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July 19, 2008
So I picked this up the other day, truth be told i was not a huge tech fan, but i recognized him as an artist who believed he could convey his message through his music. I mean music to me, especially if i have never heard of you has to be aesthetically pleasing first, and the first few tracks i heard from him i could not go past his flow and voice i thought it was too forced, but I eventually came around to it, and dude is aiight. With the latest offering i must say i dig it, the beat are hard, the flow is vicious, the message is wide and varied, i bet you rappers out here none of them are talking about gentrification, third world, republicans, aiming guns at politicians and with DJ green lantern executive producing I like the direction this album took. The collabo's mesh really well, whether its ChinoXL with his rapid fire flow, or crooked I who had the hugely successful hip hop weekly.
Fav tracks, 'Harlem renaissance', 'The 3rd world', 'Hollywood drive by', 'open your eyes', 'mistakes'
Pick it up.. Immortal technique - The 3rd World.
Nas latest offering is one word ...DOPE, excellent record except the mid beginning part with 'hero' and make the world go around. I did not like hero at all...people were hyping it on the N.I.G.G.E.R Tape...when i got to hear it i was disappointed, speaking of which how ill was that "N.I.G.G.E.R Tape" ?? That really set the template for this album 'Ghetto alert' was a banger, the track with stic man (dead prez) was nice as well. Back to this album though. The intro itself set the table, strictly keys, no drums, no nothing just Nas... " hip hop was aborted/ so Nas breaths life to the embryo"... 'Sly fox' a shot to faux news is another favorite track..'fried chicken' surprised me, it is nice cut, project roach a simultaneous shot at NAACP, while at the same time speaking on the conditions of ghetto. I also like 'louis Farrakhan', Nas does well in third person speak. On 'testify'....this quote from a review my boy did breaks it down well "'Testify' is a genuine lamentation straight from Nas' heart. He raps about the paradigm of being a successful hip hop artists knowing that over 70% of all hip hop record & concert sales are to "little rap fans that live out in safe suburbia" who don't really identify with his 'struggle'. "....dope!. A Cop worthy album in the midst of the ringtone era.
'The Blue God', by my personal fav Martina Topley-bird (she has a delicate, soothing voice) is an incredible record, a follow-up to 'Quixotic' from 2003. (Stephen Marley sampled 'sandpaper kisses' for 'you are gonna leave'). Danger mouse of the gnarls Barkley fame did most of the production work and I can only say i was impressed. Carnies the first single is a nice cut..., baby blue is another fav, 'Poison' is my joint now...its they type of album that you would have to listen more than once to get into it, i brushed it of but sat down later on and enjoyed it immensely. Now it stays on heavy rotation. samples in the myspace link...
Labels: Hip Hop
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Mkubwa..long time..
Testify is a REAL track. It "saved" the album :) Undeniably spat from the roho.
Apart form that..I was underwhelmed kiasi. HipHopIsDead resonated a lot more with me, I guess in terms of production value and cohesiveness. This one angled to more of the kawaida Nas we are used to..with him not to worried about the memorable/replayable/sticky cuts, that yes, appeal to mainstream sensibilities kidogo. I love that he's provocative each album he brings out..but he needs to focus that shit and give a DIFFERENT, coherent layered semi-accessible message.
anyway..maybe i need to give it anaa listen ama??
Sun Aug 03, 05:06:00 PM
My dude sema, bado uko?? ha ha
I could see that, case for being underwhelmed, but this resonated with me more than the previous drop,though i can admit some feature were bleh, that joint with chris brown and game, i didn't like hero neither...
Bump again..
Tue Aug 05, 07:27:00 AM
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