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I watched this nigerian movie that reminded me about this sh*t. Man I love this song. Listen to the swag on the way they hit the "down low". A friend of mine who used to play guitar with "cannonhead" put me on to this during a tour many moons ago. And since it had already been like 30 years in between it's release and when I first heard it, it unsurprisingly still holds the f**k up.

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Saw everybody going crazy about this dude awhile back when he performed with chance the rapper on some late night show. He's rapping like a motherf**ker on this right here. Though it took two listens before I was with the hook, that second verse is some sh*t. Seems he also co-produced it, which is the fastest way for a rapper to get my respect.

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Buffalo represent. From everything I've seen buffalo seems to be a pretty bleak place, westside gunn is definitely not going to change any minds about that. His bio says that he's more designer than rapper but he sounds like a rapper to me. You guys remember when new york was the cultural hub of the world? When everyone was a lot meaner but also a little more honest because motherf**ker's were checking you and you had to stand by what you said? This sh*t reminds me of all that. I love this post-ghostface style of new york rap where you chop a sample and then don't do sh*t to it and throw some raps on top. If you also dig that, this is for you.

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I just realized that when I was talking about wavy rappers before, I had f**ked up and forgot about french. I think I've held resentment towards french because I used to do the same "unh" adlib way before him. Which is pretty ridiculous because we both stole it from missy anyway. As you can see there with the loopy cover, french just dropped a mixtape, and french tapes are always good for 3-4 f**king jams. Here's two. Here's Three. As usual he works best in a collaborative affair, which isn't an insult because a lot of the time he ends up the best part. To me french is secretly the king of new york. Well maybe more like the mayor of new york. I mean he even has diddy sounding dope! that hook part "on old man wildin" is the best diddy has ever sounded. Ever.

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Once again here I am discovering music from the end of a movie. You can make a good case that it's turning into my main source for finding new music. Despite all appearances this is probably my favorite type of sh*t, being from a long line of city dwelling musicians who for no good reason think they're f**king cowboys. I think it's the only way of holding onto one's edge while you know, searching the depths of your soul and other soft ass sh*t. It should be mentioned that dan auerbach produced this right here. If that doesn't mean anything to you, you're slipping.

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Truth is that montreal has had various moments in the sun. There was the era when we were the go to city if you wanted some pretentious indie rock music. There was also the montreal beatmaker boom from a couple years back, though that may still be happening, I couldn't tell you. Unfortunately though, ever since I stepped off the plane from north carolina like 15 years ago the rap scene has been stagnant and truthfully, generally untalented. It's definitely worth pointing out that I'm strictly talking about the english rap scene. I have no real gauge as to the quality of french rap because, well, I never listened to it. This is for several reasons but the two most important ones are,  A: I don't speak french and B: Their flows were terrible. Here we are in 2016 though and it looks like we're finally coming into our own. In fact we got a bunch of people who are actually doing some real good sh*t. I was inspired to do this mix/blend after I began seeing some montreal compilations popping up around the internet. The problem was that I wasn't seeing any of my sh*t on them. I don't want to go full kanye or anything but the idea of a montreal rap conversation without me involved is laughable. It should be noted however that I'm not laughing. Anyway, here it is, hope you dig that sh*t.

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I've been with this boogie sh*t since I first heard "bitter raps". He particularly kills this freestyle right here. This is how it's done. Where in the hell was this recorded though? The sonic quality is f**king crazy. Sounds like a solid steel bunker party. I saw an australian movie on netflix with a scene in a bomb shelter right under where a wild end-of-days party was going on. It wasn't a bad film. I'll let you know what it's called when I remember.