Samstag, 12. November 2011
Freitag, 11. November 2011
Donnerstag, 10. November 2011
Why HEAVY D was one of the all time GREATS – A final farewell by R.A. the RUGGED MAN
He was an entertainer, a song writer, a hit maker – with an incredible flow and a strong quality in his vocals that’s lacking from this new school age of thin-voiced midget sounding bitch rappers. He had a true rappers voice and not a computer programmed, EQ’d to death, poorly annunicaited delivery. He wasn’t one of these unmusical, no-soul having rappers who learned how to rhyme a few Multi’s and wrote some half ass metephors and now thinks he’s a MC. Heavy D was the epitome of a dude you hand the mic to who could unquestionably rock any party. He was HipHop.
I remember being on tour and having an argument with a fellow rapper who thought he was too “hardcore” for Heavy D, he said Heavy D was corny and didn’t make “Real” HipHop. he was one of these cats who thought if it wasn’t BootCamp Click, Gang Starr or Wu-Tang Clan then it wasn’t “Real”. I love all that 90′s hiphop. I lived through that era and was part of it – but HipHop is more than just that one era or sound.
I aggressively, almost violently explained to this “Keep it Real” rapper on the tour that everyone of his favorite artists and producers fucked with Heavy D and respected his work. I couldn’t understand, him being such a die hard Gang Starr fan, why he didnt know the history Heavy had with Premo – and that they worked together on many occasions. Guru had even appeared on Heavy D’s album Blue Funk. OR, if he had loved that 90′s sound so much, how he didn’t know that Heavy D was the one who put Pete Rock on the map. Isn’t Pete Rock one of the most influential producers from the 90s?
It wasn’t just Premo and Pete Rock that The Heavster worked with, he made classic after classic with some of the greatest producers in history – Marley Marl, Teddy Riley and Erik Sermon to name a few and his right hand man Eddie F was an incredible producer too.
After Heavy sold millions of records – outselling the best rappers on the planet – rather than shrugging them off he actually reached out to do records with them. How many multi-Platinum artists reach out to Kool G Rap? or C.L. Smooth? or Grand Puba? His resume is a who’s who of legendary MC’s that he’s recorded with.. KRS-1, Guru, Notorious B.I.G, Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E Fresh, Kool Moe Dee, Busta Rhymes, Biz Markie, Q-Tip, … the list goes on and on. Infact I challenge any one to find a more stacked resume than Heavy D’s.
After conquering the rap game he actually took over the R&B charts too by working with the best of his era – Aaron Hall in the height of his career, Al B. Sure, and both Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.
There is No other rapper in history that had the capability of combining legitimate rapping skills with the soulful sound of R&B music. Some say he was the first to mix the two but that isn’t true. Most notably – Melle Mel made the classic “I feel for you” with Chaka Khan in 84 – but it
wasn’t untill 89 when Heavy D hopped on ‘Just Coolin’ with Levert that every R&B song started needing a rapper on their shit. Even Jody watley ran out and got Rakim on her joint ‘Friends’ the next year. Musicians would base their entire career on the style that Heavy D did first – Rappers like Father MC and, in my opinion, R&B legend Mary J Blige – would mesh HipHop and R&B elements in the same format Heavy D made popular; and think of how many Mary influenced. He influenced music so much more than fans even realize.
I remember being maybe 11 or 12 years old and hearing Mr. Big Stuff for the first time – It was that moment that I became a lifelong fan.
When I got the call that Heavy D was dead I was actually fucking speechless – even though I didn’t know him personally because he was such an important part of my childhood I felt horrible like I lost somebody in my family. I grew up idolizing Rappers like Heavy D, I dedicated and worked my entire life crafting my skills to be like what he was. And I’m gonna reveal to you all how fuckin corny and how much a fanboy I am. Earlier this year I saw Dwight Myers a.k.a. Heavy D was on Facebook the first thing I did was hit his inbox with this fanboy message.
There is No other rapper in history that had the capability of combining legitimate rapping skills with the soulful sound of R&B music. Some say he was the first to mix the two but that isn’t true. Most notably – Melle Mel made the classic “I feel for you” with Chaka Khan in 84 – but it wasn’t untill 89 when Heavy D hopped on ‘Just Coolin’ with Levert that every R&B song started needing a rapper on their shit. Even Jody watley ran out and got Rakim on her joint ‘Friends’ the next year. Musicians would base their entire career on the style that Heavy D did first – Rappers like Father MC and, in my opinion, R&B legend Mary J Blige – would mesh HipHop and R&B elements in the same format Heavy D made popular; and think of how many Mary influenced. He influenced music so much more than fans even realize.
When I got the call that Heavy D was dead I was actually fucking speechless – even though I didn’t know him personally because he was such an important part of my childhood I felt horrible like I lost somebody in my family. I grew up idolizing Rappers like Heavy D, I dedicated and worked my entire life crafting my skills to be like what he was. And I’m gonna reveal to you all how fuckin corny and how much a fanboy I am. Earlier this year I saw Dwight Myers a.k.a. Heavy D was on Facebook the first thing I did was hit his inbox with this fanboy message.
R.I.P. HEAVY D.
Masta Ace:MADOOM News
Masta Ace Talks About Reuniting With Big Daddy Kane
DX: Are you holding MA DOOM down on your own or are there collaborations?Masta Ace: I got one collab. That’s it. One collab.
DX: It seems like more artists are going back to that [structure].
Masta Ace: It just felt right. It’s such a personal record. It deals with me as a childhood from when I was 12 years old. There really wasn’t room for a feature. There wasn’t room for features. It didn’t make sense. I didn’t want to put people on a record just to put them on there. The writing felt like it needed to just be me.
DX: Who’s the guest appearance?
Masta Ace: Big Daddy Kane.
DX: Nice. Word up.
by The Company Man
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Dienstag, 8. November 2011
Action Bronson & Alchemist Team For New Project
The Queens, New York rapper reveals that the two have recorded 10 cuts for an upcoming release.
Action Bronson has revealed that he and Alchemist have completed work on a collaborative project.Announcing the news via Twitter, Bronson wrote, "Honestly me and Alchemist are 10 songs deep. Its literally a wrap. This is some of the best work I've done."
The Queens, New York rapper is currently prepping the release of his upcoming sophomore album Well Done, produced entirely by Statik Selektah. Alchemist recently announced that he will re-team with Curren$y for Re-Conversionalize, the follow-up to this year's Covert Coup.
by Allen Jacobs
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17429/title.action-bronson-alchemist-team-for-new-project
Necro Drops Artwork For New “Murder Murder Kill Kill EP”
AllHipHop News Hardcore rapper Necro announced the release date for his new EP Murder Murder Kill Kill, which will drop before his highly anticipated collaborative album with hip-hop legend, Kool G Rap.
The new EP, which the rapper has labeled “brutal Hip-Hop,” is due in stores on January 17th, 2012 via indie record label, Psycho+Logical Records.
According to Necro, he decided to release the Murder Murder Kill Kill before his highly anticipated album with Kool G Rap lands in stores.
“I am not rushing a monumental project like The Godfathers, so this EP will hold you over til it drops,” Necro said. “The artwork [for Murder Murder, Kill Kill] has to be the sickest sh*t released by any hip-hop artist since my last cover!”
In related news, Necro said that he had been working on The Godfathers album with Kool G Rap over the past five months, and that LP will be “insane.”
To pre-order the album click here.
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