Ray West and AG kick some hard truths, Casey
Veggies releases a new track from "Life Changes" and we get knowledge of
self from Black Cobain.
LUV NY – “These Rappers Under The Hex”
I feel one of the main reasons sample-based, boom bap Hip Hop from
the East Coast is in danger of becoming a subgenre is because too many
emcees are bitching about the real or perceived faults of the peers
instead of providing a better alternative. So I’m pretty much
contradicting myself by picking a track where D.I.T.C. vet AG
spends three minutes scolding delusional rappers. But the 20 year
veteran does it exceptionally well, it’s not as if he’s lying, and Ray
West provides a refreshed nod to classic golden era production. You
can’t reinvent the wheel or force Hot 97 to play Sean Price instead of Nicki Minaj’s “Starships.” But the effective combination of a lush backing track and some clever bars have me both looking forward to West’s LUV NY project (featuring AG, O.C., Kurious, Kool Keith, Roc Marciano, and Dave Dar) and reaching back to find out what happened to my Runaway Slave album by Showbiz & AG. –Omar Burgess
