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Busta Rhymes - Make It Hurt

2006-02-09T14:40:00.000-05:00

"A throwback club track for ya'll. This was from his Genesis album. If you loved Break Yo Neck from the same album, then this joint is for you... It's great to bump in your ride. I love the intro that Busta does before his first verse, it really sets the tune for what comes next. MP3 player worthy."

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Krayzie Bone - Bomb Bud

2006-02-09T14:37:00.000-05:00

"Krayzie harmonizes about his love for reefah on this track off the weed-tape Budsmokers Only. The beat is upbeat, and Krayzie sings his verses. Feats a guy off of Thugline, and he also puts down a pretty solid verse (better than I expected). The chorus is great, and overall this is a solid weed song."

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Papoose - Superfly

2006-02-09T14:32:00.000-05:00

"This Pap track (produced by Kay Slay) is also found on his new mixtape A Threat And A Promise. Plain heat. The production is great, and Pap brings it with his hard, gritty style. And when I say gritty, I mean "creep behind a female cop, cock somethin' pretty, hear shots from the semi, watch 'em pop through her titties, most of ya cocksuckers are sissies.." gritty. Solid track."

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Papoose - Prophecy

2006-02-09T14:24:00.000-05:00

"Man, Papoose does it again. He uses the rap style that he brought on his previous tracks like You Made Your Choice and Flashback. He hooks up with Ron Isley, and samples a great beat. This song is smooth, Papoose is on point, and it's great to chill too. Mad love for Pap... you can find Prophecy on his new mixtape A Threat And A Promise. Good lookin', Pap."

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Top 5 Of '05

2006-01-26T08:53:00.000-05:00

I know this is a little late, but it's only because I've been giving alot of thought to it. Without further ado, here is my top 5 rap joints of 2005:

(1) Memphis Bleek - Like That
"Man, Bleek and Swizzy both brought their A-Game in what I consider the track of the year."

(2) Papoose - You Made Your Choice
"This nigga is straight fire, samples some of the greatest stuff."

(3) T.I. - Bring 'Em Out
"Swizzy brought the beat, T.I. brought the heat."

(4) Game, 50 - Hate It Or Love It
"This joint was all that everywhere when it came out. Wanna hate the guys, but they are masterminds at the same time."

(5) Nas - Don't Body Yaself
"Shit, twist up some John Legend, add a simple, but hard Nas drum, and then put another legend on the track, and you got the recipe for some good music."

Honourable mention to:
Bishop Lamont - It's Bishop
Bizzy Bone - He Told Me
Crooked I - Boom Boom Clap
DMX - Where The Hood At
Kanye West - Celebration
Krayzie Bone - I Am The King
LL Cool J - Hush
Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly
Tony Yayo, 50 - So Seductive

Some good shit here. I wonder if '06 is gonna be able to merk '05...

N.W.A. - If It Ain't Ruff

2006-01-22T14:41:00.000-05:00

"My favourite old school track off of N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton. Dre brings a simple guitar riff for the beat, but it's sick. MC Ren brings the heat like usual. It's just good, not much else I can add."

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Cam'ron - Girls, Cash, Cars

2006-01-22T14:38:00.000-05:00

"I love Cam. I really do. This track is to be found on Killa Season. The beat is very Dipset-y, and Cam really picks up his flow and brings it quicker than he usually does. This joint is mad ill, and it only hypes the album even more. Add the recent beef with Jay, and I think Cam is gonna put up some pretty good numbers."

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DMX - Clap On

2006-01-22T14:34:00.000-05:00

"DMX gets together with Swizzy for the hundredth time and the product is good again. The beat is decent for a Swiss production, and DMX comes with some mad emotion. Maybe a little below average for some of the other stuff these two have put out, but it's still a cool track to cruise to. "

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Nas, Papoose - Across The Tracks

2006-01-22T14:30:00.000-05:00

"Nas and that nucca Pap hook up and spit some fire over a beat with an old school feeling. The chrous is a nice sampling of an oldies hit, and in the end the track is a pretty good result. Only problem is that it's only a couple minutes long....a third verse from either of the two, or another feature would have been better."

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Maino, Lil Kim - Stop Remix

2006-01-22T14:26:00.000-05:00

"A club anthem. The beat is a weak guitar riff, nothing exciting there. Maino and Lil Kim both come half-assed, nothing worth more than a listen or two. Just some weak shit overall. "

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M.O.P, 50 Cent - War Time

2006-01-22T11:13:00.000-05:00

"Some G-Unit gets together to create this joint. M.O.P. guys come out hard at first and slow down a little after that. Fiddy does the chorus, which is alright. The beat is alright. An average track overall (which makes it a better-than-average G-Unit track)."

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Cassidy - Get On My Lean

2006-01-22T11:09:00.000-05:00

"Some new Cassidy, produced by Swizzy. I've never really liked Cassidy's flow a whole lot (I've never really been able to point out why), but shit, Swizzy brings his A++ game on this one. The beat is a mean guitar riff, comes just as hard as Pharrell's Can I Have It Like That. I would love to see this beat sampled by some other rappers that I lik better than Cassidy."

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Clinton Sparks, D Block - Take Everything

2006-01-22T11:07:00.000-05:00

"First thing that caught my attention on this track was its beat. It's definitely different, but very, very good. The production is solid, but then again Clinton has always been one of the best at puttin' down a hot track. The flows were fine, but the beat steals the song."

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Raekwon - Curious

2006-01-22T11:03:00.000-05:00

"Rae tells us a story over how he and this chick gets together. He samples it down over an old slow jam with the same name (I believe 70's or 80's) and it matches Raekwon's nice, soft flow perfectly. His rhymes are obviously intelligently sculpted like always, and the result is another well done track for the Chef."

