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Five Songs, 7/13/2017

Posted on July 14, 2017 | Joshua Buergel

At some point, I’m going to do a full writeup of just Amphetamine Reptile Records. I loved that label so much. Here’s today’s music.

J-Zone, “Caddy Coupe (Instrumental)”

Another J-Zone track, and another one that isn’t actually him rhyming. This is the instrumental of one of the better songs from Fish-n-Grits, his most recent hip-hop album. The original is a meditation on what his grandfather considered luxury, and what a Cadillac meant to him, along with Has-Lo contributing a verse on the same subject. Anyway, you can’t hear all that. Sorry!

Five Songs, 7/4/2017

Posted on July 4, 2017 | Joshua Buergel

Happy 4th of July! A non-trivial percentage of my readership is probably at my house eating BBQ today. If you’re not here, next time, plan better! Your holiday playlist.

Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge, “An Unexpected Call (The Set-Up)”

Here’s one of the reasons why Ghostface is tops among the Wu MCs - projects like Twelve Reasons to Die, where he collaborated with film composer Adrian Younge on a concept album inspired by a comic book (which was published by the RZA). And the execution of the album carries it all off brilliantly with one of the most cinematic sounding rap albums around. Just a fantastic album.