No Ceilings Mixtape Tracks listed from Best to worst.
The 3 gems on the album:
Ice Cream
Swag Surf
Sweet Dreams (Feat. Nicki Minaj) Nicki Manaj is nice. Cool voice, delivery and lines like "Boy I'm every where you like the balloon boy mama you was never there."
*rest of the songs and dl link after the jump
RoboCop Rap
The first RoboCop summarized through Rap. Spoilers (obvi!)
*Bonus: Predator Rap
“Lookin like Bob Marley’s Fuckin Grandpa”
Screwed in Houston is a five part web based documentary from vbs.tv that looks at the hip hop scene in Houston particularly the chopped and screwed scene and that syrup.
Screwed in Houston Pt. 2
Screwed in Houston Pt. 3
Screwed in Houston Pt. 4
Screwed in Houston Pt. 5
Thoughts:
How can he act black and be himself?
CL' CHE (pronounced cliche) is a great rap name
*Spied over @ TSS
Review of Nas – “Untitled”
After controversy over plans to title his new CD N***er (without the *'s) Nas's album comes out today and is now untitled. I understand why there was a controversy but I feel most of it was overblown. I'm not sure if Nas was just doing it as a publicity stunt or really wanted to make a statement with this album. After listening to it I'm inclined to think its the former (with a healthy ammount of publicity whoring going on).
From the start you can tell this is going to be a classic Nas album. It opens with the almost too short Queens gets the Money Where Mr.Jones raps over a soothing Jay Electronica beat.
The next song is "You Can't Stop Us Now" which has almost the same beat as the RZA song You Can't Stop Me Now Oddly enough the songs are from different producers. I actually like the RZA version better.
The first single off the album, Hero, is also the best. The Video is great and I'm glad that it is getting a decent amount of airplay. Over a great Polow da Don beat Nas raps with the the fire I felt has been missing in his last albums.
Other highlights on the album are Make The World Go Round with a great verse by the Game, Sly Fox where Nas rails against Fox News and other news outlets. ("I watch CBS and I see B.S.") Fried Chicken featuring Busta Rhymes, and Black President which uses a Tupac sample and makes me wonder if someone has played it for Obama yet.
A couple songs I was not feeling as much: Breathe and N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and the Master) are both mediocre songs.
Verdict: 4.5/5 Overall a Great album. Classic Nas. Go Buy it.
Bonus: Sly Fox Video
Worst Album Cover Ever
I was reading this article about the worst Pen & Pixel album covers when I came across this gem. How many ways is this cover awesome?
Bears wearing purple hats/yarmukles: Check
Bear wearing some sweet shades: Check
Assorted fruits and nuts: Check
Also look at the bears in the background not only are they drinking some sort of wine/alcoholic beverages but they are drinking out of the biggest glasses I have ever seen and wearing what I imagine to be very comfortable robes.
They tried to make me go to a dermatologist – I said no, no, no.
Amy Winehouse needs help. Seriously.
Check out her face:
*click on for the full horror
What the fuck? She is turning into a monster. Remember when she was kinda hot? I mean she was never a supermodel but she was once kinda cute. I swear.
PROOF!
Now she is basically a decomposing crackwhore. She seriously looks like she is 49. She is 24 people! She was born in 1983! That can't be right but its on Wikipedia so it must be.
*From Huffington Post.