Chip City

About 24 hours ago I could of got away with saying "Not much has been happening this week in terms of music" then the forever remembered Whitney Houston passed. RIP to her but to me this week peaked with Chipmunks latest track! Rack City comes across the pond and Chips City was born...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZCmEPj4-8Y&feature=player_embedded#!
Straight up Chip goes in. I've been a fan of his for a while but he's been a  little quiet recently, but this one has made the wait worth while. Evidently his wasn't doing his thing at his last label and so it busted out and created his very own aka CMAR. He's got a lot of extremely successful commercial tracks and that is undeniable, but for me he really comes out in his freestyles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJTLtOwsmjE
Just a quick one over an epic instrumental, first done my Solo 45 but Chipmunk does deliver!
Another one of his bench marks was his freestyle over 'Moment For Life'...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnEDPxd29e0
But above all of this was his freestyle on SBTV, some one tell me different?! "I ain't saying that you couldn't walk a mile in them, but I know you can't afford my shoes"

Lil Wayne Goes lil Deeper

Since ‘Tha Carter III’ lil Wayne rightfully earned the title of the Best Rapper Alive, and even if you don’t like Tunechi’s persona you cannot deny talent when it is as evident as his. For those real fans of Wayne you’ll know that his success hasn’t been any walk through the park, endless numbers of songs and mixtapes, song incredible and some far form that. The time spent with the Hot Boys and the separation obviously was a massive turning point in his musical career.

One of the track from ‘Tha Carter II’ is one of my favourite songs of all time. Not just for flow, lyrical content or the vibe, but just as a piece of music telling a story ‘Hustler Musik’ does all of that and more…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJwa9PZCYdE

As I was saying, after C3 Wayne knew he has conquered Rap and as a result his started to experiments with music which people wouldn’t really see him and for that matter accept him doing. I understood what he was doing and why, I mean say you play the guitar and you learn a song… What do you do next? Play that same song or learn a new one? After you’ve learnt every song you like do you just stop? Or do you going into a shady area and see what happens. Wayne went into Rock, and it worked! For a lot of people it didn’t but for Wayne it did! And I respect him for that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfYcOYMNuXM

After the release of ‘Tha Carter 4’ it was evident that Wayne was going back to his roots, but it’s his latest song he has released that has really grabbed my attention ‘Mirror’ featuring Bruno Mars. Personally I hate Bruno Mars but he plays his part in the song. In terms of music, this song reminded me a lot of ‘Tie My Hands’ from C3, but with a more mature, experienced, open-eyed Wayne. I think the song talks for it self so take a listen…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZLUa8JUR18&ob=av2n

Frisco Keeps It Old School

In my eyes Frisco is one of the highest underrated MC's the UK has got. He's got some of the grimiest tracks out their but also has songs with a very different vibe to them as well, showing just how versatile he is as an artist. Lyrically I'd say he is inconsistent, about 90% of what he says on a track is sick but there's always a line or two which sometimes just kills it. I aint slagging of this guy because i listen to him almost every day, just saying he has uncapped potential when he's bridged that gap. And I mean he could go further that the likes of his Team BBK.
If you want to hear his Grimey side then check this out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeH5rBORzv0
If you want to hear something with a little more deepth in terms of musical variety and one of my personal favourites of Frsico then take a listen to this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hixzoqKhqTI
'F*ckabout' really puts on show what I call a progressive flow. Frisco starts real slow with quite laid back lyrics, something like G Frsh does on 'The Intro' which I've blogged about before but if you missed if then take a look now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91pAxt2yIN4
Back to the point, another sick freestyle has been released from Big Fris called 'Boom Bang' which is up there with the rest of them. Quite an aggressive flow in this one, going right back to the Grime Wave but also maintaining the sick metaphors he sets as a Standard. Would never expect anything less than something of his level. Listen now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p7XB4zZPRc&feature=player_embedded

