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The Reality From out West

When's the next classic dropping?

                First and foremost, big thanks to everyone who sent me music keep sending it. I got a lot of stuff to go through, I’ll probably start going through it 2morrow since I already have my artists for the the this Friday, and probably next Friday also. I’ll be responding to everyone in emails. Now…..on to the blog.

 

                Before I really get into this, I had to go looking for album release dates. Hiphopdx only has release dates for the next two months (probably because those are the only releases that are somewhat certain) I went to IGN, and there music section….wow. They had a section for release dates of Rap albums, and release dates for Hip Hop albums.  The rap section had Guru’s “Jazzmatazz”, 50 Cent, Aesop Rock, and Fabolous. The Hip Hop section had Beastie Boys. Wow, these guys are really dedicated to music. Enough about them though, what’s the next classic album to drop? The topic of Hip Hop being dead is fading, more likely because of people being tired of having to think than the music, but there’s a lot of good shit dropping this year. Now, people can debate, but I think the LAST classic to come out was Brother Ali’s “The Undisputed Truth” like last month or the month prior. Before that, there was Lupe Fiasco’s “Food and Liquor”. So what’s next?

                In the near future, we got Pharoahe Monch dropping June 26. Pharoahe is a wild card, because his last album, “Internal Affairs”, was dope. It was eventually pulled off the market because of an uncleared sample, but it can be found online for downloading…..or so I’ve been told. The question is where’s Monch been? That’s the thing; he could have been holed up in an apartment writing the best hip hop album ever! After all, if you listen to the lyrics he wrote for Diddy, (which you can really tell was Monch’s rhymes, it was so obvious cuz they were way too dope for Diddy, but give Diddy credit for being able to successfully  jack Pharoahe’s flow) I’ve heard the album leaked, but I can’t speak on that.

                Next the south has two big albums coming soon. First they have’s TI’s “TI VS T.I.P” dropping July 3rd, and then UGK is dropping “Underground Kingz” July 19th. While I’ve said that I used to be a fan of TI before (all the way up until King) I have to say I’m not big on dude at all anymore, and even when I was a fan of dude I wouldn’t declare any of his albums as classic, dope, but not classic. I think one of my strengths is my honesty, and I’m gonna be honest, I’ve never listened to a UGK album. I’ve liked damn near every Bun B guest appearance I’ve ever heard (he always does his thing, and he gives the artist he’s featured with exactly what they need for the track), but I’m not huge on Pimp C. The south hails UGK as royalty, and based on some old tracks I’ve heard of them, I believe that they have good reason, but at the end of the day I’m just not drawn to their music really.

                Next up are two of my favorites, we got Kweli dropping July 24th, and Common dropping July 31st. That’s gonna be good. I think these albums both have strong a strong chance of being classics. I’ve liked every Kweli album, and I think Quality was classic. I don’t care what reviews it got, you can’t point out a flaw in that album, that album was classic. Common has dropped multiple classics, and with all the songs I’ve heard so far, he’s en route to another one.  I can’t wait for this album; in fact, this is probably one of the things I’m anticipating the most all year, right next to Rock the Bells, Grand Theft Auto 4 and Madden 08 for PS3. It’s not gonna take too many more great albums for Common before I throw him up over Jay Z as greatest of all time (in my opinion). Truthfully, I think that with one more classic, he’ll be the greatest, and I predict “Finding Forever” to be that classic.

                Now for all the albums with no definite dates. There’s a lot of buzz going around about Kanye’s album dropping later on this year. Now I haven’t REALLY defended him against Meka and other’s critiques, but I do think dude is better than they give him credit. He’s a decent rapper, and a great producer. Now that I’ve said that, he’s never dropped a classic album. Sorry. I really loved “College Dropout”, but it wasn’t classic. “Late Registration” was far from classic. I don’t think he has a classic in him. Not because of skill, but I just don’t think he’s gonna come with the content to have a classic. I think he’s liable to have a couple of crap songs, and that will keep him from classic status. His Chicago brethren Lupe is supposed to be dropping an album this year, but I know nothing cuz I’ve heard nothing at all about his album. I don’t think he’ll be dropping this year.

