I See You Jockin' Jay-Z!!!!

so in all the rumors i guess its finally official. Blueprint 3 coming soon....This is a new joint called Jockin' Jay-Z (prod. Kanye West) off BP3. I hope this releases this year.....but hell this year has been great...

Countdown To "There's Only One": Tracks From "Pure"

Some of my favorite tracks off Pure. I love this album so much so again I suggest you cop this...this should convince you.

Moving Along feat. Tiffany Paige


Big Thangs


Pretty Baby


The Kingdom feat. Miz Korona & Elzhi


House Of Horrors


Supreme feat. Guilty Simpson & Invincible


The Way I Do (Bonus)

Verse Of The Day: Evil Of Self

Artist: One Be Lo f/ Abdus Salaam
Album: S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Song: Evil of Self

[Verse One - One Be Lo]
This story takes place in a place called Self
Take in Mind, everyBody, no other than Soul Brother
Was living in a-whole-nother State, all help
He received, he believed, was the way God dealt
With his life, but some would consider it trife
The ignorant type, caught up in all the biblical hype
He wasn't feeling it right
Time told, he would let the blind old man in the mirror give him advice
Sincere, he kept his friends near with Devotion
They hang in a neighbourhood gang called Emotion
Who wasn't usually good for this community but
He knew of The Danger, he grew up with Anger
He wasn't worried, thought they was the best for him
If he wanted anything, Lust was there for him
Sex, Money, Power, Love would let him care for them
Hatred was the strongest, he protected them
From a Truth, he considered Evil, hear no, see no
His profile don't smile, you know how E-go [he go]
Conscience told Soul how to go legit
He said "You know Doubt? He told me don't believe that shit"
That's when he, hooked up with Jealousy and Envy
Scoping out this Benzy, rolling spokes, about twenty
Pulled out the driver, who now wanted to fight him
Fear told him "You the man. Pull the heat out and fire"
This is how he living how he feeling hardcore
What he do that for? Mr. Greed said "More?"
Remind me of a cat named Influence
Been proven to make men do it, just like a sin student
Now Conscience had a question "Who's your biggest enemy?"
He didn't know Shame, so he blamed it on Hennessey
Reality wrote him a cheque [Check] and let him have it
But they jumped in the ride, Pride wouldn't let him cash it
He crashed it

Countdown To "There's Only One": Pure

Tracklist
01 Pure
02 Get To It
03 Moving Along ft Tiffany Paige
04 Slick
05 The Kingdom ft Miz Korona & Elzhi
06 I Go
07 Big Thangs
08 Pretty Baby
09 Much Better ft One Be Lo
10 FoodChainGang
11 House of Horrors
12 SUPREME ft Invincible & Guilty Simpson
13 Show Stopper
14 Hula Hoops
15 True Colors ft Now On & Monica Blaire
16 That Fonk!
17 For U

Last year I was on my Elzhi ish. I saw this album by this guy I've never heard before. What started out as I wanna check out that Elzhi joint turned to wow I just found a gem. Eventually after I purchase Buff1's Pure off UGHH.com. So much has been said about this album lately but I was on it before the hype. I love this album and surely one of my favs and one of the best of 07. Every song has a purpose with its own unique sound. It flows together pretty smoothly. The track or combination of tracks that really grab my eyes was Foodchaingang/House Of Horrors & That Fonk!/For You. The first combo went straight to the throat of whats wrong with america & our government then finish with a thunderous jab. Well on the second combo I'm not talking about the actually song "That Fonk!" but the prologue to For You thats mixed with the song. For You has a poetic vibe that sends shivers down my spine at times. This album is definitely must have so cop Pure & There's Only One so you can have two of the best crafted albums in the last five years.

Heres some videos of Buff1 at his "Pure" album release party.

Buff1 - Show Intro


Buff1 - Slick


House Of Horrors


Buff1 - Big Thangs


Buff1 - Show Stopper


Buff1 feat. Miz Korona and MarvWon - The Kingdom


Buff1 - Pretty Baby


Buff1 - Just For You

Verse Of The Day:Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous

Album:Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Artist:Big L
Song:Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous

[1st Verse]
My name is L, and I'm from a part of town where clowns
Get beat down and all you hear is gunshot sounds
On 139 and Lennox Ave. there's a big park
And if you're soft, don't go through it when it gets dark
Cause at nighttime niggas try to tax
They're sneakier than alley cats
That's why I carry gats
Yo, I'm a muthafuckin fugitive
Buckwild and foul is the lifestyle that I choose to live
Because to me it's all about a buck
I used to have a partner in crime by the name of Chuck
We stormed the city, shootin shit up like Frank Nitti
We robbed kids and split the dough 50/50
One day we stuck a dice game on the ave. and split the cash
Then I murdered his ass and took his half
Because I'm all about ends and skins
When you got dough, you don't need no muthafuckin friends
If I catch you on a late night, black, you're gettin stuck, jack
My moms told me to get a job, fuck that
Aiyo, picture me gettin a job
Takin orders from Bob, sellin corn on the cob
Yo, how the hell I'ma make ends meet
Makin about 120 dollars a week?
Man, I rather do another hit
I want clean clothes, mean hoes, and all that other shit
Yo, I admit, I'm a sucker
A low down, dirty, sneaky, double-crossin connivin muthafucka
Breakin in cribs with a crow-bar
I wasn't 'poor', I was po', I couldn't afford the 'o-r'
I used to wait until it gets dark
And tell a nigga to strip, I wanna see some birthmarks
Like a ninja, dressed in black with a ski mask
I take all the funds, then I run down the street fast
I vicked this nigga named Eugene
Took his brand new ring
Cause stickin up's a everyday routine
Once I was crusin in a beat-up ride
Saw this nigga named Clyde
And snuck up on him from the blind side
I told him, "Give up the dough, before you get smoked
Oh you're broke? ( *shots* ) now you're dead broke"
The Big L was cold crazy
A top-notch crook snatchin pocket books from old ladies
I don't care, I'll do anything to get a buck
Even rob a Miller truck, cause I don't give a fuck
Some say I'm ruthless, some say I'm grim
Once a brother done broke into my house and I robbed him
Plenty and many brains I bust
Cause I was livin the lifestyle of the poor and dangerous

Now On feat. Shawn Jackson - Write Back

With all the buzz surrounding Shawn Jackson it was only fitting that close affiliates of Buff1 collabo with Shawn on one dope tracks...Now On has finished their second album entitled 'Tomorrow Already'. The entire is brilliant! It's melodic, progressive, catchy, and it's unlike anything you've ever heard. So be on the look cause 'Tomorrow Already' drops September 30.
Now On is also feature on both of Buff's albums....

Now On feat. Shawn Jackson - Write Back

Countdown To "There's Only One": There's Only One Tracklist & Video

Buff1 - There's Only One

01 There's Only One
02 Goodness Music
03 Beat The Speakers Up
04 Dream Streets
05 Man Up feat. Vaughan T
06 I Know The Secret
07 The Sky
08 Classic Rap
09 Love The Love feat. Tres Styles
10 Never Fall feat. Black Milk
11 Rain Dance
12 Numbers Can't Measure feat. Now On
13 Real Appeal feat. AB
14 Electrifying Music Maker
15 Going Nowhere feat. AML
16 Once

Buff1 - Beat The Speakers Up (video)



and here is what Buff1 told Scheme Mag about a couple of track off the album....(continue under that theres more news folks)

"Beat the Speakers Up" - This track came from the brilliant mind of Vaughan T, my Athletic Mic League (AML)/Lab Tech brother. He told me he had a beat and hook for me, he just laid it out and I did the easy part and wrote the verses and the end/outro hook. We knew as soon as it was done that this was the first single/video. I like it because its concept is anti radio programming but it's also very catchy and radio-friendly at the same time. That's how we do around here, we like to challenge people's thoughts of what they think hip-hop should be, but still keep it very hip hop, haha! The hook is catchy but it's also 16 bars long, which is almost unheard of. I also decided to do something I haven't done in ages and that's spit a lot of similes. I was getting my Lil Wayne on, haha! I think I said the word "like" in this song more than I did on my last album and the last two AML albums combined! As a group, we kinda tried to stray away from that as we grew and developed as emcees but it was fun to revisit when we first started emceeing back in the day.

"Classic Rap" - Another Vaughan T beat. When I heard the beat, it sounded like some classic rock stuff, so I thought it was appropriate to flip it on some classic rap stuff. I know everybody does songs where they pay homage to all their influences (i.e. The Game's "Pain") but I wanted to do it differently. I wanted to show that I really studied the game like it was a college course. Almost to the point of being a nerd, haha! I just had the first couple lines in my head and I just thought, "Why not use everybody's real name?" That way you see how deep it gets with me and hip-hop and you can also get a glimpse of the artist when they first started out and how their careers are somewhat intertwined.

"Numbers Can't Measure" ft. Now On - This is a 14KT beat. Eight times out of ten, I get inspired to write from the beat. This beat just sounded like trying and struggle to me. It also kinda reminded me of the song "For U" from my last album how the sample was cut up. So that's the approach I took when writing. I wanted it to be like "For U" but in a different direction, saying, "This is for those that didn't really support me, and thanks for the hate," haha! Now On wasn't even sure they wanted to be on it because when laid my verse down it sounded so personal, but like I said, we like doing things a little different and unconventional around here so that's why I wanted them on it, because people wouldn't expect a guest appearance on a song so personal. KT had already named the beat "Numbers Can't Measure" before I got it so I figured it was a fitting name for the song, kinda saying to critics that my music is my life so you can't really rate it. Only God can judge me so your rating system for your website or magazine is cool, but at the end of the day I'm still gonna be me and do what I do.

