Rappers these days just don’t seem to revel in words and rhythms like the old school guys did. Everybody on this track just flows! The…
Tag: 90s
18/12/2020: “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” by Definition of Sound
I’m not sure I’d characterise this music as hip hop, as such. It’s more like breakbeat with a bit of rapping. It’s all gloriously early…
06/12/2020: “Friendly Pressure (From Midnight Mix)” by Sunship featuring Jhelisa
It’s a crying shame, really. UK Garage was a vibrant subculture spanning much of the 90s, spawning several globally influential genres. But it’s usually dismissed…
30/11/2020: “Flava In Ya Ear” by Craig Mack
As with many hip hop classics, this song is underpinned by a smooth beat. Terrible rapping ruins great instrumentals, and great rapping is wasted on…
27/11/2020: “King Of My Castle (Roy Malone’s King Mix” by Wamdue Project
At one stage in my life, I worked as a lifeguard at my local pool. In the evenings, when it was quiet, we’d sometimes have…
18/11/2020: “Holiday” by Weezer
I’ve written on Weezer’s eponymous debut album before. But I’m not done with it yet – there’s a lot of great songs on there! And…
12/11/2020: “Brooklyn’s Finest” by Jay Z & Notorious BIG
What to say about this… two of East Coast Hip Hop’s best, as the name implies, together on a beat like this. They actually went…
04/11/2020: “Flav” by Big Bird
Has House music ever got groovier than this? Perhaps. House is a large genre, with more than its fair share of grooves. But this song……
01/11/2020: “Everything You Do (Todd Edwards Vocal Dub Mix)” by Lenny Fontana
Todd Edwards’ magic touch can take a mediocre song and make it great. Here though, he started with great source material – Lenny Fontana’s original…
25/10/2020: “Time Bomb” by Rancid
Rancid stem from the earlier ska-punk outfit Operation Ivy. There probably aren’t many bands who had the same influence on the trajectory of punk rock…