It's been a while, but the time has come to really start updating this blog on a regular basis. I may not have been posting anything here myself, but I have been reading a lot of other hiphop blogs, and every time I read something cool, there's an itch that says: get writing! To kick off the restart of this blog, lets look at three new(-ish) videos by rap groups that you probably won't see poppping up on MTV anytime soon (then again, never watching MTV myself, I have no idea if maybe they have popped up already). All three these videos have something that most rap videos on MTV and other video channels dont have: a great song backing them up!
Let's start with a personal favorite of mine. NY Oil, formerly Kool Kim of the UMC's, who is making waves with his latest album/mixtape release Hood Treason. It's a good listen, but the best is saved for last, with the song Unreal. This song is also the one doing the rotation on YouTube right now, with a lot of people recognising that this is the type of song Hiphop has been waiting for. A great story, great rhymes and a beat that is smoother than anything else you'll hear this year. It's great to see Kool Kim, er..., NY Oil make such a big comeback with this, since the man spent a long time on my "Where have they gone?" list. He's been busy in between his UMC-successes and this though, since I recently ran across some bootleg type record by him on some rapblog I cannot recall. That bootleg wasn't anything special (no idea when or if it was ever released), to be honest, but his new album, and especially this song, is. Maybe I should have put this one at the end of this threesome, since chances are you won't be too impressed by the two other songs after you have heard and seen this one.
So on to the next one, the type of feelgood song that is typical of summer, and which is coming from a trio of rappers I had never heard of before. Main attraction on this is J-Bru, whose album this song is from, and he is assisted capably by rappers Ghettosocks and J-Bizzy. Not all three rhymes have as much to do with the theme of this song as you would expect, but this is still a fun jam with a well put together video. interesting sidenote for people who remember the CEB album: this song uses the same female voice sample that CEB used in no less than two songs on their album.
To close this first new post in ages off, I give you a video by a group called The Project. The video very much has a early 90's Yo MTV Raps vibe, which goes well with the drums, which have been around since even earlier than that. Good song, nice vibe and great rhymes. A group to keep an eye on.
Yes, I know the main idea behind this blog is to point you towards hiphop that is a little less know to bigger audiences, but I've been a fan of Common's music ever since I first heard Can I Borrow a Dollar for the first time. And hey, the site is still called Good Rap Music, so anything that's good deserves to be here. I really dig the song I Want You that is behind this video, and although the video itself is nothing too outstanding, it still beats most 'bitches and bling' videos normally associated with hiphop. Check it out over here.
Percee P is a hiphop legend, but a look at his discography does not reveal this. He's a rapper who has been at this since the eighties, but who has been slowly building his reputation until anticipation of his debut album reached almost hysterical levels amongst those people blessed enough to ever see him live or hear him drop guest verses on one of the few tracks you can hear him on. If you ever heard Edan's DJ album Fast Rap, you will of course know Lung Collapsing Lyrics, his classic debut single from way back, and maybe you were lucky enough to find one of Percee's bootleg albums, collecting what few singles the man has released so far.
