Nas vs. Hov

Friday-8 AM

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The Good Times Are Killing Me

Yo...real quick, I thought I should throw some props to the radio show I grew up on, The Good Times Are Killing Me. If you're a fan of indie and/or alternative rock, then definitely check it out. It's also hosted by WTBU and is on today from 6-8 pm. Eli, one of the hosts, also has a blog called Goose Got Me Loose-I have a link to it here if you look to the right. Indie, music videos, Lil Wayne...it's on point. Much respect to Pat and Eli for helping bring me up-listen to their show tonight!

Archives of Today's Show

Yo, what's up everybody. We had the show this morning and it went pretty well. It was far from great-we have a long ways to go, but it wasn't bad. We premiered the new Hov and got some other new music in: Cunninlynguists, Havoc, Grayskul, Will.I.Am, and Median along with a few others. The show fell off a bit in the second hour and I apologize for the bad pacing. The sound quality wasn't great either-I'll have to lower our mics and the music next time. But, if anyone was interested, we finally have new recordings from the show up, so please listen and comment.

Hour one - Hour two

We want to do a theme show next week...if anyone has any ideas, please let us know.

Show Tomorrow follow up to evan

Yeah me and evy will be broadcasting live from 8-10 am tomorrow so open up your ears and get ready for some great hip hop from all over the genre its gonna be a decent show we hope. So to most of u that can't listen at 8-10 check out the archived show friday afternoon. Also I know evy is excited about young hov's new album release but what i gotta say is that nas is releasing an album to drop in December maybe they will battle at the top of hip hops elite. Im excited to see whats in store for hip-hop in the last quarter of the year......

Peace
MDAWG

Show Tomorrow

What's up everybody...we have our second show tomorrow morning from 8 AM to 10 AM. This week we'll have a mix of new stuff and classics. Look out for new Cunninlynguists, Will.I.Am., Havoc, Army of the Pharaohs, Hezekaih, Median, and maybe even new Hov (???) among many other things. For those that can't listen live, we should have the archive up tomorrow afternoon.

Remember,
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E-mail us anytime at machinegunfunk0@gmail.com
Talk to us while we're on air by...
Calling us at (617) 353-6400 OR
IMing us at WTBU DJ.

New Hov album this fall?

from HHNLive.com
"...Well it's looking more and more like Jay-Z will be releasing a new album in the coming months. Word is it will be called "Boss Hova" (horrible name...expect it to change). He's already recorded a track with Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel. Also look for production from Kanye, Just Blaze, 9th Wonder, and DJ Toomp. Hey, after YE moved over 900,000 in his first week you know Jigga must be eager to get rollin' again."

Sounds good to me. I think that I'm one of the few people that actually liked Kingdom Come...it wasn't a great album by any means, but it wasn't the disaster that everyone made it out to be. Maybe we'll play some of it on the show this Friday, it deserves a second listen...

EDIT:

New report from XXLmag.com...

"Ok, tomorrow morning, you’re gonna wake up and you’re gonna read an article in the New York Times about Jay-Z. Yup, comeback numero dos is true. Sorry allshitstop, it ain’t called Boss Hova. It’s called American Gangster. Inspired somewhat by the movie of the same name, but it’s a full studio album, no soundtrack. Release date: Tuesday Nov 6. But shit it might get bumped up to the same friday as the flick. Black Friday, fuckers.

New music is also coming manana. Produced by Pharrell. The other Louie Vuitton don. Flex drops bombs on it first. Then we put it up on the site. Synergy, suckers. Enjoy the rest of allshitstop week. Bfred’s back, I got Mr. Nah Right, Bill H and the Queenpen V Satten on the video tip. I’m ready to punish you pricks.

Update: The song is called “Blue Magic.” When you see the flick like I did this afternoon, it will all make sense.

Update 2: The streets are saying said song sounds 80’s-like and Rakim-ish. We shall see."

HOV!

