would kill a hobo to make eye contact with her/10
Hey what’s up guys, how are things? I have been keeping myself busy with my regular rap blog and have not had a chance to update my fellow SYWH readers with some new rap music that goes hard, but here we are now so let’s do this.
As much as I like to cry myself to sleep with Eighteen Visions’ “Gorgeous” on repeat, for everyday life you’ve got to get yourself some “fuck you pay me” music to get yourself pumped up on the inside and I have just the stuff for you:
E-40 & Too Short ft. Stressmatic “This Shit Pound”
A couple months ago Bay legends E-40 and Too Short dropped a collaborative double album and let me tell you something; it is rad as fuck. Double albums are almost always a bad idea, but History has only 2 songs that I skip out of 34, which is a really impressive ratio. The albums are filled with a nice balance of party songs about getting drunk and rubbing up on big booty hoes and songs about blowing fools’ tops off. Some of the beats on here are absolutely nuts, with a bass so loud that when I play them with headphones on my eardrums are like “hey fuck you bro.” Plus E-40 and Too Short’s raps are so entertaining and memorable, especially E-40′s, who has been releasing music at a frenetic pace since going independent (9 albums in the last 3 years). It truly warms my heart to see a pair of rap pioneers still making fun music well into their 40s rather than getting butthurt by today’s music and pretending that rap was better in 1995. History: Function Music and Mob Music are probably the best rap albums of 2012 and you should definitely check them out if you like good music.
Clyde Carson “Tuck Spot”
Clyde Carson is an Oakland rapper who signed with The Game’s label in 2007 after building up a good amount of local buzz with his group, The Team, but then promptly fell into major label limbo for several years. Lucky for everyone he has emerged from that limbo and had a nice 2012 with the immense “Slow Down” becoming a minor national hit and HUUUGE here in the Bay Area. “Tuck Spot” is about Clyde Carson tucking away large quantities of cash in hidden areas and keeping his wealth incognito. His fiscal plan is definitely a step up from cashing out with a condo on your wrist, but seriously bro get yourself a financial planner and diversify your investments. The song is off Carson’s excellent new mixtape S.T.S.A. (Something to Speak About), which is available for free download right now and filled with dope as fuck beats. If nothing else, please appreciate the fact that he opens the third verse by rapping “attic” with “addict” (brilliant!).
Lil Mo ft. Rondoe “Really Not a Rapper”
Rappers claiming that they aren’t actual rappers is probably one of the top 5 cliches in the genre and the boast rings especially hollow when it is being uttered by platinum-selling rappers. Like do you really think Rick Ross is selling bricks of white out the trunk of his Maybach in between interviews with MTV and GQ? However, it is quite believable that Lil Mo is not pulling in any big rap checks based on this music video. You know rappers are not exactly swimming in money when the hot whip they break out for their video is a 2010 Mazda 3. It’s too bad though, because Lil Mo is tight and the way his raps flow with this beat is fucking sick. No one outside of his hometown of Kansas City seems to really be up on this guy, but his new debut album is great and highly recommended. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen my girlfriend nod her head to the beat of this track a few times, which is more than I can say for most of the rap I play around her, so it’s safe to say this song is a complete pussy magnet to the nth degree.
C.W. Da YoungBlood “4 Minutes”
Speaking of Kansas City, C.W. Da YoungBlood is another talented young rapper from that region. He is affiliated with the Bloods and raps a lot about shooting people, dealing drugs, etc. but seems like a chill bro IRL via his twitter being filled with tweets about playing iPhone games, trying to find a woman, and his school assignments. C.W.’s lyrics are always real entertaining and on this freestyle he manages to squeeze in all sorts of weird and funny lines about fucking nuns, buying throwaway guns, and meth being bad for your teeth. I swear if this guy was from New York City or Atlanta rather than KC he would be on the cover of Fader magazine right now and Pitchfork would give his album an 8.1. C.W. Da YoungBlood releases new songs constantly, so it’s kind of difficult to know where to start, but his last two mixtapes, In Da Kitchen Vol. 3 and In Luv Wit Da Briccs are both extremely tight and up for free on Datpiff right now.
So there you go: some quality rap songs to play in the comfort of your home or at some sort of social gathering or anywhere else you want!
