Oh hi! My name is Thomas and I run a blog about mostly Bay Area rap by the name of 100 Grand on My Wrist, Yeah Life Sucks. Sergeant D hates on the Bay Area pretty hard due to gross hipsters living here, but it is actually a decent place and if you just live in a nice neighborhood or one without too many white people then you won’t have to experience any ironic facial hair or struggling artists that create “musical soundscapes” or whatever.
Anyways, today I am here to share some new rap music with you, because it’s time to let the Jerkin music go and move on to something new, better, and different:
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Husalah & B-Luv ft. Roach Gigz “Reppin 4 Da Cuddie”
This song is dedicated to the late Mac Dre, who was murdered in 2004, but unlike most rap songs dedicated to a dead homie, you could definitely do ecstasy to this track and dance the night away until you suffer from severe dehydration. Mac Dre was a great rapper, but for some reason he has attracted the most shitty of people to his music. Like if you ever meet a guy from El Cerrito who has a meth problem and wears wifebeaters to display his tribal tattoo and wears wrap around Oakley sunglasses, then chances are he is a huge Mac Dre fan. This song goes hard though and is strong evidence that the hyphy movement of the mid-2000′s still lingers on in the Bay Area.
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Ampichino “Getting Over You”
Here is a little something to balance out the hyper energy of the last track; an introspective gangster rap song. Ampichino is a rapper from Akron, Ohio, who raps about being miserable, selling drugs, killing people, and living in a shitty Midwest town where all the factories have been replaced by crime. Sort of like the rap equivalent of Modern Life is War, if you will. I usually hate it when rappers express any feelings besides anger or indifference, but Ampichino pulls it off quite well here.
I have a theory that the more awkward-looking human being you are, the better rapper you can become. Like if you are a half-way decent looking rapper and start to get a little bit of fame and money, you will probably start getting some serious pussy and then just rhyme the n word with itself endlessly because LeToya is blowing up your phone and you’d much rather tear dat ass up than think up some clever wordplay for your next verse. The point is LeToya is not going to be blowing up Ampichino’s phone anytime soon, so he can continue to make dope raps for a long time.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXO3UbxuSJ8]
E-40 ft. Cousin Fik “Wasted”
E-40 recently released a triple-album (!!!) with 60 new songs, clocking in at over four hours of music. That may seem a bit excessive to you and you are absolutely correct in thinking that. Rap music should be released as EPs at most, if not just singles. When is the last time you sat down and enjoyed a 70 minute rap album from beginning to end? Despite the album’s ridiculous length, it contains a lot of quality jams, such as this one.
Fun fact: E-40 is 44 years old! Good for him for still writing raps about selling drugs and fucking bitches well into his middle-aged years. Most rappers usually get a bit soft once they get older, because they start experiencing liver problems and want to reconnect with Jesus or something, but not E-40! This song is about getting fucked up and SYWH recommends you put this on next time you throw a house party to increase your chances of getting a female to touch your penis tenfold.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdsEeDHkC_o]
Bird ft. Domo “Take Flight”
Rappers really need to be considering how easy it is to google their name in 2012. Bird is a dope rapper from Kansas City, Missouri that I recently discovered, despite his ungoogleability. His style is reminiscent of 2 Chainz (if you know who that is), with an expressive voice and lyrics that have enough humor to be entertaining, but not too much that it sounds goofy. I don’t know much about Bird, but I think he likes birds a lot: his new album is titled Fly Guy and this song is titled “Take Flight.” I wonder if he ever goes on bird watching trips like my grandma does? Regardless, this song slaps hard.
What do you think of these songs?
Does “Reppin 4 Da Cuddie” make you want to consume dangerous amounts of ecstasy?
Does “Getting Over You” make you want to abuse cough syrup and stare off into the distance?
Do you wish E-40 was your cool black uncle?
cannot express how grateful I am for these sweet jams to play when my friends are being gay about dilla beats and ‘lyrics’.
Thanks bro! Whenever anyone uses the phrase “lyrical” for a rapper that usually means boring and not fun :(
Can’t go wrong with E-40!
Y U NO POST ABOUT NICKATINA???????
His newest mixtape was pretty weak imo.
Foolish white srs question: who started that chipmunk-autotune effect being popular (as heard in beginning of Ampichino song)? This particular cracker non-ironically hates that sound.
Srs foolish white question: Who started the trend of using chipmunk-autotune (heard in beginning of Ampichino song)? This particular cracker thinks autotune is bad enough, why would anyone deliberately use a high-pitch to sound like that?!?!
the first time i remember hearing that was Kanye’s “Through the Wire” back in ’03.
this was Just Blaze’s schtick for a while IIRC
Not sure who started it but Kanye popularized it with all those hits he had for Jay-Z and stuff. I love dat shit.
this, although it def can be abused (e.g. with the fucking chipmunks themselves)
It’s not autotuned, as someone else mentioned, it is a pitch shifted sample from another song.
Good stuff Thomas.
This is miles better than jerkin. There, I said it.
may the true lord and savior jesus christ bless this post
“Some new rap songs that aren’t jerkin music”
I’ve only read the title of this post so far and I already love it
And now that I’ve read the rest of it, A+++.
Stoked that Modern Life Is War got a mention in a rap post!!!
Will be including all of these songs in my next fucked-up-party playlist for sure.
Also this needs to be a recurring thing, us white ppl need help finding good bish-smashin’ music (srs)
Thanks brah! I will keep doing posts here for as long as Sarge will have me.
Sarge will have u forever (srs)
My new goal is to get laid to that Ampachino track, it’s fucking awesome, also dat pitch-shifted sample from Acceptance (ghey indie/rock band that I loved in 2008 lol) never expected to hear that in a rap track!
E-40 looks like he could be a senior partner in a fancy law firm. also, that guy= weirdest voice.
Are you just now hearing E-40 for the first time? Have you been living under a rock/on the East Coast?
2007 in the bay was real tight- turf talk, san quinn, big rich, balance, jacka, laroo, fab, keak, hoodstarz. etc etc.
when I moved, I completely lost track… thanks for the update
2007 in the bay was real tight- turf talk, san quinn, big rich, balance, jacka, laroo, fab, keak, hoodstarz. etc etc.
when I moved, I completely lost track…
I worked at a very large record shop for years in SF, met most of those jokers. Most of them = legit scary.
These jamz make me wnna go shoot up a taco-truck with a kid in it on 54th & International blvd.
Bet not! That is the best taco truck in Oakland
first rap post i fully endorse on sywh. nice 2 chainz mention. need a post about straight bangers or how its become 100% acceptable to completely steal someone elses song and re-record it and release it as your own.
Needs moar Flatbush Zombies.
The music tht was coming out for a while was jerking music and some liked it some didnt.but each are they own and have they own decision.
but hoping some will love the new style that is about to approach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95aaZzs1lIM&feature=player_embedded
Chipmunk auto tune? Ha Im a die hard bay area and midwest rap fan…Ampichino goes hard So does the Mob Figaz … The reason most of you cats don’t feel these artist is because your so closed minded and into mainstream Radio MTV garbage with no soul/message. These guys rap about real life struggles/pain/life in general… If your not into it – then it is what it is…you just don’t get it… I produce and let me tell you mixing samples like they do can be easy and can be very technical (they use Kontakt’s the Finger plug in or DJ traktor pro or something else that i don’t). I also feel most ppl dont get how rap is very Sample based and has been for a long time… so it might sound chipmunky as you say but if you know nothing about sample rights then you cant say shit. Joe Blow raps with AMP and is very sick…so open your mind Quaid
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