..it sickens me how much I LOVE Killa Cam. You really cannot deny this dude has a sick ass flow, Pink Rover or not. Yeah, he has done come annoying shit, but, fuck all that, he is a fucking amazing rapper. DIPSET! ...and this track is fuckin' sick like it has the clap. Get it. Haha. Sick beat, sick verses... my God, what else could you ask for? ENJOY. The U.N. - Clap (via ONSMASH)
I don't really dig this sound that much, but it's a good message, which can sometimes be hard to come by with the Game, so fuck it, I'm posting. ...enjoy? At least listen. The Game - We Will Survive (via ONSMASH)
I know some of you will NEVER tire of the 9th Wonder remix, so enjoy! With remixed tracks from Tribe, Nas, Com, GFK, LB, Red & Mef, Kanye, etc, this is sure to be worthwhile. 9th Wonder - 9th Wonder Invented The Remix (Again) (via ONSMASH)
...so, look. I know everyone hates me for this, but I'm not the biggest Fashawn fan. I'm sorry, get over it. That being said, I am kinda feelin' this track. The beat is crazy, and Planet Asia does his thing. ...enjoy? Fashawn - The Score (via ONSMASH)
If you know me AT ALL, you already know how much I love James Dewitt Yancey aka J Dilla, Jay Dee, the best producer ever to bless the beats, and all the other nick names he has come to be called. I don't even know what to say beyond that... this man's music has changed so many peoples lives, in so many different ways, it's hard to find the words to even talk about it. ...but more than that, I just straight up and down love him and his music. Period. From beat making and production for himself, his groups, and countless other artists, to his verses, to the type of person he seemed to be.
In this day in age, especially in hip hop, it can sometimes be hard to find artists that you can look at on every level, and respect. J Dilla has my respect. He should have yours too.
I would say take today, and play some of his music, but fuck that... fuck Dilla day, or Dilla month, or any of that shit. Play his music every month, every day. I can't think of a better artists whose music deserves constant rotation more than this man... A Jay Dee beat is an audible expression of love. His music is great. He is Great. Fuck the rest.
...that being said, I collected a few of my favorite J Dilla works, and a few other things to introduce you to him, if by some odd and disturbing chance you don't know him already. Enjoy!
...by a few, I meant 10. Of 500. He has worked with the likes of Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock, De La Soul, the Pharcyde, the Roots, Common, Black Star, etc. I could have kept going all afternoon, but I just wanted to hopefully give people who don't know Jay's music a taste of what he did... that didn't even begin to touch the full range of his work, but those are a couple of my favorites.
Lastly, I wanted to put up this interview with Dilla. I have probably listened to this interview 3.7 million times. I can basically recite the whole thing (I know, I have no life, you don't have to tell me... it's clear to me). It's a bit long, but trust me, it's SO worth it... if you haven't heard it already, shit, even if you have. . . give it a listen. This man, his words, his music, his whole being. . . it's love. Period. ...enjoy!
For more information, check out the sites below. The Stonesthrow link offers a full discography, which is soooooo dope. Just, enjoy him. Love him. Respect him. Rest in beats J Dilla. We miss you. <3
"For the 10 year anniversary of Big Pun’s death, DJ Soul & G Bo The Pro were planning on dropping a Big Pun tribute mix but it has now been pushed as part of a Valentines Day massacre, so for all the BP fans waiting, look out for that to be released next week. The mix will include rare tracks, classics and remixes with production from Sean C & LV, Buckwild & DJ Green Lantern. This is one of the songs that will be featured on the mix and showcases a never before heard first verse.
Take a time out a blast some Big Pun shit today. May he rest in peace."
...random, I know, but I thought some of my MPCer's would enjoy this clip of Teeko x Exile last weekend at Elbo Room in San Francisco. I should have been at the show myself, but I was burnt out from seeing Exile two days prior, and Madlib the night before. Both excellent shows. Props to Jonathan Kim (who actually shot this video). Enjoy!
