Young H Radio Week 45 Episode 2

Musical Selections:
8thW1 - Sound Quality Control
Chrisette Michelle - Epiphany
LL Cool J - Farmers Blvd
The Pharcyde - Somethin That Means Somethin
P Casso feat. Von Pea and Homeboy Sandman - Best In Show
Raekwon feat. Ghostface - Criminology 2
M.O.P. - Background Niggaz
U-N-I - Beautiful Day Remix
Black Moon - Ack Like U Want It
Trek Life & Oddisee - Get High
Random feat. Naledge - Exhale (Anything Pt. 2)
P Brothers - Blam Blam For Nottingham
Zo and Asylum 7 feat Ab - Crushing
School Of Beats - Got Something To Say
Ryan Leslie - Gibberish

Windimoto - Sinister Beauty

I typically dont ride for electronic/house music but my comrades Disco DJ and Scorpion have done well here.

Listen to the album and proceed to purchase it this Valentines Day if you're into it.

Young H Radio Week 44 Episode 2

Musical Selections:
8thW1 - Life
Mighty Joseph feat. Genesis - Out The Gate
Nice & Smooth - How To Flow
Snoop Dogg - Think About It
Juvenile feat. Turk - Welcome 2 The Nolia
Carl Anderson - Buttercup
Royce Da 5'9 feat. Rell - The Dream
Janet Jackson - Nasty
Devin The Dude - She Useta Be
Miki Howard - Love Under New Management
Jay-Z feat. Sauce Money - Face Off
Young Jeezy - What You Talkin' Bout
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Outkast - Crumblin Erb
Von Pea - All Night Reprise

Topic Of Discussion: Mental slavery that exists to this day.

Homeboy Sandman - There Is No Spoon Mixtape

I enjoyed this a lot more than Actual Factual Pterodactyl, which I also dug.

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E.A.R.T.H. - Grassroots

This crew is from Cali with a universally progressive sound that draws from influences here, there and everywhere.

Here is their myspace and you can check out the album here.

Nobody - What Album?

One of the great mysteries of the Hip-Hop world from the past few years.
Who is Nobody? Who produced this album? Everyone has a backstory to sell you, this is just Nobody.

What Album?

Homeboy Sandman - Actual Factual Pterodactyl - @@@@

All manners of culture thrive off of creativity and the participants’ will to expand on prior accomplishments, thus Hip-Hop’s ongoing struggle to remain fresh and groundbreaking. With pushing the envelope comes the inherent conundrum tied to experimentation, whether an artist’s experimentation will be lauded for its ingenuity or dismissed for going too far against the grain. The burgeoning AOK Collective’s Homeboy Sandman finds himself in this very position, with a loud buzz throughout the underground and tastemakers upholding him as a crucial stalwart set to rise to greatness. With his sophomore release Actual Factual Pterodactyl, he has his sights set on claiming a spot amongst today’s up and coming elite.

To call Homeboy Sandman unique would be an understatement as there’s no box he neatly fits in. His biggest draw on the mic is amazing breath control, though he’s an acquired taste of sorts with a robotic voice employing a most unorthodox of styles flipping all manners of flow and harmony with his rapping. Topically he also can’t be contained to one lane, managing to come playful with “Food Glorious Food”, and painting a vivid picture of ghetto life with “City Darker (Monstrocity)” alongside the monstrous battle raps that are expected from any subterranean sensation. The album’s music toys with everything from Spanish jazz on the creative “Mambo Tail Tale” to alternative rock on “Wise Up” and even heavy metal on “God Fire Breathe” as he seamlessly takes ownership of any palette he’s provided.

With Actual Factual Pterodactyl, Homeboy Sandman manages to destroy every obstacle in his path using an array of vocal tempos as his weapon of choice. His left field risks and the versatility shown in the efforts he takes to expand boundaries will surely appeal to those who miss the days of vintage Def Jux releases. The albums dull moments are few and far in between as Homeboy Sandman’s presence is interesting to say the least, albeit confusing at points being that you never know the next trick he’ll pull out of his bag.

Young H Radio Best of 2008 Part 1 of 4

Music​al Selec​tions​:​

Danny​!​ - Intro​
Donwi​ll - The Champ​
X.O. - Intro​
Torae​ - Somet​hin To See
N.​E.​R.​D - Anti-​Matte​r
J-​Live - Simme​r Down
Young​ Dro - Tropi​cal
P Broth​ers feat.​ Res Conne​cted - Shoot​ Em Down
Eryka​h Badu - Telep​hone
Wale - The Openi​ng Title​ Seque​nce
Von Pea - Hell Yea
Lil Wayne​ feat.​ Robin​ Thick​e - Tie My Hands​
Che Grand​ - Girls​ Talk
Black​ Milk feat Royce​ Da 5'9 - Losin​g Out
Kidz In The Hall feat.​ Phont​e - Paper​ Trail​
T.I. - I'm Illy
Count​ Bass D - Dont Run Out On Me
Q-​Tip feat.​ Norah​ Jones​ - Life Is Bette​r

