No Jumper: Quarterly Rap-Up (Part 1)

First installment in our new quarterly rap-up special! Featuring writing from myself and HumbleGold, we wrote about our favorite 25 releases released thus far this year. This is numbers 25-15 of the series, the rest will drop in the coming days.

Squadda B (of Main Attrakionz) [INTERVIEW]

I didn’t write this, but this interview deserves some shine. Lil’ Panini, of Team Panini fame, recently chopped it up with Green Ova general, Squadda Bambino. Lots of quotables here, especially from Squadda, who is quickly becoming one of the most interesting rappers doing this shit. Make sure to check it out HERE!

4/20

It’s 4/20! I don’t smoke anymore, so this is of little value to my personal life. However, as an active listener of rap in 2011, where every holiday (official or not) brings about a plethora of new mixtapes, it’s only appropriate that 4/20 would bring a bunch of blunted projects from some of my favorite acts. Strangely enough, Soulja’s is an ode to lean and Main Attrakionz are essentially the human-embodiment of drank, but rest assured that the purple in their lives can be consumed through different routes than the digestive system.

 
Main Attrakionz - Blackberry Ku$h (Green Ova, 2011)

Curren$y - Covert Coup (JETS, 2011)

Soulja Boy - Juice (SODMG, 2011)

Team Panini - Shut Down

(Green Ova, 2011)

Where I’m from, being normal is an insult

The Green Ova DJ’s crew has gotten a lot of love and publicity lately, mainly for Main Attrakions and the solo work Squadda and Mondre have put out (as well as Shady Blaze’s work). It’s really great to see all the kids attached to the based movement getting shine, not because of their ties to the Based God, but because of the quality music they’re putting out that rides an entirely different wave. Now it’s only right that their own affiliates catch some of that shine.

Team Panini is a group from Belgium (NO! don’t you dare stop fucking reading) consisting of Lil Panini and Nag, who’re both swagged the fuck out and absolutely insane. Though I’ve never been a fan of accents, this shit is universal; both Panini and Nag go in over this stunning production, provided by a young producer named Cloos, and, ahem, shut shit down. Panini is especially sharp here, reminding me of a young Cage with slight (good) traces of nerdcore artist mc chris in his nasally tone.