Hop Up Out My Bed

.. Get my blog on!

Got some good stuff for y'all this morning, I woke up to some great new tracks and a quality article guaranteed to spark some discussion.

I'm working so I can't write much right now, but definitely check out the 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Battles (.. And Their Winners) by my favorite resident hip-hopper over at About.com, Mr. Adoso. He gives concise run-downs of rap's most historical beefs, ranging from Kool Moe Dee and Busy Bee's early rap battle to the Coastal feud between Biggie and Pac to the epic beef between Nas & Jay-Z.

He even goes out on a limb to give the winners, which is quite ballsy to say the least. I agree with most, the only glaring difference in our opinion is he's got Pac defeating Biggie. But that's a debate for another day..

Let's get hump day (I always laugh at that term, Ha!) started right with new tracks from Method Man & Redman featuring UGK, Q-Tip featuring Kanye & Consequence, and an acoustic remix of Yeezy's "Amazing" by Mike Maven.

Shouts to The Kid Legend, Nigel D and Khal for the muzak, and Ivan for sharing Adoso's well-written article on Google Reader, Enjoy!

Links in the Cbox --->

Method Man & Redman ft. UGK - City Lights

Q-Tip ft. Kanye West & Consequence - We Fight, We Love (Remix)

Mike Maven - "Amazing" (Acoustic Cover)

Music After Death

Big's time on Earth was so short, but he still left a decent amount of material for us, his loyal fans. He was featured on Puff Daddy's No Way Out and left countless hot verses on a capella for producers and DJ's alike to flip every which way. Though other rappers have hopped on Big's posthumous records that used unreleased and recycled verses like Born Again, Duets: The Final Chapter, Biggie Hendrix, Blue Eyes Meets Bed Stuy, Night of the Living Dead, etc., none has quite come close to outshining Frank White.

Here are my picks for my favorite posthumous material from BIG. Now it's time for me to get my ass to the theater, R.I.P. to the G.O.A.T.

2Pac & Notorious B.I.G. - Running (Dying To Live)

It's All About The Benjamins w Puff Daddy ft. The Lox & Lil' Kim

Victory w/ Puff Daddy & Busta Rhymes

Been Around The Word w/ Puff Daddy ft. Mase

Dead Wrong ft. Eminem

Rap Phenomenon ft. Method Man & Redman

Young G's w/ Puff Daddy ft. Jay-Z

Whatchu Want ft. Jay-Z

Just A Memory ft. Clipse

Who Shot Ya? w/ Puff Daddy

Hold Ya Head ft. Bob Marley

I'm Wit Whateva ft. Jim Jones & Lil' Wayne

Today's Mathematics, Son, Knowledge God & Hits From the Past

Rap Represented in Mathematical Charts & Graphs


Big ups to my boy Maurice at Maurice Knows Everything for this link. I couldn't help but crack up out loud at some of these, check it if you got a second and need a good laugh. Below are a couple blasts from the past inspired by the graphs.


Dust Off the Crates: Hits from the Past - 2nd Edition


Souls of Mischief - '93 Til Infinity

Here's the title track off Oakland, CA collective Souls of Mischief debut 93 'Til Infinity - some smooth, relaxing West Coasters.



Notorious B.I.G. & Tupac - "Freestyle"

This classic improv performance from Biggie Smalls and 'Pac is from '94 at Madison Square Garden.

Raekwon - "Knowledge God," Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

How 'bout this for a rap equation: the odds of Cuban Linx 2 dropping in '07 = slim to none

[do the knowledge, God]