This song is kinda dope. . . actually, it's really dope. What has this dude been doing? The only time you ever really hear him is on Tribe and Ye tracks. I mean, I know he has done mixtapes and even has a few albums, but damn. He needs to do more of his own shit, kid got flow. ...enjoy! Consequence - Sounds G.O.O.D. 2 Me (via ONSMASH)
I know I'm about to catch HELL on this... but I actually like this track. That's right, fuck ya'll, I like it. I've already seen people shitting all over this track, like it was 'I'm So Wavy' or something. Now that shit is garbage. But I like this. I am one of those people that wavers back and forth between loving The Game, and hating him. ...but, I think this is kinda good. ...ready? Set? ATTACK! ...or, stop THINKING you hate The Game, and really listen to it, and decide for yourself if you enjoy it or not. The Game - Shake (via ONSMASH)
Produced by Yeezy!?!? Just... don't listen to the flow. Listen to the beat. ...then repeat after me: "Hi Kayne, I miss you. Please stop fucking up and coming back. No, really..." - or not. Enjoy? B.o.B - Fuck The Money (via ONSMASH)
I know no girls actually read this blog. . . but if they did, I would direct them to listen to this song 56.4 million times. Learn it, back and forth, up and down, because this is what dudes really are. The sooner chicks realize that, the sooner we'll all be happy. ...enjoy!
What makes you different and/or better than those rappers/MC's that are thought of as the best the game has to offer (Hov, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, etc) right now?
What sets me apart from most of these people considered to be the 'best' is my lack of fluff. I make sure that every line I write counts for SOMEthing. That doesn't mean that every line is going to be deep or profound. It simply means that none of my words are used just for the sake of rhyme, I don't use filler lines that serve to simply get from point A to point B, and I don't put less effort into what I'm doing just because a song that I'm working on is supposed to be a single or is being backed by a banging beat.
Why do you love hip hop?
I love hip hop music because it's the only genre that I know of that legitimately incorporates elements of every other genre around it and because it's the only genre that is built solely on creativity. I'm a classically trained musician that has taken about 10 years of music theory training and the fact that there's no definitive music theory in hip hop is nothing short of miraculous to me. The participants MAKE the theory and rules as they go along. Some rules stick. Some rules thankfully don't. Either way, the rulebook is always changing as the participants and listeners change. Of course there are some drawbacks to that, but what other genre of music can lay claim to such a system? Hip hop is beauty that abounds from organized chaos.
Why should we/I give a fuck?
You should care about what I'm doing because I truly care about what I'm doing. While everyone else is claiming that they aren't a rapper, and for that matter SOUNDING like they aren't a rapper, damnit I'm laying claim to the title. I'm a f*cking rapper. Actually, you know what? F*ck that. I'm not a rapper. I'm an emcee. And yes, there IS a difference. Either way, I'm good at what I do.
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I shouldn't like this song. ...I think homeboy is kind of a douche hat. He spells his name like a 13 year old raver kid would. . . in 1999. WhO tHe FuCk sTiLl tHinKs iTs OkAy tO tYpE LiKe tHis? But, whatever. I do like it. ...enjoy! KiD CuDi - Highs N Lows (via ONSMASH)
I thought I was literally going to perish waiting for this shit to come out... that, or just end it myself over all the Bun B tracks that I was having to post weekly. Literally, this shit has 228 tracks on it, all previously released over the past week. Thank you God, for ceasing to punish me. BunBTracksOPlenty.com in full effect. . . UGK FO' LIFE and all that. ...enjoy! (the shit is called No Mixtape, how could it not be worth listening to?) Bun B - No Mixtape (via ONSMASH)
This is one of the hardest songs of all time... tell me that beat doesn't make you want to run like 27 miles. It's not hard in terms of talking about baby murders and heroin addiction and shit, it's just. . . hard. As shit. Amazing. DILLA!
Freeway is not my favorite rapper... I don't even need to go into that hole animal hibernating on his face issue, his flow just doesn't do it for me... that being said, this beat is nice. ...and when does The Chef not do his thing? Never. This is DEF worth the hard drive space. ...enjoy! Freeway & Jake One - One Thing (via ONSMASH)
Welcome to BunBTracksOPlenty.com - how may we help you? Oh, you want a newly made Bun B track? Well hawt damn, we got them Bun B tracks on deck! All 90 million of them. . . Enjoy!
