MILWAUKEE MASTER CRATE DIGGERS KID MILLIONS AND CHRISTREATER HAVE BEEN RUNNING A SICK RECORD LABEL CALLED DOPE FOLKS FOR A WHILE NOW. BRINGING LIGHT TO OBSCURE OUT-OF-PRINT 80′S AND 90′S RAP RECORDS IS WHAT THEY DO AND U BETTER BELIEVE THEY DO IT WELL!

ONE OF THE NEWEST DOPE FOLKS REISSUES THAT HAS CAUGHT MY EYE IS “PSYCHOTIC NASTY” BY ILL DISTRACXION. THIS QUEENS GROUP HAS A RUGGED AND DARK MID-90′S NYC RAP SOUND THAT BANGS WITH SOME SERIOUS WEIRDO/HORRORCORE UNDERCURRENTS. JUST THE RIGHT MIX OF EVERYTHING AND LIMITED TO ONLY 300 COPIES SO DON’T SLEEP!

BONUS FROM THE FANTASTIC DOPE FOLKS BLOG, AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING JAM: “STITCH BY STITCH” BY RON B.

I WROTE A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT A SICK TRACK MADE BY JAPANESE PRODUCERS DUPER GINGER THAT I DID SOME GUEST VOCALS ON. WELL, NOW THAT SONG HAS A VIDEO! A “FUN ROMP” NO DOUBT THRU THE STREETS OF TOKYO THAT I SHOT WHEN I WAS ON TOUR THERE IN DECEMBER. I LOOK PRETTY RAGGED BUT HEY, THAT’S THE THUNDER ZONE 4 U!!! VIDEO ABOVE. PEACE WE OUTTA HERE!

I’VE KNOWN MYKKI BLANCO SINCE MAYBE 2006? ALWAYS A COOL MIDWEST KID THAT I WOULD HANG WITH AT WAREHOUSE SHOWS AND PARTIES. NOW LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY AND LEADING THE CHARGE FOR A NEW GENERATION OF GAY/TRANS RAPPERS, MYKKI IS KILLING THE GAME.

WATCH THE DOC ABOVE IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. MANY GREAT MOMENTS WHERE MYKKI TURNS HATERS INTO BELIEVERS. INSPIRATIONAL STUFF HERE PEOPLE!

BRAND NEW INTERVIEW WITH TRUE AMERICAN ECCENTRIC RAGER DMX. THIS MAN IS A LEGEND AND I HAVE ALWAYS FELT A LEVEL OF REALITY AND EMOTION IN HIS MUSIC THAT IS UNPARALLELED. FOR BETTER OR WORSE, DMX WILL FOREVER BE THE REAL DEAL.

IN THIS INTERVIEW HE SPEAKS ON A LOT OF HIS PAST CONTROVERSIES (INCLUDING IMPERSONATING AN FBI AGENT) AS WELL AS HIS THOUGHTS ON THE CURRENT RAP SCENE. INTENSE, OUTSPOKEN AND ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING CHARACTERS IN THE HISTORY OF RAP, DMX HAS BEEN THRU THE DARKNESS AND IS STILL ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE. HE HAS A NEW RECORD COMING OUT MARCH 27TH – I’LL BE LISTENING.

I’M SIKED ABOUT SOME OF THE RECENT SHINE THAT MY BUDDY LIL UGLY MANE HAS BEEN GETTING – HE IS SERIOUSLY ONE OF THE SICKEST MINDS IN CONTEMPORARY UNDERGROUND RAP. HIS NEW RECORD IS CALLED MISTA THUG ISOLATION AND IT IS DA SHIT.

SOME SERIOUS CONCEPTUALISM WITH THE RAPPING TO BACK IT UP – LIL UGLY MANE IS CREATING A NEW UNIVERSE WITHIN HIS MUSIC AND ART AND THERE IS A LOT TO TAKE IN. FOR SOME REASON I THINK ABOUT STEELY DAN WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS RECORD BUT IT’S KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN WHY. EITHER WAY I LOVE IT. SHOUT OUT TO THE CHURCH OF CRYSTAL LIGHT – REAL HEADS KNOW THE DEAL!

A LITTLE WHILE AGO I LINKED UP WITH JAPANESE RAP CREW DUPER GINGER TO DO GUEST VOCALS ON A FUN BANGER CALLED KIT KAT. I SHOUTED OUT MY FAVORITE JAPANESE SPORTS DRINK ON THE HOOK AND RAPPED SOME FUN-TIME VERSES AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IT TURNED OUT COOL. CHECK OUT THE CUT HERE AND KEEP HAVING FUN OUT THERE, BECAUSE I MEAN WHY NOT? COME ON PEOPLE! THE RELEASE COMES OUT FEBRUARY 29TH IN JAPAN!

