Kasabian - Underdog

I haven't done the necessary research to confirm this, but I suspect that I am the last American still listening to Kasabian.  This empty room gets cold sometimes.

The Toxic Avenger - Toxic Is Dead

"Gripping"

- FF&SS to no one in particular.

"A compelling work of electro jammification"

- FF&SS to the FedEx dude who's dropping off this months invoices to the mailroom.

"A plot twist that isn't so much a a twist, but a bumpy cul-de-sac"

- FF&SS to the lady in the lunch room he's distracting while stealing her small bag of trail mix

Jamie T - The Man's Machine

I'd like to thank Guy Ritchie and the English Premiership for giving me the skills I need to have half a fuckin' clue what Jamie T is talking about. Cheers.

See that?! All you La Liga (racialist) and Serie A (snooze-o-tronic racialists) kids have no idea whats going on, do you?
::shakes head::

Basement Jaxx ft. Lightspeed Champion - My Turn

Could have sworn I posted this more than a week ago.  Guess not.
I like this in a "this isn't actually that great" sort of way.
Whatever it is, I enjoy it.

Skillz - Up All Night

Skillz really doesn't come out with enough music.  Infamous Quotes is coming on 12/1.  Is it a mixtape?  Is it an album?  Is there a real difference between the two any more?  I don't know.

Joell Ortiz - Popular Demand "Freestyle"

How do rappers feel when someone else takes their beat, cracks it in the head and buries it in their back yard? It can't be a great feeling, right? Have some.

Clipse ft. Rick Ross & Pharrell - I'm Good (Remix)

Rick Ross is on my blog.  Gross.
On the bright side, this beat and P's "I'm lookin' good...YEAH!" ad-libs have a profound ability to brighten one's mood...so I gotta let this live.

LOL @ Ricky Rawse for doing to the ol' "Damn, I wrote my verse 2 bars too short, lemme make pointless sounds for no good reason to finish it off" trick.

Redman ft. Ready Roc - Coc Back

I don't know if its on purpose, but I like how the efphed up aspect ratio of this vid makes it look like they're driving around in Micro Machines.

JERSEY!!!

Ryan Leslie: Transition

Huh?!  Am I the only person who didn't know Ryan Leslie's second album was coming out tomorrow?  I haven't heard/seen anything.  Not a single, not an interview, nont of the now-obligatory behind the scenes stuff.  Very strange.  Anyway...the whole album is streaming at imeem right now.

Yak Ballz - Silver Bullet

Damn, wish I had this pre-halloween.
Oh well . . new Yak is still new Yak!
Have some.

Wait a minute . . .
"City of Cardboard where his neighbors live, like Faux Fur . . ."
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaah...can't be.  I'm not THAT cool (yet).  Ain't nobody reading this shit.

Kida ft. Busta Rhymes, Little Brother, Korupt, Crooked I, Talib Kweli, Jay Rock & Willie B - Holla! (Remix)

Who the efph is Kida and how did he get all these people on one track??
Have some.

Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Ahhh, dammit!
I hate when big stuff drops after I shut it down for the weekend.  C'mon, Hov!!  I'm supposed to do this shit 7 days a week??  SHIT!  I'm not getting paid, sir.

Side note: You folks from out of town have NO IDEA how big this song is here.  Trust, whatever you're thinking "Oh, Jay-Z song about NYC, must be huge".  Nooo, son.  Hip-Hop stations, pop stations, dance stations, R&B stations....EVERYONE is playing this shit twice an hour.  It's amazing.  I can't remember the last song to have this kind of media saturation.  Not even "Best I Ever Had", and that was downright silly.

Just To Clear Things Up (Because it's actually REALLY funny when you think about it)

Another Random Joint - Kev Brown from Humble Monarch on Vimeo.

It seems there may be some confusion on Facebook.
It makes sense, though!  I get it.  We have the same name, and a seemingly similar appreciation for a certain type of Hip-Hop.  However . . .

I am not THAT Kev Brown!

The irony is, I'm actually a very big fan of the Kev Brown the rapper/producer.
(I didn't ever pitch for the Yankees, either.  I am also not the dude who plays "Dot Com" on 30 Rock.)

Tigercity - Fake Gold

What's that?
You say you're filming a shitty 80's-esque short film and the score is missing a certain jenesaisquoi?
Well get a slice of this.

I assume said flick is a student film and will involve the requisite strobes, cider-as-champagne, t-shirts under blazers and gawd-awful 80's swimwear that made EVERY woman's bottom half look terrible.

Emilio Rojas - Bold & Arrogant

::knowing smile::
My girlfriend HATES when I find new jams about arrogance.
I'm gonna get slapped this weekend.

Wait . . .is that cat in the background wearing a NE Revs sweatshirt?!
What planet is this??