Rye Rye + HOTTUB

Now I am not a particular fan of this kind of music, or at least I never was. But, times have changed,

and even music blogs need some diversity. I'm not exactly sure what type of genre this music fits into

but I would describe it as something like electro, funk, club hop. Rye Rye is from Baltimore, and her quick raps

that go hand in hand with an extremely fast beat, (I'm talking about Light speed BPM's) give off an energy that is

unmatched by any Hip Hop song. At this blog, we like chill hip hop, but as the other contributer, I've got to

show people what else is out there. I saw this live, and it was fucking crazy. Here are some pictures from the show.

The first group is RYERYE a single female emcee from Baltimore, and the latter is HOTTUB from Oakland.

I could'nt find a HOTTUB song to embed, so here is their myspace.

VA - Mellow Beats, Rhymes & Visions (2008)

Tracklist:
01. Caural / In Tandem
02. Kero One / Keep It Alive!
03. Presto Feat. 3rd Lhind / Searching
04. Funky DL / Don’t Even Try It
05. Emanon / More Than You Know
06. Cyne / Growing
07. Sound Providers Feat. Little Brother / Braggin And Boastin
08. Rashaan Ahmad & Kero One / Here We Go
09. Aloe Blacc & King Most / With My Friends
10. Pete Philly & Perquisite Feat. Senna / Mellow
11. J. Rawls / A Tribute To Bobby
12. Think Twice / Time’s Passin Me By
13. Skiggy Rapz / Sail Away
14. Cosiner & Capital / Introducing The Haunt
15. Specifics / My Tunes
16. The One / Tribute To Weldon Irvine
17. Flytronic Feat. Cecilia Stalin / I Will
18. J.R. of Momentan Feat. The Saint / Fur Euch (Danke)
19. Perquisite / Reminisce
20. Panacea / Limitless Pages


Who can resist an album with a cat on the cover?! Anyway, I had to post this one because its such a beautifully done compilation of great songs and great artists. Not a mixtape mind you, but just a great selection of music all put together. I highly recommend this one as it really is a beautifully put together selection of music. Don't sleep on it!!

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DJ Ryow AKA Smooth Current - Maintain The Focus (2009)

Tracklist:
01. The Beginning… (Intro)
02. Disbelievers Clear The Way feat. Insight
03. The Dream Chaser feat. Substantial
04. Re: Strain of Stairs
05. Ain’t Even Like Me feat. Kim Hill
06. Sweet Madness
07. Don’t, Won’t, Can’t Stop feat. Othello
08. In The Twilight
09. Designed Like This feat. Insight, Dagha & Moe as Electric
10. S.M.O.O.T.H. C.U.R.R.E.N.T. feat. Lushlife
11. Blue Time feat. Nikko
12. Heathaze
13. That’s It feat. Profile
14. Afterglow (Outro)

Very nice album by a well-respected DJ in my book. He worked with the Shinsight trio and with the Levitatorz (shows in the tracklist doesn't it!?) as the beat man, and this was his first own release as far as I know. I know he's done a lot of mixtapes as well long before this (including some really good ones with hydeout productions) but this was a very solid album with all new music. Just like his name predicts, the music is smooth, jazzy, and doesn't disappoint in my opinion. Check it out and props out to the original ULer!

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