Sunday 23 June 2013

Wanted dead or alive : part 2050

Anyone care to ID me the sample on A-Mafia's Street Money? It sounds like some 18th century Italian opera jam that Joe & Larry Gallo probably listened to before they set off to turn Albert Anastasia's cabbage into coleslaw; in A-Mafia's hands it's the modern Harlem enforcer-Rapper equivalent of 1997 Q.B Thug-Rap, which isn't quite as exciting but is still a very, very good thing indeed :

"Dedicated to every honey and every girl we date
Gettin' money is my worldly fate until the pearly gates"

A-Mafia - Street Money
(From Street Anthems : The Best Of A-Mafia mixtape; 2013)


For anyone not keeping score, Street Money is the best Italo-Rapso joint since Short Kidd's The Mafia :

Short Kidd - The Mafia
(From Vulcha 101 : Freshman Year mixtape; 2012)

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3 comments:

  1. James24 June 2013 at 10:24

    That A-Mafia best of is so good.

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  2. Kelvin Mack10zie24 June 2013 at 11:31

    It is, although it's missing a few of my personal favourites like Star Wars, My Side Of The Story and Realest N*gga In My City.

    Also would've loved no-DJ versions of the original solo version of Real Live Pro and Body Bag.

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  3. bradley25 June 2013 at 10:29

    "fidel castro" too

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