This One Is For The Real Hip-Hop Heads

A short post.

My recent, delayed love for Joe Budden (Padded Room to be specific) has been fully compounded by the brilliance of the new Slaughterhouse track, 'Wack MCs'.

(For those of you not in the know, Slaughterhouse is a hip-hop supergroup comprised of Budden, Royce Da 5'9", Joell Ortiz and Crooked I-four of the best lyrical rappers around.) Royce's verse is priceless, and definitely the standout on the track, although Budden doesn't disappoint with the opener either.

Look for a Padded Room review coming soon, definitely a contender for album of the year.

Also, if you get 5 minutes, check out a very, very cool interview with Asher Roth below. Expect to come away from that video with serious respect for how down-to-earth and intelligent Asher is.

"If Hip-Hop Is All Smoke and Mirrors, Then I'm The Windex and the Napkins"-Joe Budden.

It's Been A Quiet 10 Days

So yeah, it's been a pretty dead week as far as the blog goes. With the exception of the return of Lost of course, there has not been much to discuss, so here's a couple of tidbits for you to enjoy.

Firstly, I came across another brand, CTRL, who get out some pretty unique stuff, which still mixes a lot of different styles together. Check out CTRL @ http://www.ctrlclothing.com/.

Secondly, Lupe Fiasco has officially announced that the first disc of LupENd, Everywhere, will be released in June of this year. Of course, with the delays that all artists seem to have, expect this around July/August.

Also, a new 'rap beef' has emerged in the last 2 weeks or so, that of Joe Budden and Saigon. It kicked off with Budden releasing a diss track called 'Letter To Saigon' (or so I believe that's where it was rooted, I may be wrong) and they've been going back and forth since on various tracks which I haven't got around to listening to yet.

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