Check these goofballs getting their Tim & Eric on for the teaser vid to BBNG2 album dropping this Tuesday. Keep checking the website for that to drop, and catch the guys at Coachella & around LA in April.
School’s In
I’ve pretty much exclusively been listening to Tree’s excellent ‘Sunday School’ tape the last week until the Zilla Shit 2 finally dropped. Chicago rap is officially on fire like Houston circa 2006 (not that Houston ever fell off). Do yourself a favor and get Sunday School, and get familiar. You can keep up with all things Tree related here. Yo Tree, why you got a wack .CA url though homie?
Put The Money In A Big Bag
Arguably one of the most made fun of rap songs of the 90’s came about on the original soundtrack to the hood classic film Menace II Society in the form of an unknown group, The Cutthroats, with their insanely over the top track ‘Stop Lookin At Me’. Talk to any a rap fan of that era, and they will laugh hysterically at the absurd levels of forced aggression and screaming involved. Up till today I had never seen a photo of the crew, and had no clue of their back story, but after falling deep into a youtube abyss looking for something entirely different, I came across these videos. From the description and comments, it seems that there was more to their story then many of us ever knew-
1992. Before becomming CEO of his company Ill City Entertainment Inc, Glenn Paradise Pinkney held several positions with different independent music promotion and marketing companies. Glenn had a reputation for getting songs charted on Bill Board as well as actual club and air play. He was often described by his supervisor Gail Brusewitz as creative, innovative and ingenious. When Glenn signed The Cutthroats to a production deal, he actually guaranteed a record deal thru innovative and creative methods. One of those methods was to provide a “Demo Video” along with The demo tape when shopping his groups. Demo videos were unheard of because of the expense they took to produce with no guarantee of getting signed. Paradise didnt care. He knew how to gain that slight edge over his competition when shopping for deals. The fruits of his labor paid off when Jive Records contacted him saying the video he provided with the demo tape was key in getting the Cutthroats their recording deal. It was indeed marketing genius.
Funny now to think that a simple demo video would make such an impact back then in comparison to what you need to do to get noticed in this youtube era. Following this thread, the plot thickens and there’s even further info on the groups history. Turns out after a rough go in the industry, some legal troubles, and being bounced around by labels eventually group member Antonio ‘Sexy 17″ Sealey took his own life in 1998.
Just check the frustration in the voice of 17 in this next clip (which was apparently the straw that broke the camels back with Sony/Columbia). Interesting tidbit, 17 was also Ed Lovers cousin. Just another 8 million stories in the rap world. Truth be told, the track featured here is light years better than what everyone only heard from them in ‘Stop Lookin At Me’. I’m now even more curious as to what the entire album they made was like. Maybe Mr illcityusa Glenn ‘Paradise’ Pinkney will let the album out at some point?
Last but not least, we have Q-Tip dropping some more knowledge about ‘Show Business’ on the crew the day before signing their Jive deal.
I’m sure this post will appeal to 2% of the readers around here, but those that know the Cutthroats from that one unreal track on that soundtrack, you know you’ve been wanting this story.
MURDERBONER!14 – St. Paddy’s Day Edition
Same as it ever was, just on St. Paddy’s Day. No green beer, no House Of Pain.
Spurs
Late to another party, but oh well, better late then never I guess they say. Especially when it comes to the lightspeed movements of the rapshpere. Milli Mars is from San Antonio. He sounds nothing like your usual syrupy output from the great state of Texas, but this is still a banger nonetheless. I’m currently downloading the album this comes from on Milli Mars bandcamp to check out more, but it looks like he’s been releasing material since at least 2010. Go investigate for yourself.
Darkness
I’ve got super mixed fealings about the news yesterday that Trae has signed with T.I.’s Grand Hustle records. First off, T.I. has been having a hell of a time remaining relevant after all his legal woes, and secondly, Grand Hustle has had a horrible track record in putting out records and promoting their artists. Just look at what happened to Young Dro and Killer Mike for examples. More to the point than that, one of my main interests in Trae has always been that he’s a real DIY kind of artist, he’s never needed to stand next to someone else in order to push himself, which always made me respect him even more. I guess we’ll all just have to wait and see how it pans out. Who knows, maybe it’s a power move that works out for everyone. Till then, I’ll be waiting patiently for ABN’s new album that this is taken from, ‘Welcome 2 The Streets’, which drops March 27th.
Styles of Bada$$
First thing i’ve heard from Joey Bada$$ and I’m feeling it. Maybe it’s my love of late 90’s indie LA hip-hop, but I think it’s also just cause the kid can rap well. What’s the LA indie reference you say? Well what The Fader & Scott Vener didn’t seem to be aware of is that it sounds 90’s cause the instrumental to this is taken from the homies Tak & Ryu’s (aka Styles Of Beyond) debut LP ‘2000 Fold’. They might remember them from Fort Minor with Mike Shinoda, or more recently Ryu as part of the awesome Get Busy Committee. Listen to Bada$$ cause it’s dope, i hope his mixtape coming in March is all this good, but also go back and get familiar with Styles of Beyond, both of their records were incredible. Also, SOB’s DJ Cheapshot is now the tour DJ for New Kids On The Block, I have way too many useless facts in my brain.
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Lin-Sanity
New video, and my uncontrollable Riff Raff obsession continues. I have no clue who the fuck Ryan The Kid & B. Wash are, but they can kind of rap good. Time for some investigation. It’s safe to say at this point what with all his bringing rice out’s, and oriental carpet/tempura shrimp wrist lines, Riff Raff clearly has a touch of yellow fever. Another one succumbed to Lin-sanity.
MURDERBONER!13 – Thursday, Feb 23rd
MURDERBONER!13, tomorrow night, back to a Thursday for one time only. I’m busy as shit and had some scheduling conflicts, deal with it. Hard drinks, and harder 808’s.
MURDERBONER!15 – FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH
MURDERBONER!15 This Friday night. I’ve returned from seeing the hologram live in the flesh and i’m forever changed. Magnets, how the fuck do they work??