I thought there was something familiar about "I Will Not Apologize" from the new The Roots album Rising Down. And then I had it: it reminded me of Camp Lo. These guest spots by Porn and Dice Raw have that staccato, machine-gun-in-slo-mo rhythmic approach that I love so much about Camp Lo's Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede. Camp Lo's Uptown Saturday Night is one of the few rap albums I've ever

Well it's about time I got going on this blog. Its my first post so go easy on me. First up we are about to go crazy with the Scatterblog thingy so keep tuned for constant posting by Paz, Scatters and myself. I'm going to start things off with some news about our new night "COKE ON A NIPPLE" in Melbs. It's the first in a bunch of "Scatterblog Presents" nights we will be hosting to try and push the good sh!t on you all. This time around its on the hip hop tip, but don't be mistaken, [...]

The Hood Internet Just Dropped A Cookie With "THE HOOD INTERNET vs TOBACCO & AESOP ROCK" Featuring Exclusives Off The Debute Album F***cked Up Friends By Tobacco (Black Moth Super Rainbows) Ft Original Work W/Aesop Rock & Some Choice Cuts From The Def Jux Catalogue Given The Tobacco Touch. Tracklist 1. Little Pink Getaway Car (feat. Cage, Breeze Brewin) 2. Hairy Candy at 11:35 (feat. Mr. Lif) 3. Coffee Hawker (feat. John Darnielle) 4. Dirt RMX (feat. Zaid Maxwell) 5. Lime Eaters (feat. Camp Lo) 6. Dark Pink Goo (feat. Rob Sonic) 7. We're Backwoods Famous [...]

Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) has a new album called Fucked Up Friends dropping on Anticon in two weeks. Aesop Rock is on the track "Dirt," so not only does he appear on the Hood remix of said track, we've also made this whole mini-mixtape (technically a compilation since the songs don't mix into each other) of Tobacco and Aesop with some other special guest appearances. Let's get it: Download via Sendspace [34.9MB zip of individual tracks] Download via Mediafire [34.9MB zip of individual [...]
Hopefully, I can make up for missing Guilty Simpson on Thursday night at the Blunt Club and make it to see Camp Lo on Oct. 2 at Club Red in Tempe. The Blunt Club guys keep bringin' it and this is one not to be overlooked. Camp Lo made what you might call a comeback last year with the excellent full-length In Black Hollywood . But if you're unfamiliar with the Bronx duo – now just called The Lo? – do yourself a major favor and check out 1997's Uptown [...]

From this post forward I'm gonna try to be a little more focused with the posts, but still throw in those bonus joints for good measure. This post is about Camp Lo... Camp Lo - "Coolie High (demo)" mp3 (zshare) Camp Lo - "Coolie High" mp3 (zshare) Camp Lo - "Black Connection" mp3 (zshare) Camp Lo - "Black Nostaljack (A.K.A. Come On)" mp3 (zshare) It's rainin' Alize [...]

Camp Lo: Luchini AKA This Is It [ purchase ] Who'd have thought that Horn Week would turn SMM into a hip hop blog? This is the third post in two days to cover a hip hop track. Though, considering we collectively don't seem to own anything released after 1997, I have a feeling the trend won't hold. Anyway, Camp Lo's Uptown Saturday Night is a (lost?) classic of the genre. Though the duo of Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede are still together, they never [...]

Before there was... ... there was... Like previous Beat Drop subject Isaac Hayes (and unlike all other Beat Drop subjects), Curtis Mayfield has not produced any hip hop records - at least not directly. However, he has produced, written, and performed (either with his heavenly voice or ability to play multiple instruments) many great songs that have been sampled by some of the best hip hop producers, some of whom we've highlighted in the past. [...]

Tomorrow in NYC featuring a performance by Camp Lo . This is Bodega approved!
Can I give a Soul Drop? I need to start doing this on the regular cause I always seem to be circling back to the funky business and throwing tracks around to people. Hip hop blog nothin... Anyway, I've been doing a lot of driving lately and the soul playlist gets a lot of love. [...]
Can I give a Soul Drop? I need to start doing this on the regular cause I always seem to be circling back to the funky business and throwing tracks around to people. Hip hop blog nothin... Anyway, I've been doing a lot of driving lately and the soul playlist gets a lot of love. [...]

photo c/o dtybywl . Some Camp Lo for y'all. Camp Lo - Sunkiss
Camp Lo - " Lumdi " New jew-elz from the über dope Toofly. All you dudes who screwed up on that hallmark holiday can start making up for it here . Also, we got some Toofly goods in the astreet store . Get it while the gettins to be got, yagetme? img/format
Thanks to Donewaiting for alerting us to that fact that the official SXSW website now comes fully equipped with bios and mp3s of many of the showcasing artists . This is generally a great way to discover new bands and to assist in planning your SXSW itinerary, and this year is no different. Here are a few of the highlights -- in alphabetical order -- after a cursory glance over the list: mp3: Black Moth Super Rainbow Sun Lips Bodies of [...]

Bonk's Adventure: Sonic the Hedgehog for the thinking man. If you do not read all 12 trillion words of this over-long Top 50 list, Bonk will smack you upside the head with his club. 25. Wu-Tang Clan- 8 Diagrams [ SRC/Loud] 8 Diagrams is east coast hardcore rap that doesn't sound like it was made on the east coast. It [...]
Before 50 Cent vs. Kanye West, Donald Trump vs. that Chubby Lady, and even before your fave blog versus-3.blogspot.com, there was the 16-Bit console beef between Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.. . Actually, I bet Super Nintendo owners don't even remember the battle. Probably too busy playing Street Fighter for like two years before us. I was a staunch supporter of the Genesis and to this day only like sports games, poorly translated japanese games, and games with blood in them.. Sega what what.. This is for the Sega heads out there.. . sounds a bit like [...]

Credit: Oh Word . By the time you're reading this I am either en route to or in New York. It's my first trip there in about more than 10 years. We're going for a wedding, but (shameless plug) I'll also be turning 30 on Friday. We may even take in a Yankees game on Wednesday night. In my absence, Jeff from Passion of the Weiss will drop by in his little free time to post. We're also bringing the laptop, so it's possibly I'll bore you from [...]

philly concerts this week... [clyfford still]|[1949] [ thurs|8-30-2007|the trocadero ] camp lo - bed rock [ download . ]///[ artist page ] hezekiah - put your toys away [ download . ]///[ artist page ] "underground hip hop duo, Camp Lo, visits philly and picks up one of my favorite philly artists, Hezekiah. should be a hell of a show." [ fri|8-31-2007|johnny brenda's ] vhs or beta - night on fire [ [...]