My name's Jake Bourey, and I've dedicated a significant portion of my life to music and deciphering the science behind its beauty. As you can guess from my blog's title, I'm especially passionate about hip-hop. I post and review the best songs hip-hop has to offer, old and new. Most are in the “underground” genre, considering that’s where the vast majority of hip-hop's true art resides these days.
Nardwuar vs. Questlove
This was posted just a week ago, and it’s now my all time favorite Nardwuar interview. Questlove is fuckin’ amazing. Not only is he one of the world’s most knowledgeable hip-hop scholars, but he IS hip-hop.
If you could hang out for a day with any deceased hip-hop artist, who would it be?
What’s your favorite instrumental to freestyle to?
Sadistik - Ashes To Ashley (ft. Mac Lethal)
Sadly, Sadistik is still extremely unknown in the realm of hip-hop, even for most hip-hop heads. His debut album The Balancing Act is a very unique album. It defines much of what is missing from today’s hip-hop scene, true unfiltered emotion seamlessly portrayed with beautiful poetic lyrics.
Ashes To Ashley illustrates the questions in life that remain unknown, and the pain that is derived from this ignorance about our world. Not to mention Mac Lethal delivers some of his best lyrics ever. It’s straight poetry all the way though, with very dynamic flows from both artists. A true hip-hop classic in my book.
“We walked a broken path while the sun was bleak, and we were holding hands on these rusted swings”
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My Song Rating: 9.8 out of 10
Played 1964 times.
9th May 2013
Reblogged From hhfb
Notes: 104
7th May 2013
Reblogged From hhfb
Notes: 115
“We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.”
- Mos Def