My playlist a little late

This is more hot hip hop from the show on friday since we couldnt record it. In the future we will though so we wont have to post mad song links but we will be keeping y'all updated with the illest shit. Here's some of the songs i played...

Cee-lo ft. Nas-Less Than an Hour
http://www.zshare.net/audio/3727745aa39522/

Panacea-Aim High
http://www.zshare.net/audio/37278514343525/

Mr J Medieros from the procussions-Constance
http://www.zshare.net/audio/37278789713150/

Percee P-Throwback Rap Attack
http://www.zshare.net/audio/3727894218b705/

Blu & Exile-Below the Heavens Pt. 1
http://www.zshare.net/audio/37279257281a35/

Thats a good sampling of what i played on friday. I gotta give props to evan for updating the site and giving it a little makeover it looks really good. Also I agree with Evys comments on the Little Brother cd its gonna be an amazing LP. Everybody who even has the slightest interest in them u should cop the album. And all the haters out there who said that Little Brother needed 9th Wonder to survive, and they wouldnt be good without him wait to be speechless once this record hits the shelves. With producers like kryhsis, illmind etc behind the boards i have no doubt this will be in my top 5 of 2007. So if u guys dont know much of little brother and u like the getback sample i strongly encourage you to get their other cds and mixtapes cuz they are a great group. Thats it for now one love....

M DAWG

Getback Sampler...repost

Getback Sampler-I posted this last week but that was only after skimming it. I listened to the full thing and it is very impressive...I am now fully confident that this will be far and away one of the best albums of the year. Phonte, Big Pooh, the production...all crazy. Getback, 10/23.

Weezy F. Baby

Marles challenged me to put up some hot Lil Wayne shit to convert him, so here I am. I tried to get songs from a variety of his albums and mixtapes in the last few years to get a well-rounded scope of what he has to offer.

Show Me What You Got - If you have never been a fan, listen to this before anything else. Wayne absolutely kills this beat, and outshines Jay, Game, AZ, and anyone else who tried to flow over it. If you can't get into this at all, then just stop right here, because this is probably Wayne at his most impressive.

B.M. JR - From his first Carter album, this isn't as well developed as his later stuff but the first verse is still very impressive.

Hustler Musik - From Carter II...more of an impressive showcase of how his emotion and determination shines through the song than anything. This song is an anthem...someone on okayplayer called it his version of "Can I Live."

Georgia...Bush/Ambitionz -From Dedication 2, his mixtape with DJ Drama. The first part has him rapping about Katrina over the Ludacris "Georgia" beat, without a doubt the most introspective and political he's ever gotten. The second part just has him going off over Tupac's "Ambitionz Az A Ridah" beat for around four straight minutes.

Upgrade U -Again, he just goes off on the Beyonce beat for four minutes...some crazy lines/flows on this one.

Something You Forgot - Not too many people liked the leak Carter 3 sessions, but I actually enjoyed them. This was probably the best song on the whole album, a song lamenting his relationship with Trina (? I believe) over a Heart sample.

I don't know why I like Wayne so much or why he's as popular as he is. It's probably a combination of things...his lyricism, charisma, hunger and dedication probably all add to it. Wayne is far from the best rapper alive but he is definitely one of the easiest to listen to. In a day when everyone hates popular music because of ringtone rappers and one-hit wonders, Wayne has a passion that is nearly unrivaled in rap. Even if this passion results in quantity over quality (as with all Cash Money releases past and present), Wayne's mixtapes are still better than most rappers albums.

So...listen to these tracks objectively and enjoy/judge/respond accordingly.

Mad Links

some of what we played today...some of these are older but still good

Cunninlynguists f/ Phonte and Witchdoctor-Yellow Lines (from Dirty Acres)

Kanye West f/ Mos Def and Al B. Sure-Good Night (bonus track from Graduation)

50 Cent-Smile (I'm Leavin) (unreleased track from Curtis)

Immortal Technique-Parole (from his upcoming DJ Green Lantern mixtape)

EPMD-Blow (from We Mean Buisness)

Murs-Dreadlocks (from Murs for President)

Wu-Tang Clan-Watch Your Mouth (from 8 Diagrams)

and as a bonus...

at the show now...

