I Should Tell Ya Momma On Ya (Part II)

Remember this guy? He appeared about 6 months ago in a raw Youtube video outside of a motel in LA, performing an original beatboxing masterpiece for a bunch of kids, one of whom had a camera and caught it. He was apparently looking for Dr Dre or Warren G, and mentioned he was homeless.

Even though the video caught a lot of attention, it was easily assumed that was the last we were going to hear from him.


Well, leave it to the geniuses at Stones Throw to search the streets for this cat, find him, and get his single on iTunes. They got the original version (worth the purchase alone), as well as two remixes from Chops and Dam Funk. He's still homeless, so I'm not giving you this one. Purchase it on iTunes, like I actually did, here:

RED - I SHOULD TELL YA MOMMA ON YOU (iTunes)

The Thornton Brothers

Complete fire. These synths are from Mars.

THE CLIPSE - WARNING

We @ The Waffle House

It's great when unknown MCs get really hungry...you never know what lengths they might go to. They might just pack their old Accord, head to Waffle House, and instead of going right in for the Monday special, they opt to rip up the parking lot just to show your internet-addicted ass just truly hungry they really are.

RAASHAN AHMAD - STAY

Yo I got a crazy idea for how to do legos this summer...

Da Mystery of Chessboxin' video gets the full remake with legos. I'm not sure who keeps making these things but they are pretty genius...peep the video below for the shot-by-shot comparison between the original and the lego version.

Just like Ol Dirty said "Wu Tang is for the children."

Remix Contest: Heart & Soul of NYC

Red does his thing on this one, but couldn't Pete have dialed up Nas to make this a gold classic? Imagine God's Son spitting that mellow flow inbetween the "heart & soul of New York City" sample...modern Illmatic.

I'm looking for one good producer to find this instrumental, a good BPM Nas acapella, and mixitup (© Mick Boogie). I know the instrumental exists because Young Buck used this beat in addition to Red Cafe, so it's out there. The winner will receive a direct link to your website from TFC, a "Producer's Spotlight" post, and some possible shine.

RED CAFE - HEART & SOUL OF NYC (PROD PETE ROCK)


Edit: My man E-Torn hit me up with his remix with Nasir. He didn't find the beat (I couldn't either) but mixed it off just the first few bars with some turntable additions. Check it at They Control Us.

Nina Simone x Cool Calm Pete

...goes together better than peas x carrots, Ghost x Rae, blunts x 40s, Kanye x fishsticks. You get the picture. Snatch this one, it's the track of the month hands down.

Nowadays it's just search engines looking for dreams...
no time for the heart.
– Cool Calm Peteyatrics

COOL CALM PETE FT NINA SIMONE - HEART

Fo' Shawn

A ridiculous 90s-sounding snap beat from Blu's producer Exile. Smart storytelling from a new clear and present danger young gun out of Fresno. References to Wu-Tang classics. What is not to completely love about this track?

FASHAWN - LIFE AS A SHORTY (PROD BY EXILE)

Sad Clown Back For a Bad Summer

Slug is the kind of MC you would think would wither and die as he gets older. He's been around the game long over a decade, has a daughter and wife, and lately has been sporting a greased-up mullet. The drugs, alcohol, and flocking depressed women just don't provide the lyrical fodder they used to.

So it's only natural to expect Atmosphere to have already become irrelevant. But, strangely, they aren't at all. Each song off their new EP Leak At Will (that curiously isn't leakable because you have to sign up for a mailing list to get it), has the usual unique ANT beats and descriptive Sluggo attack that made us love Lucy Ford originally. Golf clap for you, old man.

ATMOSPHERE - THE ROPES

ATMOSPHERE - THEY ALWAYS KNOW