You may remember RTD's outstanding project Offshore Drilliing , but if you don't here's a quick rundown from Khal himself: Two years ago, producer Kid Hum allowed me to throw some talented MCs over his Fossil Fuel album. The fruits of that labor became Offshore Drilliing , which not only netted scores of legal torrent downloads through FrostClick, but also received critical acclaim, and CMJ charting. In short, the results completely exceeded what I figured would happen (i.e., a dope [...]
Finally. It's been two years since Kid Hum and RTD dropped Offshore Drilling . Two years since guys like Cy Yung , Whygee , Sky 7th , junclassic and others joined forces with Main Course , Deal - The Villain , The Jake and a merry band of features (including the one like Nico The Beast ) aligned themselves as The KhemLab . Two years of starts and stops, and finally a powerful push over the last few [...]
Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic " Free John " (prod. by The Arsenals ): Who's John ? They talking about Starks , Studd or Stamos ? Legend or Lennon ? Anyways, The Arsenals drop a track reminiscent of something Rick Rawse would spit over. Artic and Rickie go straight stupid on this one, but really, there's nothing else to do over a riddim like this. What you gonna do, rap about art and saving the children over a track that's essentially made for fat asses to bounce to? Come [...]
Rickie Jacobs Ft. Artic - Free John (Prod. By The Arsenals) Okay, remember the " John " Lil Wayne and Rick Ross were rapping about? So he went to jail for Birdman not paying the 2 million he owed for betting on the Heat to win the NBA finals. He has a 7 year bid but Birdman is gonna take care of him like he did his son Weezy. Nothing about that was true or made sense, but Rickie Jacobs and Articualte are maniacs when it comes to [...]
Why yes, it's definitely been five years since I first started rockthedub (back when I still had a " blogspot.com " attached). It's been a wild journey - I went from needing a spot to let some of my unpublished interviews and reviews breathe, and turned into a destination for heads who want a different take on the normal shit you find on music blogs. As we always do around this time, I felt like I needed to drop a special compilation, and tried to assemble a load of previously -unreleased/exclusive material, so on this project you'll find [...]
Rickie Jacobs - Air Jacobs (BuckMarleyXXX.com/The Good Life Reviews) I first posted a song by Rickie Jacobs on this blog 3 and a half years ago and saw his potential right off the bat, so I'm kinda proud of the fact that he just released his debut full-length project and it's really dope and seems to be getting a lot of positive buzz online. He produces a lot of his own tracks and has some other good producers in his corner, doesn't really have the strongest voice or delivery but [...]
Rickie Jacobs ft. Wordsmith & Artic " Yes, Yes, Y'all " (prod. by Dirtwork Productions ): 3 of Bmore's finest align for the first single from Rickie's Air Jacobs , and it's a beast! Glad these cats finally got a banger to the public - I've been covering all 3 for a bit, and was secretly hoping something like this would happen. Damn, I've missed hearing Artic spit! Need more from him too! Via BuckMarleyXXX .
Rickie Jacobs f/ Wordsmith and Artic - "Yes Yes Yall" (mp3) Rickie Jacobs has been throwing a lot of music out there lately, and he finally just let loose the first single from his upcoming EP, Air Jacobs , and it has a nice lineup of guests.
Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic " Mission Accomplished ": I've been wondering where the homey Articulate's been - he's been cookin' up crack with Rickie Jacobs! Air Jacobs is on the way, and these two BMore beasts serve up some heat over Nas & Damian Marley 's "As We Enter" instrumental. Get your Friday on! Via BuckMarleyXXX .
Rickie Jacobs ft. Artic " Last Flight Ever ": Buck Mizzy just passed along this banger from Air Jacobs , featuring two cats that got a lot of burn on RTD over the last 12 months (pardon me and my year-end sentimentality). I'm not up on a lot of Bmore Hip-Hop, but these cats have a lot of sick shit brimming, and I can only imagine what 2010 is going to hold.
The9Elements.com recently released their first compilation Summer Selections featuring ScholarMan , Bekay , Ashy L. Bowz , and many more. Hit the jump to grab the tracklisting & download links. Peace to the good folks at Soganic Music for the heads up. Download The9Elements Presents The Summer Selections (Mixtape) Free Download Link (xxx) via SM: The9Elements Presents The Summer Selections (Mixtape)
Peep that new mixtape from Bmore's PenDragon , featuring the homey Articulate and a bunch of other ill spitters, as well as beats from the mighty Rickie Jacobs. Oddly enough, I've been revisiting Season 3 of The Wire , so this will be good background music for that... DOWNLOAD PenDragon Homerun King
Peep Articulate , this song is little bit of change up, pretty dope. This song is featured on MusicOnPlay.net's MusicOnPlay Vol. 1: The Bailout , hosted by Byrdgang's NOE and DJ Seiko. Download Here The Whole Tape Posted in Music
Articulate " I Know " (prod. by Rickie Jacobs ): Artic is one of the more consistent artists I have the pleasure of dealing with from time to time. Its as if I don't even have to worry - I know its going to be dope, whatever the track is. This cut is featured on MusicOnPlay.net 's MusicOnPlay Vol. 1: The Bailout mixtape , which is hosted by Byrdgang 's NOE and DJ Seiko . Grab this, then grab that.
Check out Baltimore's Sage Bravo, Supe, Rickie Jacobs, and Articulate going in over Clipse and Kanye West's "Kinda Like a Big Deal" instrumental. This joint is from Sage's hot new mixtape, "The Trial", which has more songs featuring Articulate, Rickie Jacobs, Supe, and the rest of Sage Bravo's BMD fam. Check it out below Audio Link: Sage Bravo - Kinda Like A Big Deal Freestyle (Feat. Supe, Rickie Jacobs & Articulate) Audio Link: Sage Bravo - Hottest In The Hood Freestyle (Feat. Grown Man, IJ, [...]
Articulate - #musicmonday (please RT) the mixtape Articulate's really been one of the growing number of MCs in Baltimore that's really using the internet well to get his music out there on a really frequent basis, so it's apt that he's the first rapper I've heard of to do a Twitter-themed mixtape (Soulja Boy did one, too, but Artic beat him to the punch by a couple weeks). Don't get me wrong, I hate Twitter and think it's the lamest web 2.0 trend ever, I'm just saying it's shrewd of him. I'm still [...]
I love Bmore music...it's what should be bumped up in here in Brick City, insted of Tim Dolla. I respect his swag, but shits not poppin. Anyway, we scooped this song, from our new homies at It's An Infinite Cycle… and that shit is poppin! D ownload Here [...]
Audio Link: Articulate - Still Fly Audio Link: Articulate - B-Town Audio Link: Articulate - Don't Go (prod. D-Tox) Read More For Biography ar·tic·u·late [adj., n. ahr-tik-yuh-lit] – using language easily and fluently; having facility with words Given the dictionary definition of the word, Articulate is just that. This Washginton, DC born, Baltimore, MD bred MC is a lyricist first [...]
Articulate "The Illest Out" [ dirty \ edit ]: Instead of just doing a regular freestyle over Jay-Z 's "D.O.A.", Artic flipped it into a Bmore Club slamma . It just sounds fresh off the rip - talk about a wake-up call for Monday morning! Articulate threw on that producer's cap, just to show you niggas that its not just him being ill with the pen. Trust!
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