Quick thoughts while I'm here:

-Rotation is brutal and from last year...sweet that we're still playing Brother Ali and an E-40 song from a video game soundtrack. Step up your game WTBU.

-I don't think this show is even recording, so I'll just post up some links of what we played. To be honest, it's semi-good because we're still learning our way around the new equipment..hopefully we'll be in full force next week.

-Marles just challenged me to get some hot Lil Wayne shit...I'm gonna bombard it with links this week.

holla,
evy

Blu & Exile

Hey whats up everybody. I don't have any links but i was just i was just writing in to talk about the blu & exile lp titled "below the heavens". I just picked up this album like a week ago (even though its been out for a couple months) and i already have become fully absorbed in it. I usually dont get so hardcore about an album or particular group unless they are unordinarily good. This is absolutely the case. This album is 15 tracks of pure fire. The emcee in this case blu is only 22 years old but he spits behind exile's very soulful jazzy beats like hes been in the game for 20 years. His subject matter ranges from his life to his perception of heaven and everything in between. So all the fans of good quality hip hop please do your ears and soul a favor and grab this album. This album singlehandedly reminded me why i love hip hop. YES IT"S THAT GOOD. So if you've been waiting for the new pete rock & cl cop this album anyway you can thats it.....




p.s. there is a fake cam'ron rhyme book thats been out for a long time but i figured id post the link just because its absolutely hilarious
http://www.hiphopdx.com/blogs/andreashale/2007/04/24/cam-ron-s-killer-rhyme-book.html

peace one love
mdawg

A Few Random Links

I had a few random links that I was going to put in more elaborate posts, but fuck it-here they are:


Hour one and hour two of our two demo show from mid-May-the best of Kanye West. More appropriate now then ever, we went through some of his best beats and his best songs from his two albums (at the time) and random mixtape shit. The show itself was kind of amateurish, but it was a good time...we even had nice debates on Jigga and Kanye's Katrina speech. Anyone who has never listened to our show before should check these out to get a feeling of what to expect.

Tracklist:
01) Kanye West-Through the Wire
02) Kanye West-Jesus Walks
03) Talib Kweli-Get By
04) Jay-Z-Heart of the City (Unplugged Version)
05) Rhymefest f/ Kanye-Brand New
06) Rhymefest f/ Kanye-More
07) Kanye West-Home
08) Kanye West-My Way
09) Little Brother f/ Kanye-I See Now
10) Little Brother-Whatever You Say (rotation)
11) Kanye West f/ Jay-Z-Diamonds from Sierra Leone Remix
12) Kanye West f/ GLC and Paul Wall-Drive Slow
13) Slum Village f/ Kanye West-Selfish
14) Common-Be
15) Goodie Mob-Soul Food (rotation)
16) Lyrics Born-Pack Up (Live) (rotation)
17) Nas-Still Dreaming
18) Lupe Fiasco-The Cool
19) DJ Khaled f/ Kanye West, Consequence and John Legend-Grammy Family
20) John Legend-Used to Love U
21) Kanye West-Throw Some D's

Sampler for Little Brother's Getback----uploaded by Phonte himself. If you haven't heard, it's been delayed until October. I've only skimmed through the sampler but it sounds pretty good from a quick listen. Here's the tracklist:

01) Extrahard
02) Breakin my Heart f/ Lil Wayne
03) That Ain't Love f/ Jozeemo
04) Uncle Mike's Dedication
05) Step it Up f/ Dion
06) Sirens f/ Carlitta Durand
07) Good Clothes

Enjoy..

Show Tomorrow

Alright, so we are definitely having the show tomorrow. 8 AM. Mad new hot shit...some from what we were going to play last week, some new shit. Obviously new Kanye, new 50, outtakes from both, Wu-Tang, Little Brother, Lupe, and much more...

