Notorious B.I.G. - Party And Battlecry Bullshit (Nujabes Samurai Champloo Mashup)

I just finished this a few minutes ago.  It took forever to get everything just right, but it turned out pretty damn badass.  I mixed Biggie’s Party And Bullshit with the instrumental from Nujabes’s classic song Battlecry…also known as Samurai Champloo’s opening theme song.

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Apollo Brown & O.C. - Prove Me Wrong

I have tons of respect for pretty much every project Apollo Brown has ever done.  His beats are simply phenomenal.  The instrumental for this song is mesmerizingly beautiful, and is one of my favorite Apollo Brown works.  O.C. lays down some steady flow with exceptionally well put together lyrics that really make you think.  Around this time last year Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown released an outstanding collab album called Daily Bread, and I deemed it one of the best hip-hop albums of 2011.  It was easily in my top 10 for 2011. 

This is my song from Apollo Brown’s new collab album Trophies, which is also an extremely solid album, but it suffers from the same problem that held back Daily Bread from being a true classic…variety.  Each song has a unique beat, but each beat is approximately the same tempo, and the accompanying flow’s delivery is very straight forward and doesn’t stray far from a constant rhythem.  I feel Trophies suffers from this even more than Daily Bread, but I still deem this album very enjoyable and an overall 8.4 out of 10.  O.C.’s intelligent lyrical content makes up for the mundane flow, and prevents the album from being just another average 2012 release.

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My Song Rating: 9.2 out of 10

Ludacris - Runaway Love Is Finally Moving (Pretty Lights Mashup)

I finished this about 10 minutes ago.  I mixed “Runaway Love” by Ludacris and “Finally Moving” by Pretty Lights. I’m extremely happy with how this turned out.

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Beastie Boys - Too Many Rappers (ft. Nas)

MCA died two days ago, which really hit me hard.  Much harder than what I’m used to.  Whenever a hip-hop artist that I really like dies, I just think “Oh shit…I’ll never hear any more new music by them…EVER”.  But MCA’s death was different.  I wasn’t really expecting any more new music from the group, nor did I really have much of a vested interest in their future music plans.  I have every Beastie Boys album, and I really enjoy their music, but they’re far from my favorite hip-hop group.

Then why did MCA’s death make me so much more upset than most rapper’s deaths?  It’s because in my mind his passing represented the death of a truly key part of hip-hop history…the physical end to the group Beastie Boys, whom had more influence on hip-hop than just about any other group in history.  I have a much more profound appreciation for what they’ve done for hip-hop than their actual music.  Back in the 80’s, they invented an energetic style of hip-hop that was way ahead of it’s time, with classics such as Rhymin & Stealin.

This is my favorite song off of their 2011 album Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.

Rest in Beats MCA.

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My Song Rating: 9.0 out of 10

Kanye West - Everything I Am

Barack Obama summed up Kanye pretty damn well when he recently said “Kanye is a jackass, but he’s talented”.  Regardless of how you feel about Kanye, he’s one of the most talented hip-hop artists ever.  I’m not saying I’m a die hard Kanye fan, but I have a very strong appreciation for a lot of the music he makes.  I believe his best album is Graduation. Every song on it has a distinguished sound, and this provides an amazing variety you rarely see in an album.  Not to mention a bunch of the songs on it are easily some of Kanye’s best overall works. This is my favorite song off of Graduation, and one of my all time favorite Kanye West songs.  It’s a truly beautiful piece of audio art, and a classic in my book.

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My Song Rating: 10 out of 10