Thursday

M.I.A. > NICKI MINAJ

Always and forever.
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DOUG HOYER, "OH, THE WIND WILL BLOW"

Doug Hoyer's a folk singer from Edmonton, but if this was just a folk song

I sure as shit wouldn't be posting it and if Hoyer was just a plain old folk singer

I'd sure have looked past his stuff altogether.

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Clearly, that's not the case.

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This one was co-produced by Kuhrye-oo,

who's also 1/4th of Gobble Gobble.

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It opens with a classic drum break sample,

which is then accompanied by... ukulele???

No irony here though, folks.

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And Jessica Jalbert's contribution to the chorus is just enough

for this to get a million plays on my Itunes by next week.

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Tuesday

DJ QUIK

Fuck Dr. Dre.
I'd prefer if we didn't talk about anything he's doing
from this point on. Or the past half decade, would be more fitting.
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Detox is going to be as far removed from that g-funk sound as possible
and that's the reason for the hostility. But thank god Quik still knows what works.
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SQUADDA B

Obviously, this dude is from the Bay Area.
There's something in the water there right now.
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I get a lot of different vibes from Squadda B,
sometimes when he's rapping it's sounding like Max B when
he would just go in on a verse instead of singing the whole thing.
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And though he's unmistakably from Cali,
he's still using his drum hits like a Texan or Detroit producer,
or maybe sampling like a Dipset producer on a sunday afternoon.
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Point is: every track on this one sounds unique from the next.
Cop it, mellow out. This isn't gangbang, Maybach music.
Thank god for the alternative.
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FREE GUCCI 2: THE BURRRTISH EDITION

Been waiting on this one for a few days 'cause they had to fix
up the Mad Decent servers. I guess they knew they were sitting on gold.
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Going through this album at the moment. These collections always end up
being more enjoyable than Mr. Three Scoops' actual retail albums - mixtapes excluded.
Can someone get his managers in contact with Rustie and Hudson Mohawke already?
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A real collaboration is well overdue. But these imaginary ones will suffice for now.
My favorite part is definitely that they even got new rappers (like Tinchy) on some verses.
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LUNICE

This is just becoming a Lunice tribute blog...
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