Also, if you're on facebook, we just made a group...search Machine Gun Funk and join us.

To listen to the show:

www.wtburadio.org
^Stream it at this site

IM us on-air at WTBU DJ
Call us on-air at (617) 353-6400
E-mail us any time at machinegunfunk0@gmail.com

I should have archives of the show up for tomorrow afternoon...thank you to anybody who listens.

P.S.-I'm sorry about never posting the reviews and other clips-been really busy lately. I'll probably just talk about the albums and whatever news I had on the show and then post any subsequent clips or links on the site. Sorry about the confusion.

Random shit

Whats up y'all just wanted to follow up on putting some of the stuff i was gonna play on the show last friday. Since evan was playing music thats on the commercial tip I'm more of an underground head myself so what im playing is alot of good quality shit. If you dig good beats and great rhymes then you'll probably like what im playin. So if you dont get too caught in the 50 and kanye "beef" (which was a brilliant move on both their parts as evan said before) give these songs a listen lay back and chill.....

Blu & Exile-Simply Amazing(Steel Blazin')
http://www.zshare.net/audio/3620189171cc7a/

Marco Polo-Low Budget Crew featuring Kev Brown Kenn Starr Oddisee Cy Young and Khambir
http://www.zshare.net/audio/36203963f67c57/

Kenn Starr-Relentless
http://www.zshare.net/audio/36204320698541/

Phat Kat ft. Elzhi-Cold Steel
http://www.zshare.net/audio/362050597623d2/

Median-How Big Is Your world
http://www.zshare.net/audio/36204625aea447/

So thats a lil taste of what i was offering for fridays show hope y'all enjoy..... mdawg

9/11

Alright, so this is the day that every hip-hop fan has been waiting for. 50 vs. Kanye. Curtis vs. Graduation. Shout out to the marketing fucks who decided that it was a good idea to put the release date for the two albums on the anniversary of a horrible tragedy. Much like the "feud" itself, it's a cheap attempt to sell albums that's disappointing and yet will be ultimately successful. Look for both Kanye and 50 to both sell more albums then they should considering that neither of their current singles ("Stronger", "Ayo Technology") are anywhere near as popular as their older singles ("Jesus Walks", "Gold Digger", "In Da Club", "Candy Shop"). Despite of all this, I am still shamefully caught up in the hype. I am banking on Kanye to sell more albums, although I wouldn't be surprised (and would find it completely hilarious) if Kenny Chesney outsells them both. Lookout for my Curtis and Graduation reviews and a few other random hip-hop links and news throughout the day.

New Shit

Here are some of the songs that we were going to play on Friday's show-enjoy:

Kanye West-The Glory (from Graduation)

50 Cent f/ Akon-I'll Still Kill (from Curtis)

Chamillionaire-Ultimate Victory (from Ultimate Victory)

9th Wonder f/ Saigon and Joe Scudda-Saved (from the Dream Merchant Vol. 2)

Scarface-Never (?? no idea what this is from)

All of these are great songs (besides I'll Still Kill which is ehhhh but one of the better songs from Curtis). I'll post more on Graduation and Curtis later, but from a quick listen Ultimate Victory is a little underwhelming. I'm not a huge Chamillionaire fan but everyone was talking about how he was going to step it up on this one and I don't really see it. Dream Merchant 2 isn't out yet (I think it's out later this month) but the two songs I've heard-this and the song with Royce-are both great. If anyone wants the Royce song I'll post it later. No idea where the Scarface song is from but I like it a lot-maybe he has a new album in the works?

I'll try to post a bit about Graduation and Curtis by Tuesday. I'll also get Marles to post up some of the stuff he was planning on playing.

First Show Cancelled

For stupid reasons, the first show was canceled. To be honest, it wasn't even worth it considering that most people wouldn't be able to listen to it. I'll post up some mp3s of what I was planning on playing when I get a chance and I'll let Marles do the same for a few of his songs.

