SOHH LEFT COAST
Coupla' Hot Ones Dropped Today...
Posted on October 3, 2006 1:00 AM
There aren’t any major label releases from West Coast artists today, but the indies are having a field day with October 3rd. Three albums from some underground heavy hitters dropped today, and it turns out that all of them are actually worth copping.
Now before any of you start responding with your “I don’t care”s and your “who gives a fuck”s and your “let’s talk some more about Detox or The Doctor’s Advocate,” understand that I’m not really tripping on whether or not you care. I cover those bases, but the point of having a Left Coast Hip Hop blog is to cover ALL the bases, whether it comes out on Interscope or Battle Axe. Those of you who pay attention to and support West Coast underground shit, this is for you. And for those of you who don’t really pay any mind to the indie albums that come out of Cali, check some of this shit out and you just might be surprised.
Let’s start with one of the best albums in years from a West Coast vet- Fresno’s own Planet Asia. The Medicine, which is the final in his Medi-Cali trilogy (with the first two being The Sickness and The Diagnosis, respectively), is produced in it’s entirety by Evidence from Dilated Peoples, which immediately solved the problem that has been plaguing his albums since The Last Stand. Save for the occasional misfire, Ev’s usually pretty consistent with his cuts, and it seems like he saved a pretty good portion of some of his hottest shit for this album. Although the love joints suck on most albums, “In Love” is probably the best song on the album. Some other standouts on The Medicine are “All The Names,” “On Your Way 93706,” and “Thick Ropes” with Prodigy. Other guests include Krondon, Black Thought, Defari, Rasco, and Rakka from Dilated. Go cop that.
Next up is the new album from L.A.’s Visionaries, cleverly titled, We Are The Ones (We’ve Been Waiting For). For those who don’t know, Visionaries consists of 2Mex, LMNO, Dannu, Lord Zen, Key Kool and their DJ, Rhetmattic (of Beat Junkies fame), and while each member stays fairly busy on the solo tip, this is their fourth album (after Galleries, Sophomore Jinx and Pangaea) as a collective. While the first two albums were pretty solid, their last effort, Pangaea, was pretty terrible; We Are The Ones finds them back in their prime. LMNO’s voice and overanunciating cadence tends to get on my nerves on just about everything he does, but on “1%” I could actually stand him. Some other dope tracks on there are “In The Good,” “Crop Circles,” “School Daze,” and “Need To Learn.”
And saving the best for last, we have the Chrome Children CD/DVD from one of the best indie hip hop labels in the world, Stone’s Throw. It’s based on the Adult Swim cartoon, and... fuck it. I’m just gonna post the track listing; it speaks for itself...
1. Oh No – "Oh Zone"
2. Guilty Simpson – "Clap Your Hands"
3. Madlib – "Take It Back"
4. Koushik – "None In Mind"
5. J Dilla – "Nothing Like This"
6. James Pants – "Do a Couple of Things"
7. Madvillain – "Monkey Suite"
8. Georgia Anne Muldrow – "Simply a Joy"
9. M.E.D. - "All I Know"
10. Dudley Perkins – "Wassup World?"
11. Percee P & Quasimoto – "Raw Heat"
12. Jaylib – "No $ No Toke (aka "Blaze Up")"
13. J.Rocc – "Drama"
14. Roc C – "Movin’"
15. Gary Wilson – "Dreams"
16. Pure Essence – "Third Rock"
17. Aloe Blacc – "What Now"
18. Baron Zen – "Turned Around (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)"
19. Young Jazz Rebels - "Nino's Deed"
Cop that shit. Immediately. And by the way, if you haven’t heard the Dilla (RIP) joint on there, “Nothing Like This,” you’re slippin’. It’s one of the dopest things he had done prior to his passing.
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Comments
1st bitches
2nd chumps.
Who care about a bunch of west coast rappers, when nobody is gonna buy their album to listen to their corny lyrics.
STOP SNITCHING BITCHEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!
STOP SNITCHING BIATCHEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man honestly the west has never fell off! I live in Long Beach as an emcee and we have a whole lot of talent alone.Snoop is not even a fator anymore(and yall know what he's done). LMNO is Long Beach,and I'm runnin wit that comment!
hiphopblogger.com
And when you get through typing....we still dont give a shyt.
Who cares,really who gives a fuck,lets talk some more about Detox and Doctor's Advocate,now I think Detox is gonna drop about......2022.That sounds about right and the Doctors Advocate should be a really hot album but the strip club song is too weak to be called a mainstream single,plus the first verse starts with him saying,pull the rag off the 6-4.As soon as game fans hear that they gone automatically say,damn that's all this nigga rap about.My point is that that song should've been the third single or something.
Now before any of you start responding with your “I don’t care”s and your “who gives a fuck”s and your “let’s talk some more about Detox or The Doctor’s Advocate”, understand that I’m not really tripping on whether or not you care.
Posted by SOHH Eighty at October 3, 2006 12:25 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Since u aint gonna trip, i don't feel bad about saying...
WHO CARES??
Hey Much respect for puttin some light on independent artist on their release date.......Much Respect....MYSPACE.COM/BOTTLESBABY
Backpackers RULE!
