Tuesday 16 May 2017

Smoke a blogga like a Newport

Did you see what N.O.R.E done? Came with a remake of Ice-T's Colors that's just been discovered by Step One:

N.O.R.E - Colors
(From some obscure white label 12"; 2002)


Unlike Game's Buddens, this shit is a proper Colors remake in that N.O.R.E sticks to Ice's O.G script but flips specific details with his own twist of New York slime. At a guess, this was probably recorded for N.O.R.E's 2002 album on Def Jam since Ice-T briefly appeared on that CD foreal foreal, and Lord knows that album coulda done with a few more jams other than the Neptunes anthems.
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30 comments:

  1. Yeldarb17 May 2017 at 11:06

    Needs to be more Ice remakes

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  2. Kelvin Mack10zie17 May 2017 at 11:37

    NhT Boyz did 6 In The Morning

    "Now he takin' off his chain lIke his bicycle broke"

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  3. step one17 May 2017 at 11:42

    Salute. I should probably stop calling him Noreaga tbh

    Soul On Ice and High Rollers are definitely there for the taking.

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  4. Kelvin Mack10zie17 May 2017 at 12:01

    And Drama and Bitches 2.

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  5. step one17 May 2017 at 12:48

    There's always the danger of Joell Ortiz or Joey Badass getting involved though

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  6. Kelvin Mack10zie17 May 2017 at 13:13

    Or Termanology 😨

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  7. T-Saint Goes Marching In17 May 2017 at 15:28

    I wonder if Gucci's 'Colors' was a lowkey tribute to Ice? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YJh8eBlq0o

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  8. Kelvin Mack10zie17 May 2017 at 16:04

    Hook sounds like a sneaky homage.

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  9. rymsnitch17 May 2017 at 17:59

    aye, your opinion on husalah's new single?

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  10. Kelvin Mack10zie17 May 2017 at 18:11

    The M.O.B song?

    Not what I wanna hear from a new Husalah song, tbh.

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  11. rym snitch17 May 2017 at 20:31

    yeah the m.o.b. song... pretty disappointing but I honestly don't expect much at this point. Wish he'd just release that unreleased album. However, I did kind of recently discover the Stay Silent mixtape which had some unreleased gems on - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CME_okqHHI

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  12. Kelvin Mack10zie17 May 2017 at 20:57

    Definitely some joints on that 'tape.

    Hus G. Rap gotta be the only track we've heard from Harsh Reality.

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  13. hotbox17 May 2017 at 21:19

    this is cool I like C-Murder's "Cluckers" more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ehh2M8M7jU

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  14. Kelvin Mack10zie17 May 2017 at 21:34

    C-Murder gets bonus points for getting a revamped version of the beat

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  15. rym snitch17 May 2017 at 22:34

    Husalah could've made the biggest conscious (but street) rap album if he wanted during the mid 00s, it's ridiculous the kind of deep lines he was coming out with and then going back into brag rap

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  16. d18 May 2017 at 11:01

    This is great, Nore was saying Ice looked out for him early on/was his fav OG in his podcast, wonder if this was him saying thanks.

    I found this one w a video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J7nZYa3ss8

    while tryna find this on whosampled:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4syhm-K7_M

    also Games done like 4 versions one of which is a Sean Kingston song lol

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  17. Kelvin Mack10zie18 May 2017 at 11:25

    Frigging Game never there.

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  18. d18 May 2017 at 14:10

    Dunno if theres anything more valueless than a nod from Game.

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  19. Andrew Barber18 May 2017 at 18:49

    you guys forgot Master Percy remade "6 N Tha Mornin" -- had a video for it and everything

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk4OdbDkbDI

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  20. Kelvin Mack10zie18 May 2017 at 19:47

    I never saw that video before! 👍

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  21. Andrew Barber19 May 2017 at 04:50

    FUN FACT: on the same album, Silkk covered NWA's "Express Yourself" and the video is even more ridiculous

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  22. Kelvin Mack10zie19 May 2017 at 09:57

    😄

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  23. d19 May 2017 at 12:04

    Lads speaking of which did anyone get tricked into buying this bullshit the Express Yourself cover is from thinking it was the og like me

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton:_N.W.A_10th_Anniversary_Tribute

    like look at that cover, if you were a kid round that time what would you think it was? I was biased against the name Gangsta Dresta for yrs thinking it meant bootleg Dre

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  24. Kelvin Mack10zie19 May 2017 at 12:25

    Damn, homie.

    S/O to Ms. Kane from Legit Ballaz version of I Ain't The One though.

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  25. Andrew Barber22 May 2017 at 18:24

    forgot to link this LOOL

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_UyhjU70bE

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  26. Kelvin Mack10zie22 May 2017 at 18:34

    Some prime Bowler hat wearing goin' down in that video.

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  27. Andrew Barber22 May 2017 at 18:35

    @ d -- yes i remember this. it was another terrible priority records cash in on the NWA catalog. They had many.

    as if they weren't making enough money from percy in 98

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  28. d22 May 2017 at 20:13

    Im with Ms Kanes one cos it follows the golden rule of rap covers - flip the lyrics enough so its not rly a cover at all. These hamchilds took it one step further n not only used the same words they remade the beats smh, at least Snoop had the decency to use new instrumentals on each of his 8000 covers. Im shocked Snoop didnt rerelease this shitshow when he had that job @ Priority in the mid 00s.

    Got a soft spot for Spice 1s Sucker MCs cover though but thats prob just cos that beats good in any context.

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  29. Kelvin Mack10zie22 May 2017 at 20:32

    Snoop's liner note/song breakdowns on them remastered Priority reissues of Strictly Business and Ghetto D were the best music writing of the late '00s.

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  30. d22 May 2017 at 21:04

    Snoop coulda had a class column or something, hes always dropping references to rare shit n remembers the words to all the records Nardwuar hands him. Him mentioning Jimmy Spicer on a talk show recently also explains that weird accent he does a lot.

    I know they were on the same label but it was cool seeing him talk up Young Bleed on GGN.

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