Reasons why I love Youtube # 23

Two for today. The first being a clip of very badly behaved Beastie Boys indeed performing (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) live on Japanese TV in 1987 with a little help from Ricky Powell. Sexism, racism, homophobia, Mike D in a Stüssy t-shirt and a VW symbol chain, oriental hookers - this video truly has it all :


It's tempting to suggest that MCA became a Buddhist Dalai Lama-sympathiser in the 90s purely due to the guilt he felt after the "with your oriental pussy you can suck my dick" lyric switch they pulled in this performance.

And the second clip being A-Mafia's very secrete and very rare Mafia Anthem debut video from 2003. Song being out-of-sync with the video swag on a trillion gazillion :


A decent enough joint over the I Shot Ya/50 Shot Ya Lyn Collins break, but mainly notable for historical reasons as a video to fellow Dipset marks with it being the first time the Purple City crew of Agallah The Don Bishop, Shiest Bub and Un Kasa were caught together on camera and the moment where Un Kasa officially replaced Big L as the least threatening-looking Harlem thug Rapper of all time :

Jim'll Fik It

I know a lot of yous lot were all over I Am A Vampire like Klaus Kinski on Isabelle Adjani's neck. But if we're honest here it wasn't a particularly good song and most of you were just far too easily impressed by the notion of one of E-40's relatives rhyming about being a bloodsucking creature of the night when we live in a post-Twlight/True Blood world. Me, I've been patiently waiting for another Cousin Fik song as good as the title track of his first mixtape and it's finally arrived:

"Right next door to Vallejo
them little projects in Rodeo
they'll turn your beanie cap to a halo
quick to *KNOCKA N*GGA DOWN, HOE!*

Cousin Fik - Knocka N*gga Down
(From teh internet; 2012)


That vocal sample is the handy gimmick around which Fik's bars revolve, and the juxtaposition of a nursery rhyme melody and old-school mobb muzik bass on this which make this such a slap. E-40 needs to get back into my good books after Block Brochure ended up being so pedestrian, so I suggest he makes another sequel to Carlos Rossi over a synth approximation of Ring-A-Ring O' Roses.

Mark Zuckerberg = officially a conduit for evil?

Stone the crows, fellas - Michael "Marlo Mike" Louding is on Facebook and, yup, it does appear to be a legitimate account!

So let's just get this straight here : Boosie isn't allowed to use a computer to record new music in prison, but a homicidal teenage hit man like Marlo Mike is free to post on Facebook and advertise his admiration for Ashton Kutcher and Christiano Ronaldo? This is why Zuckerberg will never be as loved as Tom from MySpace.

Speaking of Trill Ent. recording artistes, thought I'd throw up the MP3 ofLil' Phat's latest video single Countin' Money since it appeared on a recent Trap-A-Holics mixtape and hasn't made its way to the 'net as a loosie yet. As I type this, I'm preparing to contact Gawker to see if they'll commission me to write a 20, 000 word article on Lil' Phat and his uncanny resemblance to what a Special Needs version of Trugoy would probably look like :

Lil' Phat - Countin' Money
(From Trap Music : Playoffs Edition mixtape; 2012)

Beak Mill

"In my presence n*ggas better act orderly
outta-liners gettin' dealt with accordingly
pussy party ass n*ggas steady wildin' out
somebody hit him now that motherfucker hidin' out
I show respect and expect mines mutual
anything less could result in a funeral
life's too good to be lyin' inside a box
I'm with a bad bitch, we ridin' inside a drop
money on my head, but who gives a fuck?
the design on they red, who gettin' bucked?
arrows all on it pointin' to my face
me, motherfucker, me, more pies and cake
blowin' good weed, hair in the wind
I gotta make it to church, Lord knows that I sin
but Lord knows when I win I'ma do the right thing with my Devilish grin.."

Troy Ave ft. Mila Brown - Life's So Good
(From Bricks In My Backpack mixtape; 2010)


Quickly wanna point out that Troy Ave's Life's So Good is one of the few examples of N.Y throwback-Rap done right from the past couple of years being as it consciously uses the same Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes song as Azie's What's Going On, Black? and Mila Brown's crooning sounds like a vintage Vinia Mojica chorus. Whilst that new Cokeamania joint knocks, this and Dirty Martini are still Troy's best songs by a considerable distance.

