Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: "Break Dem Boys Off," ESG feat. Slim Thug and Big Hawk
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Chamillionaire continues to market himself as one of the smarter rappers in Houston, speaks on independent promotion within the music industry at Stanford.
The Single of the Week reminded us of the same-named song from Dallas' B. Hardy and Houston's Dustin Prestige that was passed to us some weeks ago. Listen here. They're both fun, but one is better than the other. We'll let you decide which.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: "She Love It" remix, feat. Bun B, Slim Thug and Killa Kyleon
After watching the actual video for this song about 15 times, were able to deduce that some might consider it to be fairly derogatory towards women, so we decided to use this version instead. You're free to find it on your own though. And if you like butt cracks, you'll be happy that you did.
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Of course Bun B is on Wale's CD. Bun B is on everything, everywhere. He is all things. Matter of fact, he's sitting right next to us right now hyping us up as we type this. Say hello, Bun. "Hello. UGK fo' life." See, told you.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: "Still Here," Lil' Keke
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Again, congratulations to Trae and the newest tiny Trae.
Hey, Rush: Fuck off. Sincerely, Dr. Dre.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: Slim Thug feat. Lil Ray, "Salute Me"
Note(s): Yes, this is a remake of the same-named song from Fabolous' Loso's Way. Yes, it lists Lil Ray as the featured artist but is actually Lil' Wayne rapping/singing. And yes, the unintentional juxtaposition of the video's "Look How Much Money I Have" premise with the "Look How Much Money We Clearly Did Not Have to Spend On This Video" vibe is humorous.
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Shortly after the Trae Day shootings fiasco, we tagged along with Trae to Austin as part of an upcoming article we're still working on. Prior to leaving, we were hanging out at his house - we're not saying we're BFFs or anything, but that is something that BFFs do - and he was working on a remake of that Drake and Weezy song where they say "it's okay" about 100 times. Audio of his take (finally) hit the Web this weekend. It's dope. Listen to it. And like it, because we feel kinda like that might make us cooler somehow.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: "I Look Good" remix, featuring Bun B, Slim Thug and Juvenile
Note: We initally hated Chalie Boy's "I Look Good" song until we realized that he's from rural Texas. We still don't like it very much, but we've actively stopped wishing for him to get polio.Wire To Wire
Here's the album version of that Royce track Bun is on. Cool stuff.
Before this past weekend, we had never heard of Atlanta rapper Donnis, but we're going to assume he is either terribly unsmart, or a big, big fan of irony, seeing as how he just signed with the imprint Fool's Gold Record Label.
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Single of the Week: "Haterz Got Me Wrong," Z-Ro feat. Gucci Mane and C-Ward
[This is another leaked single from the phantom Z-Ro album we wrote about last Friday. If this does happen to be Heroin repackaged, do not be surprised to find Ro in a dumpster somewhere very soon. J. Prince does not fuck around.]
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Cham is letting fans decide the title of his next album. As expected, the choices they offered up are pretty awful. And somehow they landed on Venom as the title, which was the title of the album that he shelved in lieu of this one. Nice work, guys.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly round up of rap and hip-hop news. It probably won't rhyme. Email tips to sheaserrano@gmail.com.Single of the Week: "Smoke On," ESG
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The video for Drake's harped-on single "Forever" came out. Hype directed it. Watch it or don't. Whatev. It won't affect your life any. On a separate note: This song is a lot better than we remembered it being. Em and 'Ye destroy their verses. And Drake ain't so bad either.
Sach O from Passion of the Weiss destroyed Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon album. Read the review. The dude is smart and stylistically makes some good points (even if we couldn't disagree with him more; the album is almost great).
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.(Sexy, Spoony) Single of the Week: You(genious), "Sex on a Spoon"
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Fat Tony and Nosaprise are, hands down, two of our favorite underground Houston rappers. We can't say enough good things about them. Unless we're talking about their freestyle battle rap showing, that is. Then we totally can. (Hat tip to reader Carly for passing along the link to that six-month-old video we somehow managed to miss.)
Why the eff is everybody dying this year? R.I.P. Roc Raida.
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Counting down the days until ESG releases his album. Please don't let it be crappy, please don't let it be crappy, please don't let...
