Show Tomorrow

The recording from last week got messed up. It recorded fine, but for some reason the volume on Winamp was turned all the way down so it recorded two hours of dead air.

Still, I remember the good old days when WTBU archived their own shit...

Not to mention that we now have to play 8 rotation songs in 2 hours rather than 6.

No really, I love having almost 40% of my playlist consist of Sage Francis and the NBA 2k7 soundtrack.

Whatever...in other news, the people before us have pretty much stopped coming to our show, so we decided to take over their hour. From 7-8 A.M. we'll be playing all kinds of genres: jazz, ambient, metal, shit...whatever fits the mood. Of course, there's always the chance that the people before us will actually show up for their show. But, if you tune in and hear Herbie Hancock playing, it's definitely us.

Otherwise it's business as usual tomorrow from 8 to 10 AM. I have no idea what Marles has, but it'll be new and classic stuff...um...probably some Fat Joe, Freeway, Lil' Wayne, Ghostface, Scarface, Wu-Tang, Saigon, among others. You know. Be sure to tune in at www.wtburadio.org and also IM us at WTBUradiodj.

p.s.

marles and i are going to see little brother tonight

greatest hits on friday

Ras Kass Appreciation Post

I felt that, being as big of a fan as I am, I didn't give Ras enough justice when mentioning his release from Capitol the other day. This is huge for him because the label has literally been blocking him from putting anything official out for almost ten years. His albums that have come out in the last few years (Chinese Graffiti, Eat Or Die, Institutionalized, Revenge of the Spit) have all came through weird online retailers and have been pretty much unavailable to the masses. His last "official" album came out in 1998 and there probably hasn't been a Ras Kass album in a CD store this decade. Hopefully Ras' new deal can be with a label that has the will and means to back and distribute him.

Anyway, if you have never heard Ras, go get Soul on Ice now-it is easily one of the greatest albums of all time. Most hip-hop nerds have heard Soul on Ice but abandoned him after, so I have decided to up a few post-Soul on Ice tracks for you guys to enjoy.

H20 Proof (from Rassassination)
Write Where I Left Off (f/ E-40) (from Institutionalized)
Van Gogh (from Van Gogh)
The End (f/ RZA) (from Rassassination)
Future and Past (f/ Royce da 5'9") (from Revenge of the Spit)
Understandable Smooth (mid-90's track...no idea where this is from actually)

So...enjoy.

Friday Links

Part One - Part Two

Pretty good show for the most part...hit on everything from Getback to Fiascogate to Budden's release to Peyton Manning...expect some kind of theme show next week.

Phonte leaks Getback
T.I. arrested on machine gun charges, faces 30 to 50 years in prison
Many years and shelved albums later, Ras Kass is released from Capitol Records
Nas' new album is slated to come out in December and is (again) tentatively titled "Nigga"

Those have pretty much been the big stories from the weekend. Getback is crazy...get on that if you haven't already. Marles and I are going to see Little Brother on Wednesday...maybe we'll do some type of "Little Brother greatest hits" for Friday.

EDIT: I reposted the link to part two for those interested

Word Up!!

I agree absolutely looking back at the beginning of the year i didnt think there was gonna be alot of quality hip hop releases but hes absolutely right. There has been a lot of really quality releases in the hip-hop community. There are still many to come too I'm glad there are still great artits making music out there who still take hip hop serious and treat it as the art it is. The world still doesnt take hip hop as seriously as it because of comments from kanye 50 cent etc. but if we have more years like this i really think that it will get the respect it rightfully and truly deserves. 2007 proves that i still love h.e.r.......peace one love

m dawg

!!!

If you haven't heard yet, Joe Budden was released from Def Jam.

That's fine...Def Jam hasn't put out an album from him since 2003.

So now, he can start putting albums out. Mood Muzik 3, which last week was said to be "halfway done," is now apparently going to be released this December.

If you haven't heard Mood Muzik 2 yet (it came out two years ago), get on that. One of the best mixtapes, even albums, that I have ever heard, no joke. I'll play some of it tomorrow.