                The last cat I spoke on (Lupe) was an Atlantic artist, so I’m gonna stick with the whole Atlantic artists thing. Next up, Little Brother’s, “Get Back”. I’m huge on Little Brother. I could think of a Little Brother song for damn near everything I do on a daily basis. I could think of a Little Brother song for all the major events of my life. My nephew, whose like 14, said Little Brother is boring. At first I couldn’t see how the hell he could say something like that, then, when I really thought about it, I realized, Little Brother makes grown folks music. Me being grown, I believe you can’t hate on Little Brother. Recently Little Brother went from the dopest trio, to the dopest duo, when the group producer 9th wonder left the group. A lot of LB fans got scared, some starting dissing 9th, some have even faded away from being LB fans. Me on the other hand, I’m not scared at all. Actually, I expect them to get better. If you look at another Southern artist, Phonte of LB’s favorite rapper, Lil Wayne, the loss of a constant producer can be a great thing. Lil Wayne started getting all this acclaim as being a real dope lyricist when Cash Money lost Mannie Fresh. While the south may have loved him for awhile, I didn’t start fucking with him until “The Carter 2”. I believe the change in production forced him to change his style. “Get Back” is Little Brother’s “Carter 2”, and while they’ve always been dope, I think with a more varied production sound, Little Brother is gonna get even better.

                West coast alert, west coast alert! While everybody sits and prays that Dre drops “Detox” this year, I don’t give a shit. Yea, I said, I don’t give a shit. However, Dre will be helping with something I am anticipating, the Bishop Lamont album. For those that don’t know, Bishop Lamont is another Dre protégé. If you look at the history of Dre’s protégés, the future looks quite bright for Bishop. Add in the fact that dude is the most lyrical of ALL the Dre protégé’s, and that he actually puts a message in tracks sometimes (something Game and Snoop rarely ever do) and things look even better. Bishop dropped the “street album” (translation, mixtape) “Nigger Noize” (yea, he said it damn it, bust a grape) for free earlier this year (shout out to SOHH Eighty for pointing that out to me) and it’s dope. Take that mixtape, and add in the focus of a Dre on the album….damn. That’s all I can say. You may not know dude now, but trust me, you will. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bishop dropped a classic. The only problem Bishop faces is the possibility of his album not dropping this year, which is quite possible, considering Dre’s track record of postponing projects. I think he has a strong chance of actually coming out though considering he is a west coast artist, and Dre is probably trying to break a new one since Game departed the Aftermath family. Unfortunately I can’t say the same for Joell Ortiz, who while he has skills, he is another New York artist on Dre’s label, and if Rakim didn’t do anything there, what would make you believe Ortiz will?

                The last album I’m gonna speak of is Saigon’s “Greatest Story Never Told”. I have a lot of anticipation for this album, not because of music I’ve heard off of it (because I haven’t heard any of it), but because of Saigon in general. I know dude can make good music, that’s not a question with most of the artist who come from a mixtape background. A lot of them can make good music; the problem is they fail to make the transition from mixtapes to albums. They’re normally too focused on making songs to sell records. Saigon on the other hand has said that he’s been doing other things, like the “Entourage” appearances so that he doesn’t have to focus on making money off record sales. Basically, translation “I’m not gonna sell my soul and make crappy music to make a few extra bucks, so I’m out trying to make money other ways, cuz I’m gonna make good music, and it might not sell millions of records,” Just recently Sai did a blog entitled Saigon Vs Atlantic records, and from what I’ve heard, he basically stated that he’s gonna make sure his fans get his music, no matter what Atlantic is talking about. What? He’s gonna make sure his fans get his music, you mean he didn’t say he’s gonna make sure he get’s that “gwop” cuz he’s a hustler and he has to get his? I believe we have an artist who actually gives a shit. Add in the fact that Saigon’s first single was “Pain In My Life” which certainly wasn’t aimed at getting it popping in the club, and that he has a Jay Z guest spot, (who’s had a Jay Z guest spot not on Roc-a-Fella or Def Jam? Lupe…..oh yeah, Sauce Money…. but he was damn near on the Roc) how can you not expect this album to be great?

                A few other cat’s I didn’t speak on, Lil Wayne drops “The Carter 3” sometime this year, but I don’t think that’ll be classic. Good….maybe, classic….No. For my boy War of the J.U.I.C.E (Just Us Intent on Changing Everything) movement (yea, I know I said it A-Plus, movement), Joe Budden will be dropping “The Growth” December 32nd so be on the lookout for that.  So when’s the next classic dropping? I’d say it’s gonna be Kweli, if not, Common. What’s gonna be the best album this year, that’s a harder question.

 

Keep sending me that good west coast underground/indie/unsigned music, ya’ll know the email, brillyancestar@yahoo.com. I’ll be responding soon.

 

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