GooooodMusic.

Been MIA for a minute, Junior year's catchin' up with me finally. APBio and Honors English FTL. But at least I'm finally gettin' my act together and attending school, studying and such. Anyway..
For those that may not know.
My picks.
Best Music Today.
Blu, everybody knows he's my favorite. Am I biased? No, its not my fault that every acquisition of Blu that I have ever made to my library has been on an unrestrained scale of quality, dude is off the charts. Some of you still may not have heard "Below The Heavens", The Blu&Exile project. And if you are one of them, you're sleeping on the greatest hip-hop album of all time. No hyperbole there, the album takes you to a utopia on the far side of your head. Blu has the highest caliber virtuoso out of any artist in the game today.

Blu

Next, arguably the most intricate group in hip-hop today, CYNE. I take that back, its not up for debate, CYNE has me pondering for hours on end after I throw one of their albums in my 94Altima. My car has 250,000 miles on it. Can't go past 70 without a rattling noise in the engine. A stereo system that makes a horrendous sound every time I make a courageous attempt to crank the volume. As fortunate as I am to inherit my extended families old car, their album is the only thing that makes my drive bearable. Listening to Cise's+Akin's flow blessing on the tracks with Speck+Enoch beats to match.

Cyne

Imma go with Pac Div next, these guys are impeccably talented. They are well on their way to break into the mainstream with all the light being shed upon them nowadays. When I first heard "Church League Champions" I was blown away by the amount of wordplay in all their songs. They are the one of the few groups that have the ability to not let words play them, but instead play with words which are so complex, its almost dauntingly crafted when you hear a line like, "I used to drive the Honda til it ran outta gas now imma push this E till it run outta class, Whiplash." Pac Div is the future!

Pac Div.

Also, there's one additional rapper I'd like to include, HopieSpitsHard. People immediately discriminate against female rappers right off the bat, assuming that the most plausible personality of a female rapper is a person that uses sex appeal to sell. Because of all the skewed facts being drawn into the ignorant community, a lot of people turn their heads when they hear of female rappers. Those of you that think like that are ignorant. Females can spit too. HipHop is for everybody. To me, good music is good music. No matter what race, gender, face, if its good its good. HopieSpitsHard makes good music, that's all that matters. Not whether shes a man or woman. Which is why you should drop the stereotypical nonsense and get with something a little more progressive. She's an intellectual rapper who can spit raw rhymes in a cunning, cagy type fashion. End of story.

HopieSpitsHard

Other music you should check out; Fashawn, Kero One, Dr.Syntax, All Natural, Aloe Blacc, Convinced, Crown City Rockers. Oh and just thought I'd add MFDOOM-"Born Like This" is fire, and Reflection Eternal is coming back again! :D

Blueprint 3.

I guess you could say anxious me could not wait. Got me all antsy.
After hearing it, I wish I never jumped on the leak.
I wish there was no Blueprint 3.
And I wish Hov literally retired after American Gangster.
Because after listening to this, I need Hov to make another Reasonable Doubt just to get the nasty sound of this album outta my head. Full of loops, cheesy beats, nothing lucrative.
The sad thing really, nobody believes me when I say the album really ain't all that. Is it not feasible that even Hov slips up?! It is plausible, but I can understand the uncertainty in the air is not enough to discourage followers of Hov, you're just gonna hafta hear it to believe it.
There are only two good things about this album, cover art, and one track.
Best believe, or get disappointed.
Sorry Hovito. 2.5/5. Mediocre. Fails on deck.

The only good track.
So Ambitious Feat Pharrell


Worst two songs. And the rest not included are all bad.
I don't remember the name of this song, don't care, I just never want to hear such garbage from Hov again.
Oh and you can thank Swizzy for hooking up Hov with the whack beat, that clearly does not fit Hov's flow.

Drake and Jay-Z, please never work together again.

sightRIZE Questions Alexander Spit.

I got the chance to ask a few questions to Frisco's own, Alexander Spit. If you haven't heard already, dude is ill. His songs are addicting, odd way to describe music but you gotta hear it to believe it. Rugged rhymes tear apart the tracks with beats that match. It's something that you gotta put on repeat to fully understand.
You can catch his two singles on iTunes now, album "Open 24 Hours", drops September 1st. Be sure to go out and grab a copy to support.

sightRIZE: What makes up Alexander Spit?

