Émission du 28 octobre 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

On vous fait écouter les nouveaux albums de Swollen Members, Sean Price, RJD2, Theology 3, Masta Ace & Ed OG et Snoop Doggy Dogg. On vous présente aussi des nouveautés comme Kam Moye, Black Market Militia presents William Cooper, Paten Locke, Avatar and Dynamo et surtout Mad Squirrel. Joyeux Halloween à tous!

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Album de la semaine: Sene & Blu - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Un autre album réconfortant avant l'arrivée de l'hiver

Émission du 21 octobre 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

Pas d'entrevue et de chroniques à pu finir, juste du bon beat. On vous présente Afro Classics, Jern Eye (Lunar Heights), D. Black, Fefe et la Fanfare en pétard. Coté moins underground, on vous fait écouter Royce da 5'9, Foreign Beggars, Camp Lo, Guilty Simpson, Mac Lethal, Killah Priest et Cormega. Si on a le temps, on ajoutera un peu de shit old school...

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Album de la semaine: Fashawn - Boy Meets World (Review à venir...)

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Just a few weeks ago, I had no idea who was Fashawn... And now he's got one of the best hip hop joints of the year. I love hip hop when it surprises me like that, finally some impressive young blood to take over the washed up veterans. Well Fashawn is not the only who deserve props here, he's pretty much getting a buzz only because Exile is producing the entire album. Yep just like he did with Blu 2 years ago, Exile is once again bringing up some "new" cat in the game and giving him a cohesive set of beats. One thing that I'm loving about Exile is that his projects are pretty different, the beats here don't sound like "Below the Heavens" much and it's also quite different from his solo instrumental project "Radio". Versatility is often underrated aspect of producers, I really like when they can do various types of things and not always repeat the same formula. Not that Exile is particularly innovative here, he pretty much gave Fashawn some very basic hip hop beats for Fashawn to lay his stories on, but they are of very high quality and have a very cohesive sound throughout the album. On to Fashawn he might be new but he shows incredible potential on this first album, he's got some pretty nice skills but it's really what he says that makes him great. The concept of the album is pretty much about growing up and becoming a man, and well that's what Fashawn mostly raps about and he makes quite interesting. There's a strong soulful feeling to it all, it's just easy to feel what he's rapping about and get into his reality. Of course cats are gonna compare him to Blu since there's the connection with Exile, but I feel that both MC's are different and each one really got their own style (but then again I would recommend this to the fans of Blu & Exile). Overall this is a very great complete album, absolutely awesome from front to back (and what a closer!), definitely creeps up unexpectedly in the best hip hop joints of 2009 and really deserves all the props that it's getting.

Émission du 14 octobre 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

On reçoit le guitariste de 4DZ Societiez qui vient nous parler un peu de ce qu'ils font, avant de faire un show avec Big Boi, ce samedi! On revient avec 2 albums qu'on a pas eu le temps de vous passez à cause de notre entrevue assez exhaustive avec J-Zone (check this out!!!) : Del & Tame One et Delinquent Habits. Côté nouveauté, on vous passe Cunninlynguists, Sene & Blu, B-Real, Ron Contour et DITC. Coté nouveaux groupes, l'Angleterre est sur le radar avec Tactical Thinking et Orphans of Cush.

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Album de la semaine: Apathy - Wanna Snuggle (On l'a pas choisit pour le titre... Apathy rappe sur des beats de chansons romantiques tout en vous livrant sa manière de voir les choses.)

Émission du 7 octobre 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

On s'entretient avec le seul et unique J-Zone, producer et rappeur retraité. On vous présente aussi les albums de People Under The Stairs, Apathy, Reef The Lost Cause et Kurupt & Roscoe. On vous présente aussi Notes to Self, the Undergods, BK-One et Breakestra. On vous passe aussi la compilation suisse, Orjazzm. Manquez pas le show pour une bose dose d'humour et de nouveaux beats.

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Album de la semaine - Crown City Rockers - The Day After Forever

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About damn time!!! It's already been 5 years since CCR's last album and I don't know why it took so long. Both Rashaan Ahmad and Headnodic have had their side projects, but now it's now the time for them to unite again and they are really good together. Ahmad just feels at home over these productions, I'm definitely feeling him more here than his solo from last year. His rapping style is quite simple and basic, but I don't know his positive style just fits perfectly over these beats... It's like I really get into the beats and then the way he raps over them is just what we call synergy. The production is quite varied by I absolutely love it, some songs have some masterful usage of synths, it's quite hard to pull off that sound and do it well but Headnodic and co really do it well right here... Plus there some other songs that just feel like modern Tribe, with some of those sick ass drums. It's a sort of a "feelgood" throwback joint but at the same time it's very innovative in the production department which makes this a quite good album to listen to. Quite short at 41 minutes (especially with a 5 year wait!), but most everything is dope and it just flows together wonderfully.