I mean... what else do you really want? Sadat X (I shouldn't have to say this but... of Brand Nubian) and Pete Rock? Enjoy! Sadat X - Turn It Up (via ONSMASH)
...okay. So. Yeah. I mean. . . I know I'm supposed to like this dude. . . but. . . I don't like this dude. On a multitude of levels. He has a couple tracks that sound aight (usually because I like the person who he collabs with), but on the whole. Nah, pass. Out of control egos are a bit more than I can deal with. ...but, you know - enjoy or whatever. Joe Budden - Downfall (via ONSMASH)
I'm kinda feelin' this beat. . . I don't really listen to DOM Kennedy, because everything of his I've ever heard, I haven't really liked... but this isn't bad. I guess. Enjoy!
This dude is an example of one of those people that, I can respect his music, as it's not bad/shameful/suicide inducing/etc. . . but, I just don't really like it. Again, not because it's bad, but just because... it doesn't appeal to me personally. Though I know more than a few of you like this guy. . . thus I know I'm going to get more than one raving response to this like 'WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, KENDRICK LAMAR IS THE BEST THING SINCE KOOL AND THE GANG?!'. . . oh well, whatever. Enjoy!
I love this song. It's sooooooo much more than just the song of the day. Really listen to it. . . if this shit don't remind you of your family... well, it reminds me of mine. Enjoy!
So I’ve recently had the pleasure of interviewing Detroit rapper Danny Brown… if you don’t know him yet, please believe that you will soon, cause the boy got bars. From having a track on Jay Stay Paid, to working with the likes of Elzhi, Quelle, Marvwon, and others, Danny Brown is holding his own in this hip hop shit, so you should know about him… if you don’t already. Check this shit out…
“I think I just have to do… whatever I want. I don’t put limitations on myself” -Danny Brown
Danny Brown - Contra (feat. Elzhi)
Danny Brown, Danner Tanner, Danny the Hybrid… how would you like to be referred to? …and can you give me a brief run down of who you are, where you’re from, and what you do for those assholes that don’t already know.
Just Danny is cool with me… if you know me good enough Daniel, but. . . I ain’t really trippin’ on your nick names. Just don’t call me wack. I’m from Detroit, and umm… I rap. And. . . umm… I like video games.
(laughter ensues)
I’m just a rapper.
Another rapper from the D… shocking. So, what makes you different from every other amazing rapper from the D? …or are you different?
I think… (what makes me different is) just because I am different. I mean, I’m not saying that they’re not different (other Detorit rappers), but most of them just got like a certain image or a certain style that they just have to do, you know? I think I just have to do… whatever I want. I don’t put limitations on myself, you know? Pretty much, like… say they’re a super underground, hip hop, Detroit artist… under the J Dilla influence - if they wanted to do a song with Soulja Boy, then it would be like (weird). . . you know what I’m sayin’? But I could probably do it, and people would be like, ‘Aight, he’s just Danny’, you know?
“I can kinda understand all aspects of hip hop. I can kinda understand it all… and I kinda like it all…” -Danny Brown
Aight ‘just Danny’. . . who influences you? Who has helped make ‘just Danny’ the person that he is? Musically speaking of course…
I can say Nas. . . and then it goes to someone like Dizzee Rascal. Then like, E-40. . . those are my biggest influences. Wu-Tang too… that’s pretty much it for my biggest influences. …MF DOOM too.
Fair enough. So where are you right now? What are you doing? Sorry if that came off as creepy, I just like to get a feel for the random shit…
I’m in LA chillin’. . . watchin’ Slum Dog Millionaire.
Wait… while you’re doing this interview? …you know what, nevermind. Instead, tell me who is getting a lot of play from you right now? Wait. . . lemme rephrase that. Who are you listening to right now? I hear you don’t even listen to all that much rap. Which I understand, because rap sucks. . . but, if I were to push play on your MP3 player right now, what would I hear?
Right now I’m listening to Lil B a lot. I kinda like Yelawolf a little bit. . . I dunno, that’s pretty much it. I just listen to Lil B. …and I listen to Yelawolf.
I like Fever Ray. Yeah. I like Fever Ray a lot, and I like… I’ve been getting’ into Animal Collective. I liked the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s last album… I’d never heard that, and it’s extremely dope. It’s kinda old now though, and I just got up on it. And yeah… that’s pretty much it. Fever Ray though… I didn’t know how good that number was.