Topic​ Of Discu​ssion​:​ Perso​nal recap​ of Winte​r 2008

Young H Radio Week 38 Episode 2

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Musical Selections:

D'angelo - Greatdayndamornin
Vicious - Nika
MF Grimm - Life and Death
Danny! - Charm
After 7 - Heat Of The Moment
Pete Rock feat.
Raekwon, Prodigy and Ghostface - The Game
Da Youngstas - Crews Pop
Murs & 9th Wonder - Push
Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
Real Live - The Gimmicks
Royal Flush - Family Problems
Oddisee feat.
YU - iHate Rap
Redman feat.
Oh No - Lay You Out
Styles P - Not To Be F*cked With
Basement Khemists - Correct Technique
Skyzoo - So Close
Ray Goodman & Brown - Special Lady

Topic Of Discussion: The importance of celebrating Kwanzaa's principles

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Musical Selections:

De La Soul - Watch Out
UGK - One Day
Shyheim - On And On
8thW1 - Death Of A Slacker/The End To Begin
Slum Village feat. Frank N Dank - Get Ya Paper
Enchantment - Gloria
J-Live - All Of The Above
Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning (?uestlove remix)
Funkmaster Flex & The Ghetto Celebs - Nuttin But Flavor
Median - Give A Little Bit
Murs - 316 (Young H Edit)
Trunks - Devastator
Skillz - Imagine
Hot Boyz - Shoot 1st
Common Sense - The Bitch In Yoo
Slick Rick - Trapped By Me
Fat Joe's In Town
Musiq Soulchild -loveofmylife

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Young H Radio Week 37 Episode 2

Musical Selections:
Quasimoto - Seasons Change
Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid
Little Brother - So Fabulous
Digable Planets - May 4th Movement
De La Soul - Wonce Again Long Island
Keith Washington - Kissing You
Run DMC feat. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Down With The King
Euricka - Diva Life (snippet)
Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy
T.I. feat. PSC - Limelight
8thW1 - Song Of Random Thoughts
Alkaholiks - Make Room
Torae - Wun, Tu, Thr3
Tony Terry - With You
Common Sense - Hungry

Topic Of Discussion: Gille Da Kid vs. Dirty Rik

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Common – Universal Mind Control - @@@

As an established rapper’s career goes through many transformations over the years, they may find themselves balancing the personal need for creative expression with the task of pleasing an audience’s previously set standards and expectations. Common’s loyal longtime followers have watched him go from a young regional upstart to a hungry battle rapper while growing into the personification of a spiritual B-boy and a hope for conscious mainstream Hip-Hop heroism in an industry where artists with little substance reign supreme. Common’s eighth album Universal Mind Control finds him at a crossroads as a household name mindful of both a legacy to uphold and new paths he wishes to explore.

Always bent on reinvention so as to avoid complacency and not become stagnant, Common’s latest experimental phase finds his music taking a more simplistic and fun natured approach, as he utilizes the help of The Neptunes and (Outkast producer) Earthtone III’s Mr. DJ. He never neglects to pay homage to our culture’s earlier days, as the lead single and album’s title track lends itself to reminders of Afrika Bambaataa’s Zulu Nation functions, while the rest of the album takes listeners on a more progressive minded journey without ever presenting a heavy handed agenda. Common’s latest recorded incarnation is partly that of a free spirited partying sex symbol, with the bouncy and playful “Punch Drunk Love”, the fashion shown runway sound of “Sex For Sugar” and the easygoing “Make My Day” all steering this project down more of a carnal road than any of his previous efforts. Eclectic in nature, other songs range in variety from “Announcement” which could work as a party starter in a club setting to the uplifting “Changes” dealing with our world’s ever expanding scope, the alternative “What A World” which is interchangeable with work crafted under Chad and Pharrell's N.E.R.D banner and the hypnotically electro-tinged “Everywhere”.

Common is to be respected for staying true to himself no matter the twists and turns he may take, as listeners strap in for a new sonic ride with each of his albums. However, Universal Mind Control is sure to result in a great lack of understanding between the artist's vision for what he would like his work to represent and the desires of diehard supporters demanding he stick to his prior foundation of making the “official” Hip-Hop that they’ve come to revere. This album is a risky jaunt straying from convention, thus it will be responded to with great debate as some will appreciate an effort breaking existent boundaries and others are likely to cry foul play, considering this new direction from an old favorite to be quite questionable.

