Lifter Puller-Atmosphere

lyriccssssssssss. This track is about teenage relationships and how and why they do or do not work. "two geniuses putting together the pieces of a blank puzzle."

Somethin' outta nothin'-Kooley High

The L.O.X.- Recognize

Snoop Dogg- Imagine

Termanology- Watch How It Go Down

Fat Joe- The Crack Attack

Immortal Technique- Industrial Revolution

Yes Indeedy-Self Provoked

Doooooooooooooope.

Felt-Chewed Up (greives and budo remix)

Don't Say Nothin'- The Roots

Down South-Southern Comfort

Dela-Atmosphere Airlines

This album is fucking fantastic. Its the perfect music to play while studying or something because literally every song is good, and as one song ends, the other begins to pick up out of the beat. the album is basically just one really long song. Its hard to explain but when you listen you'll know what i mean. Just download it. Posting one song doesnt even barely give it justice. Download

KRS-One - MC's Act Like They Don't Know

The Big Picture- Big L

listen all the way through. great beat

Scarface-On My Block

Geto Boys-Gangsta Put Me Down

Flamboyant- Big L

Blame Game- Atmosphere

Bloody Samurai- Black Knights

You Never Knew- Hieroglyphics

Cold as Ice- M.O.P

Sagaba- Blue Scholars

Abstract Rude - Thynk Eye Can f. Aceyalone & Myka 9

Immortal Technique is releasing a new project called The Martyr. The first track to drop from the project is called Toast to the Dead and features a previously unreleased track by J. Dilla. Substantive lyrics + a vintage Dilla beat = nuff said. Check it out.

credits to ambrosia for heads for this post.

Nas-Nasty

Nas dropped some new shit. It's no illmatic, but its still enjoyable. Best thing hes dropped in a good while. Nas needs to get back on with Preem and get some good beats flowing.

Bobby Exodus

Making some of the best hip hop this side of New York is Bobby Exodus, a local Nashville artist who has been killing it recently. Definitely cop his album on his bandcamp. Really good stuff. Amazing lyrics on top of dope beats. If you're feeling lazy, check out the songs "My Magic Hoody" and "It's Always Nice to Meet Anybody". I would still suggest listening to the album as a whole though.

Dont Give Me No Bammer Weed- RBL Posse

Say Shh- Atmosphere

PUTS-The Dig

props to liz at http://nightsgonehere.tumblr.com/

Erick Sermon ft. Marvin Gaye- Music

Chief Rocka-Lords of The Underground

hip fuckin' hop.
download

The Suite for Beaver Part 1- People Under the Stairs

POS-Low Light Low Life

Game- J5

Cunninlynguists- Love Ain't

Blazo- Dock Ellis

Murs-Remember 2 Forget

Swollen Members-Deep End

this one's for jack because i know he'll dig it.

Swollen Members-Deep End

this one's for jack because i know he'll dig it.

Big L-All Black

Strictly Business- EPMD

Code of the Streets-Gangstarr

None Shall Pass- Aesop Rock

Benefit-Behold

someone get this kid a gold fucking star. some of the best lyrics ive heard in a good minute.

Snooooooop doggy dogg

its been a snoop dogg kinda week. heres some classics off doggystyle.

Atmosphere-Sound Is Vibration

inspiration stems from love and stress compounded.

You Never Know- Hieroglyphics

Ya I Get It- Shad

MF Doom-Vomitspit

beat's mad good.

Wu-Tang Clan double dose

here's a couple off the new album.


dope song

"man im not playin', i kick the rough shit." (Say what?) "Man im not playin'". (Direct from the shaolin slum, here i come.)

if you havent downloaded this album yet youre crazy. just saying.

Random Shit

Globe Troddas-Love

PUTS-San Fransico Knights

Souls Of Mischief-Cab Fare

thanks jackle.

Emanon- Six Million Ways

depressing as fackkkk. but i love it.

Songs for when the bitches get you down.

classic.

always.

the brother.

another classic.

no im not ok
and i dont know what to do.

