The jury was still out for me in regards to Iggy Azalea. I know she got the cosign from Tip, she is giving A$AP Rocky that becky, and she is already in a feud with Azealia Banks out of BK, but none of those things really meant she could spit. Then FKi dropped their mixtape a few weeks back and this joint was on it. Now it could be the smooth Diplo produced track, or my love for ’90s era Lil Kim, which you can tell was a huge influence on her flow, but yo, like the song says, I think she ready. Ol’ girl had me rewind her verse at least 10 times the first time I heard the song.
It’s nice to see a white girl who can actually do this rap shit well, white girl mob I’m looking at you, you could learn a thing or two.
Some facts about this video:
- It was shot in LA.
- The directors Alex/2Tone & What You Steal also have a clothing line SSENSE and if you watch the video on website links pop up on all the different outfits for people buy.
- SSENSE, Alex/2Tone & What You Steal are based out of LA. So support the hometown.
The video is pretty cool, if only for the interactivity, but it’s actually a good hip hop video. Also, I’ve been telling you guys for a while Diplo is hands down one of my favorite producers and when he works with Hip Hop acts, that shit is always gonna be fire. Now someone get him in the studio with the likes of Slaughterhouse, A$AP, Curren$y, Wayne and’em, & Nicki Minaj.
Reminiscing when the LA Raiders
Was in my home, snapback fitted on my uncle’s dome
And I don’t condone dickriding,I’m addicted to
Westsiding,living in a city where the skinny niggas die
And the semi bullets fly, but it turn me to a lion
Trying, and I mean that shit
As much as I love Game, The Red Album, and this song, yo Kendrick steals the show with the last verse. Rapid fire with the deliver, like bullets from the AK, with just as much power. TDE, Black Hippy, LA Muthafuckers!
Blu - Jesus
When it comes to the West Coast, no one really holds it down quite like Blu. Over some cut up samples from Mad Lib, Blu drops the video for Jesus off his latest EP. I suggest everyone rush out and cop it on iTunes. You can’t go wrong.
As far as videos are concerned, another video featuring the city I love. Although I feel film is a dead dying format, director Aaronisnotcool makes good use of feel film provides a project. I expect this song/video to be on heavy rotation.
Asher Roth - Dope Shit
Asher dropped a video for a cut off his mixtape Pabst & Jazz, a favorite of mine from last year. Aristotle was responsible for the visuals. You have appreciate the video for a song called Dope Shit filmed entirely in LA.
One more championship then we can start the ‘Is Kobe > Michael Jordan?’ debate and not worry about MJ stans dropping the 6 Championships card.
Gangsta Gibbs & Madlib
Can someone send this video to Dr Dre and tell him to get Freddie Gibbs, Kendrick Lamar and Slim Tha Mobster in the studio to write for Detox. Between those three plus Joell Ortiz & Crooked I from Slaughterhouse, he could bang out Detox in time for Coachella.
Freddie Gibbs honestly reps LA/West Coast gangsta culture better than most LA artists. Imagine if he was rapping during the Death Row days?
Kurupt is orignally from Philly, but he moved to LA and we adopted him as an LA/West Coast artist. He puts it down for LA, but never forgets to rep Philly. Since it’s the time for the rise of the new west, I put forth that we adopt Gangsta Gibbs. He is more West Coast than artists FROM California. This video is just another exhibit of why I feel Gangsta Gibbs should be considered one of LA’s own. Gibbs, TM:103, CTE. West Coast.
“Who are these people who got a problem with LA? Maybe they mad cuz they don’t live here.” - Ice Cube
Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames for Pacific Standard Time the birth of the LA art scene.
If Cube taught a class at UCLA/USC about the history of LA through his eyes, I’d be the first one to sign up for that class. This video is a good compromise.
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