April 23rd

I see you folks from North Carolina coming to County Bounce. You should be here on Friday.

Something New, Something Old, Something Extra

Something new...

Kristmas- Kristmas International (over S-X's "Woooooo Riddim")

Kristmas goes innnnnn over this grime riddim from the UK. Seriously, he kills it. There aren't many rappers in America that would bother to even try to rhyme over a grime track, much less do it so well. This is the third great track the SMS/UK connection has produced ("Can't Outwork Em" and "Get It" being the other two), and it is exciting as hell...

Something old...



Dizzee Rascal feat. Bun B- Where Da G's

I think Bun B is the only other US rapper I've ever actually heard rhyme over a grime beat, guesting on this Dizzee Rascal track from 2007's Maths + English (edit: the album mix includes a Pimp C verse, which I had forgotten about). He was pretty nice on that, knocking out some great double-time raps similar to what Kristmas pulls here. Dizzee returned the favor on 2007's Underground Kingz, on the track "Two Types of Bitches".

Something Extra...



Pimp C feat. Bun B and Mike Jones- "Pourin' Up"

This is just some straight up great Texas shit from UGK and Mike Jones, off of the Pimp's return album, 2006's Pimpilation. I stumbled across it yesterday and had totally forgotten what a fucking banger it was.

G-Side at SXSW

Sorry I've been absent for the last week, I just started a new job and I've been training all weekend for it. Posts may end up becoming more irregular. Or not. We'll see. Anyway here's video and audio from G-Side's amazing performance at NPR's showcase at SXSW last week. The video's of the track they opened with, "Huntsville International", and the audio's GREAT quality of the full show. Really inspiring stuff to listen to. Take a half-hour and listen to it today. It'll make you feel good. I can't wait to see these dudes live someday.

Audio:
NPR Showcase- G-Side

EDIT: Video of them performing "Youth of the Ghetto" got posted up while I was at work:



And here's "Speed of Sound":



EDIT 2: OKAY, one more thing from G-Side and the whole Huntsville crew at SXSW. The homies, 2 Lettaz, Bentley, and Kristmas (aka DB49) went innnnnnnn on a street freestyle with a homeless drummer supplying the beat. This is fun as shit:

BRAND NEW: DB49- Club Pictures

(artwork by John Turner Jr.)

Brand New shit from Huntsville, Alabama supergroup DB49 (Drunk Before Nine), featuring 2 Lettaz (from G-Side), Kristmas, Slash, Bentley, and G-Mane. This track's called "Club Pictures" and it's produced by ATX. Shit is major, I can't wait for Happy Hour. Also below is the other recent track from DB49, "Ready to Go", which is one of my favorite tracks released this year.

DB49- Club Pictures
DB49- Ready to Go