"Real Appeal" ft. Ab - I had this song idea in my head. I told KT that I wanted a beat that was raw, just drums and a bassline. Something to break your neck to. We were in the lab talking about one of our favorite artists who was really inspiring us at the time so we threw her album on (hint hint) and was listening to it. He said it was a song of hers he really wanted to sample, so he did! Right there on the spot. I wasn't 100% convinced on it at first because a) her album was barely two years old at the time, and b) it needed to be touched up a little. But once he touched it up and replayed the bassline with a live bass, it was a wrap. I knew I wanted to do something sexy, since I'm grown, and have been grown for a while now, haha! I wanted to see if I could get away with sexy. I knew I needed a male vocalist since we never really had that on a track before aside from us singing ourselves and because I was talking to all my lay-teeeeees! Haha! I wrote the hook, hollered at my man Ab who was working with KT and everybody and they mama at the time. I asked him to lend us his talents and the rest is history.

"Goin' Nowhere" - This one is simple, classic hip-hop, classic AML. KT had the beat; I knew this would be the group joint. We didn't wanna do anything pretty or on the feel good vibe. We just wanted to do it how we did it when we first started, straight spit! We didn't care how long it was or if the hook was catchy or nothing. Straight looped the beat the whole way through, 6 minutes of spit, "Triumph" style, haha!

Verse Of The Day: Blazing Arrow

Artist: Blackalicious
Album: Blazing Arrow
Song: Blazing Arrow

The verbal God, I throw a murder all my foe and kill 'em
But learnin all and so I'm gorowing while I'm learnin wit em
Infernal I'll explode returnin out the globe about to blow
Now get up out here yo, see head on out the zones that I patrol
Rock and roll might tear you out the soul like blunts and alcohol
I knock your whole toboggan for a loop and now the doubt will flow
I'm not the pro you wanna knock cause on the real I got the glow
Cosmic flows as I suppose thats how its supposed to be
and got to go!!! How'd ya know? Intuition
I was on the old safe surface figure out your purpose that's impossible
But logic will disturb the thought or focus what its not is all about
the grow about the kind of onus only god can know
I rock it for the chocolate, for the awkward for the thoughtless
in your home or at your office
I'm your early morning coffee so who got the ball?
We roll with Navajos with double barrels
Amazin phase your days your hazy ways my Blazing Arrow

Verse Of The Day:Sean Price

Album:Nocturnal
Artist:Heltah Skeltah (feat. Illa Noyz)
Song:Sean Price


[1st Verse]
Some say Sean Price is, nice-is on mic devices
Pack more power which make me more mightier than Isis
Try this, that's when the Ruck shakes the rictor
Inflictsta bring pain my aim is to rip ya
Picture you tryin to break through my path
My eight blasts all you fuckin snakes in the grass
Went to hell with angel dust,plus i bust the devils lungs
With lyrics that come from tip of the tongue now you sprung
Sean sparks like John Starks in the fourth Quarter
Oughta meet my peeps, that's deeper than the tora
Unforgettable like nat king,
Louieville chill because my motherfucking slap stings
This track brings, the average career to a halt
It ins't my fault you fell victim to my verbal assault
If i had dollars for every nigga who dared to battle me on microphones,
I'd fuck around and be a millionaire

NEW HELTAH SKELTAH!!

New track off up coming Heltah Skeltah album "D.I.R.T."

"Everything Is Heltah Skeltah"

And tracklisting for the new album also
FIRE!

1.) Intro

2.) Insane (Produced by Marco Polo)

3.) Chipmunk 3000 (Produced by Fatim)

4.) Everything Is Heltah Skeltah (Produced by ILL MIND)

5.) D.I.R.T. (Another Boot Camp Clik Yeah Song) (Produced by Khrysis)

6.) So Damn Tough f/Buckshot and Ruste Juxx (Produced by ILL MIND)

7.) WMD f/Smif N Wessun (Produced by M-Phazes)

8.) That’s Incredible (Produced by EZ Mo Bee)

9.) Ape Muzik f/ The Representativz (Produced by Stu Bangas)

10.) The Art of Disrespekanization (Produced by Khrysis)

11.) Hellz Kitchen (Produced by Evidence)

12.) Shmack Muzik (Produced by Sic Beats)

13.) Twinz (Produced by Ken Ring)

14.) Ruck N Roll (Produced by Stu Bangas)

Looks dope as hell, But we will have to wait and see. I have high expectations.

The Passion Of Stevie.