And for this week's installment of Books That Probably Aren't Helping The Book Industry: 50 Cent's The 50th Law.
Did you know there's actually a Hip Hop Chess Federation? And there tagline is "Using Chess, Music and Martial Arts to promote unity, strategy and non-violence." There are so many jokes to be made there that we're at a loss.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: Chamillionaire, "Good Morning"
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Despite what you initially want to think about Cham's new single "Good Morning," it is very cool. We know people are going to try and hate on it like, "This sucks. Pimp C sampled 'Free Fallin'' like ten years ago." To which we'll reply, "Actually, it was three years ago, and this is a completely different song. There is no play on the free falling tagline, it's way more melodic and, production-wise, way more airy."
But on the cool, Houston rappers, there are more rock songs out there. Imagine Cham over "Love Gun" by KISS. Or maybe Bob Seger's "Night Moves." Oh man, he would destroy "Night Moves."
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week:Trae, "Letter to tha King"Wire To Wire
The G.R.I.T. Boys finally put out some new music. Make sure you download it. It's free.
You know, when we first heard "Forever," the Drake/Eminem/Weezy/Kanye collaboration, we were pretty underwhelmed. But the more we listen to it, the more we like it. Sorry, you'll have to form your own opinion this time.
DJ AM found dead. Condolences go out to his people. Damn.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.(Super, Super Cool) Single of the Week: "Pack The Gat," Clinton Sparks feat. Bun B and Slim Thug
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If there's a rap concert anywhere in Houston, do not be surprised to see Bun B called out on stage.
We're not completely sure, but we suspect there's some sort of message that Rock City is trying to relay with their Put The Fucking Album Out campaign.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: Paul Wall feat. Baby Bash, "Lemon Drop."
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This weekend, 19-year-old Albert Walker "A-Walk" Mondane, one of the suspects being sought in the Trae Day shootings,turned himself in to authorities. Patooey. (That's us spitting on the floor.)
Remember that guy that was supposed to have been a linchpin in the Tupac murder? According to him, he's totally the victim of a conspiracy.
C-Murder sentenced to life. Yipes.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: Killa Kyleon, "Ego" (remix)
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Chamillionaire held everyone's feet to the fire before he released Mixtape Messiah 7, the final installment of the series.
Brisco Pistol got his shit took. Brisco Pistol wouldn't normally bleep on Turning the Screw's radar, but there's actual video of the shit-taking, which automatically makes it way more interesting.
So Jay-Z, The Kanye, and Rihanna walk into a bar... Actually, the "bar" is Jay Leno's new studio, but the bar thing just sounds better.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: "#1 Dame in the Game," Surreall
Wire To WireKid Cudi continues his rapid ascension to stardom, scores gig acting on an HBO sitcom. Saw him in concert this weekend. That's a bad boy fa sure. And Bun B cosigned Asher's performance, which makes Asher good in our book.
And the award for the best example of life imitating art goes to Drake, who tore up his ACL at a recent concert. In case you're totally just not with it, he played a wheelchair-bound character on that Degrassi TV show.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: Chamillionaire feat. Z-Ro, "Denzel Washington"
Wire To WireSlim Thugga cut off his braids. Not sure how we feel about that just yet. Check back with us next week.
Been listening to UGK's Ridin' Dirty a lot lately. What Bun B does on "One Day," "Murder" and "Pinky Ring" might be the best three-song set from any rap CD we've ever heard.
Downloadable audio of Cham's new "Show Me the Money," via The Rap Up.
Er... maybe you heard about this.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week:GT Garza, "52 Pick Up"
(We've listened to a bunch of GT's stuff, but this remains to be the rawest thing we have ever heard from him. He is in full beast mode.)
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Likely because Trae Day is this week, we're feeling especially Houston-y. Thus, all of the items in this edition of Turning the Screw are Houston-related. In your face, Drake.
Trae Day is this Wednesday, playas. 10,000-plus Trae fans standing around cooking in a TSU parking lot? That might be the exact recipe for a record-breaking brawl. Sign us up.
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Lil' Flip's new mixtape is supposed to drop this week. Anybody else already hate that Kim Kardashian ode he did? At least it's making for some terribly uncomfortable moments via the dance contest he's holding for it.
