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There have been some (perhaps justified) grumblings from a few of you that I don't post as many mp3's as I used to. To rectify the situation, I've rounded up the best of the promos that Foundation Media has been sending me the past couple of months. Here you go:
Memphis Bleek - Still iLL
Despite the fact that Memph serves as the goto punchline for every blogger's weed carrier joke, I've always checked for his releases because he consistently has at least one great track per album. Still iLL doesn't quite qualify as "great," but it's good enough that it can stand on its own without a guest appearance from the Big Homie. I don't know about this beat, however, which seems to be confused as to whether it wants to duplicate the El Michels sound or if it wants to serve as the backdrop to a synth rap song.
Folk & Stress featuring GZA - New York Ginseng
Off of F&S's upcoming album The Box, the highlight here is GZA's verse which finds his liquid sword's still rza-razor sharp.
DJ Mad Habits and Spleen featuring Redman - Best To Do It
I have no idea how Redman hooked up with the French duo of DJ Mad Habits and Spleen, but the result of the Funk Doc's French Connection has a distinctly Jersey flavor to it.
Vinnie Paz featuring The Clipse - Street Wars
Is there much overlap between the fanbases of Vinnie Paz and the Clipse? Probably not, but the result of this unexpected teamup is one of the better songs that the Clipse have appeared on since Hell Hath No Fury.
Obie Trice and MoSS - Roughneck
This song was recorded over a decade ago, but was only recently released as part of Obie's latest album Special Reserve. Not a whole lot of people have been talking about the album, but there's a strong case to be made that the chemistry between MoSS and Obie is just as good as whatever Obie and Em had before he was dropped from Shady records.
Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - Rearview
This is the first single off of MP and Juxx's upcoming album The eXXecution. Given this and his previous collaboration with Torae, Double Barrel, Canadian Marco Polo seems to be one of the few producers keeping that old New York sound alive.
2/16/2010 8:30:51 PM posted by Fresh