Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Ice Cream Man back!

"I got a way with words
And it ain't for nerds
I just hit the gas on the offi-cers
Not the type to give it all to her
But a lil' bit of game is what I offer her"


Ezale - How Much Dope
(From Town Taxes album; 2025)



R U Still Dru Down? Another new video for a song from Ezale's new album which will go platinum on my TV, laptop and tablet. Ezale's so full of Disco-power, there ain't a Got To Be Real cover version he can't devour. I grab my pencil, papers and pad, I listen to Ezale's music like it was my dad. Best of Ezale Audiomack playlist still available for your streaming pleasure.

Monday, 12 May 2025

They found Nemo, but they not gonna find you!

X-Raided - Queen of Hearts
(From Queen of Hearts single; 2025)



Best old man West Coast Gangsta-Slap song of 2025 so far? That Strange Music video budget moolah bought X-Raided a whole 1930s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie set.

Random relared thought: my pick for most underrated Young Bleed deep cut of all time has gotta be Walk Like Uh Hustla from his album on Strange Music.

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Unexpected 2025 Grand Puba appearance!

Lord Sko ft. Grand Puba - Girbaud Talk
(From Piff album; 2025)



Lord Sko's Pimp Socks is my mfing jam, but I'd mentally filed him away as a One Song Wonder™ and kept it moving. Guess I'm gonna have to slang humble pie & St Ides in the same sentence because he now has two mfing jams to his name. Puba is on good form delivering a verse and the chorus, and Sko is 100% correct when he says "this shit sound like a fever dream..." - that beat is the audio equivalent of one of those sweaty, delirious 6:40 AM sleep hallucinations which would be the best dream you ever had if only you could remember it.

(Possibly not that unexpected of a 2025 Grand Puba appearance since Lord Sko is Dante Ross' artist.)

Monday, 5 May 2025

E's are good

"Emcees be suckin' like black holes
It's like their work was done at Habro
Tryna dog me out because they think my style is Alpo
But F**K NO!
Tell an enemy that I’m the pedigree
Feed him kibbles n bits until he dribble 'n' spit
Pitiful shit is what I am hearing on the airwaves
That stuff is soon to die out like that jheri curl hair phase"


Edan - Eyeblink (2nd version)
(From no idea where; 200?)



Here at The Martorialist we don't approve of jheri curl disses, but we do approve of this Edan song. Eyeblink is a Top 3 song on Edan's debut CD-R album, but here's a 2nd version of it which is even better. It's the same beat and lyrics, but with re-recorded vocals where he delivers his lines with more boldness. Song is that vintage super-scientific smartarse Percee's Boutique type Edan shit where he says "as a syllable spitter, I kill a bullshitter/my rhymes are skull-grippers which frustrate ya like dull scissors". Lewis Recordings or one of youse boutique raer materialz labels to stop effin' around and give Artchitecture the deluxe remastered reissue treatment on CD with this song and Drop Some Smooth Lyrics as bonus cuts. Make it happen like Ultramagnetic.

My copy of that thst book about independent Rap circa 1995 to 2005 arrived a few days ago. Alas, the author doesn't argue the case why Edan & his m8 Eric "Skillz" Ferguson were a better Rap duo than Mos Def & Talib Kweli. And on that note, I let the facts float: Mos Def & Kweli have two killer tracks together, while Edan & Ferguson have three killer tracks together.

(Had to edit this post innit.)

Thursday, 1 May 2025

5th Ward Breezie

OnlyHeaven - Text
(From KISS (Keep It Short & Sweet) EP; 2025)



I'm like Heaven, everybody wanna get to me; how'd I make it to three posts without realising OnlyHeaven is the reincarnation of 5th Ward Weebie? The chromosomes might be different, but the characteristics are the same: a short, tubby New Orleans rapper who makes expertly crafted Bounce music which is both very funny and very smutty. For me, Text is the best song on OnlyHeaven's recent EP: a risqué R&Bounce jam with a Can't You See interpolation which will have you shouting "BABY, BABY!" Let me find out this song is a beast, heard it's been killin' my speakers, rest in peace to the deceased.

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Generic list post: April 2025

Papo2004 & Subjxct 5 - Chopper City Pap
(From Papoholic, vol. 1 album; 2025)



Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when Papo2oo4 finally made a song I really fuxwit. Cot-damn, that beat sounds like Ralf & Florian remixed a Mannie Fresh track.

Big Scoob - Say It Loud (American & Proud) (2002)
Murs ft. Shock G & Humpty Hump - Risky Business (2003)
Murs - The Night Before (2003)
Myaap ft. Vae Vanilla & Tre 3200 - Feeling Dis (2024)
Myaap - Fairy (2025)
Ezale - On The Radar freestyle (2025)
Wiz Khalifa & DJ Fresh - What's Hannin' (live) (2025)
La Reezy ft. Malachi - Venus Fly Trap (2025)
504icygrl - Where He At (2025)
504icygurl - Throw Me Something Big (2025)
Real Lies - Arielle (2025)
Real Lies - Shilgin (2025)

Bonus bloggin: 1nce again I'm gonna use my monthly wrap-up post to keep track of the best movies and TV shows I've been watching. * indicates rewatches dunnit.

Movies I watched and liked:
The Monster Club (1981) *
Tombstone (1993) *
La Haine (1995) *
The Descent (2005)
Sinners (2025)

TV shows I watched and liked:
Neighbours (new episodes) (2024)
Doctor Who (new episodes) (2025)
Mastermind (semi finals) (2025)
How To Win The Champions League: José Mourinho (2025)
Arsenal vs. Real Madrid (2025)
Real Madrid vs. Arsenal (2025)
Aston Villa vs. PSG (2025)
Manchester United vs. Lyon (2025)
Barcelona vs. Celta Vigo (2025)
Crystal Palace vs. Aston Villa (2025)
Barcelona vs. Real Madrid (Copa Del Rey final) (2025)
Barcelona vs. Inter Milan (2025)

Monday, 28 April 2025

Russell Athletic

LARussell - Nothin' Like It
(From Nothin' Like It single; 2025)



Ya host Ronaldo Dregan has been tryin' to front on this LARussell single to no avail. As a Brit, I neither know about nor care about Baseball or any other American sport, but that doesn't stop me enjoying this song just like I enjoy Twista's NBA Live theme. What Nothin' Like It manages to do is be a personal anthem for fans of the San Francisco Giants while tapping into the universal feeling of watching your sports team win. It's NorCal Rap music for the local community with so international appeal like B-Legit.

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

La La La

'New Orleans Chance The Rapper/Hot Boy hybrid rapper making Swag-Rap/Boom-Bap hybrid music' is a bizarre concept, but I'll be damned if this La Reezy kid doesn't make it work on a few tracks from his new EP. I'm kinda feelin' his latest single I Look Good and really feelin' his song with LARussell's m8 Malachi which hits like some vintage Dungeon Family.

"I seen a lotta n*ggas fade to black before they hit they teens
Like I wish my brother could see me on a screen"


La Reezy ft. Malachi - Venus Fly Trap
(From Welcome To La Reezyana Vol. 1 EP; 2025)