Danny Brown - Head
Enough about your idea of what’s good… In MY opinion, as much as I love Contra (and talk about it virtually every day, not to mention listening to it repeatedly), I think Head is my favorite song of yours… (I’m a girl, so sue me) What is your favorite song of yours? Why?
That’s like… a weird question. I can’t really just say that - like, if I have a favorite song (of mine). But I guess it would probably be Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid. That was just like my comin’ out party, you know? A lot of people knew about me but… I got more respect and shit from off that. It was like a good look, so. . . it showed that if you give me a good look than I’ll knock the ball out the park. You know what I’m sayin’?
J Dilla - Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid (feat. Danny Brown)
Speaking of Dilla… Considering you are on that track with him, I’m morbidly curious to know the answer to this one…Who’s the one artist you would like to work with most that you have yet to?
Wow… artist that I would like to work with that I haven’t… I always pick Jack White when I get asked that question. So I would say Jack White would be it. Most of the people I’ve wanted to work with… I’ve worked with. So it’s like, I gotta… you gotta set your goals kinda… too high. Where you can’t reach’em. That’s like on of them big, too high goals.
…okay. Favorite MCs?
My favorite MCs right now… umm… Quelle and Crown Nation, of course like, everybody else. Danny Swain… I like The Cool Kids a lot… Ummm… yeah, that’s pretty much it.
That’s pretty much it. …I didn’t say Lil B? I like Lil B a lot so… Lil B is like the new Too $hort right now to me. I’m heavily influenced by Too $hort so…
Sounding unreasonably unconvinced, I interrupted with: Lil B is like the new …Too $hort?
I really don’t like music that your parents - like, you know how hip hop got kinda soft? Like, you can listen to hip hop with your grandma and shit. There ain’t too much shock value in it. Versus like… Lil B. It’s not something you can listen to with like… an older person, you know what I’m sayin’?
(laughter ensues)
A lot of people came up with Too Live Crew, and were like, ‘this shit is wack as fuck’, but after years on it, it’s like, wow, you really understand now what they did back then. It’s dope. Like, real shock value… nothin’ fake - where you talkin’ about eatin’ up babies or some shit like that. You know what I’m sayin’? Something just that simple, as a nigga sayin’, ‘I fuck bitches every time I can’.
You gotta have all of it… and I like that. I like that, because that’s what I was raised on. My momma used to tell me to cut that shit off… steal tapes from me and shit like that, you know? That’s why I say some of the shit I say… for the little kid that’s gonna piss his moms off. It’s not for the little kid that’s gonna vibe to the song with his mom. Like, cause his mom like it too. This (music) ain’t for yo’ momma. Like… you know what I’m sayin’? It’s for the little niggas. The young niggas.
Danny Brown - New Era
Understood. …speaking of young niggas - you’ve come a long way from Cocaine Cowboys (even though you’re still pretty young). . . What’s on deck for Danny Brown? Tell me about what’s in the works… projects? Collabs? Album? Burgeoning career in the adult film industry? (yeah, I read your tweets)
I’m just finishing up The Hybrid. …it’s almost done. I’ve been working with Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest. He’s sort of like my mentor right now. He’s just been helping me, teaching me and shit, so… that’s pretty much it.
“I’m not alright with that… that shit is wack.” –Danny Brown
Who is one rapper who you really don’t get? The one that, when people talk about how much they love them, you think they’re fuckin’ crazy?
You said… like, a rapper that I think sucks?
Umm… I can’t really say anybody, because… like, music is music. It’s really your self expression. What you think is wack, another person thinks is good.
So, I really don’t listen to too much – a lot of new rappers… I really don’t be like, ‘that shit is wack, won’t nobody listen to that shit’, you know what I’m sayin’? I’m tryin’ to think hard, but… everything I come up with in my head, I can figure out why somebody would listen to it. Like, (I could think of) what type of person would listen to some shit like that. So, I really can’t say that. It’s not nothin’ out there that’s just so wack to me where, I cannot listen to it… cannot understand why somebody would like it.
I can kinda understand all aspects of hip hop. I can kinda understand it all… and I kinda like it all, so. . . That’s a good question too. I’m tryin’ to think… like, it just hasn’t been somethin’ that I’ve hated on in a while.
