This particular ditty from Esso’s Off The Wall E009 samples Mike Jack’s “Burn This Disco Out” and effortlessly combines the boogie with the BK brawl. Read the rest of this entry »

Not really too much more to say on this as Esso summed it up perfectly with the statement he released with the tape.

So the time has finally come for the rest of the world to hear the project that Woody and I have been working so hard on since April. I can’t lie it’s kinda bittersweet for it to be gaining the attention that is has over the past weeks since Mike’s untimely passing. Honestly we set out to create an incredible project that would pay homage to Michael Jackson’s musical legacy not his life as a whole. No one song or project could ever acheive that lofty goal. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s nothing worse than bad timing. Rapper Esso had to release this statement shortly after the passing of the legendary Michael Jackson: Read the rest of this entry »

From his Off The Wall tribute album. Another attempt for a buzz artist to capitalize off MJ’s death? Not exactly. As Esso explains:

This is one of the hardest things that I’ve ever had to do in my career. I was scheduled to announce this project on Wednesday of this week, but in light of Michael’s passing on Thursday, Woody & I feel like the world needs to know what we’ve been working on for the last few months and why this has been so hard for me to deal with. I’ve been recording my own version of MJ’s Off The Wall album for the last few months now in honor of it’s 30th Anniversary which is on August 10th, and will release it 30 years to the day his original album came out. We were working on this project long before his passing, and will not change the date to even 1 day earlier given the significance of August 10th.

And if you really think about it, this is Michael Jackson we’re talking about. Coincidences for honoring and sampling his music is not only second nature in Hip-Hop, it’s human nature as well. Read the rest of this entry »

For those bemoaning the death of the New York sound, Esso’s Lifestyles Of The Young And Ignorant will provide a welcome dose of East Coast Hip-Hop. Sonically indebted to Premo and Pete Rock, tracks Read the rest of this entry »

LOL @ the real freestyle feel to this shit with Esso & Donny.