Friday Night Lights (Out)

The internets were all sorts of buzzin' today about this clip of blog-whore Charles Hamilton gettin a knuckle sandwich from his ex-girl/jumpoff/manager/whatever she may be. Sonic got a lil' too personal for shorty's liking, so she jabbed his jaw pretty heathily. I don't blame her - I'd wanna punch anyone wearing a stuffed Pink Panther on his forearm, too.

Even though I do enjoy some of his music, this goes beyond that - I don't condone airing people's personal business out like that. I think she has every right to rock his grill, dude seems like a straight asshole to shorty when he thinks he's funny, but he ain't. Plus, it makes for some of the best Twitter chatter in a minute.

Got some new music, course. Three new Eminem freestyles with Tim Westwood showin' he still has some skills, two new Wale tracks (one with a host of MCs and the other an unfinished album track) and the official "All The Above" reeeemix equipped with a revamped Just Blaze instrumental.

Throw in the full demo to Madonna & Weezy's collabo (that's growing on me, listen by listen), and tracks from T.I., Donny Goines, Nore featuring DJ Webstar, Torae & Marco Polo, & U-N-I and we've got ourselves a full Friday night.

Shouts to LowKey, Shake & Mike for the heads up on the Em frees, Necole Bitchie for the hilarious Sonic footage, and a gang of others for the random tracks, Enjoy!

Donny Goines ft. Che Grand & Izza Kizza - She Likes

Eminem - Alchemist Freestyle

Eminem - Chonkyfire Freestyle ft. Mr. Porter

Eminem - Respect My Conglomerate Freestyle ft. Mr. Porter

Madonna - Revolver ft. Lil' Wayne [Demo Version]

Maino ft. Young Jeezy & T-Pain - All The Above (Remix) prod. Just Blaze

NORE ft. DJ Webstar - So Hot

Torae & Marco Polo ft. Sean P & Masta Ace - Hold Up

T.I. - Hell Of A Night (DJ)

U-N-I - Land of the King

Wale ft. Peedi Crakk, Young Chris, Black Thought & Tuphace - Hot Shyt

Wale - Magic (Unfinished) prod. Best Kept Secret

Still Got It.. Kinda

I had to address it after my various rants.. Relapse.

To sum up my thoughts on: It's aiiight. Em seems to be even crazier sober, but definitely not as consistent as he's been. There are some gems on it, namely "Old Times Sake" with Dre, "Beautiful" and "Hello." But there's too many songs that lack replay value like "We Made You" and "My Mom" and I really can't get passed that accent, I'm sorry.

However, between the Nick Cannon and Mariah reference and insest-filled, drug-coated stories, Em does show signs of his Shady self. I think "Deja Vu" is one of his realest - resembling a 2009 "The Way I Am" - and he's at his most murderous on "Underground."

I surely didn't have high expectations, so I was pleasantly surprised overall.

Thing is, if Em keeps rapping like in this video on Tim Westwood's show, Relapse 2 could be a problem.

Thanks to RR for the "freestyle" video, Enjoy!

Obligatory Nas vs. Jay Post

Find me, Virgin Islands
Crown Bay marina, '88 Filas
Marijuana aficianados, grade-A reefer
I ain't stressin' shit
This recession don't affect the rich
Count 100 G's in 100 degrees
But Mumia's locked up so none of us are free

.. Leave it to Esco to amp my mood up on a cold Saturday afternoon. I've always like Nas' ability to combine words and phrases that no one else could A. think of or B. use effectively. I might catch heat for this one from the Jigga dick-riders (I could understand why, he's arguably top 3), but their beef on wax sparked the never-ending discussion of Jay vs. Nas.

This is my take. Nas is more pure MC on the mic than Jay, he's a poet first - then a hustler. Jay's swagger is his best attribute, not to mention the rag-to-riches mentality that permeates his entire catalog a la Biggie Smalls.

Don't get me wrong, I love both dude's music - but Nas' lyrics intrigue me on a different level than most. Where Jay is flashy, Nas bears all - for better or worse. Jay's overall verses are more memorable because (usually) he flows better, but Nas' lyrics are too unique and thought-provokingto ignore.

I'm gonna disappoint y'all and declare that I can't decide between the two. My bad, it's just that I like 'em both too much to put the other down - their styles are too independent to compare.

Anyway, on to the good stuff. I grabbed the ultra rare video of the Queensbridge MC freestyling with the G.O.A.T. from my homegirl Shenda (thanks ma!) and I got my hands on a spankin' new Nas track featuring June called "Smoke," via Eskay.

Real heads recognize - relax and Enjoy!

Nas ft. June - Smoke ----->

Doin' A Buck Down Memory Lane..

When I was back to the future, Star Trek
Exit memory lane now where can I park at?

.. Why can't Wayne always be this serious? Weezy F gets into the beat from the underrated Mary J Blige joint "I Love You," freestyling his lean-sippin' ass off about a love lost (LOL!) and other random streams-of-consciousness.

Much thanks again to the good people at TSS, Enjoy!

Edit: My bad, didn't realize this is just a sample from Mary J's joint with Keyshia Cole on the hook, I knew those drums sounded different!

Lil' Wayne - Freestyle (I Love You)

Get, get it ------>

Let The Blog Build, Again..

.. Big ups to the good people @ RealTalkNY for this link of the full version of (the previously posted) Cam'ron freestyle over "Let The Beat Build." Mr. Giles is at it again, swagger at it's best.. Enjoy!

Cam'ron - Let The Beat Build (Full Radio Rip)