I know I did this like an hour ago, but let me reiterate what's coming out the rest of this year:
Jay-Z
Nas (greatest hits)
Little Brother
Wu-Tang
Ghostface
Lil' Wayne
Cunninlynguists
Saigon
Lupe Fiasco
Hi-Tek
Smif N' Wessun
Styles P.
Kool G. Rap
Pete Rock (?)
and now Joe Budden

This is in a year where we've already seen good or great albums from:
Army of the Pharaohs
Beastie Boys (instrumental but still)
Blu and Exile (heralded as a modern classic)
Brother Ali
Canibus
Chamillionaire
Common
Consequence
Devin the Dude
Dilla
El-P
Evidence
Kanye West
Killah Priest
Lil' Wayne (Drought 3 and Carter 3 Sessions)
Pharaohe Monch
Prodigy
Ras Kass
Redman
RJD2
Sean Price (album and mixtape)
T.I. (alright maybe not so great)
Talib Kweli (great great album)
Timbaland
UGK (crazy)

I don't know...this year has been and will be ridiculous. Props to everyone still making good music in 2007. 8 AM tomorrow.

Show Tomorrow

As usual, the show is tomorrow morning...be on the lookout for new Jay, Little Brother, Pete Rock, Mac Lethal, Smif N Wessun, Kool G. Rap, and whatever else comes to mind. Some classics as usual too. 8 AM-10 AM at www.wtburadio.org.

Mad Links/Updates

Yo what's up...I have the show from last week recorded but it's in a nine-hour file because I didn't come back to my house until the afternoon and Goldwave is saying it's too big to edit. If people want the nine-hour file then I'll up it or if someone has a program that can edit it, contact me. Otherwise, I'll just move on.

Since I can't up the show, I'll just provide you with some links of what we played:
Nas-Surviving the Times
Pete Rock f/ Jim Jones and Max B-We Roll
LL Cool J-New York Gangstas
Lupe Fiasco-Can You Let Me Know
Ras Kass-It Had To Happen
Masta Ace-Revolution's Bout To Start (from the Top Shelf 8/8/88 Compilation)
Atmosphere-The Rooster

We also hit up a few classic songs:
Ras Kass-Conceited Bastard
Kurupt f/ Roscoe-I Call Shots
Big Pun f/ Black Thought-Superlyrical

Some random hip-hop links from this past week:
Fiascogate: What happened, Lupe's response, Phonte's response to Lupe, Q-Tip's response to Lupe, Vibe Article on Lupe, and finally Lupe's plans to sue Vibe. This whole thing is a mess-it will definitely be a topic of conversation tomorrow.

More Fourth Quarter Releases: Besides the ones mentioned here, there's also Hi-Tek, Kool G. Rap, Smif N Wessun, Styles P and Ghostface. Speaking of Ghostface, he's also coming out with a book for "y'all smart dumb cats" out there.

Mobb Deep can't catch a break: Havoc bricks and Prodigy is taking an Up North trip for three and a half years.

More American Gangster: MTV News, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Nah Right-also, the Blue Magic video.

Show Tomorrow/American Gangster Update

Yo...what's up everyone. We got the show tomorrow, as usual, at 8 AM. Not too much new stuff has come out, so we're probably going to be playing catch-up for the most part...stuff that's come out in the last few weeks or months that we've overlooked. Look for Atmosphere, Pete Rock, Wu-Tang, Cunninlynguists, Ras Kass, Killah Priest, songs from the Top Shelf compilation, and much more. Oh, and classics as always. Remember, listen to the show at www.wtburadio.org, and I should have the archives up by this weekend.

EDIT: Exclusive Preview of American Gangster

Links from Friday's Show/Random Links

Yo..sorry for the long wait but here are the links to Friday's Nas vs. Jay show:

Part One - Part Two

Also...in other news, Saigon and Lupe are both scheduled for December release dates. What seemed like a bleak fourth quarter is starting to look good-besides those two, there's also Little Brother, Lil Wayne, Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, Cunninlynguists, Nas, and probably some others that I can't think of now.

Let's see, Kanye West's skit on SNL, as well as his performances of Stronger/Good Life and Champion/Everything I Am. The skit is hilarious with him making fun of his various award show tirades, and the performances are both good. Kanye even freestyles at the end of Everything I Am, albeit not a very good one. Oh, by the way-Kanye has a blog now?

Oh, and I know this isn't hip-hop, but what kind of blog would this be if I didn't mention the new Radiohead album coming out in nine days. Long story short, they're releasing it online themselves-the best part is that you choose how much you pay for it. I haven't really listened to them too much in the last few years (Hail to the Thief and the Thom Yorke solo album never really caught on with me), but this is still big news from one of the biggest bands of the last two decades. Touche to them on coming up with an original marketing ploy.

Remember-show this Friday, no theme this week. I'm trying to find some new music to play, if anyone has any suggestions let me know...