Ghetto Dreams- Common & Nas

Darian D & Jermy J-Knowledge

Video for the single "Knowledge" produced by Jermy J.
Nashville Hip Hop

Just To Get a Rep- Gang Starr

O.C.-Time's Up

i now understand the line from Blu and Exile: "Same feelin' when you first heard times up".

I just found this song yesterday because apparently ive been living under a rock, but its already at 20+ plays on my iTunes. it has line after line of the most insightful shit that just gives me chills. If you want to know what the fuck core hip hop is about, listen to this song.
its a boring beat at first, but after you listen through once and turn it up super fucking loud youll understand. trust me. its literally just three and a half minutes of straight fire with only a short hook with a slick rick sample. how bad can it be?
its almost impossible to pick out just one dope verse of this song to quote on this post, but here's my favorite.

"Guys be lackin in this thing called rappin just for dough
Of course we gotta pay rent, so money connects, but uhh,
I'd rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect
It's the principal of it, I get a rush when I bust
some dope lines oral, that maybe somebody'll quote
That's what I consider real, in this field of music
Instead of puttin brain cells to work they abuse it
Non-conceptual, non-exceptional
Everybody's either crime-related or sexual
I'm here to make a difference, besides all the riffin
The traps are not stickin, rappers stop flippin
For those who pose lyrical but really ain't true I feel their time's limited, hard rocks too."

SO FUCKING SICK.
im gonna grab some OC albums and post up some more of his shit when i get a chance. heres an mp3 download of the song.
http://www.mediafire.com/?hmyj1ttdy2z

Know That- Mos Def

Murs-Break Up

T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)- Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Doujah Raze-Hard Times

heres a fresh one from the underground for all you pretty people.

WUGAZI

"With their Wugazi mash-up project, Midwestern producers Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy pay sharp tribute to two iconic acts, punk titans Fugazi and hip-hop superheroes the Wu-Tang Clan. While Fugazi's staunch separation from the traditional music machine discourages use of their music as mash-up fodder, these 13 songs were created with striking precision."-Rolling Stone Magazine

Download this mashup album if you haven't yet. I'm late to post it because I suck, but its really fucking good.
Between this and Legendary Weapons there's been a helluva lot of Wu-Tang coming out of my speakers recently. And that's never a bad thing.

download this shit

Eric B. & Rakim- Don't Sweat the Technique

Grieves-Bloody Poetry

Hoodie Allen-Leap Year

Ahhh, always seems like the moment I tell everyone I hate an artist, they drop some good shit. Hoodie Allen...fuck that lets just call him "Allen" because I cant stand the name. Anyways Allen just released a new mixtape thats pretty damn good, and up for free download on his website.
Songs to check out if you're feeling lazy:
James Franco
You're Welcome
Flipping Out

most of them are pretty decent though.
Download this shit

People Under The Stairs-The Cat

Public Enemy- Superman's black in the building

Lucy Ford- The Atmosphere EPs Analysis

This is by far my favorite atmosphere album. Its a nice balance between the lyricism of the earlier songs of the sad clown albums and the quality beats of the later songs on "paint that shit gold" and other albums. In my opinion, this album is full of some of the best lyrics ever to be scribbled down on paper. Its one of those where you can feel the emotions the artist went through went writing each song, a range from depressed, bored, bouts of fleeting happiness, and anger. They say misery loves company, so this album is my fucking favorite when i get bummed out or anything.
Some of the best songs include: the haunting "Nothing but Sunshine", a song disguised as happy, but really involves a discussion of the ups and downs of Slug's childhood, and how he had to just keep telling himself he's happy by saying "its all sunshine, nothing but sunshine."
"They're All Gonna Laugh At You", a powerful song about sellout artists and their fans, and slugs struggle to keep his head up and keep doing what hes doing.
"Guns and Cigarettes", a song about becoming bigger than all the popular things people love today.
"Like Today"- A song about waking up in the morning and doing nothing. Its about a man walking around town, sitting in the park, walking in the music and book stores, and other normal things. As odd as it sounds its my favorite song on the album. It has a bluesy feel to it, and the metaphors he uses are fantastic. Its a perfect description of what i do when i get depressed: just walking around thinking about different things, and being polite to people in acceptance of how shitty i feel.
"Don't Ever Fucking Question That"- This song is about slugs conception and the way his parents met. It describes sex without ever saying the word in the craziest and most beautiful way, and then talks about his relationship with his mom. "I love you, dont ever fucking question that, thats why well probably never get along, if i was better at finding the right words to say it, i wouldnt need to write these motherfucking songs". This is one of the most powerful songs on the album.
Theres several other great sons on the album, but these are my favorites.

