Rickie Jacobs - Beautiful America EP
Showing posts with label Articulate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Articulate. Show all posts
Artic "B-Town II"
Articulate, Daniel Joseph, Dutch New York, Hip-Hop, mp3, Mr. Fickle, Nato Caliph, NJ, Rhymageddon, Rickie Jacobs, STL
#onlybuilt4hulksharelinx
This project has been a thing of comedy. It should've been out before 2012 even hit, but I was looking for either proper versions of tracks or promised jawns. Had to let this one go - the idea was too good. I broke the (skewed) science behind the title in the liner notes, and won't go into it all here. Featured artists include Rhymageddon, Mr. Fickle, Rickie Jacobs, AWKWORD, BURNTmd, Touchphonics, Daniel Joseph, Dutch New York and more. A hair under 45 minutes or so. Fucked up part is, hulkshare wasn't letting me upload a .zip (or a .rar!) to their site, so the punchline got merked. Sharebeast, thank you.
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Articulate, Brown Bag AllStars, Cy Yung, Deal The Villain, Hellz Yea, Hip-Hop, Junclassic, Kid Hum, L Chanes, Main Course, mp3, Nico The Beast, Pugs Atomz, Sky 7th, The Jake, The KhemLab, WhyGee
rockthedub presents The KhemLab
Finally. It's been two years since Kid Hum and RTD dropped Offshore Drilling. Two years since guys like Cy Yung, Whygee, Sky 7th, junclassic and others joined forces with Main Course, Deal - The Villain, The Jake and a merry band of features (including the one like Nico The Beast) aligned themselves as The KhemLab. Two years of starts and stops, and finally a powerful push over the last few months to get this done. And it's here. 20 tracks full of raw lyrics, tough beats and a bevy of topics, ranging from murder fantasies to cuts devoted to needing new kicks.
I'm excited for you guys to hear this project in it's entirety, mainly because it started from nothing and became something I'm truly enjoying. The crew also flips cuts from Diamond District and DJ Concept & DJ Mickey Knox' BYOP EP, alongside a serious grip of original beats - shouts to Anno Domini, Centric, Four Finger Ring, Sharp, 2 Deep, J57 and the rest of the 'Lab. But enough from me - take this journey with us.
Don your labcoats and help us decipher this thing called Hip-Hop, and experiment with what the music can really become.
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Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic "Free John"
Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic "Free John" (prod. by The Arsenals): Who’s John? They talking about Starks, Studd or Stamos? Legend or Lennon? Anyways, The Arsenals drop a track reminiscent of something Rick Rawse would spit over. Artic and Rickie go straight stupid on this one, but really, there’s nothing else to do over a riddim like this. What you gonna do, rap about art and saving the children over a track that’s essentially made for fat asses to bounce to? Come on, dude. I legit LOL’d at “you should give me brain, bitch, because I’m about to be famous”. Whoever John is, someone should be popping a pussy for him.Articulate, AWKWORD, Brown Bag AllStars, Curly Castro, Cyclops, DJ Nappy, Elucid, Hip-Hop, Mario Dones, mp3, Numonics, Pugs Atomz, Rickie Jacobs, Scripts N Screwz, The Two. Fifteens, WhyGee, Zilla Rocca
FiF
Why yes, it's definitely been five years since I first started rockthedub (back when I still had a "blogspot.com" attached). It's been a wild journey - I went from needing a spot to let some of my unpublished interviews and reviews breathe, and turned into a destination for heads who want a different take on the normal shit you find on music blogs. As we always do around this time, I felt like I needed to drop a special compilation, and tried to assemble a load of previously -unreleased/exclusive material, so on this project you'll find new shit from Brown Bag AllStars, Zilla Rocca, Curly Castro, Elucid, Scripts N Screwz, Pugs Atomz & DJ Vadim, The Two. Fifteens, Whygee, an exclusive remix of a J NiCS track from Numonics, two DJ Nappy refixes, Mario Dones, Rickie Jacobs with Artic, and plenty more tracks.DOWNLOAD rockthedub.com presents FiF [mirror]
I also got a grip of tracks that didn't fit the 80 minute length I place on my compilations, so here's a batch of Bonus Beats featuring heat from JSWISS, Elucid, Deal - The Villain, E Dot Dizzy, SUICIDER, R.O.E., Triple J, Stealth, Kenny Kenny and others.
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That's a total of 34 tracks, for free. Not a number that's divided by five evenly... sue me. Big up to EVERY artist who sent me a track for this, or ever sent anything my way, as well as any head who has visited the site in the past five years. I do this for all of you. Shouts to my wife and my family for holding me down. I hope you enjoy this compilation, and help us celebrate our first five years. Thanks again!
EDIT I wanted to big up all of the blogs who've shown FiF love:
2 Dope Boyz | Passion of the Weiss | Knuckle Rumbler | Flawless Hustle | Audible Hype | Dot Got It | The Grind Daily | The Mad Bloggers | TRU | Boo Goo Doo Boom | Banana Clipse | Rickie Jacobs | Donwill | AWKWORD World View | Clap Cowards | Know The Ledge | YNotMyDream | Fly Definition | DEF!NITION OF FRESH | GYMRblog (if I missed your site, let me know!)
Thanks for your continued support. And big up to everyone sending well wishes to @khal via twitter! Loving the love! Share http://bit.ly/RTDFiF with your people. Appreciate that. Back to your regularly scheduled posts tomorrow.