MTV:The Game came through our office and played a bunch of tracks from his upcoming LP, The Doctor's Advocate. Believe everything your man is boasting about the LP: It's just that sick. One of our favorite songs is definitely "Hate the Game," which features Nas. God's Son said his West Coast homie is the truth. "Man, I met Game through my boy LES before Game's [first] album came out," Nas said. "I met him in L.A., and we kicked it right there. Since then, he kept it straight G with me. Dude always kept it straight G, and I think he's one of the tightest dudes out there. He wants it, he's going for it, he's a warrior.
UNCLE SHORTY GETS GRILLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVRIy71xY7k
UNCLE SHORTY GETS GRILLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Visionaries f*ckin suck! Planet Asia has always been dope and will only continue to get better. CALI AGENTS! That stones throw album looks interesting..ima pass by Amoeba's right now and scoop that ish up. Peace
FRY THAT CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx4ulI-PZqY
GHETTO FRIED CHICKEN MY DUDES!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK THAT!!! GO COP THAT JUSTICE LEAGUE COMPILATION!!!! It just dropped today. Man, one day yall gon' realize that N.C. got that FIYAH!!!
I'm sick and fuckin tired of everybody sleepin on us. Its just like the south was back in the day when everybody else had they shit poppin. Nobody was checkin for them. Now look at how they have taken over this shit.
MARK MY WORDS!! Them Little Brother niggas, them Ill Position niggas, Them Figga 4 niggas? WATCH!!!
Mark my FUCKIN WORDS!!!!!
For all of you that dont know, "The Justice League" is the name of the entire crew that Little Brother reps. They got they own producers (9th Wonder, Krysis), they got they own MCs (Little Brother, L.E.G.A.C.Y., Chaundon The Back Twista, and a WHOLE lot of other cats. They put out a compilation CD today and its FIRE!!!
Trust me.....
This shit is Wack nigga stop being hard headed and take heed. these blogs are fucking wack what is the point of
having a WC blog and every blog you make is wacker than Wack....
Game is the West Coast. PERIOD!!!!!
All the other Artist think too small...
They never want to expand beyond the West Coast(North and South Cali)....
Why is it that East Coast and Southern rappers can sell on the West Coast but West Coast Mofos can't sell beyond their little pussy ass blocks????
Their minds are too small to go big. First you have to think big to go big...
They are pee brains...
That Hyphy shit is so Whack and Corny I can believe anyone buys that FAD garbage...
Everybody want to be Indy and sell 10,000 copies and think they're the shit.
They West will stay exactly where they are... IN THE WEST.
@GDOLLA
That's the truth cuz. Northern and Southern Califonia dudes are afraid to compete on the National scene because they know their shit is weak...if they could rap they would sign with majors and blow up.. they weak man.
Regarding HYPHY, I feel so sorry for Bay rappers and fans. None of those rappers will ever go beyond the Bay. If E-40 didn't work with Lil Jon, he wouldn't have sold the albums he did.
Nobody knows those artists. They don't have any talent.
WEST COAST NEEDS NIGGAS WHO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. NIGGAS WHO WANT TO EXPAND BEYOND THE WEST. THEY'LL NEVER MAKE IT IN TODAY'S RAP INDUSTRY. THERE'S MUCH BETTER TALENT ON THE NATIONAL SCENE THAN THEY CAN PRODUCE.
WestCoastRydaz.com: Okay, sounds like it's gonna be hot. Speaking of Compton, you're the latest in a long line of rappers from there. How do you feel about its representation in hip-hop today?
Young Hootie: It's being misrepresented by a busta. Game is a bitch! I know he's reading this too. Nigga you's a busta and my nigga JJ said he gone peel them chains off you when he see you bitch ass nigga. Don't let me catch you no where in LA bitch ass nigga!
West Upper
another Certified west coast nigga from West side Piru dissin this bitch nigga cuzz.
you will see
Game aint shit bitch...
Snoop is tha west coast
Dr. dre is tha west coast
ice cube is tha west coast.
Game is a wannabe Gangsta,NYMC, and lyricist period loc
if you aint from LA county than dont speak on it...
check the best record company in the west www.myspace.com/treacherousrecords
23rd, bitches!!!!
GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE ICE CUBE WHENT GOLD ,AND GUESS WHAT HE MADE THE MOST MONEY OF ANY RAPPER IN O6,BECAUSE HE WHENT INDEPENDENT HE MADE ABOUT 5mil MORE THAN BUSTA OWES DR DRE!!!!!
@ K.OLA
Thanks, homie, I'm glad you like the blog so much! Your insightful and irreverent daily comments are definitely appreciated by many. Keep tunin' in every day!
-80
i'll fuck w/ all that. i heard a few tracks by Planet Asia and PeNutbutter Wolf a couple of yrs ago under the name Skool Yard. it was dope as fuck. anyone know if they did an Album?
i suck dick
Hip hop is dead because most of the motherfuckers listenin to it is dumb as shit! That's right I said it...yall are dumd as shit!!!!
Eighty says...dont trip this for those that like underground and what happens? every idoit with internet connection trips , misses the point of the blog, talks some ignorant shit and then dick rides 50 and the Game!
How the fuck you think a UG artist is gonna blow nationally if the locals dont buy his shit? Nigga cant get heard nationally if he aint gettin heard locally!!! Damn yall are stupid....
Yo Sohh Eighty, you tried but niggas today are just stupid!!!
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