December 20th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 AmerigoGazaway-SmokeSumthin.mp3
Summary: B.B. King meets UGK.
About Artist: Amerigo Gazaway is one of my favorite mashup artists. He’s been on gregsiphop.com before for his mashups of Mos Def and Marvin Gaye. Amerigo Gazaway really bring the concept of the mashup to the next level.
About Song: This song is a bonus track off of Amerigo’s “B.B. & The Underground Kingz – The Trill Is Gone” (2015). Which I highly highly highly recommend if you like this track. This song is a mashup of blues guitarist B.B. King with Texas rap legend duo UGK.
Favorite Part: I love this whole project, the concept of B.B. with UGK just works and Amerigo does an awesome job. This track sums up the whole album really well.
Other:
The Trill is Gone (Bandcamp)
December 19th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 AndersonPaak-MightBe.mp3
Summary: 1 Track. 4 Songs
About Artist: Anderson .Paak is rising west coast star puttin out all the right vibes. Phil Ade is an DC area rapper who I first featured on gregshiphop.com back in 2009. The Game is an LA rapper who been in the game for a while now (no pun intended). Xscape is an old R&B group from the 90’s.
About Song:I am absolutely in love this this track. Below are four songs that all use the same track. I love all of these verisions…
Anderson .Paak – “Might Be” (2015)
Phil Ade – “Xscape” (2014)
The Game – “Do It To You (ft. Trey Songz)” (2016)
Xscape “Who Can I Run To” (1995)
In January 2016 I heard The Game’s “Do It To You (ft. Trey Songz)”. That reminded me of this Anderson .Paak version from September 2015. I really liked the Anderson .Paak version which at the time reminded me of the Phil Ade’s song “Xscape” (2014). Of course the original is by Xscape and is called “Who Can I Run To” (1995).
Favorite Part: Love the track and I love all of the versions…
Anderson .Paak – “Might Be” (2015)
Phil Ade – “Xscape” (2014)
The Game – “Do It To You (ft. Trey Songz)” (2016)
Xscape “Who Can I Run To” (1995)
Other: ^^^ Listen to the other versions ^^^
December 19th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 TravisScott-GoosebumpsftKendrickLamar.mp3
THIS SONG HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO A COMPLAINT BY THE RIAA.
Summary: I get those goosebumps everytime Kendrick goes off.
About Artist: Travis Scott is a 24 year old rapper from Texas. He was a XXL Freshmen in 2013.I saw him perform with Kanye and Chance the Rapper in 2015 and have had my eye more on him since. Kendrick Lamar is hip hop’s west coast king.
About Song: This song is off of Travis Scott’s second album “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight” (2016). I really liked the album, and another song Pick Up the Phone (ft. Young Thug) which was pretty successful (it’s the song with the super mario steel drums).
Favorite Part: Ahhh! This song had me on one for more than a minute in early September. I love the track! I have like four different instrumental/cover versions. I like how the song slowly builds and Travis sounds nice on it. Then Kedrick Lamar comes in and completely destroys it. It’s not a long verse but it kills. Love it.
Other:
Goosebumps (lyrics via RapGenius)
Travis Scott (Wikipedia)
December 19th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 SeuJorge-ZiggyStardust.mp3
THIS SONG HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO A COMPLAINT BY THE RIAA.
Summary: Not hip hop, but a wonderful cultural mashup.
About Artist: Seu Jorge has been a popular brazilian singer/songwriter for over a decade. Seu Jorge also happened to be featured in a Talib Kweli song “Favela Love”.
About Song: This song is a remake of David Bowie’s classic ZIggy Stardust.
Favorite Part: Seu Jorge recently came to perform in Tucson. Seu Jorge had written over a dozen David Bowie covers which were featured in the movie The Life Aquatic. The tour was in honor of David Bowie’s passing, along with the passing of Seu Jorge’s own father. The crowd in attendance was mostly part of the Life Aquatic’s cult following. Even so, I loved the show. It was just Seu Jorge doing his thing on the stage and it was beautiful.
Other:
Seu Jorge Wikiepedia
December 19th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 KirkFranklin-123VictoryftPharrellRemix.mp3
Summary: Gospel gets a remix #123Victory
About Artist: Kirk Franklin is a famous gospel musician. I love Kirk Franklin. Pharrell Williams is an a-list hip hop legend as a producer with a huge crossover pop audience.
About Song: The original song comes from Kirk Franklin’s “Losing My Religion” (2015). I love the original track! (download here). The remix came over a year later (watch an interview with Pharrell and Kirk Franklin). This song was my jam for like two weeks in mid November.
Favorite Part: I love the gospel elements of the chorus.I love the message. Kirk Franklin is amazing. Pharrell takes it to different level.
Other:
Listen to the Original Version
Kirk Franklin Wikipedia
December 19th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 WuTangVsTheBeatles-RunftJadakiss.mp3
Summary: Mashups!!!
About Artist: I don’t know who the DJ is but they’ve made a TON of Wu Tang Clan and The Beatles mashups.
About Song: This song is an unfinished track that didn’t make it onto “The Magical Mystery Chambers” which was a Beatles Wu Tan Clan mashup album.
Favorite Part: I love mashups. And I like the classic rock guitar sound.