Alexander Spit: San Francisco, love, hate, cigarettes, coffee, women, and rap music.
sightRIZE: How was it like gettin' to shoot your "Hella iller than you" video on the living legends bus?

Alexander Spit: Hahahahahaha. That was a completely impromptu thing that happened. The LL crew are my homies. It was the night of one of their shows and we were kickin it. My homie thought it would be funny to film a video. So it happened. Probably not the best representation of my music... but it was fun.
sightRIZE: What inspires you?

Alexander Spit: Everything.

sightRIZE: Any personal favorite artists/albums?

Alexander Spit: Jeez. That list can go on forever. Right now I've been listening to a lot of Rocksteady. Old Jamaican music. Particularly Alton Ellis. But what is always constant... is that I listen to J Dilla a lot. His "Donuts" album always amazes me. I've been listening to a lot of Frisco rap recently. I really enjoy The Jacka's new album "Tear Gas". I'm always bumpin' Morrissey. But to be honest... hahaha I listen to my album "Open 24 Hours" a lot.
sightRIZE: What are 5 things Alexander Spit can't live without?

Alexander Spit: Just pick any 5 from question 1.
sightRIZE: In a brief sentence, describe yourself.

Alexander Spit: Peep the answer from question one.

sightRIZE: Describe your upcoming album, Open 24 Hours?

Alexander Spit: Man... That album was almost the death of me. A lot of me went into that project. From the production, to the song writing, and the overall concept; I put 100% of myself into it. So with that said... just know that it's the real deal. It's something to be taken seriously.

So...

The concept for the album revolves around the album title "Open 24 Hours". It's based off of the idea of asking the question, "Who are you when no one else is looking?". Everybody has different sides to who they are. Sides of them that manifest before certain people. I wanted to explore the idea of trying to be the same person in all situations... "24 Hours" a day. The Alexander Spit you see walking to work... Is the same Alexander Spit you see at the bars...

Along with all that, I tied in a lot of a late night references and what not. So as a result, there's an overall feel and theme that I feel stays consistent throughout the album.

In regards to its sound. It's rap music. I hate being specific with categorizing exactly what. Rap music is beats with raps over them. That's what it is. It has the energy of a rap record. It's that energy that our generation wants and needs in order to actually listen. So... I made the beats bang... and the raps smart.

I don't know. You'll hear it. It drops September 1st. Don't sleep.

sightRIZE: Any upcoming projects we should be watchin' out for?

Alexander Spit: I'm working on a project with female emcee Hopie Spitshard. One of the hardest rappers I've ever met. Male or female. She got raps. Were working on an EP right now produced exclusively by 6Fingers and my homie Cambo. It's still in its beginning stages but I assure you folks are gonna flip a lid over it. The beats are ridiculous. Hopie and I have been coming with some heat over them... So be sure to stay on the lookout for that project.
sightRIZE: Is there anything we shoulda asked you?

Alexander Spit: My favorite color. Answer: I ain't got one.
sightRIZE: Anything you'd like to end with?

Alexander Spit: I urge everyone to take the time and check me out. Please be sure to cop my debut solo album "Open 24 Hours" when it drops September 1st. It hits iTunes September 8th.

And...

Everyone should come out to the Album Release Party in San Francisco at Slim's September 4th. I'm performing with a live band (Overview) and also performing will be Trackademicks, J-Billion, Hopie Spitshard, DJ sets by Ant-One, and it's hosted by Lucky.i.am of Living Legends. It's going to be a night to remember.

Don't do cocaine.

KingdomxAdapt:Blood Of Kings. Union City.

So the dudes at Adapt set up a celebration for the AdaptxKingdom release.

Was an overall chill event.

Got to chop it up with the head of Adapt, Evan.

HopieSpitsHard.

ViddyV.

Spaceman Cell.

A good Saturday indeed.



With Viddy V, this dude freestyled for 20 minutes nonstop. Just to warm up. Insane!



Adapt holdin' it down with BTG.


HopieSpitsHard.
I hadta say it was a good day.