Showing posts with label Rampage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rampage. Show all posts

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Rampage "Flipmode iz da Squad"



Drop it! Ladies and gentlemen. Yo. Yo! YO! Remember Rampage? No. He had an album in like 1998? Besties with Busta Rhymes? Founding Member of the Flipmode Squad. Still no. Shit.

Well, kids, sometimes you might hear old timers talk about the Flipmode Squad (or even Busta Rhymes) with reverence and you're like "nah". Well, believe it or not, they had some decent shit. Even some classic shit. This song is their best work, and it was buried on Rampage's generally weak album. But fuck, I bought "Scout's Honor... by Way of Blood" when it came out and I thought it was worth it for this track. It's a crew track where everybody brings heat for almost seven minutes. Everyone kills it. You'll have to see for yourself.

 If your song name boasts how good your crew is, the fucking song had better be dope. This song title boasts that Flipmode is THE squad, and then backs it up on so many levels. Let's check the track first.


That beat is insane. Honestly one of the best beats ever. So ill. Shout to the Electric Prunes (look it up).

So the MC's are Rampage, Serious (who?), Spliff Star, Busta Rhymes, and Lord Have Mercy. Everyone steps up, Busta goes too long and Lord Have Mercy and Serious have a crazy voices. That's their thing. And where in the fuck is the best rapper in the crew Rah Digga? How can you have a Flipmode posse cut and not have your best spitter? That's like going to see the Heat and the LeBron is not playing.

I wonder if Rah was anywhere on Rampage's crap album? Nope. No wonder it sucked.

FLIPMODE IZ DA SQUAD SCORE 10/10


Monday, October 31, 2011

#NP Dope Cuts 3



PRIME CUTS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUTCHER

Yo! Forget that #NP jazz. Whaz Hot? These tracks are! Old and new, strictly dope. DOPE. Just add them all to your playlist, you'll be glad you did! This was a hot month as we got into albums from two of our favorites: Cormega and Tragedy Khadafi, nice job fellas! Plus a slew of other good stuff. Slllleeeeeeewwwwww!




"VI"
Cormega Feat. AZ and Nature

"III"
Cormega Feat. Lil Fame and Baby Pun





"Ill-Luminous Flow"
Tragedy Khadafi






Agallah






"Reset the Game"
Oktober & J.Live






"Milk of Magnesia"
Tame One





Yeah, this is an old one but it's on mad spinz right now. If you need a Wu fix....

"Grab the Mic"
Masta Killa










"Gorilla Warfare Status"
 Tragedy Khadafi feat. Killa Sha




"Each One, Teach One"
Tragedy Khadafi




Torae



Phonte








Maffew Ragazino Sr.












#NP HONORABLE MENTIONS
(The following tracks are good, but not classics, we can't recommend a purchase,
but we would recommend a listen.)



This is good, but strikes me more a a novelty than something I can get into.

"RUN-DMC Tribute"
Rampage









LIFE IS GOOD. BLAP BLAP.

If you noticed that we list the name of the track then the artists name, it's becasue I could give a fuck about who makes the tracks. It's all about the sound quality, black belts.