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I've made some recent additions to the playlists on my Iphone to chill to while cruising the subways of Berlin. I've added the dopest ones to this blog and briefly commented on them too (since I know you appreciate this middle-class white boy's opinion and all). Let me know if you hate 'em or love 'em, either on FB or leave comments here. I'm always looking for new tracks to bump to (aren't we all) so if you have other suggestions or hot tips, please send em my way - with or without opinions and I'll post em up.

First tracks are Skip Hop, last few are newish US tracks and you can check out the songs from the links provided below:

Skip Hop

Raph Boogie - Boogie Bump


This track is freshhhhhhhhhh as and produced by one of our city's, finest Senor Danielsan. I've been bumping this track all week - the only problem is that it's kind of embarrasing to listen to in public because I keep nodding my head from side to side when listening to it. It's a really fun track with stupid-fly, clowning lyrics which compliment the bouncy, party beat perfectly. His album 'Le Bump' is out already, so go out, do the new dance and support the scene by buying his CD if you're so inclined!


Brad Strut - Believe



This is a really solid track from 'the kid with a bucktooth who used to go screaming out "fuck you" ', aka Brat Strut. I loved this song from the very first play and I was impressed at how tight his verses were. The flow is sick and the wordplay and rhymes are tighter than Scrooge at Christmas, although I wasn't the biggest fan of the chorus the first few plays. It's tough to get personal and emotional on any track called 'Believe' without soundling like R. 'I want to pee on you' Kelly. Yet Strut does this easily and is assisted immensely by the production tip from UK's Beat Butcha on the track and CD. In fact the production of the whole CD deserves a lot respect and it comes across tastier than Maccas after a massive night out. I have to say that I'm really stoked that Aus Hip Hop seems to be heading in this direction.

Check out this track from the now London based Melbournian, which you can find on his new album 'Fallout Shelter', which dropped in May. It comes with a bonus remix CD too with heaps of talented guest productions.


Thorts - Into the Wind


Signed to Obese records, Thorts has a smooth flow and hits the spot lyrically. Although his voice is quite soft and almost unsure of itself it is also chillaxed and matches the Blockhead type of beat, which he raps over. I would like to hear his flow on a different beat however, as I feel this one could hold the track on its own -basically it seems like there is too much noise overall to really appreciate the lyrics. If you like it, it will be worth checking out his album 'Bleeding Heart Muzik' which came out in April.


Bliss N Eso - Sea is Rising


Despite my love and support for the underground scene and this track being shoved down our throats on Music Channels, I love these boys and this track especially - my Ipod battery is always a lot worse off because of it. The lyrics in this song are exemplary and young cats should take note. Semantics, lyrics, flow and delivery are on point. The violins on the beat are hot and DJ Izm really works the ones and twos halfway through the track. This is from the album 'Flying Colours' so check the track and the album if you haven't heard em yet.


New tracks from the US of A.

Skyzoo - The beautiful decay.


Sky holds his own effortlessly on this 9th wonder proddy. Perfect for cruising to on a summer day with the top down. If only I had a sunroof. Or a car. Anyways, I'm really looking forward to his album “The Salvation" to drop in August, which features some amazing production from the likes of Just Blaze, Nottz, Illmind as well as 9th wonder. Siiiiiiiiik cuz!


Twista ft Kanye - Alright


"You put Kanye in here? What the fuck?", I can almost hear anyone reading this say. He spits some serious, non-auto-tune-bullshit fiiyah on the bonus track from Twista's new album ' Category F5'. Twista, anotherChi-town legend is, well...Twista...and holds his own like he always does with his lightning flows. 'Ye raps like he had something to prove and he definitely did! I wasn't feeling his 'future of rap/musik/kanye', with his 808s and heartbreak bullshit at all and I liked old skool Yeezy better. Anyway this track isn't too bad and hopefully not a one off joint with the style he chose. I really hope he does some more tracks like this for his next album.


Havoc - Always Have A Choice


Speak of the devil. Funnily enough this track is also very Kanye-esque!! The beat could've been on College Dropout and Havoc's flow on this even sounds like the best of Mr. West. This is a compliment however and is one of the best tracks I've heard from him in a while. As Havoc nostalgically points out: "I'm doing things I did 95 in a YouTube era". That's definitely a good thing in my opinion - bring it back to the old skool! If you're a Mobb Deep or Havoc fan in general, it's def worth checking out and can be found on his 'From Now On' mixtape and/or his album with the same name which will drop after Xmas this year.


Fabolous - Lullaby


This song has leaked from Fab's up and coming album 'Loso's Way', due for release 28th July. The track has a dope beat but the question remains, is Fab back to his best? I don't think so and I hope this isn't the best track on his album. His punch lines are on point as always, but I'm kind of sick of Faboloso's flow - it's too slow for this mo fo. Seriously I think he should've kept the old name and changed up the flow instead... tried something different! Or maybe he should stick to collabos so it doesn't get boring. And this is me saying this as a huge fan - Fab was def one of the dudes who made me love rap because of his wordplay. Having said that I do like the line "put a dick in ya ear and fuck what you heard". Classic.


Freeway Ft. Young Chris - All the Cities


Yeeeeeeeeea boiiiiiiie. What a mad jazzy track with good spits and flow from Freeway. Young Chris kills it on this track with a flow very reminiscent of Jay-Z back in the pre-Beyonce days. I can't work out why they didn't do tracks like this earlier- the love, talent and practice put into this banger shows and I think it's hot ishhhh. I'm not sure which album this leaked off yet, but I suspect a new Cash Money album - I will definitely update you when I figure it out!!

And now you know! Peace and love...
Ingers aka Jesta.