Thursday 6 May 2021

Try to take it all in stride, please don't keep it all inside

"Stresses are all around
Stress wants to be a verb, make sure that it's a noun
When stresses are repressed, effects can be profound
So don't be in denial when stress is goin' down"


Homeboy Sandman - Stress
(From Don't Feed The Monster album; 2020/YouTube; 2021)



Better out than in: off-kilter observational Rap that's more of an Overlord Of Overthinking handbook than Organized Konfusion's hall of famer and its equally hallowed remix. This song properly clicked for me when I realised it's got that sneaky MF Grimm Tick Tick sloppy-choppy energy in Sandman's flow and Quelle Chris' production. Brain sick, tick tick, stress will blow it up!

MF Grimm - Tick Tick
(From MF DOOM's Operation: Doomsday album; 1999)



Tick Tick definitely ranks somewhere in the upper echelon of ya host's top ten G.O.A.T guest solo songs on other rapper's albums. The other nine? In no particular order: Lady Of Rage's G Funk (Intro) from Snoop's Doggystyle; Mac Dre's Game I'm Spittin' from Dubee's AKA Sugawolf; MF DOOM's I Hear Voices Part 1 from MF Grimm's The Downfall Of Ibylis; Kurious' Fastlane from King Gheedorah's Take Me To Your Leader; Fam-Lay's FamLay Freestyle from The Clipse's Lord Willin'; Lil' Cease's O.G solo version of Crush On You from Lil' Kim's Hard Core; Lil' Wayne's Wayne's Takeover 1 from Mannie's The Mind Of Mannie Fresh; Un Kasa's Un Casa from Dipset's Diplomatic Immunity; and Memphis Bleek's Hand It Down from Jay Camel's Volume 2.

32 comments:

L.A said...

Hov's Dear Summer on the Bleek album.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

My honourable mention has gotta be Megalon's Rain Blood also from MF Grimm's first album.

Anonymous said...

Killah Priest BIBLE off of Gza's Liquid Swords.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Good call. I used to hate that song but it's grown on me over the years.

One day I'll finally get round to checking out Heavy Mental.

noz said...

SAAFIR "THAT BULLSHIT"

Anonymous said...

Luca Brasi Speaks off Starlito's Cold Turkey album.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

That Bullshit is so sick. That woulda been top ten if not for the bit about where he says his arse is sweaty. Tmi imho.

Anonymous said...

MF Grimm has a new album out. The hunt for the gingerbread man 2.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Is it better than the first? That album was so shit I haven't checked for Grimm since.

d said...

Got v into killah priest lately, a development I didn't see coming lol. Heavy mental is bananas, prob some of the most scientifical science ever made

Memphis Bleek - Dynasty intro
All the big Tymer intros should count since their intro shit talking n actual rapping are often indistinguishable
Them Japanese lads on bulhoone mindstate might be the worst one

d said...

NM u mentioned the bleek song

Kermode's Mighty Quiff said...

Enjoyed HBS's album from last year a fair bit.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Spart, yeah I ended up buying the CD recently.

Donal, gotta disqualify the Big Tymers intros for not being solo. Group tracks on other rapper's albums is a whole 'nother topic.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Fuck it, I just bought a cheap copy of Heavy Mental.

Andrew Barber said...

all I know is Too Low's "Funky Lil" from Scarface's The World Is Yours had my middle school goin nuts

Jmil843 said...

Yet another great Mac Dre song that I previously never knew existed.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Jmil, it was his "let me reintroduce myself!" song after getting outta prison, I believe.

Drew, undeniably 'ard song.

D said...

He reused game im spitting lyrics on Mac Who? w Mac mall which is a top 10 Dre song to me n is up there w schoolly d n snoop for quasi freestyle/actual song songs. Been finding there's khayree versions of a ton of them early post prison Dre songs.

Dubee is v underrated I've been playing him a lot lately n speaking of, the khayree mix of Billy Bad Ass goes.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

What's the Khayree mix? Link me plz.

d said...

https://youtu.be/8PbFvr8C_5g

This is p poor quality but I'll zip up the proper one on Monday if you want. think I got it off some comp yrs ago,can't remember which

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Nice and Nice one.

Related: is You Ain't My Dog from the first Cutthroat Committee album Dre & Dubee's best back-and-forth? I say YES!

GGGGGG said...

1st CC album got a lot of slaps

David said...

DMG - you don’t hear me doe again on a Scarface album

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

The World Is Yours was his secretly his first My Homies 😄

Anonymous said...

So what did you think of heavy Mental then?

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

CD hasn't arrived yet.

Andrew Barber said...

and let's not forget My Homies blessed us with the first two Devin solo songs. He wasn't even The Dude yet. "Boo Boo'n" and "Do What You Want"

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Good point,

Ben said...

Honestly Killah Priest has a few albums i really like but in more recent years he's gotten way to carried away with all conspiracy ufo garbage.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Ancient astronauts! 👽

d said...

Man if too much conspiracy UFO garbage is a problem maybe killah priest isn't for ya

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Basic Instructions Before Leaving Alpha Centauri.