Strong Arm Steady - Makings of You

   Strong Arm Steady ft. Curtis Mayfield - Makings of You (Prod. by Pete Rock) by alexberber187

According to SAS, they had this beat from Pete Rock a while ago, and it was meant for their upcoming Arms & Hammers album, but then some dude from Chicago came and bought the beat for a much higher price and put this random Brooklyn kid on it.  Who knew?

1982: The EP

 

Bonus jams?  Bonus jams.

Not sure why this is free now, but this 9-song EP was originally a bonus for pre-orders of the album.  You want these.  Trust me.  Have some.

Back In Action!

 

Goooooooooood (almost) afternooooooooooon, Interneeeeeeeeeeeeeets!!!

Hope everyone had a good holiday and all that jazz.  I know Kanye West Album Release Week Thanksgiving is a special time for all of us.  Now, it's time to get back to the completely unnecessary business of devoting my daytime hours to filling our heads with entirely too much new music!  Whooo!

I assume there were 57 worthwhile things I've missed since the last time I was in front of a computer on Wed. morning...so expect a ton of shit today at a pretty fast pace.  Keep up, chumps!!

In the Faux-topia...

'Twas the night 'fore Tenksgibbin', and all through the house...
A blogger was bored...something something...mouse.
So he banged out a post, with things that don't matter
and sent them as demands in an e-mail to Sepp Blatter.

Right.

So since everyone is flipping their shit about playoffs, and Cups and Shields and tables and whatnot, I figured I'd join in the party, because a) I'm SUPER bored, and b) all the cool kids are doin' it.

When you woke up this morning you said to yourself, "Bob...", you says, "I wonder what that Faux fellow thinks about the MLS playoff system".  Well here you go:

In the Faux-topia (my moderately realistic dream land / happy space in moments of terror)...
MLS is a 20 team, single-table league.  History remembers the Supporters' Shield winner as each year's Champion.  Where are the Playoffs?  Oh, they still exist...but as the League Cup.  See, I have no problem with the fact that the playoffs exist, I just hate how important they are.

Anyway...the Playoffs become the League Cup.  All 20 teams.  Straight knockout.  Played at the end of the regular season.  Seeding would be based on that year's final standings.  Top 4 get a 1st Round bye.  Everyone go nuts.

What do I think about The Don's proposed 10-team plan?  I'm torn.
On one hand, more games = more drama = more fun.
On the other, adding more mediocre teams to the Championship event of a parity-based league only serves to increase the chance of a bum squad like Colorado winning the title...again.  The issue with the playoffs is that it hasn't historically given an account of who was the best team in a given year, and I don't see how adding mid-table folks makes it any better.  And how does he make this work without dumping Conferences?

I think I'll save the full blown rant until the whole plan is revealed.

1982 ft. Cassidy & Xzibit - Goin' Back

Album of the Year nominee.
2 posts with dope Xzibit verses in the same week?  Good to have him back to his old self.

People Under The Stairs - Beer

Man, this is really stupid . . .yet fantastic.
You know, there are a million and one rap songs and references about all kinds of booze, but VERY little love for beer*.  Ever notice that?!  I mean, it ain't like no one is drinking that shit.

Arrogant Bastard, Red Stripe, and Corsendonk, FTMFW!

* in less than 40oz. serving sizes

Skyzoo & !llmind ft. Lloyd Banks & Maino - Speakers On Blast (Remix)

   Skyzoo & !llmind "Speakers On Blast" Rmx feat. Lloyd Banks & Maino by duckdown
I'm still getting used to living in a world where I shouldn't instantly dismiss anything that Lloyd Banks is involved with.  2010 is a strange place.

Kanye West & Jay-Z ft. Elly Jackson (La Roux) - That's My Bitch

Wow.
Sound quality sounds unfinished . . .they need to get back in the studio and finish this ASAP.  I'm seeing in some places that Q-Tip did that beat.  I love it.  It sounds like a futuristic version of something from the original House Party soundtrack.  Hopefully, this gets wrapped up for Watch the Throne (Thrown?).

UPDATE:  The Copywrite Cops are out HEAVY for this track, so it's gonna be gone soon.  Take this as a sign that it will be on the album.

"Yyyyyeah, I'm gonna need y'all to get off my nuts."

On blast in The Don's Bimmer right now.

Just a quick thought...but there seems to be alot of blame being tossed at my man Donny G. and the MLS for that admittedly uninteresting Cup Final.

But where's all the anger and negative press directed at LA, New York, RSL and Columbus for not getting the job done and knocking off these weaker teams so none of us had to watch that shit in the first place?  Just sayin'.

Theophilus London ft. Devonte Hynes & Solange - Flying Overseas

I'm convinced that hanging out with Solange is the real reason why Jay-Z has shifted to the other side of Brooklyn in recent years.

Swizz Beatz ft. Busta Rhymes - Bad One

   Swizz Beatz Ft. Busta Rhymes - Bad One by ImFlashy

Don't we already know this beat from something?
Driving me nuts.  Can't remember.  Ah well.

UPDATE:  Now I remember.  It was the Robin Thicke jam.
I like that joint.  Why didn't they just combine these two things and call it a remix?

Jean Grae - Bridge

New Jean Grae!!!
RJD2 on them beats.
From the upcoming Blacksmith all-label mixtape.

Necessary Flashback:  "Love Thirst"
Love me some Jean Grae.

Homeboy Sandman - Strange Planet

Random Fact:  I'm 99.7% sure that Homeboy Sandman was sitting a few rows in front of me for the Nets vs. Bobcats game a few weeks ago.

CyHi Da Prince - A Million "Freestyle"

Killed the old Jay-Z/Primo joint

Voli: Glass Doors

Hmmm.
I don't know dude, but I will be paying attention from here on out.
Got some dope stuff.  Looks like he does his own beats.  Jersey boy, too.

UPDATE: Very nice.  Found a sampler of his upcoming (?) mixtape, Glass Doors.  
 If this tape is done, can somebody hit my inbox with linkage?!