“Gotham Green and El Prez have hooked up with AshleyOutrageous.com and DJBooth.net to bring listeners their new collaborative EP, Inhale. The free project finds the L.A./NY dual representative and the Inglewood native (the latter a freestyle series alumnus) trading verses on six brand new cuts, Read the rest of this entry »
You ever forget to do something for so long that when you actually remember to do it damn near an entire season has passed? Yeah, that just happened. Gotham Green and Quickie Mart dropped “Tell Me Something” earlier this summer and found itself on repeat ever since. Make no mistake, Double G does his thing on the track, but it’s the overall feel of the song which creates the replay value. It’s Hip-Hop blended with a sprinkle of rock and a tablespoon of jazz.
Jes Hudak absolutely bodies the hook. So much so that I’m on a mission to find more music from this songbird. Once I do, best believe you’ll be reading about it here. It’s not Fergie mixed Jesus, but she’s the perfect choice to ride shotgun with Gotham. Of course, if they’re in the front, the song’s other feature, Freddie Gibbs, is the back seat rolling a blunt preparing to hotbox that mothaf*cka. And hot box does he ever.
The pride and joy of the Midwest lays yet another impressive guest verse. Abandoning the wheels and using the two feet God gave him, Freddie G uses that baby skin smooth flow to detail a rise to power that’s still in progress. And to you young boys who love writing your raps on smart phones these days, he’s got an app for that too.
Look no further if you’re looking for a dope song to add to your Labor Day soundtrack, even if it isn’t exactly brand new.
If there were two posts per day on Freddie Gibbs for the next two months, I still wouldn’t think we were covering his music enough. Pardon my overtly Stan-like stance on the Gary-born lyricist. But in a game full of hyperbolic gangsters and effeminate hipsters, the presence of honesty that is found in Freddie’s music is the Hip-Hop equivalent to finding a valid opinion on a Fox News program. Read the rest of this entry »