Mobb Deep (feat. Nas & Raekwon) - Eye For An Eye (Your Beef Is Mines) (Loud, 1995)
There was a time in my life where this song was all I’d listen to for days on end. Still one of my favorite beats of all time, as well as one of my favorite Nas verses. “shoot at the clouds, feels like the Holy Beast is watchin’ us”
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Raekwon - Butter Knives (Ice H20/EMI, 2010)
This Bronze Nazareth produced track sounds like it could fit on the original OB4CL without anyone batting an eyelash; it’s really that reminscient of RZA in his prime, although the bassline is more in similar in tone to DOOM. Although OB4CL2 was a majestic triumph for the Wu, it still felt like a modern-update of its predecessor more than a true sequel. Rae is on his supreme-runner shit here; as violent as gritty as any other rapper alive, more animated than any 40 year old rhyme slinger should be allowed to sound. Now that Ghost is slowly falling into his comfort zone and letting it consume him, Rae is the most relevant member of the Wu - hopefully he can keep that Iron Flag waving on Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang.
So, I get really bored sometimes, and need to fill my mind with useless, trivial bullshit so it can interfere with the far more serious, yet far less uplifting thoughts that should be genuinely occupying it at that point in time. Usually, that vast amount of garbage I know is the music that’s helped shape me into the person (both sonically and personally, for better and worse) I am today. There really isn’t much that ties a lot of this together, other than the fact it’s had such a significant impact on my conscience. If you care to read forward (ie. my opinion intrigues you, and your life is as equally dull and unimpressive as mine), hit the jump for some of the weirdest albums to ever be tossed into a singular group.
None of this is in order, and I only applied one rule, which is artists are allowed two albums (maximum) on here. There’s something for everyone!
Kanye West (feat. Mos Def, Swizz Beats, Raekwon & Charlie Wilson) - Lord Lord Lord (Def Jam, 2010)
Mr. West recruits old friend Mos Def, as well as new friends Raekwon and Swizz Beats (along with G.O.O.D. Friday’s resident hook maker, Charlie Wilson) to release this banger that easily makes up for last week’s lack-luster posse cut, the eponymous G.O.O.D. Friday. Despite the fact that this is another Kanye-track that exceeds the 6 minute mark (and really doesn’t need to, hearing Charle Wilson croon those extra fourty or so Lord’s isn’t neccessary), this song ranks alongside Monster and the Power (remix) as the highlights of Kanye’s series so far. Mos Def is actually rapping instead of adlibbing (shame you couldn’t get that on your album, Curren$y), Kanye provides a smooth sixteen, and The Chef closes out the song, making me forgetting the Runaway Love (remix) ever happened. The production reminds me eerily of G. Dep’s Head Over Wheels, but that may just be because I used to play that song for hours on end on a burnt CD that included a bunch of New York rarities that I don’t listen to anymore for some reason. Blaze’, blaze’, blah..
Even if Dark Twisted Fantasy doesn’t drop until 2011, Kanye’s going to release a whole album worth of material between now and Christmas, and I can’t have anything but respect for one of the most popular rappers alive doing that when he could easily be spending his time fucking white models and going to museums and having dinner with Beyonce and Jay-Z instead, although i’m aware he still does that, just less frequently.
Jodeci (feat. Raekwon & Ghostface Killah) - Freek’n You (remix) (Uptown, 1995)
forget that track with the high-cheek boned one, here’s one of mine (and Kanye West’s) favorite R&B remixes, which unfortunately inspired the song that would come 15 years later.
WHY IN GOD’S (AND NOT THAT GOD) NAME DOES THIS EXIST?
I wanted a Rae and Ye collaboration for a long time - I was dissapointed there wasn’t one on OB4CL2. Kanye is the spiritual successor of what RZA was doing so long ago, only he continues to progress to this day whereas RZA decided to do movie scores because it was far more lucrative and his production style was getting far too familiar. A whole album with verses from Rae, Tudda, and Ghost would make me feel like I had died and gone to heaven - a single song from the former two would’ve been like my own little slice. And Kanye pays homage - he samples Wu-Tang Clain Ain’t Nuthin’ Ta F Wit. Things started off well, Rae was inspired, the beat wasn’t too retooled, and it seemed like this would go into some great territory. Then that little fucking chipmunk starts singing.
Fuck Justin Bieber; he represents that which is wrong with America.
Ghostface Killah (feat. Raekwon) - Motherless Child (Sony, 1996)
Top 5, Dead Or Alive (no Jadakiss) [pt. 2]
Ghostface Killah (feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna) - Camay (Sony, 1996)
Top Five, Dead Or Alive (no Jadakiss)
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