Showing posts with label Jay Z. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jay Z. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Jay Z on the MTV Awards
Dope performance. I love during the chorus when Jay is just yelling "Yes!" over and over. I guess Lil' Mama awkwardly getting on stage is old news, but I hadn't heard about it until today. I think she luckily got overshadowed by Kanye's imma let you finish rant. Read More......
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Diamond Mine Beat Tape #1
Here's a mixtape I've been working on of 7 original hip-hop beats. If you're a sample spotter you might recognize samples from Roxy Music, Foreigner, The Floaters, The O'Jays, Alessandro Alessondroni, Liquid Liquid, Gary Davis and his Professor, Giorgio Moroder, The Kinks, and a bunch of others. You might also recognize Jay-Z, MF Doom, Biggie, Lil' Wayne, Big L, Ghostface, and Busta Rhymes as they stopped by my house and lent me some of their best rhymes.
Diamond Mine - Beat Tape #1
Diamond Mine - Beat Tape #1 (Instrumental)
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I've also included the instrumental version in case you like to rap. If anybody wants to get on these beats, let me know.
-Dan
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Big L / Jay Z Freestyles
I rep Big L on the blog a lot. Seriously, listen to the guy. This arguably isn't a freestyle, but regardless he kills it so hard.
One of my favorite things about Big L is his imagery. He manages to keep his flow dense without resorting to twisted syntax (i.e. MF DOOM, who I have been feeling a lot lately) because he is so gifted at creating quick powerful images. It's like he's stabbing you then stepping back for an instant, but it isn't to laugh, it's to let the image settle just long enough to hit you again even harder. He doesn't ever really step out of the pocket, he is totally relentless. A guy like Jay-Z will jump around the beat and ride the rhythms and melodies like the coolest guy in the room, but L just keeps stabbing you over and over again with the sharpest lyrics you can imagine.
I have a ton of respect for Jay-Z, probably much more than most people do at this point, but I can't really hold up my role of Jigga-man apologist when it comes to this flow. Jay-Z gets embarrassed in this session. His flows on this recording are a joke and you can tell that he knows it. Next to L, Jay Z sounds like a kid. He redeems himself in the first few bars of the second flow, but then he totally drops off the beat and starts to rely on some weird rhythmic scatting and repetitions, and most of the time he isn't really saying anything. I feel like I could battle him based on this recording. No joke, I can flow if you give me a half hour to warm up.
But back to L, my second favorite thing about him is he's the vilest rapper I've ever heard. It's totally endearing to me for some reason. I just want to hear him rapping about having sex with people's mothers and not caring about women and killing whole buildings worth of people if he's disrespected. Here are some of my favorite one-liners from these freestyles:
"Bitches get fucked on the roof when I got no hotel dough."
"I'm quick to blast a goon and break a mother-fucker like a plastic spoon".
"You'll find my silk boxers in your mother's hamper."
"I'm so ahead of my time, my parents haven't met yet."
"My blood is colder than an ice-box."
"All chicks ain't shit, there ain't no such thing as Miss Right"
"Fuck love, all I've got for hoes is hard dick and bubblegum."
"So I left him sleeping with his temple leaking."
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Jay-Z BBC Documentary
Firstly, I thought I'd note that this is the 302 post on the blog. Longevity.
This BBC documentary is pretty endearing. The British focus is interesting as I think we take for granted how pervasive hip-hop culture is in America, it's cute to see it all spelled out for the Brits. It's fairly all-access, including some segments of Jay partying with Puffy in his apartment. The documentary is maybe 45 minutes long in 7 parts, it's all really entertaining and paints Jay-Z as a real man of the people.
I'll just post one of the segments, you can find the rest on youtube from the link. This segment focuses on Jay as the mogul, from commissioning Frank Gehry to design the new Nets stadium, to his non-profit work, to reppin' Casa Vista endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama. Also check out a nice spoken word segment on Katrina that I hadn't heard before.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Jay-Z Interview
Charlie Rose interview of Jay-Z. Really insightful and doesn't get boring even though it's an hour long.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Stranger in Brooklyn
Here's the first mashup I've done in awhile.
Jay Z - Hello Brooklyn (Stranger in the City Remix)
Hello Brooklyn off of Jay-Z's new record with the Pilooski edit of the John Miles song Stranger in the City.
I'm working on another one that should be done this week.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
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