KANO Still On His P's & Q's

For all those who are on the Grime wave, you are going to know who Kano is. In my eyes there or two renovators of grime that have played a massive part in getting it to the position it is in today and who have stuck by it. One being Kano. The other being Skepta. Kano who made his name particularly with the track P's & Q's released back in 2005 as a 12" vinyl only...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mznv4ACjkzc
In the same year he released a mixtape called 'Beats & Bars' with songs on it which could be released today and still rival any tracks in the charts. Instrumentals with drops and dubstep which people didn't even know of back then. Download it here if you haven't already
http://www.datpiff.com/Kano-Beats-Bars-mixtape.1110.html
In my eyes this is singly one of the greatest songs to ever come out of the Grime scene. Up there with the likes of 'Woo Riddim' - Solo 45 & 'Mike Lowery' - Skepta. I mean some may say that Kano peaked to early but to me that's bullshit. I mean undeniably his biggest selling tracks was his first official 'Typical Me' released also around the same time, but I can guarantee you could ask any person who really listens to Grime and they could name at least 5 tracks big tracks from Kano of the cuff. Fact!
So I'm going to leave you with the link to 'Typical Me' which is up in my top 20 tracks of all time, so kick back and get Grimey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA0-kNLqzOM

Tyga's in the City

I'm not going to lie, when I first her this about a week ago now I really wasn't feeling it. Which is why I didn't blog about it sooner, so if you where thinking the same when you first heard heard it i urge you to play it again, leave it on repeat and come back to me...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3yia1AJeQ&ob=av3e
The instrumental is something I could imagine lil Wayne on, real long base like A Milli. This is far from any of Tyga's lyrical work on Well Done Mixtapes 1 & 2 but it is an old school hip hop tune. I've been watching Tyga for a long time now and to me he is very much on par with Wiz Khalifa, with a very similar flow and spits on pritty similar instrumentals. The only difference is, Wiz has released an album where as Tyga hasn't yet, well not under full YMCMB over look and promotion. His album is due to drop this year which will be a real divining moment in he career and I really hope he doesn't flop because undeniably he is sick.

Drake AKA Mr.Wrong

Theres becomes a point in any elite artist's career in which other artists who have hit the peak, and are a sinking ship in denial, will request them to feature on their new song. This is done pure and simply because they know people will go to the effort to listen just because of the big name feature. In recent times it has been David Guetta, every old/dead artist e.g. Kelly Rowland, Flo Rida, Usher etc. Who have all been incredible in their moment but just not anymore. They have gone to him to produce a song that will get their name being chucked about again. Before that was and is lil Wayne. I think this may just be the start of Drakes time. He's released two massive albums and probably has the biggest buzz around.
Mary J. Blige is trying to get back in the industry and what better way than to link up with the biggest name in it? Drizzy! Take a listen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS-y2R9cmnQ
In my eyes, the song consists of one sick verse from a rapper, then followed by a poor song, similar to 'Motivation' by Kelly Rowland Ft. lil Wayne...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1XozsBN5Z4&ob=av2e
In my eyes, some artist have got to accept their time, I've got nothing against fighting for something but some of these are just poor poor attempts in my eyes.

Jay-Z Paints The Sky Blue

After the very recent birth of Jay-Z's and Beyonce's first child, a little girl named Ivy Blue. Jay-Z has already released a song dedicated to the little one, named 'Glory'. Which if you haven't heard yet, listen now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGFAFvV4dpI
You really get the feeling that after the birth of his first child, he already has taken a step back and seen the bigger picture. From the song, Jay talks about their previous miscarriage and his lack of an relationship with his own father. It's a deep lyrical song with a real mellow vibe. Nothing negative to it. I would say this song is an iconic moment in hip hop history at all, but I would say it's an iconic moment for Jay-Z history, a song where even in 5, 10 or 20 years time he will look back at. A song in which other fathers may be able to relate too, and thats what music is all about right?