I have finally stepped up and have given this site a much needed redesign. It’s lo-fi as fuck and far from ideal, but I have been fighting against it for several months now. Let me know if you see any glaring errors as I will probably continue to toy with the Frankenstein code in the coming weeks. So if you think it’s ugly now then it’s only gonna get uglier. (Yeah but bet my words are cute.) I do not care. The purpose of this site is to sit here and provide content.
The one major change to that content is that the latest updates to the annex site, Tumblin Erb, are now fully accessible on the sidebar. This will function as a multimedia version of the old Shared Items sidebar. If you haven’t looked at that site yet, I’m over there trying to fast blog with taste. Basically it is an off the cuff take on whatever rap crosses my brain on a daily basis. The main site will remain as a slow blog, home to longer think pieces, musical retrospectives and (hopefully) more interviews and features. Either way if you need the newest Rick Ross leak check elsewhere. Unless, of course, the newest Rick Ross leak is particularly notable, interesting or outstanding.
A couple other minor changes to the site: Read more…
Apart from Busta’s monstrous verse, Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win (Remix)” is a as useless as the original mix. It’s still unclear who actually listens to these never ending hobbled together posse cuts or how there piling all these star rappers onto a minor hit and showcase for a fat DJ is at all profitable. But points go to Rick <ahem> Row-Zay for name dropping the “my Honeycomb Hideout is made of all glass” line.
If you weren’t alive in the 80s (insert requisite Ross-is-old joke) was a reference to the old Honeycomb cereal commercials above. The Honeycomb Hideout was a go-to rap reference at one point, probably because it rolls off the tongue and suggests some sort of top secret hangout where crimes can be committed (insert requisite Ross-was-a-CO joke) and honeys can be seduced (insert requisite Ross-is-a-virgin-probably joke). It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anybody rap about Honeycomb Hideouts and this is okay because it really isn’t a very good cereal. But hit the jump anyway to check a for no reason, biting ass Ego Trip style list of five classic and not-classic Honeycomb Hideout rapp lines. Read more…
For those who have yet to hear, avant rap and graffiti legend Rammellzee passed away on Tuesday. Details still are hazy at best but it appears to be a sad truth. Ramell always maintained that the word was a form of mathematics and there’s no series of equations that could properly do his life justice. I tried at the Village Voice but don’t think I came close to doing him justice. He was a legend in two games and probably the single most unique human I’ve ever been blessed to have an awkward phone conversation with. As such I’m bumping the said conversation below.
To me the most fascinating part of this interview was not the mythological Rammellisms – the tale of crumbling up Basquiat’s lyrics, the live-performance-as-bank-heist theory, the dentistry aspirations – but rather when he began to crack jokes about his wife getting on his case. It was like he briefly became Al Bundy, a victim of domesticity. That’s was what seemed incredible about interacting with Ramm – for someone who was always wearing masks and worshipping mechanics there was also a vast amount of humanity right there on the surface. Or maybe he was just a robot trying his best to seem human. One other funny interaction that didn’t make the final edit but I think was sort of indicative of where Ramm’s head was at: halfway through the conversation he told me he only agreed to do the interview because he thought it was going to be with Nas, the rapper. This is odd because I set it up via email, so the pronunciation similarities should have been overshadowed by the spelling difference. I suspect this was another instance of his deep deadpan humor but I can’t be entirely sure.
Hit the jump to read the Q&A, which first ran here on 4/24/08 and then check the Tumblr where a full scale Rammellzee tribute has been going down. Read more…
Well, it’s late (a recurring theme lately) and sadly, also the last Trill Connection post I’ll be doing here at the Blunts. There’s no reason to go into why, and I’ll still be doing my thing at my spot so it’s all good. I just want to thank Noz for giving me the opportunity to do this little column and introduce myself and what I do to a whole new audience. Thanks homie. Read more…
Iss been a good run yall but iss time for de Ro Of The Weeks to end. This shit was alwayz about getting Ro’s name out there and 40- some columns later I thank I achieved dat goal ya heard. Cocaine Blunt$ wuz and still iz de most credible Hip-Hop blog on de net and i like ta thank dat de same herbs who fiend on Nah Right and occasionaly come ova here now know whut it iz when some1 sez Z-Ro De Crooked. shoutouts ta Noz for dis outlet, and aywun who fucks wit me. I love my haters too matta fact i smoke a blunt for em daily. Read more…