I'm sure you know who he is, I won't waste your thoughts on a small introduction as to who he is but I just wanted to remind you of the magnitude of his greatness. I was listening to his music recently and just now, At the age of 19 I realized true passion for self, Being passionate in expressing yourself, Your thoughts in the form of music. Stevie's voice just gives you the that feeling.
God I wish I was alive during the 70's.

Some of my favs.

Sir Duke

Superstition

As

Do I Do
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Overjoyed

Verse Of The Day:Ordinary Guys

Album:Bayani
Artist:Blue Scholars
Song:Ordinary Guys


[Verse 2:]
I'm just an ordinary guy, with music as a job
If I could do it, the least you could do is give it a try
There's no use, just sitting asking why these ballers rock
Chains like a fallen chain just to stay fly
Man I'm cool, with just a pair of reeboks and vans
Some artists think they too hard to talk to their fans
I might, battle just to keep this art sharp
And maybe take a ride through the jewish part of Seward Park
Where the view of Lake Washington is not too far
But far enough, it might be a minute till the comeup
And people keep asking how I lost this weight
More work and less food on the plate, Man
Just a simple plan with a little bit of self discipline
To, keep writing, keep spitting, keep em listening
To keep on doing what I do to get a salary
My number one mission is to make my son proud of me

Verse Of The Day:You Ain't A Killer

Artist:Big Pun
Song:You Ain't A Killer
Album:Capital Punishment


[Verse 1]
The harsh realities of life is takin tolls
Even Jesus Christ forsake my soul
Please tell me what price to pay to make it home
Take control, I'm makin dough, but not enough to blow
J.O.'s, they lust my flows, but aiyyo, I don't trust a soul
That's all I know or need to, these evil streets'll meet you
halfway and eat you, I laugh tryin to survive illegal
I leave you lost, bounce you on the cross, rip you like a horse
Sacrife your life to a higher force
Then I stomp your corpse it's the Bronx of course recognize the accent?
One of the last livin still in action, general assassin
Catchin any wreck, blastin any tech
Smashin any chest, passin any test, Charles Manson in the flesh
Any last requests before you meet your maker?
Sew what you reap a wake up, shakin up a storm like Anita Baker
I'll take you straight to hell and fill your heart with hate
Incarcerate your fate in Satan's fiery lake, then I lock the gate
Make no mistake, "The Shit is Real" as Joe, we follow the killer's code
When we come for you, tell me where will you go?
Nowhere to run, hide, I'll find you and and silence your screams
And even if you kill me I'll still be in your fuckin dreams

MF Doom & Trunks are Unicron

Idk too much about this album except its been annouced but no release date. Of course you know who MF Doom is but Trunks is Canadian rapper that has collab'd with the likes of Smif-N-Wessun & Kardinal Ofishal. Anything beyond that I'm clueless sorry guys.....but here is some audio from Unicron. DOPE!!!

Monsters
http://www.zshare.net/audio/163648184db0d815/

Devastator
http://www.zshare.net/audio/16364892f4d3a680/

LockJaw
http://www.zshare.net/audio/163649971b7552d5/

Last Laugh
http://www.zshare.net/audio/16365011f6b9db66/

The Story
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1636507129cbbc8b/

Who's a Hero
http://www.zshare.net/audio/16365066ee00d205/

Verse Of The Day: Accordion

Artist: Madvillain (MF Doom and Madlib)
Album: Madvillainy
Song: Accordion

[MF Doom]
Livin' off borrowed time, the clock tick faster
That'd be the hour they knock the slick blaster
Dick Dastardly and Muttley with sick laughter
A gun fight and they come to cut the mixmaster
I-C-E cold, nice to be old
Y2G steed twice to threefold
He sold scrolls, lo and behold
Know who's the illest ever like the greatest story told
Keep your glory, gold and glitter
For have half of his niggaz'll take him out the picture
The other half is rich and don't mean shit-ta
Villain a mixture between both with a twist of liquor
Chase it with more beer, taste it like truth or dare
When he have the mic it's like the place get like: 'Ah yeah!'
It's like they know what's 'bout to happen
Just keep ya eye out, like 'aye, aye captain'
Is he still a fly guy clappin' if nobody ain't hear it
And can they testify from inner spirit
In living, the true gods
Givin' y'all nothing but the lick like two broads
Got more lyrics than the church got 'Ooh Lords'
And he hold the mic and your attention like two swords
Or even one with two blades on it
Hey you, don't touch the mic like it's AIDS on it
It's like the end to the means
Fucked type of message that sends to the fiends
That's why he brings his own needles
And get more cheese than Doritos, Cheetos or Fritos..
Slip like Freudian
Your first and last step to playin' yourself like accordion
(Humming)
When he had the mic you don't go next
Leaving pussy cats like wild hoes need Kotex
Exercise index won't need Boflex
And won't take the one with no skinny legs like Joe Tex