this is a great album to kick back on the porch and smoke cigarettes and listen by yourself. It sounds corny as hell, but this album has truely affected the way i look life and the way i feel.

download

What I'm Here 4- Gang Starr

Highway Robbery- GZA

Wu Tang Clan-Legendary Weapons leak

the long awaited new wu-tang album has leaked. I feel like an asshole for posting this, but heres an idea-if you download the leak and you like it, please consider actually buying the album. if not, fuck it.

also, the play button will probably not work, but the download link on hulskshare does.

rar-
zip-

Lynguistics-CunninLynguists

One Man Band- DJ Balance

Infinite-Eminem

this is a gem of a fucking song. nice smooth beat and dope lyrics. gotta love it. wish eminem was still on this type of shit.

All In Together Now-GZA

Aint Sayin Nothin New- The Roots

JFK 2 LAX- Gang Starr

Props to Jermy J, Darian D, Bobby Exodus, the last of the horsemen and everyone else who did their thing last night. Yall were sick good job keep doing what you're doing

three things make money out in kansas city, thats drugs, pussy, and jesus.

Hip Hop show @The End

-Bobby Exodus
-Squake
-Darian D
-Jermy J
-Ol'Man
-MAGE The BlackHeart
-Distract
-The Dunwich Horror
-Levi Stress
and more!!!

SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH

THE END
2219 Elliston Place
Nashville, TN

LADIES-FREE
GUYS-$5
18 and up

Bobby Exodus-Magic Hoodie

nashville!

All Caps-Madvillain

Like Today-Atmosphere

The Dig-People Under The Stairs

Top three songs with horn stops

Horn stops/stabs make hip hop songs smack you in the face. Here's some good ones.

Animalistic-Animalistic

rad shit.
download everything here:
http://animalisticmusic.com/

Memory Lane (Sittin in da Park)-Nas

this one's for all the seniors graduating. congrats and good luck in college dudes!
im sure yall are freaking out about college just as much as you are excited about it, but just sit back and listen to some nas. its gonna be awesome.

Mac Lethal-Calm Down Baby

"My name is Mac Sheldon I'm a fire-sign leo
Alcoholic, anti-mall, anti-hero, anti-soccer mom, anti-hipster; pro-eating captain-crunch-cereal-for-dinner, pro-taking-bong-hits-to-cure-your-depression, and pro-demo cd, if you got one let me check it, but never ask me what the hell i'm laughing about, see ya later, I'ma go take a nap on the couch, alright?"

FUCK TIM PHILLIPS


http://www.mediafire.com/?6jmbvyvdw4d

Mindstate-Cunninlynguists

Dead Prez & Onyx- Last Days Reloaded

Wu Tang Clan-C.R.E.A.M.

This goes out to my math tutor Mr. Moscow. Thanks for helping me pass man!

Feel-Good Fridays

yeah its not friday. what of it?
so the school year's closing up. finals and shit are starting and sometimes stress and anxiety can get a little overwhelming, so here's a few songs I play to get me feeling better. Maybe it'll help you out too.
friday's gonna be here before you know it.




download links
good day

feel me flow

sunshine

Nas Samples

this is some of the craziest shit i've ever heard. its one of the most inspiring things i've ever listened to.
you will feel like you can do anything after you listen to this.

Skills-Gangstarr

Classified-Up All Night

sometimes you find a song so relevant to your life its scary.
this is that song to me.

Hodgy Beats-Mystery

I hate to join the OFWGKTA dickrider patrol, but this song is tooo good.
Dear Diary by The Moody Blues is sampled.

Auditorium

Mos Def, Slick Rick, Madlib on the beat. What more can you ask for?

Bullets of Truth-Dumbfoundead

flowwwwwww

Reminiscing-Darian D. and Jermy J.

