Short hiatus... got caught up in some hood shit. Now I'm yuppified. Shit changes.
Let's get back to some underground shit...
If anyone here buys obscure hip hop (known on the internet as "random rap") they'd be familiar with the output of Trenton, NJ. There are tons of indie records from 1988-1995 than came out of NJ's state capital, and in many ways that time in Jersey hip hop closely resembles the 1990-1995 era of indie rap music that came out of New Orleans (which is currently blowing up on the used CD markets).
Trenton as a whole as fallen off. The crime-rate has risen dramatically and the quality of life there has deteriorated exponentially. If it wasn't for the afluent suburbs around Trenton than insulate it, I'd say parts of the city are worse than Camden. I know, I've bought guns in both places.
Recently I've been put on to a Trenton artist named Kilogram. I was buying records in Philly and picked up a 12' by him called "B-eeze/I'm Walkin'." The A-side features Peddi Crakk and the B-Side features Journalist.
The 12' is sick to say the least. Beat pick-up I've had in a long time.
Two days ago I was rummaging through the crates of the Philadelphia Records Exchange and I came across another Kilogram 12', this time a test pressing called "Gossip/Get Your Money Up/Jersey." I don't feel the production as much on this joint as I do on the first 12', but lyrically Kilogram shuts shit down. This guy can rap his fucking ass off.
Here is some audio:
B-ezee ft. Peddi
Get Your Money Up
And here is the video for B-eeze ft. Peddi Krakk:
YouTube Link
It's nice to see that someone is trying to bring Trenton back to it's former glory. There was a time when the city was the movie-making capital of the world, now walking it's streets at night is closer akin to cheap horror flicks. For this reason, and many others I'm, Kilogram is keeping it positive. As Kilogram so aptly put it in an interview with hiphopgame.com:
"I feel like I can change the game because I'm bringing that reality back. You're not going to hear "my gun will do this." It's not all about selling drugs. You've got to be ready for the flip-side of that. If you sell drugs, you can go to jail and get killed. These rappers just glorify the beginning of selling drugs, the cars and the women. They don't tell you about when the cops come, you're going to be doing 40 years. We need to be pushing education onto our youth. Get out the hood. There are bigger things going on in the world than the hood. That's what I plan
to bring back to Hip Hop."
Let's get back to some underground shit...
If anyone here buys obscure hip hop (known on the internet as "random rap") they'd be familiar with the output of Trenton, NJ. There are tons of indie records from 1988-1995 than came out of NJ's state capital, and in many ways that time in Jersey hip hop closely resembles the 1990-1995 era of indie rap music that came out of New Orleans (which is currently blowing up on the used CD markets).
Trenton as a whole as fallen off. The crime-rate has risen dramatically and the quality of life there has deteriorated exponentially. If it wasn't for the afluent suburbs around Trenton than insulate it, I'd say parts of the city are worse than Camden. I know, I've bought guns in both places.
Recently I've been put on to a Trenton artist named Kilogram. I was buying records in Philly and picked up a 12' by him called "B-eeze/I'm Walkin'." The A-side features Peddi Crakk and the B-Side features Journalist.
The 12' is sick to say the least. Beat pick-up I've had in a long time.
Two days ago I was rummaging through the crates of the Philadelphia Records Exchange and I came across another Kilogram 12', this time a test pressing called "Gossip/Get Your Money Up/Jersey." I don't feel the production as much on this joint as I do on the first 12', but lyrically Kilogram shuts shit down. This guy can rap his fucking ass off.
Here is some audio:
B-ezee ft. Peddi
Get Your Money Up
And here is the video for B-eeze ft. Peddi Krakk:
YouTube Link
It's nice to see that someone is trying to bring Trenton back to it's former glory. There was a time when the city was the movie-making capital of the world, now walking it's streets at night is closer akin to cheap horror flicks. For this reason, and many others I'm, Kilogram is keeping it positive. As Kilogram so aptly put it in an interview with hiphopgame.com:
"I feel like I can change the game because I'm bringing that reality back. You're not going to hear "my gun will do this." It's not all about selling drugs. You've got to be ready for the flip-side of that. If you sell drugs, you can go to jail and get killed. These rappers just glorify the beginning of selling drugs, the cars and the women. They don't tell you about when the cops come, you're going to be doing 40 years. We need to be pushing education onto our youth. Get out the hood. There are bigger things going on in the world than the hood. That's what I plan
to bring back to Hip Hop."
posted by Mustafa Goodprose at 11:11 AM
2 Comments:
frigging "this video has been removed by user"
do you know where i can get my hands on anythin by kilogram? i cant find shit
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