Monday 21 March 2022

My Mind Spray 3

I want to live in a world where social media celebrity shitheads shill for Young Jr's Bird Walk rather than those two boring songs by Young Slo-Be.

Thinking about what the first great Rap remix was and my pick would be BDP's Remix For P Is Free. It's the first remix which is both significantly different and significantly better than the original innit. Pretty impressive when you consider how bad most Rap/Reggae hybrids tend to be.

People often refer to Mac J as Bris' sidekick but look back at old videos like Difference and it's Bris who is Mac J's little homie. Bris just happened to have a song blow up before Mac.

Never trust any DJ who plays the College Dropout version of Slow Jamz with the stupid added orchestral breakdown rather than the single version from Twista's album which was the big hit. KanYe Pest: ruining his own music with delusions of artistic grandeur since 2004.

You know what song really should have been on Ego Trip's The Big Playback compilation? Scuffin' Those Knees by The New Style AKA the 1989 single by Treach, Vin Rock & Kay Gee before they changed their name to Naughty By Nature.

Tired: I Can't Feel My Face by Lil' Wayne. Wired: Find My Legs by Yuno Miles.

The two best songs to come out on Def Jux are Hold The Floor by Camu Tao and Murs Iz My Manager by Mr. Lif & Murs, and it's no coincidence that both songs contain zero musical contribution from El-P. Sincere rest in peace to Camu - we'll always have the time you chinned Copywrite.

10 comments:

Yohan said...

Interesting to see those early Mac J videos (also listened to "Winners" earlier today). You can see the building blocks for his post 2018 work was already there, but he still had to grow a bit into his voice and flow, and I think he leveled up lyrically as well. Saying goodbye to using autotune on the hook also did wonders. That said, Panhandling is a great song and deserves all due praise.

I really don't understand the draw of Def Jux and how El-P has a career, let alone being part of a critically acclaimed group also featuring Killer Mike. He really does ruin everything Mike touches with that cacophonous production which sounds like he lets his mom pick random sounds on FruityLoops and puts them together in the worst way possible.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

El-P's rapping is very painful on the ear too imo.

Ray Garraty said...

totally agree that Slo-Be been boring lately

Spartan said...

Did Remix For P Is Free come out before Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness - the Coldcut Remix? Great pick, regardless.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Yeah, Criminal Minded dropped very early 1987 according to the 'net.

Anonymous said...

Seems odd for EL P and Def Jux to still be at the forefront of anybody's mind in 2022. Makes about as much sense as getting misty-eyed over a bout of food poisoning you suffered twenty years ago.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Hold The Floor and Murs Iz My Manager are timeless classics. That particular thought was inspired by a mate telling me I need to properly listen to the Cannibal Ox album.

CrowleyHead said...

Not for nothing the real problem with Cannibal Ox is that Vast Aire might be a worse rapper than anyone in Company Flow was as a rapper or producer.

Ben said...

Also Spice is on that Nick Cannon show Wildn out right now which I just find amusing cause I never thought random dance hall artist I discovered through this blog would be on national TV in 2022.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Good ol' Spice 😄

Crowley, best thing Vast Aire ever did was his MySpace blog dis to Cage.

FUCK CAGE & WEATHERMEN
Category: Blogging

first off RIP TO CAMU TAO-, i know how close we were, and i dont have to flash it over the net, like some of these fake wannabe's.

cage shitted DEF JUX, he used to shit on EL-P & EL-P's girlfriend kathrine!!! who works for BIZ 3 ENT. HE EVEN Wanted to leak EL-P×’€™S FAN DAM LP!!!!!!!!

cage is a liar and a fake. i remeber when cage hated on def jux and wanted to put WEATHERMEN records ONLY on EC. BUT NOW THERE NO EC, HE HAS TO JUMP ON DEF JUX'S DICK.

i think CAGE IS AN ATTENTION WHORE, I FIND IT FUNNY THAT HE PUTS OUT THIS BLOG RIGHT AFTER SLIM SHADY'S NEW LP???? I GUESS HE STILL ENV×’€™Y SLIM AND NECRO'S CAREERS?????

ON THE REAL, STAY IN YOUR HOUSE CAGE, LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO, YOU KNOW DONT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR QUITE WHITE SUBURB!!!!!

YOUR FULL OF SHIT, HOW DARE YOU START BEEF RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT CAMU??? INSTEAD YOUR WRITTING BLOGS ABOUT ME?
TAKING CHEAP SHOOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????/

I HAVENT SEEN OR THOUGHT ABOUT YOU IN 4 YEARS??? I HAVENT BEEN IN WEATHERMEN IN 3 YEARS? I DONT THINK ABOUT YOU???

SO WHY ARE YOU BRINGING ME UP?
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WILL FUCK YOU UP, AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS!!!
WE CAN SHOOT THE FARE ONE WITH A CAMERA ON SINCE YOU LIKE TO MAKE SEENS!!! CAGE IS A WANNABE THUG WITH FAKE PAIN!!!!????

WHERES YOUR BLACK FRIENDS AT? EVERY BLACK KID HAS LEFT DEF JUX BECAUSE WE ARE TIRED OF THIS "WEAK WHITE BOY ...IM ON PILLS THAT NEED ALOT OF ATTENTION BULL SHIT!"

IM RIGHT HERE!!!! I LIVE IN BKNY! GUNSET! YOU CAN ALWAYS CATCH ME IN HARLEM!
IM RIGHT HERE!!! CAGE IS A BITCH,

ALL REAL HEADS DONT FUCK WITH THEM ANY MORE!!!!
WHERES SPACE AT?
WHERES BMS AT?
WHERES MR LIF AT?
WHERES CANNIBAL OX AT?
WHERES C-RAYZ WALZ?
WHERES MURS?
WHERE DJ LEN?
WHERES BIG JUS?
WHERES RJD2?
WHERES COPY?
WHERES MASAI BEY?
WHERES ALL YOUR STREET CRED????

CAN ANY WEATHERMAN TAKE A WALK IN EAST NY OR HARLEM?
{I GOT LOVE FOR THE JUGGANOTS} BREWIN IS THE ONLY ONE I TRULY RESPECT AFTER ALL THIS TIME!!!!!!! I BET YOU BREWIN ONLY HAS ONE OR 2 VERSES ON THAT NEW TRASH WEATHERMEN LP!!!!

AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYBODY WITH A LIVING SOUL HAS LEFT YOUR FAKE DEF JUX / WEATHERMAN CAMP SO YOU AND YAK-BALLZ CAN HAVE SWORD FIGHTS IN THE DARK!

BY THE WAY THE REAL WEATHERMEN ARE DOWN WITH REAL BLACK PEOPLE IN THE STRUGGLE.
ALL YOU DO IS SIT AT HOME, AND CRY ABOUT YOUR DAD WHO PUT HIS FINGER BUTT WHILE HE DID HERON!!!! GO WRITE A SONG ABOUT THAT!

YOU ARE A REAL LOW LIFE! I DARE YOU TO COME OUT OF YOUR HOUSE FOR 20 MINS!!!!
WHAT PART OF NEW YORK DO YOU LIVE IN NOW? THE TRASH CAN?
YOU LOOK LIKE A FAKE BEATLE, IM GONNA SMACK THAT HAIR CUT RIGHT OFF YOUR HEAD!!!
VAST AIRE-