this is a story about west coast underground hip hop. it entails an amazing journey and a happy ending (pause) for all involved... the rose that grew from concrete here is the new track called "tick tock"... it features producertrenttaylor on the beat and fashawn and icecoldbishop on the rhymes... crispy akiyama on the engineering... this song is crazy... tap in and then press rewind...
Read moreTHE PAUL HORN QUINTET "HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY"
You know the saying love at first site? Well, I’m a love at first listen kind of guy and it’s the beat that usually pulls me in on a song. And when I first listened to Gang Starr’s classic Moment of Truth album back in 1998 it was the very last song on that album that really caught me. Before we get any further, there were plenty of bangers on that album. But, the last song on the album, “In Memory Of…” spoke to me in a way that none of the other songs did. DJ Premier was always one of my favorite producers for his early Gang Starr and Jeru work but “In Memory Of…” might be my favorite beat of his and it all starts with the sample he used.
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