It’s a few months late, but the magazine finally makes their formal amends to the actual rap listeners of the world. I guess blog buzz wasn’t shredding newsstands. (via RR)
Related: MGG comments on the cover.
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Ju of D4L f/ Shawty Lo – “Do It, Do It“
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Nitti was seemingly one of the more insidious producers to come out of the whole snap explosion. “It’s Going Down” was completely unredeemable and he has the uncanny ability to turn up Trae records when he’s least needed. According to his wikipedia page, he did produce a big chunk of Eightball’s Almost Famous which was a solid record, as well as “Crank Dat Roosevelt”, which was less solid. He gets sparse on “Do It”, one of those joints where you keep waiting for a beat to drop and it never does. It’s all claps and hihats and water drops. And incredibly warm synths. Oh and Nitti is a apparently a vocalist now, too. Right, right, okay. (more…)
Ghetto Mafia f/ Shawty Lo – “Trap Be Jumpin (Remix)“
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Ghetto Mafia f/ Shawty Lo – “Trap Be Jumpin (Eastside/Westside Mix)“
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Yin Yang Twins f/ The Hard Boys & Kilo Ali – “No Panties“
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Never let it be said that the A doesn’t support it’s OGs. Both these songs are a few months old but I’m only hearing them now. I’ve got Hard Boys & Ghetto Mafia videos after the jump, for a too brief history lesson. There aren’t any good Kilo videos on youtube but his wikipedia page is actually pretty detailed. (more…)
Killer Mike f/ Shawty Lo – “2 Sides“
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from I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind 2 (SMC, 2008)
The new A-Town anthem from the next Ice Cube. Pledge Allegiance 2 drops July June 17th. You should be excited.
This is a lo-fi myspace rip, hopefully a cleaner one shows up soon. Update: It’s CDQ now, thanks to Sonzala.
Via MG via SMC.
