Episode 25! It’s been a while. I’m glad I have you all in my life.
This episode features MC Longshot, prescription who has been previously featured in mixtape show episode 21. For those of y’all that have been sleeping, dude is from Chicago, and definitely reps his city something fierce.
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So if you’ve been paying attention to what’s good on the internets, information pills and more specifically to the mixtape show, viagra dosage you’ll recognize the name: Che Grand. In case you need to refresh your memory, you can go ahead and check out episode 18 to check out his mixtape show debut.
Anyway, after that show dropped, I had more than a few people getting at me requesting more songs and information from dude, so it was only natural that we should link up and get an interview done. In this interview, Che breaks down his background, explains how he changed his name from “Ricochet” to “Che Grand”, talks about his soon-to-be-released EP and his upcoming projects, and makes a pretty thinly veiled threat towards me regarding one of my earlier comments. For the record, Brown Study is not about having sex with white girls. If you want any more information than that, you’ll need to check out the interview yourself.
All instrumentals on the joint are either from his current EP or upcoming projects – so you’re gonna hear some beats on here that you will not be hearing for another few months – at least until Conceptus Opus drops. That’s on some exclusive shit, so you definitely need to get up on this before you get left behind.
Che and company are gonna do big things, so I want y’all to remember that you saw him here first. Shouts go to everyone in Loud Minority involved with the Official Bootleg Import EP project (drops 24th January in iTunes and online stores everywhere!), and obviously to Che himself.
If you need any more info on Che or Loud Minority, check out chegrand.com and loudminoritymusic.com.
Stay tuned, major things happening right here in this spot very soon….
Damn. Hectic couple of weeks. New Years involved me losing about $300 worth of equipment, recuperation but at least I got to cut somebody’s face up over it. That was pretty fun. Anybody out there do anything less expensive/destructive?
Anyway, life this episode took me a bit to get out, more about but it’s definitely hot. For those of you who liked that hood-type shit in the last episode, this is a similar outlook, but with a more laid back, “conscious” type vibe. And for all those of you who came here searching for O.C. the television show and not O.C. the rapper, don’t worry because one of these days I’m gonna do an entire episode and dedicate it to the suburbs. Orange County represent (?)
Y’all know the drill – download the show or just play it in the browser, and follow along with the tracks to get all the info you need on any artist you happen to be interested in.
| First one up this week is Get Right Clik, out the ATL. The group might be a new name to you, but the production team behind this joint – Bread and Water – probably shouldn’t be, as they’ve done instros for Pac, David Banner, Goodie Mob, et al. This joint came to me in a slimline CD case featuring this joint and snippets of some others, pretty much all of which were hot. I remember Oh Lord also being pretty ill…maybe we can get that joint for a future show? Not a whole lot of information is available on them right now, but they do have a site placeholder up at intenseent.com.. |  Get Right Clik – This Is. |
 Homebodies – Live Larger than Life. |
No, it’s not screwed and chopped, it’s just running about about twelve BPM. The second joint also comes to us out of the ATL, courtesy of the Homebodies. I had been talking to A-Bomb (first verse on the track) a miiiinute ago about getting this shit on the show, and hadn’t gotten around to dropping one on there yet. Definitely recommended, and this isn’t even the single. They have a soundclick page, but that’s all I could find… |
| This joint comes from the Florida group Asamov, which I think might be a reference to Isaac Asimov, except, you know, more “ethnic”. The weird out-of-tune sounding horns on the instro here took a bit to get used to, but the shit definitely grew on me. The lyric game on this joint is definitely on point too, check some of the punchlines and hooks in the middle of the track. They’re billing themselves as that “true school” genre, and at the very least they have the good taste in ghettoblasters to back it up. Check them out at myspace.com/asamov.. |  Asamov – Hook Slide. |
 Action – Doing Wrong. |
This joint came to me as an mp3 in an email with pretty much no information attached whatsoever, but I had to follow up with my man Ulyssees and see what was good with this artist. Turns out dude’s name is Action, and he’s been doing a lot of touring – and probably woulda inked a major deal had he not been shot and temporarily paralyzed in January 2001. He’s back on his grind though, and the track is definitely hot. More info is available at union-ave-ent.com. |
| O to the motherfucking C is back in the building. If you all missed the exclusive pre-album interview that I did with Diggin In The Crates hero O.C., you need to go back and listen to that. This joint is off of the Japan-only Starchild, which never saw the light of day in the States due to some sample clearance issues. Only a few people got physical copies of that shit, and thanks to Mahlon at Grit Records, your boy was one of them – so now the only place to get the album is through alternative methods – such as this show. If you liked the subject matter of O.C.’s classic Born to Live, this one is in that same vein. And if you’re still sleeping on his new release, Guns and Butter, stop that shit and go cop up. I’ve only heard parts of it, but from what I have heard, it is definitely worth owning. Mahlon, get at me, aight? gritrecords.com |  O.C. – Getaway. |
 THC – Let the World Know. |
Damn, here goes another ATL joint, making episode #23 50% Atlanta status. ATL please stand the fuck up, kthx. I really can’t think of any better joint to close out this episode than this one. Not just because it’s uplifting and all that, but the beat is ill and catchy as all hell, and the lyrics are definitely on point as well. This one is from the somewhat unambigiously named T.H.C., off a self-released album called Available on eBay. I checked on eBat and couldn’t find it, but if you get a chance to actually cop it, you should. This is one of those underground, basement produced albums that beats about 80% of commercial shit out there. What up Kofi? Yeah, I liked this record that much – enough so that I’m probably gonna have to ask dudes to bless the mixtape show with at least one other joint. Looks like they don’t have a site just yet, but if they do I’ll post it up here. |
Got-damn, that’s it for episode #23. The next episode is more than likely gonna be an interview, so those of y’all who have been asking for that type of shit, hang on tight, it’s coming. And speaking of interviews, be expecting some very exclusive/amazing shit coming your way very very soon courtesy of the mixtape show. Shoutouts go to everyone who made this episode happen, and all the supporters. Matt, Nick, I see you – all the labels and indie companies that got at me recently, we’ll get some shit done, that’s a bet.