Reminiscing(Prod.By ModernMarvel) by Jermy*J
i met these dudes at a concert a while back and they gave me their "insomniac mixtape", which was great aside from the recording quality, which wasn't terrible but wasn't great either. i ran into them again the other day and they me they got some better equipment now, and it sounds goooood! local nashville hip hop with some home grown recording and scratching, its raw and awesome. check it out fools.

Heres a single from Darian D too thats dooope.
Busted Notes by Darian D

School's in, kids.

"now wait a minute-what the hell does chopping trees have to do with culinary?"
that's the spirit kid, analyse the lyric
from the moment that you hear it, see, cuz most don't have the skill to utilize their ears' function as a garbage filter,
so their brain gets clogged and congested by the time and the effort that's invested in illusion

this shit is on fire. im digging it.

New Music Mondays

better late than never.

im a hell of a loser.


you should download this album.

Gangstarr-Make em Pay

Quasimoto-Boom Music

Shad-Brother

Kean Devine even sort of likes this.... Shad is the shit

I bet God thinks you're amusing..

this is real music. real fucking lyrics. real soul. this is what music is about. i know ive been on an atmosphere kick recently, but i cant help it. its just amazing fucking music. just think about this line: ‎"Oddly enough, I'm happy I ain't famous...imagine waking up to the fact that you're simply entertainment. I bet god thinks you're amusing."

so fuck you to Wiz Khalifa for selling out like the rest of 'em, knew you had it in ya.

fuck you to whoever says old hip hop is too boring

fuck you to whoever cant respect the value of lyrical content

fuck you to whoever says they only like "party music"

fuck waka, fuck lil b, fuck liking music because its popular, fuck liking music because its different.

fuck the norm, fuck saying fuck the norm.

fuck you to whoever says posting old music aint worth it. because it is. its not that i only post it because its old, i post it out of respect and love, and a need i feel to share it with the rest of the world that i feel ignores it. no one even reads this shit anyways. so fuck you.

Feel Good

Rock The Fuck Out by Parker Stallworth

this is a poem i really like, it makes me feel better when i feel shitty, i guess thats why i like it.

i put it on a beat for fun. fuck it.

this song came on my shuffle while i was doing my homework and i had to post it. This sounds cliche but its a fucking beautiful song. lyrical genius. slugs not a rapper, hes a poet.

basically, what i get out of it is that its a story about his father meeting his mother, and his conception, among other things. "the player met a virgin, made a virgo, named him shaun." definitely up there on my list of favorites from Atmosphere, even though its a fucking long list.

Live as it Gets-Reef the Lost Cause

the scratching in this song is fucking nuuuuts. rap is average but the beat really makes up for it.

Live as it Gets by Royce Da 5'9 is sampled.

Snak the Ripper-Watch Me Flex

creds to jack

Still Strugglin-Biggie & Raekwon

Leaders-Nas & Damian Marley

dEL DOUBLE-DOSE

nujabes-feather

RIP Nate Dogg

nate dogg passed this month after battling health issues for several years, including 2 strokes.

The beauty of a true artist like Nate Dogg is that you can bring him back to life, all you gotta do is press play.

RIP

New Music Mondays

The Fire-The Roots

Diverse-Certified

This is one of those songs that can get instantly catapulted into your list of favorite rap songs after the first listen. It's just sick. And, it was in a Tony Hawk game, so its got that going for it.
I provided a DL link because I know you want it.
Diverse-Certified

Brand Nubian-Slow Down

"I've seen your kind before you're not original, just a sick mixed up individual" this song is tight and is one of Brand Nubian's most famous songs from their debut album One for All. This group comes from NY and has made a lot of good stuff. For anybody that watches Entourage you may recognize this song from season 3.

Atmosphere-Just for Show

Hey, how about two new music posts in a row. Atmosphere just released the first single from the album on the real rhymesayers' youtube page, similar to the way they have been releasing Blueprint's album one by one with music videos.

