Blueprint : No Half Smokin (RhymeSayers, 2005)
Visioneers : The world is yours (BBE,2005)
Nina Gordon : Straight Outta Compton
I think this rap cover trend has now jumped the shark. It was odd when Snoop first covered Ladi Dadi and then Vapors, but at least it was new. Nobody seemed to be interested in paying hommage to the elders for a long time except for a couple of indie artist, like Blackstar who covered Children Story, at the same time Mad SKillz did Lick The Balls and then Madlib had a parody of Pickin Boogers called "Hittin hookers". But the repertoire was limited to the Biz and Slick Rick then.
In the past few year we've heard covers of everybody in everystyle, from TI paying respect to UGK, to Wu-Tang Clan instrumentals, to ska version of some Outkast hit, to this folk singer doing "Straight Outta Compton" etc...
It was fun while it last, but who in his right mind thought it was cool to cover Kriss Kross' Jump ?!?!!
Do the new generation of rappers idolize Kriss Kross ? I guess that means hip-hop is dead, right ?
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Si je ne m'abuse Joey Starr a aussi produit il y a 2ans un titre du gamin (son nom m'echappe) qui reprenait ce titre de kriss kross.
Belle merde aussi!
My ALL TIME Request :
Grandmaster Caz - MC Delight (Casanova's Revenge)
try that for the video :
http://www.bolt.com/video/flv_player_branded.swf?contentId=2402861&
I think this record was a hiphopsite freebie with blueprint purchase. Not a bad record at all. Although who can really top Kane's "Ain't No Half Steppin"? That song is a brilliant classic! Blueprint's twist is cool though. I think I'd like it a lot more if I was a stoner though haha.
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