Émission du 30 septembre 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

On a une soirée très chargée pour vous. Premièrement, on fête le jour de notre 5e anniversaire officiel à Choq.fm!! POur l'occasion, on vous présente Nine High, MuzeOne, Snak the Ripper et Dumbfounded & Dj Zo. Coté nouveauté, Del & Tame One, Crown City Rockers, J-Rawls & John Robinson, Freestyle Professors, Qwel & Maker et Scribbling Idiots. Soyez des nôtres

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Album de la semaine: Oh No - Ethiopium

Diction's review: @@@1/2


Well I think it must be said that Oh No simply can't do no wrong, but damn I was hyped as fuck for this release expecting a possible classic like Dr No's Oxperiment but it's not really as tight as that. But it's still tight don't get it wrong, it's just not mindblowing as the idea could have been. See this time around the choice of samples is Ethiopia. Now for those who listen to African music, most of y'all know that the ethiopiques series is the absolute shit, the country has a very deep and varied musical scene. Kanye already used one sample from there for Common's "The Game" and it turned out pretty good... But you know just the thought of Oh No using some Mulatu Astatke or Mahmoud Ahmed gave me goosebumps and shit. The possibilities where just endless for this project but in the end it just doesn't hit the retarded status that I hoped for. It's funny being a little disappointed with what I consider a very good album, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this album and it's tight for sure. Oh No for the past few years has really started to build up his own unique sound and while he still isn't that far from his brother Madlib, both are really starting to go in their own paths. One of the things I like the most about Oh No is his drum sounds, he really does it well and it's always innovative. He keeps it dope without never really hitting the 90's cliches. I guess I just over-hyped myself to this project and that's my own fault, but still this is definitely worth checking out and Oh No remains a leading producer in hip hop.

Émission du 23 septembre 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

On va faire une entrevue téléphonique avec le producer de l'album "Double Barrel": Marco Polo. Nous parlerons de ses récents succès, de ses influences et peut-être quelques trucs de production pour faire des gros beats... Coté musique, vous entendrez les nouveaux albums de Declaime, Ghostface Killah, Kid Cudi, Ill Bill, Skyzoo et Mc Esoteric. On vous présente aussi Audio Pharmacy, Proverb The Poet et une compil de France: Projet Soldat Inconnu.

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Album de la semaine: Brother Ali - US

Diction's review: @@@@

"I started rhyming just to be somebody... I found out that I already was"

Brother Ali has so much soul. This is what I would call reality rap. No not like what Ice Cube was doing at all, but just a man who speaks about his life and what happens into it. Nothing about crack or pimping hoes, his life is pretty much as normal as it can get and it had regular problems. Well despite that he's a white muslim albino, but all that doesn't really matter very much. With his first proper album "Shadows on the Sun", Ali was really more focused on impressing people with his rapping technique and skills. The people really noticed that he had skills but it's with his 2nd release "The Undisputed Truth" that he really got more personal in his stories. This one goes even further in that direction, it definitely has less of his technique but much more feeling. I'm pretty sure he could have continued to go in the direction that SOTS was, but I really appreciate his evolution and where he's taking his music to. I just can't help but to feel the man when he speaks, his rapping really drags you into the songs and you have to pay attention to every word he says. It is easily my favorite rapping performance of the year, even is it's not that impressive on the technical side it doesn't matter because he's rapping about something that actually matters. The production from ANT is alot smoother than what he usually does, the beats have a more soulful feel to match with what Brother Ali is doing and they really fit perfectly. Overall it is really a great album, it looks like Brother Ali is gonna be able to pump out those for a long time coming, he's slowly etching himself as one of the great rappers.

Émission du 16 septembre

Ce soir à l'émission,

On reçoit C-Drik qui vient jaser un peu de ses projets et surement vous dropper un petit freestyle en passant. On vous passe aussi des gros beats comme Brother Ali, Bekay, Bisso Na Bisso, Funky DL, J-Boogie ft Lyrics Born et Blue Scholars. En creusant un peu, on vous présente aussi Le Dernier Pro, Groove Therapy et Cross Bred Mongrels.

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Album de la semaine: KRS-ONE & Buckshot - Survival Skills

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Well it took Duck Down for KRS to release a good album again. This is something I was not expecting in 2009, but this shows that all he needed was fire beats for him to sound good again. Both MC's are far from their prime of course, but getting together was a good move for both of them. Buckshot can get redundant when he handles an album by himself and KRS sounds a little insane these days, but really these problems are nowhere to be found on this album. The many collaborators also help, every single guest is on point and really add something worthwile to the album, but really the greatest asset of the album is the production team. From Khrysis, Illmind, Black Milk, Marco Polo and 9th Wonder just to name a few of the highlight names, this album has really some fire beats to help both veterans shine again. Overall it's a damn fine album and perhaps the surprise of September, I don't think it's the most impressive album lyrically (both enjoy the performance since I'm a fan) but this to me definitely has better beats than the other recent albums from the New York veterans and that makes it the better album.

Émission du 9 septembre 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

Que de la bonne musique... On a plusieurs nouveaux albums comme M.O.P., Reef The Lost Cauze, KRS-1 & Buckshot, Def Jux IV et Zion I. Côté plus underground, on vous présente Debaser, Sapient, Ra-El et Sojourn. Bref, plein de gros beats mixés deux ou trois de vos tracks old school favorites. Dans les prochaines semaines, on continue de fêter nos 5 ans de diffusion à choq.fm avec plusieurs grosses entrevues: C-Drik, Marco Polo (le producer) et J-Zone.

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Album de la semaine: Dynas - The Apartment

It's funny when I first saw the producer lineup for this album, I sort of made a joke that this would be a better album than Cuban Linx II... Well the joke is on me because I actually feel that way. I don't expect many others to feel like me, but this right here has all beats that I dig from a wide range of modern producers that aren't really in the "generic" zone... Cmon just look at the list: Mphazes, DJ Jazzy Jeff, S1, Illmind, J Dilla, DJ Spinna, Exile and Khrysis... What the hell more can you want? The only thing is missing is a good MC to spit over these beats and I'm feeling this Dynas dude. I wasn't really familiar with him previously, only heard him over a few guests spots but he's pretty good. What he raps about is mostly real man type shit, lyrics that aren't too hard to relate to and he's got a good delivery on top of it. Overall a very good album without one weak track, it's unfortunate that it got ripped in the wrong week with all the attention going at Raekwon and Jay-Z, it looks like most hip hop fans will miss this one.

Émission du 2 septembre 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

On fête la rentrée avec Dela, producer de renommée internationale, qui vient nous parler de son album "Changes of Atmosphere"!! Coté nouveauté, on vous kick aussi des grosses sorties de fin d'été comme Jay-Z, Termanology, Kool Keith et l'album de la semaine. On vous kick aussi du bon shit underground comme Pro The Leader and Nova-Kane, Tyler Durand et Rite Hook. On a aussi un peu de bon rap de l'Hexagone: Be2S et OSK, Seth Gueko & cie et The Boom Bap Orkestra.

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Album de la semaine: Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II (Ça fait 10 ans que vous l'attendez, on vous fera pas attendre plus longtemps... En passant, c'est du très bon son!)