Can’t beat a short Sean P guest verse in the morning. No idea who Apollo the Great is though.
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Archive for the ‘Unknown Element’ Category
Apollo The Great ft/ Sean Price – Struggle No More [VIDEO]
February 17, 2011Mr Dero & Klumzy Tung – Headscrews (DJ Vadim RMX)
December 3, 2010DJ Vadim adds that bounce to this track, of which I’ve never heard the original. Its nice enough though. As for who Mr Dero and Klumzy Tung are – I haven’t got a clue. I’m sure someone out there can fill me in.
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Foul Mouth Jerk ft/ The Artifacts – Back Up On The Scene [VIDEO]
November 23, 2010Oh shiiiit…. The Artifacts back on a track together? Niiiice. Big ups to Foul Mouth Jerk, who I know nothing about other than he released another track called Small Town USA with Masta Ace last year. This is pretty slick – a tough verse from El Da Sensei, and a pretty bugged out verse from Tame. Maybe all that time smoking angel dust with Cage is finally taking its toll…
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Maffew Ragazino (@RagazinoSr) ft/ Masta Ace – Where I’m From [VIDEO]
September 28, 2010Yo, for some reason I didn’t feel like posting the Maino and Joell Ortiz video for Ask Me About Brooklyn, primarily because being a UK head I wasn’t too down with some of the references they threw out, but I caught this video on Daily Mathematics and despite it also being about an area I’ve never hit up, thought the track was dope. This dude Maf definitely gets Unknown Element status as I know nothing about him, but the track is a banger, and there’s some dope cameos in the video, from Rock of Heltah Skeltah to Michael Rapaport.
Another young’un from the states I’d check for in the future for sure. And on that note, I’m off to catch some Z’s. One.
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Mala Reignz (@MalaReignz) – Dum Da Dum [VIDEO]
September 28, 2010Another emcee who I haven’t heard anything by before. A definite unknown element. I’m liking this track though for sure. Found this on AC’s Rare Unlimited site…
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J57 ft/ Sene, Co$$ & Homeboy Sandman – Still Phenomenal
August 20, 2010
You should all, by now, love a new little bit from Homeboy Sandman, and although he’s only a guest on this track from J57 (Who I know nothing about), he completely steals the show. As he does on most tracks he pops up on. I’m becoming a bit of a stan for Boy Sands, but if he keeps dropping verses like this, I’m not complaining.
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Download J57 ft/ Sene, Co$$ & Homeboy Sandman – Still Phenomenal HERE
In The Crates:
• DJ Spinna ft/ Homeboy Sandman, PSO & Fresh Daily – Get On Down
• Homeboy Sandman – Tyshae
• Homeboy Sandman – The Good Sun
Do I have to be hanging from a cross to get my point across?
Do I have to walk across water till my catalogue is waterlogged?
Do I have to build an ark to build the art?
Do I have to play the harp to play my part? Is that the way to make a mark?
Actual Proof (@ActProof) – Competitors [VIDEO]
August 19, 2010Don’t know shish about this lot, but this track is dope.
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Mac Miller (@MacMiller) – Don’t Mind If I Do [VIDEO]
August 12, 2010I’m not sure how I feel about this dude yet. Part of the old bastard in me thinks I should be hating, but part of me thinks its actually a pretty damn good track. Makes me feel old for sheezy. Straight out of Pittsburgh USA. Can see this kid blowing up in the next few years. What do you lot think about it? Don’t be shy, leave a comment. Thats what the bit at the bottom of the post is for.
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Gotham Green (@GothamGreen) – Tell Me Something ft/ Freddie Gibbs
July 20, 2010This track is ill. I haven’t got a clue who Gotham Green is – I guess his name hasn’t made it this far across the Atlantic just yet, but this track/video is gonna make me do a bit of digging for sure. Dope beat, dope video, dope guest spot from Freddie Gibbs. Sweet vocals from Jes Hudak, and production by DJ Quickie Mart. You know what – I’m gonna have to go and listen to this again right now.
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Nizm (@ThatGuyNizm) – Deswaggified / Dreams
July 19, 2010
Things are definitely starting to pick up here at The273 – I’m now starting to get sent various bits and bobs from artists I’d otherwise never have heard of. Obviously, some of them, I’d prefer to still never have heard of, but sometimes, I’ll check a few tracks that an artist has sent through, and actually think they’re pretty good. Nizm is one of these guys. Found a little press release plus a few tracks in my inbox this morning from his recently released album ReDfined Xpression, and they’re not bad at all.
Deswaggified is a reaction to overuse of the word swagger in Hip Hop, helped along by live drums and a jumping keyboard loop, while Dreams uses the same Michael Jackson sample that Meth, Ghost & Rae did on Our Dreams, a slight switch on the Wu version, but catchy none the less.
The only thing missing from the press pack – which as Alan Hansen would say is a schoolboy error – is that he’s given me no idea where people are meant to get this album. I guess in these google-assed times, it shouldn’t be too hard to track down, but would have been nice to be given a few links… Still.
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A true wordsmith, the name “Nizm” derived from a lost game of Scrabble. He later discovered that in Urdu, Pakistan’s national language, “Nizm” means “discipline” and in Japanese, the name means “new”. Thus, “Nizm” is symbolic of the refreshing diversity and maturity he articulates in his music.
Deswaggified – Nizm
Dreams – Nizm
