[quote name='JEKKI']I totally forgot about that Poison Pen album too... my pickings for the month were:
NYGz - Welcome to G-Dom (new PRIMO!!)
Ohmega Watts - Watts Happening (his first CD was slept on magnificence!)
Jeru the Damaja - Still Rising (new jeru?!?!?!)
also there's a new Bone Thugs album come out tomorrow... it's supposed to be unreleased tracks from Ruthless days.
so... Bizzy is on it... but as always scraps are scraps...
unless these songs are the songs that was supposed to be Thug World Order before the label effed it up.[/quote]
Make sure you get the new version of Poison Pen because the other one is supposedly bad quality from reviewer on emusic. It also has the right album cover on it.
Let me know what you think of that NYGz because I'm not sure of the emcees but might be a buy for the Primo beats. Jeru and Watts are on my Save for Later list.
I gave up on Bone after there first EP which is good.
[quote name='fart_bubble']As for Watts Happening, its my hip hop album of the year so far (which is hard to say as I really loved Mr. J. Mederios' solo album Of Gods And Girls). Hell, the instrumental version of the album that comes packaged with the album was the cherry on top... I would have bought that shit on its own if it was a seperate release.
Also, has anyone else checked out Lady Tigra's solo album, Please Mr. Boombox? She was one half of L'Trimm and though it's more of a pop album, its pretty good (the track with MC Lyte, Someone Stole My Radio, is ing sweet if you don't mind some oldschool synth oh your hip hop tracks). I'm really hoping for an instrumental version as the beats are awesome (if you dig oldschool style beats with said synth)[/quote]
I was hoping to get that Medeiros' album would be on emusic but it never popped up.
Might have to track down that Lady Tigra album because it sounds interesting.
[quote name='fart_bubble']Oh yeah, has anyone else checked out Salim debut album Hip Hop Revisited? One of the most slept on albums of the year. Great laid back chilled out hip hop.
his myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/salimmusic
his site:
http://www.salimmusic.com/
And there is of course Pugs Atomz's solo album Conversations With A Chamelion which is ing great. Dude is a standup act and its great to see members of the Nacrobats get some love outside of Chicago (even if it is after they broke up). Top notch album of the year
Has anyone else been collecting Dirty Digger's releases? Though they obviously haven't been doing it as long, the have become like The Nextmen in that no matter what they do, the shit is solid to the point where it doesn't matter what it is as it's something you are going to end up loving. They haven't had a bad record to date in their short career.
Oh and has anyone checked out Up Hygh's The Venus Album. I've been wanting to check it out but I haven't heard shit about if its good or anything and with this time of the year, my money is stretched all ready. Same with Cappo's album Spaz The World I want it but I can't afford it or find anywhere to check it out (outside of his myspace page and really, the only thing I've heard about it is that it really doesn't work by just listening to a few tracks off it) [/quote]
Damn FB keep it coming! I don't know if it was you or I found Salim on my own but that is album that I been waiting to pick up.
Pugs Atomz is on emusic so I added to my Save for Later list and also found this free mixtape on his myspace:
http://rapidshare.com/files/44684515/Pugs_Atomz_Black___Gifted_mix_tape.7z
Found this on Dirty Diggers:
Dirty Diggers Podcast
The Dirty Diggers (Young Max and Pat Stash) present the Gin & Bitter Lemon podcast. We get a taste of the tunes that have influenced them over the years whilst Pat sips gin & bitter lemon. Not your average selection by any means.
Prepare yourself for everything from the Transformers animated movie theme tune to some Tom Waits, a hilarious song called ‘Momma’s Boy’, a sprinkling of J Dilla and a song they call ‘the single worst piece of music ever recorded’ called ‘Dead Bird’, plus some of their own tracks.
Up Hygh is on Emusic and after listening to previews I put it in my Save for Later list. Also found this guy named Life with the album Realities Of Life that is on the same label that sounded good so it also on the list. Didn't find Cappo's album.
I feel you on the not buying anything right now thing.
[quote name='fart_bubble']Here is another Aussie hip hop album I've been digging lately
http://generalknowledge.com.au/[/quote]
After all that research this one will have to wait but I will get to it.