If you follow rap blogs/magazines/websites real closely (hopefully you don’t) then you may have noticed this growing trend of putting a hypercritical spotlight on people who write about rap music. Like suddenly if you are a white guy who enjoys gangster rap then it must be for weird, ironic/mildly racist reasons. That fucking sucks that internet rap fans are turning into IMNs who get angry about people liking that thing they like. As an official rap expert I herby declare it ok to listen to as much fucking rap music as you want without having to ponder complicated national race issues just like you can listen to Taylor Swift’s new album without pondering complicated national gender issues. Take care and please ponder this thought-provoking political gif:
As an official rap expert I herby declare it ok to listen to as much fucking rap music as you want without having to ponder complicated national race issues
…Just as long as you’re not around other black people.
wait did you say black people?? brb nervously clutching my wallet and looking from side to side
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Around blacks don’t send a fax.
I’m going to post this in my office
Around blacks don’t shop for slacks.
The scene needs more dudes like you Thomas, thanks for the jams!!
Plz do a post on melancholy rap next!!!
Much love,
Lil Filth
Thanks bro. The best sad raps imo are being made by Ampichino and Young Bossi, who I posted about here: http://www.stuffyouwillhate.com/2012/05/good-rap-music-ampichino-young-bossi-and-freeze/
Yeah I got most of their stuff, love it!
I like looking through the glass into the sad pained lives of America’s urban poor
This is why white people shouldn’t listen to gangsta rap.
(Am I joking or being srs?? only The Shadow knows….)
I blame dr. dre and lipton iced tea.. but looking towards more to andre =/
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As a weird, mildly racist marginally-white dude I approve of this post, ironically.
thanks for the recommendations brah. Haven’t been this pumped on new rap tracks in a while (srs). e-40 is super consistent and awesome, but I hadn’t heard that album yet (via it being kind of overwhelming trying to keep up with him). I think I know what you mean about 40-year-old rappers being butthurt oldfags – Ghostface gives off these vibes to me even though he can still put out decent tracks sometimes.
how the fuck do you even find out about dudes like lil mo? I googled him and the first 5 pages of results were about a chick radio personality. the video looks like it was filmed by a high school student, but is fun to watch and makes me feel like I’m at a regular dudes apartment. wood watch again.
I’ve been listening to that new a$ap rocky album a lot the past couple of days.
The Kansas City rap scene has a a lot of really dope rappers, but is hella insulated for some reason. Like Lil Mo’s new album is not even up on iTunes. Maybe they don’t have computers over there or something?
sheltered college freshman girl is doing well for herself in the stock photo game. good for her.
Dude. Strong recognition skills. Mind = blown.
She looks like such a sweetheart
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsic5nRQTY1qkxt6ho1_400.jpg
Nah I just browse reddit too much:(
KA and Action Bronson tho
“His fiscal plan is definitely a step up from cashing out with a condo on your wrist”
Ded. Never thought about the financial implications of these songs. brb majoring in economics and making my thesis statement on how fiscally irresponsible rappers are and how they can triple their profits by investing their “fat stacks” through an established financial firm.
Also, u from the Bay Area bro? Hit a nigga up, Berk representin’ here mayne. Solid recommendations, gonna hit up your blog from now on. This shit is tight af.
Thanks man, yeah I live in SF. Bay Area 4 lyfe.
Rappers need to learn that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow unless invested.
Or maybe not, because then they’ll buy even more expensive watches.
If I could turn my life into a zany sitcom, E-40 would most definitely be my crazy neighbor. We’d hang out and get high and make like four albums in a night cause like he just does that shit. Then I’d have to drive his daughter to school or something and she’d throw spaghetti on me and ruin my shirt for my interview or something. It’d be on ABC.
And I really appreciate how that guy who isn’t a rapper just bluntly states “This shit is my hobby, my real job is selling crack.” That’s the kind of honesty you can’t get out of actual rappers anymore.
Would definitely tune in at 8 pm on Wednesdays to watch… E-40 actually has two sons and the older one produces the majority of his music these days.
It must be weird to be producing for your rapper-dad and having to tell him stuff like “DAD!!! You are slurring your words too much. You need to really focus on this verse right now.”
“DAD!!! Stop goofing off, we gotta get this done or you’ll only have three albums out this month!”
“DAD!!! I don’t wanna know about the bitches you fucked!”
“DAD!!! Close the door when you take a shit!”
“DAD we already have three songs about bitches on this album, and mom said to cut down on those anyway.”
No Lil B ?!
Fuck off
Not a very positive or #Based comment. Go cry with Lil B in a pet store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6-V7J5S-0
probably too obvious fort hsi but I’ve been bumping new Cheif Keef and A$AP Rocky
both good. did you listen to Lil Reese’s mixtape from last year. Its a datpiff thing but its good if you like Keef
This Shit Pound- like the site, love that E-40/Too $hort album. Good work.