Make Your Move
Have a listen to this track by rap group Hieroglyphics, based out of none other than Oakland. I dig the smooth beat…
Renaissance Rap
Can’t go wrong with a track by Q-Tip.
East Coast Style
Biggie Smalls is one of the most popular rappers in history, and left a legacy after he met his untimely end. Some say he was related to the murder of 2Pac, but the whole West Coast East Coast feud is beside the point. Here’s a classic track from his debut album.
Like it? Want it? 320 kbp/s download.
High Fidelity
Give this track from the Power in Numbers album by Jurassic 5 a listen. Another ode to the days of real MC’s and real hip hop.
Want it? Here’s a 320 KBP/S version of the song: Download. Make sure to buy the album if you like it.
Front, Back, Side to Side
1990’s Bay Area Rap never disappoints. Coming straight out of Hunters Point, San Francisco, RBL (Ruthless By the Law) Posse is one of the pioneers of that G-Funk sound. Bounce to This is one of their most acclaimed joints, have a listen.
You can download the song HERE. 320 KBP/S of course, would you have it any other way?
He ain’t a Crook Son
This is most likely one of Mobb Deep’s most famous songs. Keep a positive mind, walk a straight line.
Want it? Here’s a 320KBP/S version of Part 2, enjoi.
Gnarcotix
A new Track/Fixed project from my friends Sean, Chan, and Carl, coming out of the SF/Fremont area:
This is Real Rap
One of the saddening examples of this society deteriorating is the lack of taste in what’s true hip hop and rap. It seems like all the little kids these days are hyped up over the mainstream junk by “artists” who make millions by capitalizing on poor taste and judgement. On the flip side, this essentially makes their life easier since it seems like the preferred formula these days is to insert a bass heavy beat, and “rap” about nonsense with fake 5 liner lyrics. Not only are the lyrics and rhyme completely whack, but the subject as well. There’s no more soul in hip hop.
I almost never bother to listen to the radio anymore because all I hear is Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, and other gold teeth wearing rappers. Thankfully, real talent existed back in the day and is as good as ever today. Take this piece by 2Pac from his 1991 2Pacalypse Now album.