I remember when Gucci Mane first, first came out … I’m talkin’ bout when he came out with ‘So Icey’. I thought that was wack, but, obviously Gucci Mane’s not wack now if you look at it - what’s he’s done, you know what I’m sayin’? So… I really don’t… I can’t say that. I really wanna answer that question too. I’m tryin’ hard to think…
I interjected with …eyebrow raised in the most skeptical voice ever… Why do you think Gucci Mane’s not wack?
Because he can kinda rap… it’s just that his accent is so crazy. Gucci is one of the real ones… you know what I’m sayin’? I think that inspires a lot of people - to do good in some sense, because he came from the same shit that niggas is goin’ through, and look what he’s doing. . . So that might make a nigga be like ‘Man, Imma try somethin’ else…’ you know? It’s really positive, if you look at it. Yeah, he talks about his negative experiences… to show people what type of person a person can become. People can change their life… cause obviously he’s not doin’ the same thing no more, you know what I’m sayin’? He gettin’ into rapper trouble now… but that’s not street trouble, you know what I’m sayin’? So… I can’t really hate on it.
I’m really tryin’ to think of something that I hate. Like… who do I really just HATE? Like… ugh. Who fuckin’ sucks? Like… I would say somebody like Flo Rida - but then I see why people like Flo Rida too, you know what I’m sayin’?
My response: WOW. No. …but, yeah.
I can see why people like that. That’s good fun, techno, Miami, spring break… ‘I’m white from fuckin’ Illinois, on vacation, Imma go ham on some Flo Rida right now… I don’t care what he said, the beat sound good! …I’m drunk, we dancin’. . .’ It’s got its purpose, you see what I’m sayin’?
(intense laughter breaks out from both parties)
I’m still tryin’ to think of somebody that really sucks. …Won-G sucks.
Me: …who?
You don’t remember him? Did the video with Paris Hilton in it? I’m not alright with that… that shit is wack. You know? YOU KNOW? That’s my answer.
(…continued laughter)
Uh… on that note. What should the world know about Danny the Hybrid? Anything at all, from the random to the completely inappropriate, to the boring. . .
I’m just… you know, happy that people enjoy my music. I’m just tryin’ to… you know, make people smile… that’s all. I’m just about (being) positive and being good and happy.
Me: REALLY? …okay.
Yeah, I mean it feels good to make you laugh. I don’t wanna make you feel bad, you know? Even if I’m talking about bad situations, I’m still putting some humor and comedy in it, you know? You gotta laugh at the bad shit man… that’s how we get through it. That’s it pretty much.
So that concludes my interview with Danny ‘I love kittens’ Brown (you said you wasn’t trippin’ off nick names… you can’t take that back now). Hopefully you learned a little something, and will check this dude out if you haven’t already. Look for The Hybrid, which will hopefully be out sometime soon, and in the mean time, check out some of his other shit, like Hot Soup and/or Browntown. Not to mention the track he is on with J Dilla on Jay Stay Paid entitled Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid. Peace!
Did Bun B get some kind of memo that said if you don't drop 8.4 billion songs in the next month I'm coming for your whole family? I mean honestly... I'm lightweight thinking about changing the name of this site to BunBTracksOPlenty.com ...enjoy. Or not, whatever.
Mos Def makes the most simplistic videos... yet they somehow work. If you don't think Mos Def is one of the best rappers... period. You need to go get a CT scan. Though, in all honesty, I'm not the biggest fan of The Ecstatic, as it's not his best album by a long shot... he is still fucking amazing though. Enjoy!
I was gonna be an asshole and put up a picture with 9th in it too... but. Fuck it, I start enough shit. Just know that I feel like LB isn't really the same without 9th. Though, with or without 9th, LB is one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time. That being said... LB's latest (and hopefully greatest), entitled LeftBack, will be available for consumption April 20th. The album features production from Khrysis, Denaun Porter, Zo!, Symbolyc One, J. Bizness, and King Karnov. Guest appearances by MCs Torae, Truck North, Jozeemo, Chaundon, & Median, as well as singers Darien Brockington & Yahzarah. I know I'm excited. . . no, really. I love LB, and I can't fucking wait. Salute.
You probably won't like this blog, so I'm not even going to bother describing it. . . In fact, fuck you for even reading this - don't you have some work you should be doing or something. . ?
