A lot of people might hate on Kevin Rudolf because of his poppy style but I've liked every song he's put out so far. "Let It Rock" and "Welcome To The World" might have been ridiculously played out by radio and they did sound way too similar but I still thought they were hot songs and they were both in my Top 5 Guilty Pleasures for 2008.
It didn't hurt that he had Lil Wayne featured on "Let It Rock" and Rick Ross on "Welcome To The World" either. That definitely helped give him a little more legitimacy and street cred in the Hip Hop community. Most rappers seem to be down with his style and Lil Wayne has been more interested in the Rock sound (and playing the guitar) since he started working with Rudolf. In case you didn't know, Rudolf is signed to Lil Wayne's label Cash Money Records so that helps explain why his production is always on point and how he can land almost any major Hip Hop star for a feature.
His new single "I Made It" is just starting to hit radio now and I think it's probably his best song to date. It's a little slower than his previous singles but the beat is just ridiculous and a perfect mixture of Rock and Hip Hop. I could definitely see some rappers jumping on the instrumental for their own freestyle version of the song. The hook is catchy as always and he landed another All-Star lineup (all Cash Money) of Lil Wayne, Baby and Jay Sean.
If you don't like this song, I think you've got problems. This shit is hot! Expect to be hearing this a lot in the next few weeks. I'm expecting this to blow up big.
This is the official video for Skillz "O9 Rap Up". It's pretty easy to figure out what he's talking about without the visuals but the video does make it a hell of a lot easier to follow along in case you missed something the first time around. Good ish!
Now that's WTF I'm talking about! It really doesn't get much better than this. All you need is some cool special effects and some thick video chicks. Done and done. Be on the look out for the girls in the locker room. DAMN! Ludacris definitely knows how to pick them!
It's about time we got something new from Big Boi! This dude disappears for years without even a guest appearance and then he reemerges out of nowhere with some new ish like he never left. I wish he would drop some new material on a more regular basis but I'll take what I can get at this point.
I wasn't a huge fan of "Shine Blockas" the first time I heard it but it's starting to grow on me. It's probably because I'm just happy to hear something new from one of the Outkast boys. What do you think? Is this hot or not?
Aw shit! Now that's what I'm talkin' bout! I was expecting the first time around on Snoop's "I Wanna Rock". I wouldn't change a thing on the original but I thought Snoop would have given a little more props to Rob Base in his lyrics since the whole song is based around the "It Takes Two" sample.
It's all good though since Jay and Snoop showed the original some love on the remix. I love how Jay opened up with a revised version of Rob Base's first line like:
"I wanna rock right now,
my name is Hov and I came to shake the town.
Ya boy is internationally known,
but I'm from the hood, got a pocket full of stones"
Snoop also hit the track off with a little bit of Rakim's "Microphone Fiend" flavor. Love it!
Ah yes! The Skillz "2009 Rap Up" is finally here! He always breaks down the madness and drama of the past year perfectly. I wish he would put out new music more regularly though.. He definitely has some serious "skills" and he's one of my favorite underground/under-the-radar rappers. I never hear a ton of new material from him but maybe it's because he's too busy cashing checks for being a "Ghostwriter". Go cop his old shit if you've never heard it and are in the mood for some real Hip Hop.
