Mos Def at the 9:30 Club 2/20/2012

This was an awesome show. Mos Def is swag as fuck and definitely knows how to entertain. I could be more familiar with his catalogue, but he definitely played everything I knew I wanted to hear("Niggas in Poorest" some of his BlakRoc Stuff). A good part of the show was him talking about how much he loves rock music and just dancing to other people's songs- but for some reason this was immensely entertaining. I had seen him before as half of Blackstar, and while the show would havebeen awesome with some Kweli, I think that's true of most shows. A+, WOULD SEE AGAIN.

Funkmaster Flex Really Likes "Otis"

Funkmaster Flex really likes the new Jay & 'Ye track Otis(sorry about the link, couldn't find an embeddable version). How much does he like it? He likes it so much that it takes him 19 minutes to premier a 3 1/2 minute song. He continually stops to drop bombs, rewinds to listen to the parts he likes("HAHA! He said he was gonna call the Paparazzi on HIMSELF!!") and talks shit- "If you new rappers go home and reasses your choices and your career! You rappers only breathe at certain times of the year, this is not one of them!"

 The choice quote is of course- "New York city you listen to me, if you're near a convenience store, any type of 24 hour store, go in the store right now in and put your hand in the cash register for no reason. That money is your money! As of right now!"

And you know what, it's completely awesome, both for it's ridculousness and because it is 100% sincere. This guy fucking loves this song And why wouldn't he? It's a hot track from two of the hottest rappers... ever. No hyperbole. The great thing is, he isn't pretending to be too cool to have a reaction, which I feel is rare. Funkmaster Flex is not only watching the throne, he is completely transfixed by it's shininess.

Though, of course, if you want the height of rap ridiculousness in 2011 look no further than this:

Random Good Music- 12/5/2010

Music, it's pretty great, right? The only thing is, there's so much of it out there that's great! How can you sift through it all? I haven't found a good way yet.

But my point is I found some pretty great tracks that I thought y'all might like.

1. Did you know that Vampire Weekend's Contra had an iTunes only Bonus Track? I sure didn't. And it's some bullshit, because I totally would have bought it. Oh well, I may be the last one to the party on this but in case I'm not, here it is. Pretty good, right?

2. Robyn is pretty amazing. Have I listened to "Stars 4-Ever" 40+ times in the last 2-3 days? Sorry, that shit is classified. Wikileaks says yes though. The point being, you probably already have that track. BUT do you have the A-Trak remix of Indestructible? Man, I bet you do not! Suck all the joy you can out of this track, because life can be pretty tough sometimes.

3. As some of you might be aware, I like mashups quite a lot. My favorite ones are from The Hood Internet. Yup, better than Girl Talk- I said it! They just dropped a Metric mixtape and while all the tracks are dope as fuck- #5 has been on repeat all damn day. I hope you like it: http://www.thehoodinternet.com/2010/11/hood-vs-metric.html

The Hood Internet x Metric by hoodinternet

4. Deerhunter! That's a band people talk about quite a bit. Until recently, I was not one of those people. Then I heard this remix- now I am! Wow, this sure is good. One of those great tracks where you can dance to it, work to it, exercise to it, or listen to the lyrics and get kind of depressio. All pretty great qualities!

Deerhunter - Helicopter (Diplo & Lunice mix) by maddecent

5. Depressed Buttons- Mixmeat Mixtape. I knew nothing nothing about this group before @hoodinternet recommended their mixtape on the twitters. Now I know nothing about them except that I will be purchasing their EP on Dec. 14th. Damn good.

Depressed Buttons-Mixmeat Mixtape by maddecent

6. Adam Warrock is a rapper I've been talking up to pretty much anyone who will tolerate it. In addition to his excellent full-length album and remix album, he also does a free track-log "sketchbook" where he posts non-album songs in order to keep his creative juices flowing. His new one, "Best Friends (Nedroid)" has been on loop since it came out. It's based on the comic Nedroid(and if you aren't reading this, what is your problem?) and is about the main characters, Reginald and Beartato, having a rap battle about who is a better friend. It manages to be both hilarious and dope at the same. You can listen/download it for free here.

7. Drake- his flow sucks and he's not very good at math (√69=8.306623863 or, I guess, ate something). Sure he's kind of clever, but you know who is more clever? Almost every other rapper I listen to. But, there are DJs who can take these raw components and make something great out of it. In this case by cutting Drake out of the track almost entirely. It's good!

8. Mashups! We covered this already. But check this out- New Kanye vs. Neutral Milk Hotel. Does it work? Would it be on my blog if it didn't? (No, it wouldn't)

In My Beautiful Dark Aeroplane Over The Fantasea by MysteryStain

9. The entire new Kanye album on repeat all day, every day, holy shit it's so good. I'm pretty sure Kanye took lots of sounds he knew I'd like, put them together just for me, and then decided he might as well make millions in the process. Hearing this album is like going back in time to when I was a baby and laughing for the first time. Or conversely, it's like realizing that this is one of the few albums I'm willing to pay the full 15.99 for, even though I'm paying a premium for one itunes exclusive bonus track. Shit, I'd pay double- Kanye deserves it. Have I been effusive enough? Buy this GD album.

Hip-Hop Puns

These have been rolling around in my head for a long time. I'm sure there are lots of other great ones. If you think of one, leave it in the comments!

#JayZRomComs

99 Problems (but a Hitch ain't one)

Runaway Bride This town

Hard Knocked Up Life

As Real Good As It Gets

Roc (About a) boys

Excuse Me Miss (Congeniality)

The Goodbye Girl(s, Girls, Girls)

Crazy in Love, Actually

Heart of the City (Ain't No Eat, Pray, Love..)

Can I Get a What, What Women Want

#ClassicHipHop
50 Cents & Sensibility

Kanye West Side Story

Snoop Dogg Day Afternoon

The Big Pun Also Rises

Oliver Twista

How I Could Just Kill a Mockingbird

The BlackStar Stallion

Emma-nem (credit: Alex T.)

The Fresh Prince and The Pauper

#HipHopNewWaveMashups

Waka Flocka' Seagulls

#UnusedHipHopAlbumTitles
Lord of the Fly

My Two Favorite Songs Right Now

Download here.
Kanye fucking kills this track. I don't think a song has gotten me this pumped up since... I don't even remember.

Download here. Amazing song. Nice to see The Hood Internet doing some original stuff in addition to the amazing mashups.

All downloads artist endorsed and totally legit. Enjoy.