Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPOWER (Official Video)

RIP Nate Dogg

2 back to back RIP posts, damn...

Hip Hop hooks weren't the same after Nate Dogg touched the game, check some of my favourites below....

So many more classics featuring Nate Dogg, young'uns do your research if you only know the obvious ones!

Dom Kennedy - The Original Dom Kennedy

Some good music dropped recently from the west coast via Dom Kennedy, I've listened to this tape twice over and it can assure you its quality.

Grab it.

THE ORIGINAL DOM KENNEDY

Pac Div - Mania

The LA trio have dropped whats meant to be their last Mixtape before the Album, hopefully this time it will actually come to fruition, because apparently the Cool Kids are dropping When Fish Ride Bicycles this year...FINALLY.

Anyways grab this new PAC DIV and play it.

DOWNLOAD

Thoughts on Detox...

You know what, I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about Detox actually happening...

When '2001' dropped in 1999, I wasn't reading XXL or The Source regularly, I didn't have MTV or The Box at home, I wasn't even the biggest Dre fan if I'm honest. I remember seeing the CD in HMV and parring it for another album (of which I won't be mentioning lol). I wasn't familiar with the artist features (Eminem, Snoop, Nate Dogg & Mary J aside)... to be honest I wasn't really much of a West Coast Hip Hop fan, my cd collection was pretty much NY rap heavy.

But...

Since getting bought the album as a present, doing a bit of homework and getting into '2001''s predecessor 'The Chronic' and the best of Dre's catalogue, plus the Aftermath label's output since the good doctor's last album I've built up great anticipation of 'Detox' like I'm sure all Dr Dre fans out there have.

'Kush' the leaked buzz track turned single has gotten a lukewarm response from the blog world & people I've spoken to about it, some love the production & the familiar territory, others hate it simply for the Akon feature or laziness of Dre enlisting Snoop for another weed song. The video has gotten some hate too (or maybe I follow too many stylists & fashion heads on Twitter?)

Personally, I'm satisfied by 'Kush' what the fuck has Dre really got to talk about (get ghostwriters to write about) besides being a Hip Hop god, having money & smoking weed, really? Akon doesn't ruin it, it WILL be a big club tune over the next few months & its just a teaser to what will hopefully be one of the best LPs of 2011. The video is so so, pretty good for an ass/titties/balling promo to be honest!

News that my favourite rapper of the moment who happens to be a Compton native like Dre; Kendrick Lamar is recording material for the album has increased anticipation on my part (check the vid below) as well as new Aftermath signees Slim Da Mobster & Hayes (who's joint signed to Timbaland also)

So for the time being I'm hopeful but still a tad skeptical, will keep you lot posted on news!

Dom K- Life as I know it

A nice short video from one of my favourite rappers at the moment, Dom Kennedy. Shot by Levi Meastro it gives a little insight into the workings of one of California's new school of rappers.

This is DOM KENNEDY (Life As I Know It) from levi maestro on Vimeo.

Thats a sweet bike he's got too.

LA is my Playground

In a nutshell, this is a short film by Jason Madison about some of the top LA Hip Hop artists on the come up. It features Nipsey Hussle, Dom Kennedy & Pac Div...some of my favourite MC's in Hip Hop at the minute!

If you've got 20 odd minutes to spare have a look

Kendrick Lamar - Heaven & Hell / The Getaway

Not the most exciting video, but something refreshingly different & the song's f#cking great anyway so it doesnt need anything more!

Get that mixtape if you havent already...i told you weeks ago!

Dam Funk - Hood Pass Intact (Video)

This is the first track from Dam Funk I can honestly say i'm fully into, I may have drunkenly pretended to dig his sets @ Deviation & Nonsense in the past but I didnt, I was just frass....

'Hood Pass Intact' however has that Cali G Funk beat to it & a message I can F with.

Happy Birthday Eazy E...RIP

Woulda been 47 today, RIP Eric 'Eazy E' Wright

"Dont quote me boy, cause I aint said shit"