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Stop me if you've heard this one before, but it's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you... A recent change in jobs required me to fly out to Detroit for a few weeks (and they weren't lying, it really is cold in the D; while the city isn't as dead as the national media likes to portray it, the city is in about as bad shape as Detropia made it out to be) without access to my laptop and no way to keep my computer 'putin', bloggity bloggin'. The trip gave me a chance to see the birthplace of Motown, but the area surrounding 8 Mile was considered by locals to be so dangerous that I could never convince a cabbie to take me out there, even in the middle of the day, so my mission to see the birthplace of B.Rabbit went unfulfilled. Nevertheless, I managed to take a few good photos while I was out there, so I'll take this opportunity to plug my instagram page: go check it out!
Now to get back on track, I've got some new stuff from one of my favorite emcees out right now, My Man Shafe. For true hip hop heads, there's so much to like about what this kid is doing right now. He performs live just about every chance he gets, he's backed by a tremendous band, has a flow like no other rapper out right now, makes use of some great funk samples, and kills every guest appearance he makes. Shafe's been hard at work on some new material, and the first taste of it is a freestyle he put together over a Roc Marciano beat:
My Man Shafe - M.O.M.B. (Murder on My Block) (right-click to d/l)
But wait, there's more! Shafe also recently hooked up with his band to perform at a b-boy showcase and passed along some of the video footage from the event. He ran through a couple of his previous joints that you should know by now, like the now-classic I'm Cookin', as well as some new material. The highlight comes around the 3:00 mark of the video, when Shafe goes in over a live breakbeat:
My Man Shafe Live with the band
Previously from My Man Shafe:
The Funk EP
Soul Love
Get Work
New Wu Freestyle with Zilla Rocca and Alex Ludovico
Red Knight Going Down
I'm Cookin'
Dre Boogie featuring My Man Shafe and Zilla Rocca - Everlasting
Street Funk
My Man Shafe featuring Zilla Rocca - Look at Her
5/27/2013 7:30:00 PM posted by Fresh