Eligh “Grey Crow” Album Review
Eligh’s “Grey Crow” is my type of hip-hop album. I’m a lyrics guy – hence the website Hip-Hop Linguistics – and this album offers intellectual, motivational and quotable lyrics from start to finish. So much, in fact, that Eligh created a YouTube collection where he explains the meaning behind each song on the album, which you can view here. Unfortunately, most hip-hop fans don’t take the time to listen to and interpret an emcee’s lyrical content, so this album is unlikely to become a commercial success. Regardless, Eligh’s “Grey Crow” is one of the most stand out albums of 2010 for me, and I highly recommend it to anyone who sees hip-hop as a form of conscious thought or poetic wordplay, as this record contains both. (more…)
Peace. I know it’s been a while since I posted anything, but I’ve been kinda hip-hopped out as of late. I feel like I spend so much time posting tracks, videos and free downloads for y’all that I don’t even get to listen to the music I love anymore, which is the reason HHL ever existed in the first place. Because of this, I’ve decided to change this site’s format – starting now.
I’m going back to old school – posting the hip-hop that I’m currently listening to, and featuring my favorite artist or artists of every week. The hip-hop that received the most rotations in my iPod in the past week is 7L & Esoteric, so that’s who I’m featuring this week. Click the links below to check out their music.
I started cracking up the minute I heard this, because I agree with pretty much everything Esoteric says on I Hate Flying. The song, which features a hilarious story about a bad airplane experience, stands out as one of the best tracks on 7L & Esoteric’s “1212.” 7L’s chorus samples lyrics from Jay-Z’s Ignorant Shit, a track from his “American Gangster” album, while Esoteric’s three verses manage to cover everything we all hate about flying. Click below to listen to 7L & Esoteric’s I Hate Flying:
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And proceed through the break to follow along with the lyrics. (more…)
7L & Esoteric “1212″ Album Review
I’ve been waiting for 7L & Esoteric to drop another album since they released “A New Dope” back in 2006 – which became one of my favorite albums of that year due to it’s innovative experimentation with a new brand of electro hip-hop. The duo’s latest effort, “1212″ shows them going back to a more strictly hip-hop sound, but is no less innovative or enjoyable an album. In fact, 7L & Esoteric’s “1212″ will easily make my top ten of 2010 list, and is the first hip-hop album I’ve really enjoyed in the past couple of months. (more…)
Big ups to BeatRoot for sending this one over. Fahrenheit is a track from Soul Khan’s (of Brown Bag All Stars) upcoming album “Soul Like Khan” – which will be available for FREE download in November. For now, you can download the track for FREE here.
I downloaded this mixtape over the weekend after coming across RoQ’y TyRaiD’s video for Woosah. I liked the video so much that I downloaded the entire mixtape – which impressed me when I got around to bumping it yesterday. I recommend checking it out. Click below to download RoQ’y TyRaiD’s “The Millennium Man” for FREE:
Never heard of this cat before, but somebody emailed me this song and I was feeling it. The Future is a track by Orlando-based emcee Self from his new mixtape “Fight or Flight” – which you can download for FREE here. Click below to listen to Self’s The Future:
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New video for one of my favorite underground emcees Phillip Morris. This is a double video for the songs Collateral Damage For The Corporation and Hell Yeah featuring Scarlet Monk. From Phillip’s new album “The Truth Campaign.”
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