Even if he is not exactly a trap-rapper himself, it’s not a stretch to say he helped father the mumble trap genre, spawning an army of face-tatted Lil Clones who have been flooding the mainstream with an endless stream of generic braindead music. Lil Wayne is an icon, one of the most influential rappers of the last two decades. Tha Carter III is Lil Wayne’s sixth studio album, it follows Tha Carter II as well as a long string of mixtape releases and guest appearances on other Hip Hop and R&B artists’ records, helping to maximize Lil Wayne’s exposure in the mainstream, which was further aided by features appearances on this album from high-profile artists such as Jay-Z, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, and Kanye West, among others. “Step-N-Fetchers”, “The God Of Rap”, “Surgery” and “Do Not Disturb” are stand-out tracks, but there’s more than enough to enjoy on Dr. “ Your chance to talk the same stuff is irrelevant to me / You’re a glorified peasant to me / Your chick has the face of the gorilla / Of course she can bring a present to me” Kool Keith’s rapping is better and more inspired here as it had been in a while and most of his lyrics are as insane, bizarre, and fun as they always are. Dooom’s first outing First Come First Served, but together with Diesel Truckers it easily is one of Keith’s best albums of the 2000s. Dooom moniker again this time – to shine on. Dooom album, Kutmasta Kurt is back once again to provide some excellent boom-bap beats for Kool Keith – who is using the Dr. Longtime collaborator and producer of the first Dr. Such a partnership would mean teaming up with another emcee or like in this case with a producer. Kool Keith has always needed someone to bounce his energy off for his projects to be really dope. Controversy notwithstanding, Hood Treason is an excellent project, and NYOIL deserves his props for it. NYOIL has publicly stated that Babygrande stole his music and that he didn’t make any money off this album, indicative of the questionable way a lot of artists were treated whilst signed to Babygrande. Both a divisive and unifying figure, NYOIL speaks unabashedly about the deplorable state of commercial Hip Hop music and culture on this debut album. The video was banned from YouTube within its first 48 hours of upload and generated an immediate firestorm of controversy. After a disappointing second album, the duo split up, and Kool Kim reemerged as NYOIL.Īs NYOIL he is best known for his raucous single and accompanying video for “ Y’all Should Get Lynched“, which featured photos of “bullsh*t emcees and fake-*ss gangstas” Three 6 Mafia, Jim Jones, The Game, and 50 Cent juxtaposed with stark images of slavery and lynchings. Together they were responsible for the low-key classic Fruits Of Nature (1991), which contained the hit singles “Blue Cheese” and “One to Grow On”. Staten Island, NY, native NYOIL came up in the late 1980s under the name Kool Kim, as one half of the UMC’s with Haas G. If you have slept on J-Live get his first two albums first, then you’ll soon check out the rest of his work too.ġ5. J-Live is part of the best Hip Hop has to offer. Production (by DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Spinna, Evil Dee, Marco Polo, and a few others) is tight and J-Live’s lyrics are sharp and on point as always. Then What Happened? may fall a little short when compared to his first two albums, but it still is an excellent album. It’s crazy when you consider that wack rappers like Lil Wayne sell millions of albums, while true emcees like J-Live sell almost nothing.
Well they were made blind deaf and dumb b y popular culture since they were babies I can hardly believe that unless they were blind, deaf and dumb How many records have you sold combined since your first album?ĭo you mean to say that the millions of people who love Hip Hop aren’t aware of your music? How many records have you released as J Live? This mock interview excerpt taken from the first cut on Then What Happened? says a lot: The label underrated is over-used, but J-Live truly is one of the most slept-on acts in the Hip Hop game. J-Live dropped two absolute masterpieces – The Best Part (2001) and All Of The Above (2002) – but most of his other releases are dope as hell too.
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