In the next few days I'll also post up short reviews of Graduation and Curtis, because those were both a focal point of the show today. I'm sure everyone has heard them at this point but I might as well give in to the hype.

P.S.: If you weren't already convinced that this "feud" is all bullshit to have both of them sell more albums September 11th, here's a link to some pictures from their Rolling Stone cover photo shoot together. I'm not really surprised, just more disappointed

Whats up everybody

Hey y'all first and foremost I'd like to introduce myself: I'm evans cohost my name is Andrew Marles. Me and evan are real excited to kick off our radio show Machine Gun Funk. With our radio show we are trying to expose our listeners to all that is hip-hop. Everything from commercial,underground,classic, and everything in between. Even more than that though we are gonna do themed shows too. We wil do the best of certain artists, match up hip hops finest againts each other and debate who we think are the best and much more. We love hip hop and our show will embody everything that is hip-hop. So if you want to know about hip-hop, or u an underground head, or just love club joints, or your old school, we will accomodate every single one of those tastes. So listen in as we take y'all on a trip through hip-hop and show the world why you should still love h.e.r.....

One Love

mdawg

Show Tomorrow

Yo, what's happening. We got the show tomorrow at 8 AM and we've been getting new music all day to put on it. Bad news though: for whatever reason, the WTBU site still isn't up. They're playing the station through Channel 6 on BUTV, which pretty much eliminates 99% of our prospective audience. Even worse, we can't archive or record the show so that I can't even post it up on here lately. If the WTBU site isn't up by tomorrow, I'll post up some of the songs that we're playing.

Be sure that we'll touch bases on everything that's come out lately, including the big two (50 and Kanye). We'll go over other new stuff...maybe some Chamillionaire? Lupe? Scarface? Technique? We'll also play some stuff that came out earlier in the summer...Blu and Exile, Common, Pharaohe, Talib, UGK, and etc.... As always, we'll have some classics too.

I apologize for those who were looking forward to the first show...this isn't a good look for WTBU to start off the year. I also get Marles to post before the show starts.

If you're listening to the show:
listen in at www.wtburadio.org or BUTV Channel 6 (the latter for tomorrow most likely)
IM us at WTBU DJ (while we're on live)
E-mail us at machinegunfunk0@gmail.com (at any time)
I actually don't have the phone number offhand, but I'll hook that up as soon as I know.

holla,
evy

Inaugural Post

Yo, what's going on everybody. This is going to be the official blog and website for Machine Gun Funk, the hip-hop radio show based in Boston University. I'm Evan Agovino, one of the show's DJ's. Andrew Marles is the show's other host/permanent special guest. The show is going to be on from 8 am-10 am every Friday until mid-December. We want to bring you hip-hop from all angles, whether it's underground, mainstream, old-school, new, whatever. As long as it's hot, it'll get some play on the show.

The purpose of the blog is two-fold. First, we want to get the name of our show out there. Even though the show is based in Boston University, we function solely as an internet radio show. We don't get actual airtime in Boston, so the show is not Boston-centric at all. On the blog, we'll talk about the show-we'll post tracklists and mp3s of the show after they're done and preview them when they're completed. If we're having a special theme show, then we'll talk about it beforehand and even let the public decide some of the songs that we'll be chosen. For example, if we're having a Wu-tang tribute show we can let people who read the blog pick their favorite Wu-tang songs of all time and we'll play them on the show.

The second purpose of the blog is to act like a hip-hop blog. Besides posting stuff related to the show, we'll post hot songs that leak or our thoughts on anything when they happen. Even if for some reason you choose not to listen to the show, you can still read this as a hip-hop blog and get a lot out of it.

For the time being, I'll try to fix up the site but add it to your Google Readers or whatever you use to look at blogs. Our first show is going to be Friday at 8 AM. If you want to listen live, I'll get back to you with more information of how to contact us/listen to the show, but if you won't be able to listen live I should have mp3's of the show up Saturday afternoon. So stay tuned, cause we're about to take over. Otherwise...innocent!