favorite …..sorry this has nothing to do w/ hip-hop but i saw Treez was getting no love w/ his best idea of 2012.
After winning the Stanley Cup left wing Bruin Brad Marchand decided to celebrate all things Wu-Tang and his own growing aliases, by teaming up with The Boston Sports Apparel CO. to design his own line of gear.
He utilizes Boston’s own Akrobatik for a FreEP titled “Enter Tha 63 Chambahs”.
I’ll be honest, the little beard i have has nothing to do w/ the Bruins….
i went to 1 game last year and lost some more of my hearing after the Hat Trick that went down…
i’m not a huge Bruin’s fan (but do like seeing Italian chicks w/ bleach blond hair at the games dressed in black n gold) but i DO like Akro….
so if ya like me then its worth a listen and if ur a real Bruins fan then here’s the link to get all the songs
http://www.sharebeast.com/g54tatjokgrv
P.S. sorry this has nothing to do w/ swag, Lin, cats, the color purple, occupying something, politics, Twitter or Knife
From what I can decipher, Supastar LT, (crickets) a Boston (by way of Dallas) rapper recently released a diss record aimed at Smoke Bulga and Masspike Miles. In turn, Smoke seems to have some dirt on him.
Clinton Sparks has heavily endorsed LT, flying him out to Vegas for shows and puttin him on tracks with Whitney’s ex, Ray J amongst other big name artists.
Fiance’s, lawyers, miscarriages, and the dreaded Snitch label make up the ingredients of this brewing screenplay.
This Nigga supastar lt aka supafraud BLT is A snitch! They say pictures r worth a 1000 words. Now ask a 1000 people was ya words worth this picture?
Pedicure $29.99
Jetblue ticket to Miami $109.99
Karma PRICELESS
Footage comin soon if I get enough likes real lingo!
I wasn’t gonna post this here. By the time I jumped on JTTS, both Trees and Marty had already written about CZARFACE, and I figured that I’d tend only to the Phoenix blog. But then I noticed the low quality of their coverage – a re-printed press release, and some sort of insider spiel from Caballero. Anyhow, while I wrote this post with a less rap-nerdy audience than JTTS in mind, I thought that some younger readers could use the history, and that an older reader (perhaps Eso himself) could point me in the direction of the Elemental column I’m referring to…
There’s no such thing as seriously awesome news in hip-hop anymore. Everything has more or less been done. Twice. If Tupac returned from Hawaii to cut a track with Sam Adams about how much he loves the FCC, I might find it blog-worthy. But if there’s a marathon of some Angie Harmon show or another on TNT, then forget about it. You’ll just have to read about it elsewhere.
Still I jumped at today’s news that Boston’s 7L&Esoteric are collaborating on a joint project, amazingly titled CZARFACE, with Wu-Tang’s Inspectah Deck. The reaction was probably because I consider myself an insider geek in the local scene, and, under most circumstances, would have known about this from the minute that Deck texted Eso to confirm. Rap music is supposed to pack an element of surprise, though – or at least it’s better when there is one. This shit really toppled me. So here I am.
I also appreciate how this isn’t out of nowhere – the result of an amusing studio session, in which a bunch of guys who like smoking blunts smoke a whole bunch of blunts together and decide to collaborate on a box set. There’s an interesting history between Deck and Esoteric, as the latter documented in a legendary Elemental Mag column (which I can’t find, so please shoot it over if you have a scan), and has told several times since. They met recording “Speaking Real Words” on some pay-to-play shit – one of the earliest documented instances of an up-and-coming underground act securing a verse from such a prominent MC. But over time, Deck came to respect the duo for their skill and hustle, and just last year collaborated on the full-circle banger “12th Chamber.”
Lastly, this announcement has me psyched about the possibilities for Wu-Tang soldiers moving forward. We’ve heard Ghostface with Termanology and Action Bronson. Slaine rocked the U-God album. The Think Differently project was fucking fascinating. But the thought of this whole new wilderness is one that I truly hope materializes. In the least it’s enough to get me blogging about hip-hop.
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Even though I’ve known about this for about a year and kept my mouth shut.. you dudes couldn’t even give us boston blog ass no homo brethren the exclusive?
You had to go and announce it press release style, on some “let the world know the truth, you don’t want me to shine” type shit.
Shits fucked up B. (See their mass text message below)
UPDATE: JUST REALIZED THAT EVEN MARTIN CABALLERO BLOGGED THIS NEWS BEFORE TEH GOD.
I HIT PUBLISH AND THEN SAW HIS POAST.
WOW.
A SAD DAY FOR THE STATE OF THE BLOGOSPHERE WHEN MARTIN BESTS ME ON A STORY.
