Buckshot, 9th Wonder And Some MP3 Blog Ranting
Decade-Plus MC HipHop Audio Beef Today. Don't front, you know he got you open.
'Now A Days (That's What's Up)'
'Money Makes The World Go Round (Feat. Starang Wondah)'
by 9th Wonder and Buckshot from their 2005 album Chemistry on DuckDown Records
Before I start ranting, I'd like to let you know that these two tracks are from Buckshot and 9th Wonder. Buckshot is a MC from New York, 9th Wonder is a producer from North Carolina. They both have a history of accomplishment and their new album together is really quite good.
Both of the tracks above feature Buckshot's bulletproof flow over sample-based beats that recall the Beatminerz and, well, sound great. Subject matter isn't extradimensional but Buck's still got it. Punchlines, tight rhymes and personality to spare. Some of the beats sound like 9th Wonder's second-string, but the first string is going straight on the radio so I don't blame him. If this album had marketing behind it (or if Hip-Hop radio wasn't pay-for-play) there'd be at least two singles off it. But it's 2005 so you've got to hear it on my little MP3 blog.
Enjoy. Ok. Now the ranting.
(I'm wondering if maybe MP3 blogging really has jumped the shark. You see, elbo.ws is indexing over 500 MP3 blogs. Since they started indexing them on January 30th, there have been 419 posts about the Arcade Fire. 205 Posts about Kanye West! 183 Posts about M.I.A.
AND ZERO GODDAMN POSTS ABOUT THIS 9TH WONDER AND BUCKSHOT ALBUM THAT CAME OUT TWO GODDAMN MONTHS AGO.
Now, I'm not particularly trying to be that manic MP3-blogger-music-press-obsessive guy. I post music because I love it, and I enjoy sharing it with people. Sometimes I get excited when I hear a new release and post about it quickly, but I learned a long time ago that MP3 blogging really doesn't work as a competition. You end up with an echo chamber of people posting the same tracks by the same artists over and over again. Everyone's excited about the bands that everyone's excited about. Oh wow, thanks for filling me in on this hot new band, Franz Ferdinand. I had missed their song in the Playstation commercials a year after radio played it to death. Glad you posted it!
Meanwhile, Buckshot comes out with an album.
Sure, it's been over a decade since his classic Enta Da Stage was released. But that album was every bit the hard-knock street fantasy that Illmatic was, except Illmatic came out two years later. Enta Da Stage had beats from the Beatminerz, classic singles and Buckshot at the fore, painting vivid pictures of his daily life. Much like Nas, he floated around on the edges of the Hip-Hop mainstream for a few years. Unlike Nas, he never (ripped off Kurtis Blow) achieved the cross-over success.
Buckshot, this Hip-Hop icon.. teams up with 9th Wonder, producer to Jay-Z, Destiny's Child and a whole lot of other people besides.. and not one single MP3 blog posts anything about it in two months? You out there, Mr. MP3 blogger #232,963. I'm talking to you.
What the hell is wrong with you? Listen to some new music for a change, huh?
Even this guy (whom I personally dislike) posts about new music with some frequency. What's he got that you ain't got? Why do I have to post Hip-Hop tracks that the guys with pure Hip-Hop blogs should have posted two months ago? MP3 blogs suck.)
UPDATE: To the dipshit who keeps trackback spamming this post. If you had two fucking braincells to rub together, you would notice that all of your disgusting trackback spam gets FUCKING DELETED MOMENTS AFTER YOUR AUTOMATED BULLSHIT PROGRAM SUBMITS IT. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD GET THE FUCKING MESSAGE, YOUR SHIT ISN'T BEING INDEXED BY GOOGLE WHEN YOU DUMP IT HERE. GO FUCK WITH SOME BLOG WHERE THE OWNER IS TOO STUPID TO DEFEAT YOU. IDIOT.
Comments
every cool thing goes mainstream eventually. saying "mp3 blogs suck" is like saying "music magazines suck" just because rolling stone happens to suck. a stratfication in the scene was inevitable; now it's like broadcast tv versus hbo. you can still find good programming if you're willing to look. i do see where you're coming from, but the people who are attracted to the "top 40" blogs, for lack of a better description, are not my target audience anyway... although i post about "popular" acts as part of my regular mix. anyway, enough rambly rambly.
Posted by: Scotto | September 14, 2005 11:28 AM
What I just can't grasp is how so many people can say so much about so little. There's a million MP3 blogs and 75% of them seem to be posting the same exact content. I don't dispute that you can find good content out there, but criminey there's so much crap to wade through. I know, I know, Sturgeon's Law. Sigh.
=darwin
Posted by: Darwin | September 14, 2005 12:14 PM
imagine when arcade fire comes out with a new album :)
Posted by: brandon | September 15, 2005 08:22 PM
i like buckshot, but those two tracks blew and i was very disappointed. next time you rag on guys for missing an album make sure it's good.
ps no frontin ownz
Posted by: emperor | September 17, 2005 02:06 PM
seriously those tracks blow...I think its obvious why people didn't post it.
Posted by: giant | September 19, 2005 07:35 PM
Gee, thanks for your wonderful opinions. I liked the tracks, anyway. Even if we accept your premise that it's not any good.. are you suggesting that there's no MP3 blogs out there posting bad music?
My point is that there's very little breadth in Hip-Hop MP3 blogging if *no-one* is posting tracks from a vet like Buckshot with a up-and-comer like 9th. It stands.
Welcome to The Beef, guys.
=darwin
Posted by: Darwin | September 20, 2005 12:38 AM