Atmosphere (Rap) - Music - More Music Videos

New Music Mondays

To switch things up a bit im introducing a new post for each monday called New Music Mondays, where we'll throw up some new songs to refresh you, and then get back to the old school hip hop for the rest of the week.
So this week, I give you Childish Gambino

Freaks and Geeks from Donald Glover on Vimeo.

Playtawin-Gang Starr

Atmosphere Family Sign Preview

Atmosphere - "Just For Show" by rhymesayers
Credit to worldofundergroundhiphop.com for this post.
Monday night, Slug of Atmosphere sat down with David Campbell from The Current to share the first track "Just For Show" off of their new album The Family Sign. Good stuff.
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How to Fish-Dela

"My grandfather never bought a lotta gifts, but he handed me a rod and he taught me how to fish."
Meaningful song, really nice.

Mobb Deep-Survival of the Fittest

Big Pun Ft. Fat Joe-Twins

grimey NY street-hop...remember when Joe was good?

93 Til Infinity-Souls of Mischief

This group came from Oakland and this song comes from their debut album 93 'til infinity. They got a lot of good songs but this one is probably their most famous. Pretty sick right?

Big

Royce Da 5'9-Boom

Damn premo is good

Diggy Simons-Shook Ones

Props to Evan for showing me this shit. Diggy Simmons is that kid from Run's House if you remember and he just released a mixtape hosted by preemo with some of his beats and scratching. This is a beat from an old Mobb Deep song of the same name, and Mac Miller's best song has a beat from the 90's too. So thats some good news eh?
Oh and you might recognize the beat from 8 mile in the freestyles at the end.

Common-The Light

Rah Digga- Lesson of the Day

preem+woman rapper? the results are goooooood!

unreleased elements

Unreleased Element mixtape
doooooope

features loads of well respected MCs including Jay-Z, Asher Roth, Wax, Lyrics Born, Royce, and a bunch of others. pretty good shit.
download link below.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5diszv

Wax-Dont Need

"Don't need no palace paved with gold...Don't need more cash than banks can hold."

good ole EOM beat. lyrics are a little lacking, but still a damn good song to chill to.
beat sampled from:

Some illmatic tracks for tuesday

Yo, they call me Nas, I'm not your legal type of fella, Moet drinkin, marijuana smokin street dwella.

The beat is sinister, Preemo makes ya relax

A song to listen to while you read:
What better way to kick things off then some preemo apreesh. From Gangstarr to Mos Def and a helluva lot in between and after, DJ Premier/preemo/preem/primo has been on top of the hip-hop Dj'ing world for quite a long time. When you think of new york hip hop, chances are youre thinking of a song preem produced. Preem is well known for mastering the art of sampling, and he often can even string together coherent sentences, made from lines in multiple songs. One of the most notable is Mathematics by Mos Def, where he takes the following to make the chorus of the song:

"The Mighty Mos Def" (from Mos Def's "Body Rock"),

"It's simple mathematics" (Fat Joe's "John Blaze"),

"Check it out" (Lady of Rage from Snoop Dogg's "For All My Niggaz & Bitches"),

"I revolve around science" (from Ghostface Killah's verse on Raekwon's "Criminology"),

"What are we talking about here" (from the movie Ghostbusters Said by William Atherton's Character),

"Do your math" (from Erykah Badu's "On & On"), and

"One, two, three, four" (from James Browns's "Funky Drummer")

(Thanks Wikipedia)

I can honestly not count the number of times ive recognized a sample from a preem song i heard that i ended up hearing in its actual song. Most recently, I was driving the other day and I heard "tragic like the havoc of a nuclear bomb" in a gangstarr song, and I realized that thats where that sample in Boom by Royce da 5'9 comes from. He is an artist at sampling and can make even lame shit sound sick.

Preem is also known well for being able to craft beats from anything and everything, including turning this:

into this:

fucking sick, right?

some of his shit just blows me away.

Other notable rappers he has made beats for:

Afu-Ra

Capone-n-Noreaga

Common

Royce da 5'9

Literally COUNTLESS more. Chances are, if you hear a sick beat in any rap song from the 90's, look it up, itll be preemo. Or Hi-Tek. But thats a whole different story.

heres a recent interview with him.

And i will leave you with a tight song. Because youre worth it.