Other:
Official Bandcamp Page
October 23rd, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 ATribeCalledRed-WeAreTheHalluciNation.mp3
Summary: We Are The Halluci Nation
About Artist: A Tribe Calle Red is an electronic music group that blends the sounds of First Nations music with mainstream house and electronic vibes.
About Song: Off of their latest project “We Are The Halluci Nation” (Sept. 2016)
Favorite Part: I really like A Tribe Called Red. I saw them perform once and they put on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
Other:
A Tribe Called Red (Wikipedia)
July 7th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 ChanceTheRapper-BlessingsRepriseftTyDollaSign.mp3
Summary: Are you ready for your blessings?
About Artist: Chance the Rapper is my new favorite. Acid Rap (2013) was great and Chance’s career just got better from there. Everyone should listen to Coloring Book (2016).
About Song: This song is the outro to my favorite album of 2016 “Coloring Book”. You can download Coloring Book here.
Favorite Part: I love his whole intro lyrics and the transition around 1:24
“I speak to God in public
He keep my rhymes in couplets
He think the new shit jam, I think we mutual fans”
(1:00)
“Call me Mister Mufasa, I had to master stampedes” (1:23)
Other:
Download “Coloring Book” (2016)
Coloring Book Full YouTube
Chance the Rapper Wikipedia
July 6th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 BigKRIT-NoStatic.mp3
Summary: Livin life for what it is…
About Artist: Big K.R.I.T. is a southern rappers who I’ve been following for about 7 years now. He produces a lot of his own stuff, including this song. He’s got the skills lyrically, musically, and stylistically.
About Song: This song is off of Big K.R.I.T.’s 2015 mixtape It’s Better This Way.
Favorite Part: I just love the southern vibin on this track.
Other:
Big K.R.I.T. Wikipedia
Warren G Wikipedia
July 6th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 ErykahBadu-HelloftAndre3000.mp3
Summary: Throwback to November 2015.
About Artist: Erykah Badu is a the queen of Neo Soul. Andre 3000 is one half of Outkast.
About Song: This song is one of the track off of Badu’s cell phone themed album “But You Caint Use My Phone”. This was one of my favorite project of 2015 and I highly recommend listening to the whole thing all the way through. Other great songs on the album include track 3 which is a remake of Drake’s Hotline Bling.
Favorite Part: I love the whole album “But You Caint Use My Phone”.
Other:
Erykah Badu Wikipedia
André 3000 Wikipedia
June 29th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 ChanceTheRapper-GrownAssKidftMickJenkins.mp3
Summary: “My favorite rapper a Christian rapper”
About Artist: Chance the Rapper is has been growing on me a lot since 2013. His album Acid Rap was amazing, I don’t know why “Good Ass Intro” or “Cocoa Butter Kisses” isn’t on this blog. I was super fortunate to see Chance the Rapper perform Kanye’s Family Business at a show with the both of the them in the summer of 2015. Then Chance dropped Coloring Book in May 2016 and the first time I heard it I knew it would probably be my favorite album of the year. Mick Jenkins is considerably less famous but I was obsessed with his 2015 mixtape “The Water[s]”.
About Song: Grown Ass Kid should have been track 11 on “Coloring Book” but it didn’t make the album because copyright law.
Favorite Part: beat, flow, the whole thang.
Other:
Chance The Rapper Wikipedia
Mick Jenkins Wikipedia
April 11th, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 KendrickLamar-untitled06.mp3
THIS SONG HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO A COMPLAINT BY THE RIAA.
Summary: CeeLo & K Dot
About Artist: Kendrick Lamar one of most influential hip hop artists today. CeeLo has been in the hip hop game for more than two decades now and a real one of a kind voice.
About Song: This song is one of the tracks that didn’t make the cut to get onto Kendrick’s 2015 masterpiece To Pimp A Butterfly and is instead on an album called “untitled unmastered”. This song also features singer CeeLo Green.
Favorite Part:
Other:
Untitled Unmastered Wikipedia
April 4th, 2016
[THIS MP3 HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO A COMPLAINT BY THE RIAA]
Summary: We On A #UltraLightBeam
About Artist: This song includes contributions from Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Fonzworth Bentley, Kelly Price, Mike Dean, Cyhi the Prynce, The-Dream, Kirk Franklin, Swizz Beatz, Plain Pat, Rick Rubin, and Samoria Green and Natalie Green .
About Song: This song is the intro to Kanye West’s 8th album “The Life of Pablo:
Favorite Part:
1. The opening sample
2. Mumbling Kanye
3. Gospel (Kelly Price and Kirk Franklin killed it!)
4. The whole production is awesome
Other:
Ultralight Beam RapGenius
The Life of Pablo Credits
April 1st, 2016
DOWNLOAD MP3 BigKRIT-SoBad.mp3
Summary: Freshh! classsic.
About Artist: Big K.R.I.T. is a raw funky southern rapper. He is extremely talented and produces almost all of his own songs. Big K.R.I.T. has been goin hard since 2011 when he dropped Return of 4eva.
About Song: So Bad” dropped this week as a 5 year celebration since the release of “Return of 4eva“. This is the 3rd Big K.R.I.T posted on gregshiphop.
Favorite Part:
1. Chipmunk early-Kanye Style Sample
2. Frunky Raw Southern Bars
3. Positive Uplighting Message
3. The Beat Switch at 1:46
Other:
Big K.R.I.T. Wikipedia
So Bad Lyrics (via RapGenoius)