 

HUNTSVILLE RAP GROUP G-SIDE HAVE BEEN A FAVORITE OF MINE FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND THEIR NEW LP MIGHT JUST BE THEIR BEST YET. TITLED ISLAND, IT IS DRIVEN BY SOME SERIOUSLY INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION CARE OF THE BLOCK BEATAZ AND FIRST CLASS RAPPING AS USUAL. FLIPPING THE GENRE OF SOUTHERN RAP ON IT’S HEAD WITHOUT LOSING SIGHT OF IT’S HISTORY, G-SIDE CAN BE PLACED IN A CONTINUUM BUT ALSO STAND ON THEIR OWN. FULLY ECLECTIC BUT STILL UP FRONT AND BANGING.

G-SIDE HAVE A 7″ (THEIR FIRST VINYL RELEASE) COMING OUT ON MY NEW LABEL THUNDER ZONE ENT. IN DECEMBER. IT IS THE DEBUT RELEASE ON THE LABEL AND I COULDN’T BE MORE EXCITED AND HONORED. WHATS MORE, IT FEATURES A REMIX BY JAVELIN ON THE B-SIDE. GO GET THE LP AND STAY TUNED HERE FOR MORE INFO ON ORDERING THE VINYL.

VALLEJO, CA’S ISSUE COMES FROM A FAMILY OF RAP LEGENDS BUT FIRMLY STANDS ON HIS OWN. STILL A TEENAGER, HE MAKES MUSIC THAT PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GENRE AND EXPLORES NEW TERRITORY. A YOUTHFUL EXPERIMENTAL ENERGY RUNS THROUGHOUT HIS MUSIC AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HIS WHAT HE DOES NEXT.

WE DID A SONG TOGETHER A LITTLE WHILE BACK AND I HOPE TO WORK ON MORE MUSIC WITH HIM IN THE FUTURE. I SENT ISSUE A FEW QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL AND YOU CAN READ OUR SHORT INTERVIEW AFTER THE JUMP.

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JB FLOWING OVER ONE OF THE SICHEST BEATS OF 2K11: HUDSON MOHAWKE’S “THUNDER BAY”. I WAS GOING TO USE THIS FOR MY UPCOMING MIXTAPE “BEYOND THUNDER ZONE” BUT THAT TAPE HAS TAKEN SOME TWISTS AND TURNS SO I FIGURED I WOULD JUST PUT IT IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW.

JB FANS KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE THUNDER IS TO MY EVERYDAY LIFESTYLE SO IN ADDITION TO THIS TRACK BEING AMAZING THE TITLE STRUCK A CHORD. RECORDED IN A CLOSET IN A ROOM BEHIND THE JOLLIBEE. QUICK AND SICK STYLE. I HOPE YOU LOVE IT. LISTEN TO IT ABOVE, DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT HERE.

I MET MY FRIEND SPANK ROCK IN THE SUMMER OF 2K5 IN PHILLY WHEN I PLAYED A SHOW AT SPACE 1026. OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS I HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN RAPPIN’ AND HANGIN’ WITH THE MAN, HE IS A GREAT PERFORMER AND AN EVER BETTER HUMAN BEING. RECENTLY I GOT TO GO SEE HIM OPEN UP FOR KE$HA AND LMFAO AND IT RULED; THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE GOT ME FEELING REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA.

SPANK ROCK HAS A NEW LONG-AWAITED RECORD OUT TODAY CALLED EVERYTHING IS BORING AND EVERYONE IS A FUCKING LIAR AND IT IS DA SHIT. STYLES RANGE FROM TRANCED OUT SUPERPOP TO FUTURISTIC TECHNO RAP TO BLOWN OUT LO-FI INSANITY AND EVERY SONG IS DELIVERED WITH A LOT OF ENERGY. I FEEL LIKE SPANK ROCK IS THE TRUE UNSUNG HERO OF MODERN CLUB RAP SO IT’S GOOD TO SEE HIM GO ALL OUT ON THIS RECORD. YOU CAN STREAM IT ON ROLLING STONE’S WEBSITE RIGHT HERE. GIVE IT UP FOR MOTHERFUCKING SPANK ROCK!

spank rock is also featured on my 2010 mixtape THUNDER ZONE VOLUME ONE