LYRICS: The ‘09 Rap Up — Check, Yo Yo I’m Bout To Put This Thing Again, ‘09 Is Outta Here 20-10 Is In The Building, Time For A New Year (YURP!) Your Boy Skillz Back On His Grind, Let’s Run It Back And Re-Cap 2009
DC Starts Off The Conversation, Cuz We Was In Yo’ Town For The Inauguration We Froze Our Asses Off, It Wasn’t Just Me — That Was A Small Price To Pay To See History Biggie’s Movie Came Out And Got Shine, Ne-Yo And Jim Jones Got Scrappin’ Up In Loui Voutton TV’s Went Digital, The Government’s Lame; Y’all Bought Them Boxes? To Me The s**t Still Looks The Same And I Don’t Care About The Fate, Of John & Kate — You Feel Sorry For Anybody It Should Be The Plus 8 Having 7 Siblings Can’t Be Calm, But I’ll Take 20 Of Them Before I Take One Octo-Mom 50 & Rick Ross, That’s A New Level Of Beefin’. Lebron Got Dunked On And He Ain’t Want Us To See It The News Of Chris & Rihanna Broke In The Streets. T-Pain Got On The Golf Cart And Broke Some Teeth Tiny & Toya Got A Show? Thats Crazy. Tiny, You Gon’ Get A Second Season? (Yeaa Baby!) Run DMC They Got Their Own Street, And Jojo Got Caught Trying To Spark That Leaf Man The Game Is Bananas — For Playing Hip-Hop, Me And Jazzy Jeff Got Kicked Out Of Kansas Rick Ross’ Shades Was Phony & Fake, And To Re-Newcomer By The Name Of Drake The Industry Got To Get It In Gear, Cuz Its Bad When A Mixtape Is Really The “Album Of The Year” And His Vid Wasn’t Bad But I Was Mad At Them Breast I Never Had (Breast I Never Had) Eminem & Mariah, Sounded Bitter — And We All Took To This New Thing Called Twitter Where You Could Follow Peeps Just To See What They Say And If You Want To You Could Follow Me @SkillzVA Bernie Madolf, He Was Playing For Keeps. Amber Rose Became Famous Without Having To Speak Black Eyed Peas Rolled Deep, They Blacked Perez Hilton’s Eye And Made Him Pee In The Middle Of The Street Lil Wayne Did It Big, He Said He Wanted To F- Every Girl In The World And I Think He Did Chris Brown — Now That’s My Guy, But How He Do An Interview And All Y’all Notice Was The Bow Tie? The Media Went Hard, Chris You Want Us To Forget Just Say What Really Happened In The Car Rihanna, She Kept Quiet — Until She Had An Album To Sell But We Still Ain’t Buy It Mike Vick & A.I. — Back In Action And We Were Shocked By The Loss Of Mr. Michael Jackson I Never Thought That Star Would Fall To The Ground, Mike Was Huge — The News Shut The Internet Down Through Your Music, You’ll Live On My Friend And I Know We’ll Never See A Talent Like You Again I Gotta Man Up, Cuz Even I Was A Fan Of.. The Real House Wives Of Atlanta I Love Kandy’s Song, But That Kim? (That’s A Dirty Low Down Monkey With A Weave On) Tardy For The Party Brought Us Some Joy, But It Never Left The Ground — Just Like The Balloon Boy And To The Parents, I’m Gonna Say Wah-Lah! You Named Him Falcon? But That Don’t Mean He Could Fly Far As R&B Goes, Trey Songz Is The Guy And I’m A Grown Man, But I’m Scared Of Lady Ga-Ga Drake’s Knee Kept Saying “Hey Bruh, Just Sit” — And Kanye Snatched The Mic From Taylor Swift Then The World Couldn’t Stand Him (I’m Really Happy For You — I’ma Let You Finish) Man I Think He Playing That The Government, Yea They Think They’re Slick. What Happened To Clash & Clunkers, That s**t Came & Went The Hangover, Was Funny As Hell.. And So Were The Rappers Who Couldn’t Stay They Ass Out Of Jail Jay-Z Went On Oprah And Hit Number 1, She Gave Out A Lot Of Chicken, But She Ain’t Give Him None H1N1 Is Causing Drama — And We Was All Shaking Our Heads At Lil Mama Like, “Why Was You On Stage? Nobody Gave You A Cue, And With A Head That Big, You Should Have Thought That Through!” Nicki Minaj Gave Female MC’s Some Help, But If She Signed Your Boob You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourself Whitney Houston Got Back To Working — And Kids Came Up With This Thing Called “Jerkin” Where You Take Dancing & Rappin, Combine The Two — Newsflash: That Ain’t Nothing New Nas & Kelis They Couldn’t Get That Thing Back — Diddy Holla At Me If You Want That Ring Back Jamie, He Blamed It On The Alcohol And Maybe That’s What Made J-Lo Fall Health Care Got Passed And That’s Whats Good, But The Idiot Of The Year Is Tiger Woods (It’s Uh, It’s Tiger..) Could You Say Fail? Who Else Is Named Tiger? Why Would You Leave The Name On The Voicemail? He Changed The Game I Suppose — Who Would Have Though He Was Putting 18 Holes T.I. Came Home, After 7 Months.. I Can’t Watch Monique’s Show, Cuz She Yells Too Much And We Mourned This Year, I Got To Say — Every Other Day.. Somebody Passed Away Mr. Magic, Roc Raida, My Man Baatin, Darian, And My Friend A-M It Was A Very Sad Year To Say The Least, So To Everybody We Lost.. Rest In Peace
Uhh Ya Boy Skillz And I Did It Again, Welcoming Y’all To 2010.
It took a little longer than expected to put together Dj RyB Hip Hop Hits Volume 62 but it actually worked out well because I was able to gather a solid selection of songs to create a dope mix. I thought the end result was pretty solid too. Let me know how you think it turned out in the comments.