So, possible future pseudonyms that Troy Ave AKA Harry Powder will go by then? Thus far I've got Sniff Tannen, Hubba Sparxxx, Michael Yay, White Schultz, Yayo Toure, Tone Coke, Pyrex Hunt, Yamuel Beckett, Bill Bricks and Michael Fishscale.

A Foxx compilation 4 u

Foxx ft. Shizz - 3rd Person
(From Don't Work, Don't Eat album; 2012)


Rich Nigga still gets my vote as the highlight of Don't Work, Don't Eat, but ANU and Drake were both right to gravitate towards 3rd Person since it's the Rap game's answer to The Jimmy episode of Seinfeld and now that Gun Sounds-Rap has reached its apex with Gunplay's Jump Out Electronic Ca$h Counter-Rap needs to become the new sound du jour of southern Thug-Rap in 2012.

Because Foxx remains a perennially undervalued Rapper despite his charismatic personality, knack for songwriting and ownership to the deeds of Trill Ent's biggest hit, I done threw together a swift Best Of compilation comprised of cuts from his Street Gossip album and his My Haters Love Me Most, I'm Carolyn Son and Hemi Hemi Gone mixtapes. If the only Foxx-A-Mill you're familiar with is the Wipe Me Down remix and his cameos on Boosie and/or Webbie joints, then behold the Rapper who justifies crashing his car when driving home drunk from the club with the logically sound argument that he paid for the vehicle so he can do what he damn well wants with it :

Foxx - The Foxx Files

1. Rich N*gga
2. Gold Mouth Dog
3. Coogi Down
4. I Got It
5. Bed Wetter
6. 3rd Person (with Shizz)
7. Get On
8. I Hate My (with Miz Smurff)
9. Rubberband Knots (with Lil' Phat)
10. Like Me
11. Original
12. They Say
13. Stressed Out

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Questions, questions, questions

How come east coast Rap music has become so utterly devoid of humour and why do I have to go looking to Chicago Rappers to post music from the last five years which carries on the fine traditions of funny, cocky everymen Rappers like Positive K and Vagina Diner-era Akinyele?

Is a certain first wave Rap blogger from Chicago actually now a shadowy industry P.R figure masquerading as an impartial journalist at Pitchfork, The Fader and Complex as the latest Blogger beef on Twitter suggested yesterday?

Isn't it a bit rich for Brendan Soderberg to accuse anyone of being a clandestine P.R guy when rumours swirl that he's on Codie G's payroll, and he clearly uses SPIN magazine as an outlet to push music by his Rapper buddies and continue his internet vendetta against A$AP Rocky's manager at the expense of innocent parties like the artists on A$AP Worldwide Records?

Is it okay for ya boy Dickie Tre Mane AKA Picture Me Rollie Pemberton right chea to post a Chicago Rap song today if it's from 4 years ago, and does Barry Mannilow know Cadence Weapon raids his wardrobe?

How ironic is it that Mic Terror's henchest performance and most traditional Rap-de-Rap song to date should've derived from a forgotten Imeem mixtape featuring a gaggle of otherwise mediocre tracks by 2008 Hypebeast-Rap Blog mainstays like Pac Div, The Cool Kids, Mickey Factz, Dom Kennedy and Kidz In The Hall?

Mic Terror - Get Off
(From Creme De La Creme : The Mixtape; 2008)

Martorial elegance : Boosie edition # 9

That bird wot used to be in The Cardigans has been spending all of her royalties on Botox, GHD products, ol' Claire's Accessories assistant lookin' ass tattoos and ill-fitting Boosie hoodies?

TBH, I only ever use Facebook to keep tabs on the deluge of contempt from ethnic ppl that appears every time a Jacobs pops up in the Boosiejustice feed :

Martorial elegance # 60

Summer's finally here which means that it's t-shirt weather at the weekends until it turns chilly and starts raining after 6 and you end up caught out there cold and drenched in a pub beer garden cursing humanity and scheming on jacking some pudwhapper for their jacket when they've gone for a piss.

If you wanna live a tad less trifely but still bear arms on drizzly summer nights, then scoot over to COBRASWAG and feast your eyes upon Nyquil's collection of Rap tall tees. You'll never have to worry about getting a wet arse from sitting on a damp bench again in one of these screenprinted muumuus, and the post will prepare you for an upcoming MARTORIALIST X COBRASWAG collaboration that's about to go down. Me and 'quil are more into white girls jacking their bodies than jacking poindexters for their Primark faux-Harringtons, dat's luv dere :

C-Loc ft. Boosie & Maxminelli - My Thug There
(From It's A Gamble album; 2000)