I've been listening to Lee Morgan recently via Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Lee Morgan's Search For a New Land is one of my favorite albums. I need to know which of his albums are worthwhile and which ones are simply Sidewinder derivatives. Besides the one mentioned do you have any recommenda...

Recently I've been on a Pepper Adams kick and I've been listening to one album in particular called the Adams Effect. I think it was Pepper's final album before his death. This song isn't anything spectacular but I love the way baritone and tenor saxes sound next to each other. Its Tommy Flanagan on...

Jazz can be a tough genre. There are heralded albums that I am now just beginning to understand. Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch used to sound like noise but now whenever I listen to it I am struck by Bobby Hutcherson's ability to complement Dolphy's dissonance. That said I still find a lot of the looser...

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I hadn't been keeping up with dancehall for a while. Probably the last Kartel song that I really enjoyed was a dis song against Movado. "Me bring him to Gaza show him all kind of machine and strap/he take me to the gully side show me barbershop." Not too long ago I decided to get back into dancehall...

I'll be sure to check this out. Also I want to say that I've always felt if these two had the right focus and beats they could have easily been mentioned in the same breath as other Southern greats.

Am I the only one who is constantly amazed by Fat Joe's career. The man was never one of the premier emcees in DITC but despite his lack of talent he went on to have a successful career. I thought his run was up after the death of Pun but Joe just kept going. You may deride some of the more "commerc...

Props to Phila for including the Holy Trinity of southern rap duos. In regards to the development of southern music I think it is a confluence of UGK, 8&G, and Kast. Its hard to look at one of the duos influence without mentioning the other two. All three were influencing southern rap in the same ti...

I'm kinda late to all Bay Area music. I went out and bought Jacka's Tear Gas and wasn't too impressed at first but the album grew on me. J Stalin's appearance on the album made me go out and check his music and I was pleasantly surprised. What I really like about his music are the beats which almost...

Can someone put up a mix of all UGK's classic non-album tracks such as 'Top Notch Hoes', 'Bump and Grill', 'Like Yesterday', 'Too Real', etc. Songs that have that trademark UGK sound of guitars and organs.

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How could everyone forget the "travelin' like a javelin" lines that used to be so popular?

It's so easy to die but it's hard to make a dollar. - M.F. Grimm

I wanted friends to see me at my best
But I lost a lot of friends to violent crimes in the process -M.F. Grimm

I'm a fan of the show but I missed several of the last episodes from last season and I want to know what's the Don Draper/Dick Whitman connection that has been brought up this season? I know Don is an impostor to some degree but I don't know the details.

El-P: I was a fan of Funcrusher Plus, Cannibal Ox, and some parts of Fantastic Damage. Haven't really listened to him since '02, but I respect his grind. Bun B: A very talented lyricist who sabotages himself by rapping over beats that don't stick to the Pimp C/N.O. Joe aesthetic. Laid back beats wit...

Is it just me or does his flow have a clearly recognizable Trick Daddy influence?

OJ Da Juiceman

Bo Diddley-Untitled Instrumental http://www.zshare.net/download/1299585050a50b24/ Bo Diddley-Elephant Man http://www.zshare.net/download/129958553b137f79/ Everyone knows Bo for the Bo Diddley Beat but this man was versatile. Surf music Bo could do it. Blues not a problem for Bo. When the seventies c...

Not to turn this into a Pimp C vs. Bun B thread but Bun while being lyrically superior to Pimp is not nearly as artistic as Pimp was. Bun's solo shit is nowhere near coming close to matching Pimp C's solo career. I'd rather hear Pimp C spitting his ignorant shit over some southern funk any day rathe...

Somewhere in California Kurupt, Daz, Dr. Dre and several others are cheering and wishing it was them that threw the punch.

Am I the only one who would rather listen to the solo albums from Willie D, Bushwick, Face, and Big Mike rather than the Geto Boys albums?

Thanks for posting this song listening to this song makes me miss the way T.I. used to sound. Its good someone else on this site besides Blastmaster and few others recognize how good Field Mob always has been. Those two guys are some of the most talented rappers out of the South but their name never...

I used to go digging' a lot up until about three years ago for some reason I stopped, but recently Iג€™ve been getting the urge to start digging again. After I get over some legal hurdles and bills I'm gonna start again. I'm gonna go buy some dust masks and some latex gloves and hit up all the shitt...

I heard of this cat's name but it wasn't until I decided to YouTube his name that I heard his music. I'm not even gonna try to describe how phenomenal this is just watch the clip.

Magic Sam-All Your Love & Magic Sam's Boogie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoXI1zZbGIc

I going to have to get that Black Monks album. 3-2 is a really solid rapper when he's at the top of his game. The 'Wicked Buddah Baby' album was alright but I had built the album up in my head so when I finally heard it I was underwhelmed. The intro to that album was beautiful but for some fuckin' r...

Go ahead and get this shit started I've been waiting for a good thread that covered Texas in depth. Do you remember that Agerman thread that turned into a thread dedicated to Bay music? A thread with that type of depth is really needed for Texas.

Cheese is funny as hell. Here's my favorite quote from him.

"Y'all some Semper Fi mothafuckas. Where Cheese go to enlist?"

Koko Taylor-What It Takes http://www.zshare.net/download/7161712981ef8d/ With 18 tracks spanning 1964-1971, this compilation receives the nod over the shorter Koko Taylor (eight cuts double off anyway). Opening with her nails-tough "I Got What It Takes," the disc boasts "Wang Dang Doodle," several s...

Stevie Wonder-Hey Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjIIY41w6yI