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Bleu Davinci, Spider Loc - '66

2006-01-22T10:59:00.000-05:00

"I really hate Spider Loc, and Bleu definitely out raps him. Yeah, Spider gets merked by a girl. I might be a little too hard on Loc... he wasn't too bad on this track, at least better than he was in that one Game diss. The beat was nice, and the chorus was witty, but nothing real special."

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Webbie, Pimp C, Lil Boosie - Like That Remix

2006-01-22T10:53:00.000-05:00

"Pimp C is finally out of the pen and hooks up with two southern rappers who put their mark on the game earlier in the year with the original version of this track. This is the usual southern shit, I really don't like the beat a whole lot, it's uses a high organ key and I just don't like the sound of it. Pimp C sounded nice though.."

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Cam'ron - You Got To Love It & Biter Not A Writer

2006-01-20T23:32:00.000-05:00

"I'm putting these two tracks together, for obvious reasons. These two tracks are the first installment of a fued to a battle that may go on for awhile. Cam has called out Jay-z for a number of reasons, including things like stealing Roc from Dame, being a bitch nigga, and other things that he lists at the start of the diss track You Got To Love It. Cam's disses are nice as he targets Jay's age, his sandals, his girl Beyonce, etc. However, for some reason he includes Jim Jones on the diss track. I really don't know what Jim said because he pretty much mumbled his whole verse. Overall the diss track was alright; I've heard worse, I've heard better.

The second song listed in the title is not really a song, but more a compilation of Cam picking out verses that Jay has jacked from other artists. He plays the original verse, then Jay's. And it really is shocking to see what Jay has stolen WORD FOR WORD from other artists. There were multiple Biggie verses, a Tupac one, a Nas one, a Snoop one, even a Slick Rick one from back in the day. I mean, we all know Jay has put out alot of good stuff on his own, but fuck, it really hits home.

Cam delivers a real big hit with the last track, and it's gonna be interesting to see how Jay reacts to it. Either Cam has dug himself a six foot hole, or is gonna boost his rep BIG time with a victory over one of the most respected hip-hop artists of today. Only time will tell. Cam get's round one though."

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Cam'ron - Oh What A Night

2006-01-20T23:28:00.000-05:00

"Holy, Killa Cam PUTS IT DOWN and describes that faithful night where he gots shot, and then spits some crack cocaine shit. But what makes this track awesome, is that he samples that awesome Motown track with the same title. It is truly good music, and Cam rips it like only he really can. Right now there is only a clip of it from Kay Slay's show, and I really, really can't wait until a full version is released. 5-Stars without a doubt, even though it's only a clip. That means something."

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Papoose - That's Whats Up

2006-01-20T23:25:00.000-05:00

"Oh man, this mother fucker is FIRE. He puts it down lyrically, on a beat that uses very unique synths, but comes out hard. I really can't describe it better than that. Cop it for yourself and listen to Pap, who's skills on the mic merk 95% of the rappers out there. Very, very close to 5-stars."

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Krayzie Bone - Let Me Hold Something

2006-01-20T23:22:00.000-05:00

"This Krayzie track can be found on the recently released Behind The Harmony album. Krayzie flows nicely like usual, however the beat is sorta shit, and the one girl who feats in the chorus has an annoying voice even if she only says like three words. Still, much props to Krayzie for putting it down like usual."

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - I Am Not That Nigga

2006-01-20T23:17:00.000-05:00

"This Bone Thug cut can be found on their Japanese released Behind The Harmony CD. I believe this was a cut from Thug World Order. Anyways, it features a decent verse from Krayzie, lyrical mayhem from the outsted Bizzy, a decent Layzie verse, and a very solid Wish verse. This track is similar to Not Dat Nigga feature Bobby Brown, another BTNH TWO cut. Not the best Bone material ever, but still it's nice to get it anyways."

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The Game, Royce Da 5'9 - You Ain't Crazy

2006-01-20T23:10:00.000-05:00

"The Game hooks up with one of Detroit's finest, on this track off of a Kay Slay mixtape. Royce's performance can be summed up in one of his lines: I'm like Jesus, cuz he got game! He outspits Game by a little bit, but both are nice. I definitely love the course for this track: You ain't craaaazyyyy, naaah man, you ain't crazy, uh-uh, uh-uh! Fine shit here."

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Westside Connection - Get Ignit

2006-01-20T23:06:00.000-05:00

"I decided to go back with a little old school WC track off their album Terrorist Threats. No one from the West ever came harder than them, and with Ice Cube making a small comeback, it's nice to give them some rep. This song has a grimey, heavy bass beat (no surprise there), and Ice Cube and Dub and Mack spit some hood shit that you can't help but love. One of Cube's first lines definitely will stick in my mind forever: Look, my garage is not a mirage, I got a car collage for my entourage.."

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The Game, Lil Flip, Cassidy - State Ya Name, Gangsta

2006-01-17T17:20:00.000-05:00

"This track is produced by Swizzy, and features three artists that he knows very well. They reuse an old method that was done by Snoop and some other rappers on the track World War 3, where they would state their name, and promise that they are gonna put it down. All three of their verses are pretty good, and the beat is alright (but I personally think Swizz has done better)."

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Ghostface, Raekwon, Biggie Smalls - 3 Bricks

2006-01-17T17:12:00.000-05:00

"This is another track to be found on Ghost's Fishscale album which is coming out very soon. The beat is a dark piano, and the three great MC's tell gory stories about moving weight. Props on the production, it is very good (though I'm not sure who did it)."

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