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hipping followed by hopping.

sorry i missed yesterday! doublepost of mostlywhite hiphop today... lucky you! and while you're in a hiphop mood check out the great talib kweli track over at the alwaysawesome said the gramophone

mc frontalot "i heart fags"
purveyor and probably inventor of "nerdcore hiphop", mc frontalot flows about many things severely lacking in radio/mtv hiphop exposure. whilst he's probably blingless, frontalot will give you more than your fill of rhymes about cpus, star wars, spam mail, and in this case, fags! the production on this one, by baddd spellah, reminds me of a scott joplin themed disco party. "yo i promise if you visit you could meet some queers / and if you love even just one, hooray! / if you don't well i hope you enjoyed your stay / and i hope you go on your merry way / with the chorus of my song slowly turning you gay!" sure it won't make the next 'queer eye' soundtrack, but it SHOULD.
[plenty more mp3s free at his site, buy a tshirt!]

atmosphere "reflections"
i love slug's singsong flow. he sounds laid back and intense at the same time. "don't get me wrong / it would be my pleasure / to sing a song that could remove your shoes and your sweater." i could have posted any song from this cd seven's travels, i suggest you seek it out asap. i choose this one because i repeatedly find it popping into my head at random times. especially the "you look like you were built for me / you talk like you wanna steal my drink / you kiss like you already came / and that's a lifter puller line for those without any game" line. i sing it on the streets. on the subway in boston a few weeks ago i got the urge to burst out and shout "cause that face you make reminds me of my life now." this song seems to own a part of my brain.
[buy the album!]

mc paul barman "mtv get off the air (part 2) [feat. princess superstar]"
i can imagine people LOATHING mc paul barman. but i loveeeeee his stumbling flow. his ridiculously smart rhymes, the wonderful left field beats, the bizarre samples, and the vulgarity! oh the vulgarity! what george carlin would sound like if he had a hiphop obsession (he actually has a carlin sample earlier on this ep on "school anthem" which lyrically is like kanye west... way before kanye west). his flow is unlike anything i've ever heard. it's stumbling over the words, like he's constantly about to fall off beat, or like the words won't fit, but it works.. it definitely works. so if you hate this, i understand, i really do. but you SHOULD love it. oh you should love it. oh oh oh "can i chime in? / i'll still be rhymin when i'm in your hymen!" yes! "lade-ay one more complaint and i'll shove a rape whistle up the mrs. va-jay-jay!" yes! this faux-battle track between him and princess superstar is just genius. i could list every single smart vulgar rhyme here, but instead you should just hurray up and listen to this right quick! i hope you're like me and your mouth will be agape with joy. the joy of paul barman.
[buy the ep!]

mc frontalot "special delivery"
i couldn't resist another front track. this short one is tied for my favorite current protest song with the much more famous "makeshift patriot" by sage francis. it's short, smart, has simpsons samples! and it's right on the nose, "wasn't your christ unbeloved of empires? / one nailed his ass to a post, he expired! / a terrorist, as roman evidence showed / put down like a retard on the death row." hope you enjoy.