1.10.2008

New Estelle Track!!

So there's this new singer/rapper/songstress Estelle from across the pond, and she is the first signee to John Legend's record label, Homeschool Records. She has an amazing sound, she's very soulful, original, and extremely funky. She has the support of Kanye, which is definitely going to be huge for her career. Her first song out actually features the recent Graduate, and it's called "American Boy." Kanye sports his newly acquired British accent for the jam, check it out!

1.08.2008

Long-Overdue Ghostface Review

The one and only Ghostface Killah released his latest album, "The Big Doe Rehab" on the first week in December, and I apologize for not yet reviewing it. I also bought the Scarface, Wyclef, and Daft Punk that week, and just haven't quite gotten around to listening to Ghost until this week. Anyway, the album is crazy. I have always been a Ghostface and Wu fan, but Ghost killed his latest album while Wu was definitely lacking with "8 Diagrams."

Ghost is in a league of his own as far as gangsta rappers go, because it's said that only conscious rappers can be amazing lyricists, but Ghost disproves the theory. He definitely follows the subject matter of a lot of others, and repeats his own style a bit, but he does it oh so gracefully. He's funny and entertaining, and listening to each song is like your ear watching a masterpiece film. He enlists Kid Capri for the very jubilant "We Celebrate," where he boasts: 
"'What's that in your pocket Ghost?'/
A dill pickle. 'Not that'/
Oh that's the 45 Stainless Nickel/
I'm pullin the green/
Got a G for the fattest ass  on the floor/
Who look right in them jeans"

On "Yolanda's House," Meth and Raekwon join Ghost and describe a hilarious scene at a female's house during a drug bust. Finally, on "Slow Down," Chrisette Michele joins Ghost in a very soulful and jazzy jam.

Ghost definitely proves he's the only gangsta rapper worth mentioning nowadays with "The Big Doe Rehab."

Rating: Go Buy it, and Frame it!