Second to last show (tear). An era is coming to a close folks; from our humble beginnings as the legendary Trill Train to the super official Hip Hop Hour, we’ve been bringing Kirksville only the finest rap music. Maybe the Rythm Rug can take the reigns, but I can’t help but feel as though KTRM will never be the same again.
Big L & Jay-Z- “95 Freestyle”: How hungry do these two guys sound on this? Can you imagine hearing that live on the radio?
Ghostface Killah- “The Champ”: Since I’m not on the air right now, I can issue as many call to actions as I want. That being said, go get Fishscale. Then throw Supreme Clientele in the cart, and max out your card with Ironman. If you don’t have those three albums you’re doing yourself a disservice.
Nelly- “Ride Wit Me”: Why did Franklin want to hear this? Not sure.
ODB- “Got Your Money”: This was practically a staple on the Trill Train, and this is the first time the Hip Hop Hour has ever played Dirty solo. My former colleague Daniel would instruct you to go watch the video for this song, and I agree.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony- “War (w/ Henry Rollins, Tomo Morello & Flea)”: This song sucks. Don’t ever listen to it, except ironically. It’s from the Small Soldiers soundtrack.
Kanye West- “School Spirit”: I’m not going to waste your time saying something about this. Actually, I will. OverthinkingIt is having a discussion about Kanye as a lyricist, and they want your input.
E-4o- “Tell Me When to Go (ft. Keako-da-Sneak)”: Confession: I don’t know anything about the hyphy movement besides the phenomenon known as ‘ghostriding the whip.’ And that it’s from the San Francisco Bay area or something. What did this song teach me? Well the first verse was pretty good, but everything else was unimpressive. Is that what hyphy is all about?
Goodie Mob- “Black Ice (ft. Outkast)”: I don’t remember enough about this song to offer any sort of criticism. What I do remember is that whoever was music director when this single came in thought it was worthwhile to write a large note instructing djs to play song 1, even though there were no other options.
Skyzoo- “Stop Fooling Yourself”: Just go see what I’ve written the past few weeks about Skyzoo. What it amounts to is that you shouldn’t sleep on him.
EPMD- “Pioneers”:
Eminem- “My Name Is”: Dogplaypoker already wrote about this, but will someone please tell Eminem that he can stop with the silly joke single at this point in his career? “We Made You” is stylistically (even in the video) just like “My Name Is,” except I’m not young enough to be entertained.
GZA- “Beneath the Surface”: Apparently he has a record by the same name. Who knew?
MOP- “Ante Up (Robbin Hoodz Theory)”: I found this on vinyl, and I knew MC Chris Barnes loves the song, so I played it in tribute to him. Fittingly, it was unedited. Still fucking up the show Chris, whether you’re in the studio or not.
Pacewon & Mr. Green- “She Can Be So Cold”: Sampling the White Stripes is pretty badass, even if the song your write around it isn’t all that.
Jadakiss- “Put Ya Hands Up”: Jadakiss (or Jadakisso as my keyboard would like me to spell it), just put out a new album, called The Last Kiss. This isn’t from it.
Hi-Tek- “How We Do It (ft. Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, & Slim Thug)”: What a lineup huh? That’s what I though too, but it turns out that Hi-Tek just isn’t a great enough producer to really make a track like this work.
Petey Pablo- “Raise Up”: Why did I like this when I was much more juvenile? I think it’s because it raised the idea of a woman taking her shirt off, which at the time was incredibly titillating for someone such as me.
Re-Up Gang- “Cry Now”: This is one of my favorite beats of all time, and I probably never would have heard it if not for the Re-Up Gang. It comes from an Obie Trice song (yeah, who’d of guessed?). Malice and Pusha-T go so hard on this track (what I was hoping for out of “Kinda Like a Big Deal”), that I had to hear another one.
Ruff Ryders- “Jigga My Nigga (ft. Jay-Z)”: Apparently both Jay-Z and the Ruff Ryders released this on albums, and the studio just happens to have a single that credits it to the RR.
Re-Up Gang- “20k Money Making Brothers on the Corner”: I told you I needed to hear another Re-Up Gang track.
QB’s Finest- “Oochie Wally”: This is the infamous song in which Nas’s body guard’s verse is allegedly better than his own (credit Jay-Z). I had actually never heard this song before the studio, so I do not feel qualified to weigh in on that discussion at the current point in time. What I do know is that the song was pretty weak overall.
Blu & Exile- “My World Is…”: What do you want out of me? It’s my show and I’ll play what I want! “I’ll be sinking with my penmanship,” he says at one point, at that line is dope.
Slick Rick- “Frozen (ft. Raekwon)”: I don’t really know Slick Rick, but I really enjoyed him and Raekwon trading bars on this one.
Kid Cudi- “The Prayer”: He’s not retiring.
Eazy E- “24 Hrs. To Live (ft. MC Ren)”: I don’t know how I feel about Eazy E. Maybe it’s his voice, or the fact that I’m never all that impressed with his lyrics, but he seems to me to be getting the dead-rapper-that-is-not-as-good-as-people-like-to-pretend-they-were treatement.
Mikkey Halsted- “Can’t Tell Us Nothing (ft. Ken Rock & KT)”: Everything about this song is awesome. Why don’t more rappers use the phrase ‘have-nots’ to describe the poor? It’s clever and opens up a lot of potentially rhymes.
Murs- “Better Than the Best”: Nottz does a good turn with this sample, and Murs treats the beat all right. Why wasn’t this on Murs For President?
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