Yela & Tech... 2 Bright Lights to Watch...

What's good HHHs? 

I know I am listening to to 2 artist in particular here lately that I cannot seem to get enough of them.. These 2 artists are great in their craft (speed-spitters), them being Yelawolf and Tech N9ne. I have always been into the funk that came out of the West, like from the Bay (E-40 to Snoop and Bishop Lamont in between) down to the streeps of Compton, and love the New York artists (Wu, to 50, to Hova, and etc.), and of course the dirty dirt south, YMCMB baby!... I love all Hip Hop but these two come and are in a special niche of the rap game.

So lets look at the Kansas City's own Tech N9ne, he is a rap vet and been in the underground scene forever, not to mention he has released on big albums and been at the game for awhile but never got to the success of even Khalifa, Kweli, and others but this brother can spit just as good if not better. The only reason I can think of that he never get huge mainstream success is because he is in the hardcore and horrorcore scenes of Hip Hop and there are very few of them that have ever had a national stage except ICP for a short time but I think Tech has better skills.

However, with Weezy saying while in Rikers that he only wanted to work with 2 people when he got out, Andre 3000 and Tech N9ne I think got a lot of people hip to T9. Plus he and Wezzy and confirmed a track together on the Carter IV which better be a banger. With Weezy F.'s work ethic it better be as heavy as 6 foot 7 foot all the way through. He has to prove he is still "The Best Rapper Alive". But enough about a Hip Hop Don at the moment, Tunechi (and yes Weezy's hands still got the grip on the game, but he needs to tighten it). T9's could have the biggest year every and deservingly so. This brother has been at the grind a long time, is great, and its just this brother's time to get as big as he can. He will get a platinum record in the next 2 years.... I have no doubt. So watch out for this cat and if you ain't hip to T9, buy an album, any of them and you will be glad you did. Tech N999999ne!!!....

Now lets talk about another new star in the Hip Hop realm that is shining bright. That star being Gadsen Alabama's own Yelawolf. This cat is another fast spitter like T9 but with a spin, he is a white dude with major street creed. Plus he is bringing even more and new culture to the game of Hip Hop. With talkking about riding in Chevy's and making that Trunk Muzik. He recently signed a deal with the Reaigning King (and by sales always will be) of Hip Hop. Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen Yelawolf is signed to Eminem's Shady Records. Shady signed him and Slaughterhouse (a Hip Hop Supergroup). Yela re-released a mixtape, making it a retail mixtape that was named Trunk Muzik 0-60, and it bangs and brings a whole new, unheard of style. If this cat plays his cards right and is smart about it he could be a heavy hitter and change the game forever, especially with Em in the mix. If you have not heard of Yelawolf check him out... pick up Trunk Muzik 0-60 you will be impressed. Then, watch out for his first album on Shady which is almost done, Radioactive, I am sure it will be a 5 star album if it is done right.

Until we meet again, keep those ears ringing...

-automachi

Is GOOD Music Good?...

Hello fellow Hip Hop Heads, whats good?

In my last post on this Blog I made mention of reviewing Travis Barker's new album "Give the Drummer Some." Well, I was still in the design process of how this Blog was going to flow... At that time I was thinking of reviewing Hip Hip albums and such culture surrounding them from post to post... Well I took some time and thought about it and decided I did not want to go in the review style format for this Blog. I host several different Blogs and the best posts come from an idea hitting me and me thinking, I have to write about that, for sure!... So that is the way this Blog is going to go forward... Feeling pressured to write about a fresh new album just makes you feel like you have another deadline to hit... and well... I have enough already.  However, I will say go out and by Travis's new album, I throw two thumbs up for that disc, it has killer real drum beats and great lyricists, period. So now lets get started, hopefully the title of the Blog gives you an idea of how posts will be going forward.



So is GOOD Music good?... I think so and I will tell you why. GOOD Music is Kanye West's label that boasts a roster of Kanye himself, John Legend, Common, Consequence, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, Malik Yusef, Mr. Hudson, Sa-Ra, Cyhi Da Prynce, Pusha T, and last bust certainly not least Mos Def.

So I ask you again, Is GOOD Music good? Yeah, I thought you would agree. This is huge and has been kept under wraps compared to most "Label Hype". Look at Cash Money Records and Young Money (YMCMB) they are the biggest hitters in the game right now, but unfortunately (Tunechi is my fav) things look like they are shifting around and Weezy and Birdman may be running up against some compitition with Slaughterhouse and Eminem's endeavors with them and the artists within the Slaughterhouse supergroup (e.g. Yelawolf) and GOOD,  and other new artists, like B.o.B. The landscape is definitely changing my fellow Hip Hiop Heads (H3s).

However, I think the change is good because when you only have one primary outlet for heavy hitters like YMCMB has been the last couple things get stale, but not the YMCMB banggers. Anyway, I recently read about Pusha T's new stuff made me think about GOOD's artist and how much Yeezy's got his hands on the game. We all know that the Yeezy and Jay-Z's collabo is going to be stellar and will move some serious units but he has a lot of other serious artists too. Pusha T's new album will sell good I think. Come on he is half of Clipse and has worked with the Neptunes and now Yeezy, watch out!

However, the talent does not end there. we have Kid Cudi who is off the hook, Man on the Moon II was stellar, his next should be great too. You have Common who is stellar and consistent. Mos Def, just like Common but with a little longer history. So yeah.... GOOD is stacked.

So Hip Hop better watch out because 2011 could be the GOODYear. Kayne has to the troops that coulds bring the pain and lock down Hip Hop for most of the year... We will just have to see how the year goes and how Yeezy plays his cards.

-automachi, making Hip Hop hipper since 1981.