The terrific Philadelphian rapper Freeway is set to release his next album, The Stimulus Package, through the independent Rhymesayers Entertainment in February. There are lots of reasons to be excited about this. Freeway's voice and rhymes and flow on the lead single, "You Know What I Mean," for example. And that great beat. In fact, the entire album is being produced by the guy who made it, Seattle native G-Unit veteran Jake One. This is extremely rare in rap these days. Most albums (those that ever actually come out, that is) are assembled by cobbling together tracks from various producers-which often makes for a less organic listening experience. In working as a loyal tandem, Freeway and Jake One harken back to such greats as EPMD, Gangstarr, Eric B. and Rakim and the original Boogie Down Productions. More of that, please!
Monday, December 21, 2009
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Here is the latest rap song from Seattle:
We are the Pirates of Somali,
Here to steal your Christmas Holly,
We're so phat and extra jolly,
With all the powers of Zvengali!
Don't try to stop us 'cause that's just folly,
If you're a Russian or from Bali,
Just like the tigers of Bengali,
We'll eat you like a Border Collie.
But what is it now that I see?
Is it a French ship chock full of brie?
Some British beef with extra cheese?
Or DVDs from the Chinese?
Oh no, it's a ship from the USA!
With guns and mistletoe to make us pay!
And worse, the captain is Dr. Dre!
Just turn the boat around and sail away.
We are the Pirates of Somali,
This time you keep your Christmas Holly,
The toys and presents of vampire dollies,
And the Daily Affirmations of Stuart Smalley.
shit is DOOOOOOOpe. Also, this has an early Wu feel.
Yes. Definitely. That's about my favorite feel of all possible feels.
Agreed, it's a particular feel that takes me back to a day, wayback in '93-95 when I may or may not have sported a pair of fatpants, and may or may not have decorated inanimate retaining walls, ambulatory freight cars, etc. with all my friends- whilst we enjoyed some fat beats such as this. -No Wiggo.-
charles hamilton meets ghostfacekillah, interesting but not great.