Rickie Jacobs ft. Wordsmith & Artic "Yes, Yes, Y'all"
Rickie Jacobs ft. Wordsmith & Artic "Yes, Yes, Y'all" (prod. by Dirtwork Productions): 3 of Bmore's finest align for the first single from Rickie's Air Jacobs, and it's a beast! Glad these cats finally got a banger to the public - I've been covering all 3 for a bit, and was secretly hoping something like this would happen. Damn, I've missed hearing Artic spit! Need more from him too!Via BuckMarleyXXX.
Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic "Mission Accomplished"
Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic "Mission Accomplished": I've been wondering where the homey Articulate's been - he's been cookin' up crack with Rickie Jacobs! Air Jacobs is on the way, and these two BMore beasts serve up some heat over Nas & Damian Marley's "As We Enter" instrumental. Get your Friday on!Via BuckMarleyXXX.
Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic "Last Flight Ever"
Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic "Last Flight Ever": Buck Mizzy just passed along this banger from Air Jacobs, featuring two cats that got a lot of burn on RTD over the last 12 months (pardon me and my year-end sentimentality). I'm not up on a lot of Bmore Hip-Hop, but these cats have a lot of sick shit brimming, and I can only imagine what 2010 is going to hold.PenDragon Homerun King
Peep that new mixtape from Bmore's PenDragon, featuring the homey Articulate and a bunch of other ill spitters, as well as beats from the mighty Rickie Jacobs. Oddly enough, I've been revisiting Season 3 of The Wire, so this will be good background music for that...DOWNLOAD PenDragon Homerun King
Articulate "I Know"
Articulate "I Know" (prod. by Rickie Jacobs): Artic is one of the more consistent artists I have the pleasure of dealing with from time to time. Its as if I don't even have to worry - I know its going to be dope, whatever the track is. This cut is featured on MusicOnPlay.net's MusicOnPlay Vol. 1: The Bailout mixtape, which is hosted by Byrdgang's NOE and DJ Seiko. Grab this, then grab that.Articulate "The Illest Out"
Articulate "The Illest Out" [dirty \ edit]: Instead of just doing a regular freestyle over Jay-Z's "D.O.A.", Artic flipped it into a Bmore Club slamma. It just sounds fresh off the rip - talk about a wake-up call for Monday morning! Articulate threw on that producer's cap, just to show you niggas that its not just him being ill with the pen. Trust!Articulate & Pendragon "I Know What You Like"
Articulate & Pendragon "I Know What You Like" (prod. by Rickie Jacobs): Goddamn. It's like these cats read my mind. Atop a subtle banger from Rick Jake, Artic and Pendrag spit that Bmore slickness effortlessly.Via itsartic.com.
Articulate #musicmonday (please RT) the mixtape
If you don't fuck with twitter, the title of this mixtape might not make any sense. Shouts to Articulate for integrating the flavor that much further. No need to discuss further, get into this Bmore spitter's lane.DOWNLOAD
Tracklist:
01. Music Monday
02. Dopeman
03. Still Fly
04. Bmore Chillin
05. Articulate Speaks 1
06. Sleeping (ft. Rickie Jacobs)
07. I HATE RAPPERS
08. Untouched (ft. Sage Bravo)
09. Rising to the Top
10. Used to Write Love Songs
11. Short & Sweet (ft. Pendragon) (prod. Nastay Traxxx)
12. Articulate Speaks 2
13. Motion Poetry
14. They Keep Tellin Me (ft. Bex) (prod. Krazyfingaz)
15. The New Street Kings (ft Articulate & Black Knight) (prod Strada)
16. Articulate Speaks 3
17. My Life
Rock out to this tonight, with some Corona or Heineken, and get in th ezone.
Articulate "Still Fly"
Articulate "Still Fly": I fucked with the Big Tymers original, and its good to hear Bmore's own Articulate body it with his lyrical dexerity. For those of you looking for shit of his to leak, I'm the plumber. Nothing drips unless I say so. Or at least until I'm asked to let it flow by the water company.Anyways, put on your screw face and rock to this one.
Wordsmith ft. Articulate & Black Knight "The New Street Kings"
Wordsmith ft. Articulate & Black Knight "The New Street Kings" (prod. by Strada): Did you peep A Crack In The Bridge? If so, you know the fire contained within this one. If not, use this as a primer. Two of the RTD All-Stars unit on this banger. Enjoy it.Articulate "Dopeman Freestyle"
Articulate "Dopeman Freestyle": The instrumental for Jabari's "Dopeman" (which was produced by Cookin' Soul) has been leaked, and Bmore lyricist Articulate goes in. I don't see this as being the new "A Milli", but its hot. Artic x RTD compilation coming in the near future... keep it locked!Bonus Beats Lil Wayne, Pusha T & Kool G Rap "Dopeman (Unfinished Street Remix Pt. 1)"
Articulate & Pendragon "Short & Sweet"
Articulate & Pendragon "Short & Sweet" (prod. by NasTAY TraXXX): Two of Bmore's lyrical juggernauts go for broke on this one. If you like this lil' taste they give you, keep it locked for more material from both!DJ Class ft. Kanye West "I'm The Shit (Remix)"
DJ Class ft. Kanye West "I'm The Shit (Remix)": Looks like that Bmore shit is catchin' wreck in the Hip-Hop blogosphere... well, not really. But when Kanye jumps on anything, its an event... right? I hit you with the Lil Jon-assisted remix, as well as the MIMS remix that Class jumped on, so I figured I might as well keep it moving. Good joint to throw on when you leave work on Friday afternoons. And hey, MissInfo loves it, too!Props to Tiff at Brash PR for the 320kbps MP3!
Bonus Beats Birdman & Lil' Wayne "Always Strapped (Articulate 443mix)" (for those of you who can't get enough of the sound - big up to Artic!)
Rhymageddon
