Still Bumpin' My Music...

Update to my last post...


Drake - Find Your Love



J. Cole - In The Morning



Jeezy feat. Algernod



Usher - There Goes My Baby



Jeezy - Greatest Trapper Alive



Usher feat. Will.I.Am - OMG

I'm just bumpin' my music

Two songs I can't stop playing right now...

Young Jeezy - Hood Politics


J. Cole - Who Dat


What's random but interesting to me is that one of these songs is "rap" and the other is straight "hip-hop" if you really think about it. J. Cole is miles beyond Jeezy in terms of lyrical ability but Jeezy's song has a vibe that I really enjoy. Songs like "Hood Politics" are the reason I like rappers like Jeezy, Rick Ross, and other rappers who wouldn't be considered true emcees by a lot of people north of the Mason-Dixon line. Artists like Ross, and Jeezy have a way of making songs that resonate either through the production or just the "feeling" of the song. I can't articulate it very well but fans of those guys probably know what I mean.

Nowadays, I tend to view hip-hop as a pretty diverse genre of music with many sub-genre's that encompass just about every style of hip-hop/rap one can enjoy. For me, that's part of the beauty of the evolution of hip-hop but I can also understand why so-called hip-hop "purists" don't really like some of the newer artists (especially southern artists, lol). There's no stopping the evolution of hip-hop and that's probably a good thing but what would make it even better is more conscious or semi-conscious hip-hop/rap coming back into the mainstream. Unfortunately, it seems like those artists are relegated to the underground or the InterWeb.

P.S. - It looks like me and Drizzy both like the Jeezy joint.

Insert into rotation...

NEW MUSIC!!!!

Wale (feat. Brother Ali) - 2nd Time: Brother Ali's (click this link) verse is sick.


TI - Message to the Government: TIPPORD is killin' stuff right now and this is no different.


Junior Reid (feat. Lil Wayne) - Ghetto Youths Rock: Surprisingly, I like this.


Shawty ELLO (feat. Trey Songz and Lil Wayne) - Supplier: This ELLO guys is hilarious! I'm entertained.


Young Jeezy (feat. Pharrell) - Rumor Has It: I read that this was a throw-away track from Jeezy's first or second CD. I've heard the verses on a couple mixtapes but the appeal in this track to me is hearing these two on a track together. Not bad.


Jay-Z (feat. MC Lyte) - BK Anthem: Better than that Brooklyn We Go Hard joint.


The Game (feat. Lil Wayne) - Red Magic: FIRE! "We in the HOUSE!"


Nina Sky (fine as hell) (feat. Pitbull and Ross) - Curtain Call (remix): Ross kinda kills his verse with a nice flow.


J. Holiday (feat. [Officer] Ross) - Wrong Lover: Again, Ross kills his verse. You might not want to like this guy but he can kill a feature verse. J. Holiday got a smooth banger on his hands.


The Game - Show is Over: Smooth! Game puts on his Shyne voice and goes in on this joint.


Just for posterity's sake I also through these in the playlist. I might have to do a post dedicated to Brother Ali's verse on the first song.