Ya Heard?! We’re comin’ at cha full blast as we rep that classic ish in our tete a tete with Evil D and Buckshot from the seminal hip hop group BlackMoon. And it goes a lil sumthin like this:
Humongous Props to REMG(Ramos interview here!) for coming through, and apologies to Andrej for the misspelt name.
“I’m in the idle mode but my energy’s kinetic
So smooth and debonair, especially for the ear
Gotta keep my thing in gear cuz it’s evident and clear“
And with those lyrics uttered by the Abstract Poetic we continue with another in our series of introducing to you some of the finest vinyl upstarts, rap scallywags and scratch ruffians ever to bumrush tha show. This motley bunch makes up the ShoMerde posse.
This time around its the G from the west who keeps the platters blessed with that out of control sweet soul: EMDEE making the music with his mind. My man’s on the come up, so check his production work here, or look for his beats on up-coming releases T-dot MC Black as well as a live instrumental collab with the bearded wonder, Danny J, and some next solo ish…
SM: Define ’sweet soul (give 5 example’s). EmDee: The crystalline like resonance left over in the soul after listening to a sugarbeat!
1. L.J.Reynolds and Chocolate Syrup
2. The 5 stairsteps and cubie
3. Curtis Mayfield
4 the persuaders
5. Mz Tanika Chawls
SM: You’re something of an Egyptologist tell me what you think of the connection between…the cat mummies and the soul serenade? EmDee: Quite a rare and fascinating connection! The soulful mewh…Breathtaking!
SM: Tell me about the one that got away... EmDizzle: What do you mean?…you saw one of em get out!…No ones escaped yet!
SM: why is it that they call u ‘can’t stop wont stop’ behind
yr back? EmDee: Gotta b cause I stay hungry…Slim cat with the appetite of a giant
SM: Your top 3 conspiracy theories… EmDee: 1. Washington, the FDA and Aspartame
2. If UFOs don’t exist then why do I see them?
3. Free Mumia!!!
There’s a school of thought that considers legendary composer and arranger, David Axelrod one of the progenitors of hip hop. And really, even if you omit Axelrod’s impressively massive discography, who in their right mind would argue with The God Emcee?
Lessons learned during this ShoMerde post: 1. Axelrod is a genius
2. Rakim is hip hop (”from Egypt to Budapest/Rakim is the truest left”)
3. You should hit up Mochilla in the near future to purchase what looks to be a killer concert film.
Yo, Big ups to Nardwuar the Human Serviette who has been killing the interview tip for a hot minute. Most of us Canadian peeps should know the man from his dayz on the Nation’s former Music Station, and Nardwuar’s interviewed damn near everybody who’s anybody. He’s got that fantastically irritating style that’s hard to dismiss because the Man knows his shit. Here’s a perfect example with Queensbridge’s son Nasty Nas. Doot Doola Doot Doo..
In an era where the one true U.S. artform is much maligned, the mighty Mos kicks it with a trio of that rarest of breed, the bad-ass young American jazz musician: Robert Glasper on keys, Chris “Daddy” Dave (please do yerself a favour and check the tunes on his myspace page…) on the kit and Jon Jon Web playing bass.
The Meaning of Dope holds it down on the viddie tip with some classic footage of Ice-T runnin’ amok in San Quentin… Which begs the question, how far has the term ‘gangsta’ fallen?
