Chris Brown is G.O.A.T.

No not really. But here's a reeeeeally good remix of his song Deuces. It features a bunch of good rappers, and as usual Andre 3000 shines brightest. Enjoy in the winter dark.

Rock and Roll is dead, long live Rock and Roll.

This week I've spent most of my time watching old concert recordings. Rock really isn't what it once was. Or as Fredrik Strage puts it:

"Tusenfotingen illustrerar också den känsla som jag i pessimistiska stunder får av att rocken blir sämre och sämre. Artister som härmar sina idoler tycks ofta vara fastsydda vid förebildernas stjärtar. De sväljer deras sämsta idéer, gör influenserna ännu sämre och för dem vidare till nästa artist i kedjan. Denna process, en inverterad förädling, visar varför exempelvis den svenska gruppen Takida låter så illa. De kryper sist i en mänsklig tusenfoting där stjärtarna framför dem tillhör den amerikanske ”Idol”-deltagaren Daughtry, postgrungebandet Nickelback och Kurt Cobains spöke."

Anyway, 40 years has past and this still ranks pretty high up there. I wonder who will remember Linkin Park and Pink 40 years from now.

I have to agree with Bob, bättre förr.

Bättre förr

Not the biggest fan of Robyn’s latest work (I know you are not allowed to say this in Sweden) but I think that A-Trak did quite a good job with this one.

The real deal this time?

After years of rumours and several postponements it finally seemes as if the long wait soon will be over: Dr. Dre has announced that Detox will be released this year! Damn, I've been waiting for that confirmation. Below is a new track from Dre, not sure if it will be on the album though.



And just to celebrate, here's a classic:

Wiz

A nice chillout remix by the Cookin' Soul.

El Guincho

One piece of stellar video. And a pretty nice song aswell.

EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo.

Hot 97

Pusha T and Mr West having a good time with Funkmaster Flex.



Mike Skinner with another one, he always uses really good and original beats, maybe Nas should follow him around for a while.

Welcome 2 Houston

Ok, it's time to do another city specific post like I've done once before. This time the aim is set on Houston, deep down in the dirty south. While Atlanta might have been the capital of southern rap for the general public since the early 00's, Houston have been lurking right behind for some time with a wide range of great rappers that been around for a while. I really like the H-town rap, it's somehow laidback and hardcore at the same time, and a bonus is that you always can find every track from Houston in a chopped and screwed version...

Chamillionaire may have gove broke and made some bad music the last years, but in the beginning/middle of the 00's, he and partner in crime Paul Wall made a couple of really nice albums, e.g. Get ya mind correct and Controversy sells. Here's a track from the former.




You can't find a more relaxed rapper than Devin the Dude. All his albums evolves around two subjects; smoking weed and fucking. In the long run it may not be that interesting, but on the other hand that doesn't matter when he's done masterpieces like this:




A personal favourite of mine is Slim Thug. As I mentioned in an earlier post, he's not the best rapper or anything, but he's got a good feel to it when spitting those bars. Neptunes produced Already Platinum from 2005 is gold, and last years The Boss of all bosses is also good. The headline of this post is taken from the posse cut below from that very album.




I've saved the best to last: UGK. Formed by Pimp C and Bun B, UGK started dropping bombs in the late 80's and they didn't stop until Pimp C drank too much of that purple and was found dead in december 2007 (not even that seems to have stopped him though since both an UGK album and a solo album has been released after that). UGK has a ton of respect in the game but never really got that big public breakthrough, even though they featured Jay-Z's banger Big Pimpin. To me, UGK are among the absolute best, and therefore they'll get two tracks in this post.






Another monster post done.

Daytona 500

Nice slow groove from The Kid Daytona and Bun B.

Trust Me

Mike Skinner with a new video for an "old" song.