Kardi just dropped the video for Kill Shot. AMTRIM coming soon! Shout out to Nottz!
Kardinal Offishall “Kill Shot” Music Video
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Kardinal Offishall “Kill Shot” produced by Nottz
I can’t wait for this project to drop. Nottz and Kardi is a lethal combo! Kill Shot!
Kardinal Offishall “The Invention of Truth” Movie
Kardinal and Nottz are getting ready to drop a project called, Let Me Re Introduce Myself and a few weeks back they dropped the record, The Invention of Truth. Looks like Kardi just released The Invention of Truth movie. I’m getting pretty excited about this project. Shout out to Nottz!
Just in case you didn’t hear the record.
Kardinal Offishall “The Invention of Truth”
Oh really? Kardinal and Nottz are dropping an album? Damn, 2012 might be the SHIT. Check out their first leak, The Invention of Truth and stay tuned for the album, A.M.T.R.I.M.
Oh yea, and enjoy some footage about Kardi and his legendary live performances. The Kardinal Story
Dilla Day
I know everyone has their own special relationship with Dilla’s music and everyone shows their appreciation and love in various ways so, in honor of the fifth year anniversary of his passing, I wanted to post a few of my personal favorite Dilla joints which feature Dilla the emcee. Dilla is still one of my favorite emcees to this day. He was definitely the man when it came to production but he was also my favorite out of Slum Village and is still one of my favorite cats to listen to rock the mike. I loved Fantastic Volume 2 for the production of course but I really liked hearing Jay Dee behind the mike so, here are some of my favorite joints from Dilla. Enjoy and RIP Jay Dee aka J Dilla.
Raise It Up is still one of my favorite songs period. The beat is insane and Jay Dee does his thing on the verse.
CB4 is another one of my favorite joints on Fantastic Volume 2. I love the vibe of this record.
Thelonious is one of my favorite tracks on Like Water For Chocolate and as a bonus on Fantasic Volume 2. This is one of the first records that really introduced me to SV and Dilla as an emcee. I know I was a little behind but it was after listening to Thelonious that I had to get Fantastic Volume 2 which is one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time.
I know Dilla doesn’t rap on Think Twice but this is my favorite track from Welcome 2 Detroit. The Donald Byrd original and Erykah Badu’s version is sick too.
From his unreleased MCA album, Pay Jay, the intro track produced by Nottz, Diamonds is sick. I love this record and Nottz of course did his thing on the beat. Sorry but I am having trouble finding the Youtube link.
J Dilla “Diamonds” produced by Nottz
Of course his single, Fuck The Police is a classic. I love this beat a lot. The Ruff Draft EP is sick.
Slum Village’s EP under the name J-88, Best Kept Secret had some classic cuts as well and Look of Love was one of my favorites too.
We Be Dem, which features the same track with two different beats is an awesome joint from Fantastic Volume 1, which all of you should have by now as well.
Last but not least, Reunion, which was from Slum Villages album, Detroit Deli, showed a glimmer of hope for SV fans, that Dilla would be working closely with the group again. Definitely an awesome record and great to hear Dilla rocking the mike with SV again.
There are countless joints so no one take offense because it would take a long time to go through Dilla’s greatest moments. RIP Dilla.
You Need This Music
I was reading a little article with Nottz on HipHopDx this morning and it got me pretty excited for his album, You Need This Music, which is supposed to drop sometime this year. Nottz is one of my favorite producers out. He is one of the only cats who seems to have the ability to work with cats like Kanye, R. Kelly, Snoop, Rah Digga and Little Brother. His beats are always fresh and different. I wasn’t aware that he was a rapper and was putting out an album until I saw his video for Shine So Brite. The joint is really dope. He followed it up with a video and a song called Cars which is equally as fresh. I’m exactly sure when they album is going to drop but I WILL be bumping it for sure. Another exciting and interesting piece of information is that Nottz was supposed to do an album with the late, great J Dilla. He produced a track called Diamonds for Dilla from his album, Pay Jay, which never dropped but hit the net last year. Diamonds is one of my favorite Dilla joints ever and to hear Nottz did the track was really cool. For everyone NOT familiar with Nottz, check his credentials. Dude is amazing. Here are the videos for Shine So Brite and Cars, as well as a few other Nottz produced joints that I love. Happy Monday
The Salvation
For the last couple of days, I have been listening to Skyzoo’s new project The Salvation. Due to my own music dropping and V Don’s instrumental album, I have had the chance to marinate on it for several days before sharing my thoughts. I am not going to post a review of the whole album, I’m just going to share a quick thought. I have never really listened to a lot of Skyzoo aside from tracks here and there so I consider this my first real introduction. He has been receiving a good buzz on the net for a couple of years so this seems to be his “break out” project. First off, the producers are the album are ILL however, I don’t think most of the beats are their best work. 9th Wonder and Nottz are two of my favorite producers but I think Sky’s choice of beats could have been a little better. However, some of the production is really ill. The Just Blaze track is CRAZY. It sounds like vintage Just. I wonder how much he charges nowadays? I also think the hooks on The Salvation could have been tighter. They get a little repetitive and boring. Having said all that, the more I listen to it, the more I like it. Skyzoo has a lot of depth to his lyrics. I find myself listening really hard to catch everything he is saying. I know that might be a turn off to casual fans but as an emcee, it is that depth that sets some one apart. Skyzoo is definitely a emcee but might throw some people off because he is monotone, however, I feel like you can hear the passion in his voice. It sounds like he means what he says. It wouldn’t be right if I bashed Blueprint 3 and Kid Cudi’s album and then called The Salvation a CLASSOC just because it’s “real” hip hop. Different strokes for different folks. I think if you are a hip hop head and you like to listen hard to lyrics, you will like Skyzoo. If you like how pop music sounds right now, fuck with Blueprint 3. If you like emo, weirdo rap/rock/weird shit, fuck with Kid Cudi. I’m just kidding. I look forward to seeing how many numbers Kid Cudi does. I read that there were some typos on his music from Itunes or something. How does a MAJOR label let that happen?? Someone needs to be fired. I’m telling you, these majors are fucking up EVERYTHING. Let’s take this shit back. Peep the Just Blaze produced Return of The Real by Skyzoo and go BUY the album when it drops.
