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Got home from work around 7am, slept a few hours, have to be back to work at 5. Fuck the world, here’s a classic.
Black on Both Sides is a manifestation of compelling, honest hip-hop. The genre’s underground torchbearer, the mighty Mos Def (half of Black Star), injects intellect, humor, and knowledge into all of his rhymes. Overall, the album has an understated quality, but pure enjoyment comes with discovering the clever lyrical gems Mos drops. The expansiveness of his mindstate is showcased best on “New World Water,” in which he fully limns our uses of, needs for, and exploitation of water. On “Ms. Fat Booty,” a love tale with unexpected twists is woven intricately around Aretha Franklin’s wailing vocals. Whether rapping, singing, or lecturing, Mos Def is firmly rooted in African American consciousness and examines social issues with great ease. Black on Both Sides will endure for many years; it’s an album worthy of numerous listens. –Celine Wong
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Posted by: Breezilla in 2000-2007 Releases, Classic, Discographies, tags: 2001, 2006, 2007, Ayak, Black Star, Buckshot, Bun B, Busta Rhymes, Chip The Rippa, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Hip-Hop, Common, Cormega, Cross, Devin the Dude, Discographies, Donte, Estelle, Floetry, Ghostface, Ghostface Killah, Haze, Hi-Tek, J Dilla, Jadakiss, Jinx Da Juvy, Jonell, Kool G Rap, Kurupt, Les Nubians, Lil' Tone, Little Brother, Main Flow, Mann, Marsha Ambrosius, Midwestern Hip-Hop, Montana, Mood, Mos Def, Nas, Ohio Hip-Hop, Outlaws, Papoose, Piakhan & Sup, Pretty Ugly, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Rah, Reflection Eternal, Rem Dog, Res, Riz, Sean Kingston, Showtime, Strong Arm Steady, Talib Kweli, The Game, The Willie Contrell Band, Vinia Mojica, Young Buck
Late night insomnia drove me to do a random discography so here’s to Cincinnati finest producer, Hi-Tek (sorry Ill Poetic :D). I think most cats are familiar with Tek’s name due to his collaboration with Talib Kweli under the name Reflection Eternal (hands down a classic hip-hop album), but Tek has dropped his own respective gems out of Talib’s shadow. Most of Tek’s “solo” albums are heavy with the guest appearances, but Tek also gets on the mic from time to time and handles it very well. If you’re familiar with Tek due to his big billed production credits (G-Unit affiliates mainly) don’t let that fool you and note he’s done prodcution for everyone from Little Brother, Cormega, Common, and Dead Prez to Ghostface, Gym Class Heroes, and Phife Dawg. All 4 of the efforts in this drop are solid to say the least, but if you’re going to only grab one for a test run I recommend Train of Thought or Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip for starters.
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Posted by: Breezilla in 1999 - Older Releases, 2008 Releases, Announcements, tags: 1990s, Aloe Blacc, Atmosphere, Black Star, Blu & Exile, Boom Bap, Common, Common Sense, D.I.T.C., Da Bush Babees, Digable Planets, DJ Exile, Edo G. Edo G. & The Bulldogs, Emanon, Exile, Juggaknots, Lost Boyz, Mos Def, Natural Resource, O.C., Skee-Lo, Talib Kweli, That Ol' Boom Bap
Aight, aight so for most of us the holidays are almost officially over, but there’s still a bit of time left to celebrate with ‘09 on the horizon. I promised you all a gift or 2 (or 3). So, here’s 1 and 1/2 of the first 3 (now that I think about it the number might be 4) gifts we’re serving up for you here at CTR. First off, I’m sure a lot of you were wondering what exactly would we choose for the theme of the next installment of WIMBP since we had two themes tied at 73 votes, but instead of flipping a coin the decision was made to drop both. Vol 1.5 aka I Love The 90s is a relatively short work of a few overlooked 90s gems from some well and lesser known names. Juggaknots to Common (Sense), Natural Resource (Jean Grae’s old group) to Black Star, there’s something for every 90s head.
This next announcement (the .5 of your gift) is the most important IMO. I think a lot of cats who visit CTR may have found our links posted on hip-hop forums– hip-hop forums which generally have a single thread (rarely even a sub-forum) dedicated to UGHH (underground hip-hop) which is shame since with the many blogs floating around there’s obviously a demand for the music. Maybe I’m greatly mistaken, but there just doesn’t seem to be any forums out there specifically for sharing UGHH, which is why we’re bringing a new UGHH sharing community to you all seven days from now. In seven days we’ll make the link to the forums public, but until then we’re asking anybody interested in helping moderate any of our many sections or just posting material in general (we don’t care if it’s been previously upped or whatever) to contact us at checktherhimeblog@gmail.com. We’d also greatly appreciate help from other bloggers with promoting this site (we have ad space which we want to promote well put together ughh blogs on, at no cost of course). Anybody experienced in using Vbulletin is also welcome to drop us a line (we could use a bit of technical help). It’s about time we got our own, isn’t it? Stay tuned for more “gifts” in the next week or so.
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Posted by: Breezilla in 1999 - Older Releases, tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Alish Shaheed Muhammad, Black Sheep, Black Star, Brand Nubian, Da Bush Babees, De La Soul, Group Home, Mos Def, Native Tongues, Posdonus, Q-Tip, Rahzel
“You try to claim the unknown, the unknown’ll claim you…”
Gravity Sample Track
Continuing on with or addition of more old school albums to CTR’s archives here’s the highly acclaimed sophomore LP from Da Bush Babees. I personally only discovered these cats about one or two years ago, but they seem to fit right in with the rest of my listening patterns. Gravity, which is probably the first LP to master the art of blending hip-hop and reggae in a way that leaves no emptiness or further craving for either respective genre, features tracks blessed by Native Tongues gods Q-Tip and Posdonus and as credited with being the first major exposure for Blackstar’s Mos Def as an emcee. Like Group Home, Black Sheep, Black Star or Brand Nubian? Cliche yes, but you’ll love Da Bush Babees.
TRINIDAD STAND UP 
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