Baller Blog:The New Hotness: June 2012

Friday, June 29, 2012

My Moment by DJ Drama

The Grand Hustle DJ hires 2 Chainz, Meek, and Jeremih for a T-Minus produced banger, dopeness!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Album Review: Living Things -Linkin Park

Wow. Linkin Park has changed. I remember back in their Hybrid Theory and Meteora days, they had so many copies sold and millions of fans. After that success they literally fell off the music world. With disappointments like Minutes To Midnight and A Thousand Suns, I was worried about the longevity of the group. Living Things has showed that Linkin Park is moving in a different direction, but still have reminiscence of old stuff. Songs like Lost in the Echo, Burn it Down, Victimized, Lies Greed Misery, and Powerless have that old flavor with new instrumentals. Then there is a song like Until it Breaks that is pretty much Mike Shinoda going ham over a trunk bangin beat. This album really surprised me, and I think it is come back for LP. We'll see what the future has in store for Linkin Park. (4 out of 5 stars)

Album Review: Self Made 2-MMG

When people think of Rick Ross they think of a fat, stupid rapper, who can't rap to save his life. That may be true, but this album has not shown it. The album starts off with the lyrically strong, Power Circle. This song showcases the lyrical talent of all the artists, along with Kendrick Lamar. Every artist has a memorable line, including Kendrick Lamar, who drops probably the greatest verse of his career. This song, along with This Thing Of Ours, Fountain Of Youth, The Zenith, and I Be Puttin On take me back to Rozay's Deeper Than Rap days. These type of songs are what define rap from any other genre in music. Not only does MMG have more of lyrical prowess than other groups, they also are hardcore G's. Songs like All Birds, Black Magic, Black On Black, and Bury Me A G have Teflon Don feel to it. The Maybach Music Group never ceases to stop showing their versatility in rap music. (4 out of 5 stars)

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

I Wish You Would by DJ Khaled

Khaled is back with an allstar cast. Yeezy and Rozay contribute braggadocios verses over a street ready instrumental, dopeness!

Sleep it Off by Kove

Some really nice liquid DnB to wake up to!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Bitch Bad by Lupe Fiasco

Man, this song goes deep. The title itself is a play on words. Lupe talks about how rap music has changed the word, bitch. It is literally amazing how Lupe explains it, dopeness!

Monday, June 25, 2012

Leviathan by Syrebral and Vortek

Man, this song is freakin awesome!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Static by Kubix

Kubix crafts a beautiful drum and bass song, which is very chill, dopeness!

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Bury Me A G by MMG

Rozay and TIP team up on a Self Made 2 leak, which goes in! Self Made 2 June 26th, dopeness!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Joy and Pain by ANTHM

ANTHM comes out with a song from their upcoming EP with the same name. The atmospheric instrumental sets the mood for dropping dope bars, including Freddie Gibbs, dopeness!