Asher Roth: The GreenHouse Effect

i feel super embarrassed, like i passed by this mixtape a few times a couple of months ago, and kinda just got turned off by the cheesey cover art. pretty hypocritical, me being so dumb and judging this book by its cover. asher roth, what a dude, went from being a typical dave matthews loving american eagle kid.... tooo possibly the next white hip hop sensation? by far, way more superior then any of these other white dudes doing rap. A. because he's not signed to epitaph like this atmosphere. B. he's not some goofy guy wearing makeup from detroit. C. he's not from 8 mile and from detroit. D. he's not a goofy white dude wearing goofy hip hop geary like a goofy white dude from detroit. the only zigger is... he kinda sounds like some goofy white dude from detroit!

lets just pust that aside, and look at the amazing pros of this mixtape... REMIX of BLACK MAGS PRODUCED BY CHUCH INGLISH! as well, a two hands full of great tracks produced by the greatests.. kanye, andre 3000, hi-tek... and the cream of the corp... JOHN MAYER!

great line, "you know the worlds gone mad when blacks wear plaid, and mariah has married nick CANNON!" coinsidently, the tape is produced by Don Cannon... you'll have to listen to it to understand.

Rick Ross: Deeper Than Maybach Music

rick ross... definitely the largest man in hip hop right now. moreover, the most tattooed man in music. the man goes all out in whatever he does, even in his jewelry, he wore a diamond trinket of himself... beard included. oh yeah... did i mention the beard? besides zz-top, he's beard is second to theirs.

so to the mixtape. believe it, catchy hook and drum track, with a nice chourus that we can all sing too. best part, "ballin' like d'wade," this dude makes me smile. Rockin that shit, another great track with the contributions of Ludacris, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, The Dream, and Dj Khaled, definitely some heavy hitters for sure. Here I am remix is okay, but the end of it gets annoying with Magazine graggling on his Jamaican words, thanks but not thanks bud. King of the world, I grew tired of in a matter of minutes, likely in part becuase i didn't heard Rick Ross rappin'.

over all, its good, I like it because its Rick, but there are some hooks and contributions i don't care for. I know the tracks i like, and the tracks i'll likely delete. don't let that sway you into thinking it sucks, because it doesn't, but you'll understand when you listen.

ego boast

Ryan

look at my update

Ryan Hayes

Famous Ontario residents: Bobby Orr, Prince, and Will Mitchell!45 seconds ago

8:21amWilliam

i thought prince was living in Minnesota?

i knew he lived in TO for a bit.. but called the twin city his home

but thank you, i am honored to be a famous ontario resident

Ryan

he still has a house on the bridal path according to wikipedia

so you know its the best information

a KiD named CuDi

for some reason, i've been wherey (if thats a word) on this kid cudi, but i've given it a full chance. Hence, i'm on the kid cudi wagon, the song down & out and day N nite are very smooth, chill songs. then their is is there any love? which has a dope hook that is the title of the track. basically a good drum track, with some good lyrics over it and a nice hook, all you need for a great track! the mixtape is filled with a handful of great songs, but these few tracks stick out the most in my head.

over all, i can definitely see the hype around kid cudi right now and how he is going places... lets just hope its not to the same barber as kanye (afro mullet)

K'naan's new album out today! Troubadour

so exclaim has been pushing and promoting his new album that drops today, k'naan has definitely lived a life that can't compare to any rappers today.

like... he is definitely one of the best canadian/international rappers. his lyrics, are uplifting and surreal at the same time.

this is africa... sounds cooler when he says it... since... he is from Samolia. i have way more appreciation and respect for this man, in comparison with Kos. who after meeting and interviewing, was a bit of an egotistical brick.

mick booge presents: U-N-I

i first heard of U-N-I from a buddy at work, him and i were talking about cool kids. the fellow co-work told me, "they're like cool kids, but they know how to rap." after a few laughs, he played them for me, and i was all over it.

anyway, i got over them since i couldn't get any of there beats anywhere, plus cool kids released "pennies," and you can't compete with that. although, i caught wind of this mixtape floating around, and had to get it.

over all, its solid, its good beats and rhymes. the beats, they are fairly O.G. with a nice slice of audio clips and hooks. the rhymes, are as described in the press play interlude, "feel good hip hop."

their is hope out there.

Samamidon - Pretty Fair Damsel (Toad Session) from Song, by Toad on Vimeo.

hope comes in the form of samamidon, atleast for me currently.