Industry people – if you’re trying to get down with the mixtape show, get at me – the show is constantly expanding, and there may be room for you or your ish in an upcoming project. holllerrrr
Chyeyeah. All y’all know what the deal is. It’s your boy back with that fiyah or whatever the fuck the streets say when they have some fucking hype-ass music for you to listen to. And of course, for sale since the show is now included in Apple’s iTunes program, asthma you can just click here to subscribe (it’s free forever).
This time, I’m taking it back to the fucking streets. Slightly shorter show this time, because all of these joints are hard and fast. Y’all know what time it is. Cop the fuck uuuuuuppppp!
| I am starting episode 22 with this joint for a reason: namely, it’s fucking hot. If this shit does not get you more amped up than a white boy on a Mountain Dew commercial, you need to get your pulse checked. This joint is just as hot as it was back in early summer when Damon sent it to me on a burned CD copy of the Pok Dog EP. phatduckrecords.com, and looks like dude has a myspace up rachurrr.. |  Pok Dog – For My Dogs. |
 Roc ‘C’ – El Capitan. |
The homeboy John Kim over at Sound in Color comes through with some extra new shit – good looks! Roc comes through heavy one of those spaced-out, synth heavy Oh No beats. Roc is supposed to be dropping some new shit fairly soon – I’ll keep y’all updated on that. But for now you have the heads up on it – so when that time comes, cop up!! www.stonesthrow.com. |
| If you haven’t heard the original version of this, consider your hood passport officially revoked. The Ike Eyes interview is coming soon, and to get people prepared, we’ve got one of his spots on the old Purple City mixtapes – this time with the version that shows up on the audiovisualz mixtape that was mentioned in episode 21. Dig the rock beat, which segues right into the next joint…ghettorockstarinc.com.. |  Purple City f/ Ike Eyes – Hard Life. |
 Young Hootie – Set it Off. |
I did get a copy of the Prince of the Bity mixtape, and while I’m not going to try to pick a favorite joint, I felt like this one had to go in here. If nothing else, you gotta give them boys props for the theatrics. Some of those skits had me fucking rolling. There’s a break in here which isn’t exactly funny, but it makes the song that much better. myspace.com/larcenyent. |
| Kanyeezy’s own Canadian DJ, Mr. A-Trak is up next. This one’s been around for a little while too, but maybe some of y’all ain’t heard it. And since Hell Rell, 40 Cal, and JR Writer are on this joint, you know that the lyrics are going to be hot. If you haven’t subscribed to the show yet, you need to. djatrak.com.. |  A-Trak f/ Hell Rell, 40 Cal, & JR Writer – Don’t Fool with the Dips. |
 334 Mobb – Alabama Ho. |
Alabama stand the fuck up! The first time I played this joint in at my flat, the whole place blew up. You should have seen it. Blow, heroin, pipes, legs, rabbits, everything flying everywhere at once. Once the beat drops in it’s a fucking atom bomb and the whole place goes apeshit, trust me. I had to loop this track like five times before everyone finally shut the fuck up and let me go back to the new Jay Chou single. I actually heard about this duo immediately after I had left the 334. Shouts to EV for getting this joint to me.www.334mobb.com. |
| Rewind my selectah! What y’all know bout the reprise? Yes this is the same joint as the first one, but it’s the slightly more spacey remix. This time though, MED off Stones Throw and Mr. Mondell of The Faculty show up for guest raps. This beat might not have the sheer window smashing quality of the original, but I dig the more laid back synth string instrumental just the same. Plus the guest lyrics are pretty much cute as fuck. Again, check out phatduckrecords.com, and the myspace.com/pokdogzilla. | Pok Dog f/ MED and Mr Mondell – For My Dogs Remix. |
There you go! Episode 22, just in time to put on the shiny new iPod nano that Jesus bought you for Giftmas. Labels, artists, hustlers, media types get at me…