Soapbox in da Hood: the official hip-hop thread

I listened to the Bobby Digital album for the first time yesterday. I thought it was pretty good considering the amount of flak it seems to get. It's very 1998 which is good.

I was not expecting the ODB appearance at all. I thought he would have been dead by the point or something

Nas album has leaked and is big (bar the odd really dodgy hook)

Downloaded Meyhem Lauren's 'Respect The Fly Shit' mixtape earlier. It's brilliant. Think it was made in between shows at SXSW, features BRONSON, Das Racist, Roc Marciano and was produced by Tommy Mas (did 'Dr Lector' with BRONSON) and Harry Fraud.

Get it here fucko's www.sendspace.com/file/drcbav

cheers Johnny I'll check it out.

Been enjoying this mixtape. The collaboration tracks are mostly pretty good & of course the ones with our main man Bronson. When Meyhem is left alone a few of the tracks are a bit shit but still this is a pretty solid collection. I really dig Ag da Coroner's delivery, I've heard him before, is he on any of Bronson's records? Perhaps he was on that Wu-tang thing from last year. Either way if he puts any shit out I wanna hear it.

^ I went off that Mayhem mixtape really fast. Isn't often I do a U-turn on something I originally liked that fast but after 4/5 listens it kind of started to piss me off minus a few tracks.



Been really enjoying Milo's new E.P, 'Milo Takes Baths'. Really refreshing sounding from his delivery to the lyrical content. Also musically it's not your typical 2012 hip-hop record. It's a free download off his bandcamp too
miloraps.bandcamp.com/album/milo-takes-baths

Just got Nas tickets for his tiny gigs in October









I think it's in a ngihtclub attached to Stamford Bridge

Yeah Louie from work saw from the jam there a few months back.

There's an online tour. It looks like Liquid and Envy

not flicked back through the pages but both Killer Mike- 'RAP music' and El-P - Cancer 4 Cure are excellent albums from this year

Dat beat!

some tunes I have been enjoying

Tracklist for the soundtrack to RZA's new film The Man With The Iron Fists
01. The Black Keys & RZA – The Baddest Man Alive
02. Ghostface Killah, M.O.P & Pharoahe Monch – Black Out
03. Kanye West – White Dress
04. The Revelations feat. Tre Williams – I Forgot To Be Your Lover
05. Talib Kweli & RES – Get Your Way (Sex as a Weapon)
06. Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & Kool G. Rap – Rivers of Blood
07. Method Man, Freddie Gibbs & StreetLife – Built for This
08. 24 Carat Black – Poverty’s Paradise
09. Killa Sin – The Archer
10. RZA & Flatbush Zombies – Just Blowin’ In The Wind
11. Corrine Bailey Rae – Chains
12. Pusha T, Raekwon, Joell Ortiz & Danny Brown – Tick Tock
13. Frances Yip – Green is the Mountain
14. The Wu-Tang Clan – Six Directions of Boxing
15. Mabel John – Your Good Thing Is About To End

Wu-Tang appeared on jimmy fallon & did protect your neck with the Roots backing them
www.okayplayer.com/news/wu-tang-clan-roots-protect-your-neck-live-jimmy-fallon.html

the only time corrine bailey rae will ever destroy the competition.

It must be great living in that closed box bruv

You are such a bastard, her husband died you know!!!

Been listening to Kendrick Lamar's 'Good Kid mAAd City' album recently, really great, flows like an American version of Kano or similar, and the boys obviously got a class ear for beats. Only downsides of the album are classic hip-hop problems, too long, too many skits.