TTS finally heard that Z-Ro and Chill album that they released about two weeks ago. It's good, but one MC is clearly better than the other. Bet you can't guess which.
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Single of the Week: "Boomerang," Thurogood Wordsmith
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The guy that provided this week's Single of the Week is dope. Check him out. Looking forward to his forthcoming mixtape, The Kenny Powers Mixtape: Power Bars, if for no other reason than because it has a cool title.
Video for Jay-Z's "D.O.A." Very nice. Hova and Harvey Keitel dappin' each other up just might be the nexus of cool. And at the middle, when they're playing cards and Jay asks Harvey if he's okay, and Harvey responds, "What makes you think I'm otherwise?" Seriously. Who thinks to say stuff like that?
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Single of the Week: "Down For My Block," Archie Lee and Coota Bang
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1. Michael was one of the greatest, most innovative musicians of all time, loved immensely by (it seemed) the entire world for the better part of his youth. So we're very curious to see how much the molestation allegations will taint his legacy. He was never found guilty - he settled out of court for $22 million, which does seem a curious thing for an innocent man to do- but O.J. wasn't found guilty either, and things didn't work out very well for him. Then again, O.J. couldn't moonwalk.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: "What A Job," Devin The Dude
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A judge disallowed cameras in the courtroom for Rihanna's testimony against Chris Brown. Brown agreed with the judge's decision, saying, "Yeah, they'd better them keep them cameras out of here, otherwise I'm going to BEAT THE SH - er, excuse me." He then left abruptly.
Mos Def's new album, The Ecstatic, is phenomenal. Buy it and you'll get a free T-shirt.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: "Associates"
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We were excited the other day when we read this thing about how vinyl sales had ballooned up to nearly 3 million(!) in 2009 - ever since Chris Gray's vinyl feature ran in 2007, we've been stoked about the increasing possibility of being able to build up a rare hip-hop collection - then we realized that 3 million still only accounts for less than one percent of all album sales.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: "Bizzy Body," Paul Wall feat. Webbie
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Pink is upset at The Kanye because of his appreciation for fur. Maybe she should be more concerned with having only sold 17 albums in the last five years.
We poke at The Kanye periodically here at Turning the Screw - mostly only when he's done something asinine though, like grow a shag - but let us be clear on this: he rules ass. We heard "Can't Tell Me" again for the first time in about a year this past weekend and, Jesus Christ, that is an amazing song.
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Single of the Week: "We Here," Jay'Ton feat. Trae and Yung Quis
Akon, who has been quite the spokesman as of late, speaks out about Anti-Gun Violence. I wonder why he never spoke out about throwing kids off stages. Oh, yeah, that's right, probably because of this.
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Single of the Week: Flatline feat. Trae, "Fuckin' With Texas"
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Eminem says he's the reason for the Chinese Democracy-ness of Dr. Dre's long-awaited Detox.
Slaughterhouse, an MC group made up of Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce Da' 5'9", will release its album soon. One possible title: Three Guys Who Have Underwhelmed Professionally But Will Tell You They're Fantastic Nonetheless... and Joell Ortiz.
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Single of the Week: "Hearse Cadillac," Willie D
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Say it ain't so: Willie D gets locked up for wire-fraud conspiracy charges, faces a possible 20 years. If we were D's lawyer, we would opt for the insanity plea by playing the Geto Boys' entire Mind of a Lunatic album really, really loudly in the courtroom.
Last week, Rocks Off's Ray Cummings whittled The Cool Kids' latest mixtape from 21 tracks down to the best ten. It was a solid dissection; read it here. And download the entire mixtape for free here.
DMX is out of jail... and he's back in.
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Single of the Week: "Grey Cassette," Trae feat Bun B and Lil Keke
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Ummm, we're not going to link to them, but should you be curious to see some pictures of Rihanna sans clothes, you presumably know how Google works. (And, wow.)
All is not well in the house that Run built: Jo-Jo arrested.
Snoop Dogg does not have to pay to $22 million to that fan he may or may not have punched.
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Single of the Week: "Heart of a Hustler," Dead End Alliance feat. Lil Keke and Mike D
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