Young H Radio Week 37 Episode 1

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Musical Selections:

Count Bass D - Internationally Known
Camp Lo - Bubblin' (Anita Demo)
Mobb Deep - Temperature's Rising
Reach - Can Can
Babyface - It's No Crime
Wyclef - Bubblegoose
Clipse - So Fly (Now We've Had Her)
Denroy Morgan - I'll Do Anything For You
Guilty Simpson - I Must Love You
Cormega - Glory Days
MF Doom - Get 'Er Done
Common - Gladiator
Rakim - Show Me Love
Blu - Piece
Glenn Jones - Here I Go Again
Bush Babees - Remember We (Salaam Remi Remix)

Topic Of Discussion: Unrealistically high standards in the dating game.

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Granted the topic material doesnt extend much further than "We have a new album coming next year, we know how to rap about drug dealing, we have a new clothing line called Play Cloths and we're realer than the rest of you rappers."

But they do it well.


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Young H Radio Week 36 Episode 1

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Musical Selections:
MC Breed feat. 2Pac - Gotta Get Mine
Reef The Lost Cauze - Big Deal
Force MDs - Love Is A House
Capone & Noreaga feat. Tragedy Khadafi - Stick You
Total feat. Puff Daddy - Kissin You Remix
Surface - Happy
Ced Hughes - Polite Rap Song
Raekwon feat. Fat Joe & Ghostface - Clientele Kidd Remix
Mobb Deep feat. Big Noyd & Rakim - Hoodlum
Jamie Lidell - What's The Use
B.O.B - Little Rascal
Dilla - Stop
State Property - Want Me Back
P Brothers feat. Boss Money - New Religion
Charles Hamilton - Lemme Know

The P Brothers have brought back the east coast.


Take NYC underground veterans, producers hailing from the UK and the grittiest elements of street classics like Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, The Cold Vein and The War Report. The result is The Gas, one of this year's most under the radar efforts.

Highlights Include:
Late Night
Got It On Me
Digital B- Boy
Caviar

Young H Radio Episode 35 - Tribute To The Roots

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Happy Birthday Von Pea



Take 1/3 of Tanya Morgan, leave him with free time and the instrumentals to a cult classic and you have
The Further Adventures Of Von Pea.

Large Pro - Main Source - @@@@ 1/2

In an age where today’s audience and run of the mill record labels are looking for the next catchy sensation, many previously established veterans continue producing material reflecting an undying love for an era where authenticity reigned supreme. For nearly two decades now, Large Professor has made it his mission to carry New York’s spirit through Hip-Hop’s various dominant pop phases such as jiggy and crunk to name a few. Despite industry setbacks Large Pro has kept his name present with guest appearances and production credits spanning both the underground and major releases. His latest album Main Source finds inspiration coming from his career’s original essence as Large Pro is continually determined to keep his legend alive.

The album finds Large Pro refusing to compromise his sound as he has always strayed far from convention and taken care to uphold his own set musical standards. He shows no care or desire for a presence on today’s radio as he employs his tried but true method of boom-bap aggression on "Hot: Sizzling, Scorching, Torching, Blazing", and stays in tune with the plight of the everyman as "Maica Living" details the rat race of the daily grind. Artistic purity has been a long running theme in Large’s work and he continues rolling with the “If it aint broke…” mentality as "Hardcore Hip Hop" and "Classic Emergency" both unleash fury in response to the culture’s present state of endangerment. While fully intent on staying rooted in the sounds of old with "Pump Ya Fist" and the funky "In The Ghetto", he also shows he can come up to speed with today’s scene on "Frantic Barz".

With Main Source Large Pro manages to prove that long standing pillars can remain relevant as he succeeds where other legends have failed to make marks of substance in this day and age. While the album’s only drawback is the lack of structured hooks, that doesn’t nearly take away from his concise understanding of the everyday Hip-Hop traditionalist’s need for music that serves of a reminder of when quality was far easier to come by.

Asher Roth – The Greenhouse Effect Vol. 1 - @@@

Purists generally decry the sad state of affairs where Hip-Hop seems to be the only musical genre leaving behind its relatively elder statesmen and failing to uphold established veterans. Meanwhile, casual fans find necessity in the figurative separation of chaff from wheat as corporate interests pander to the teenybopper video countdown era and the industry continues churning out new beacons of hope like clockwork. Asher Roth is the latest melanin deficient chap with a buzz and hopes of furthering former Loud Records chieftain Steve Rifkind’s reputation of having a wise and watchful eye for talent. The Greenhouse Effect Vol. 1 hosted by Don Cannon & DJ Drama serves as Roth’s formal introduction to the world.

If the most genuine stories traditionally come as a product of a rapper’s experiences within his environment, Asher Roth’s authenticity can’t possibly be called into question. However, he is an anomaly of sorts as the life he knows best is a world far separated from whatever made Vanilla Ice presumably too cool for school, Eminem’s angst originating from the gutters of Detroit, and the New York street based stylings of 3rd Bass. Asher hails from the suburbs of Philadelphia, mainly fashioning himself the happy go lucky type who doesn’t take himself serious with this collection of remakes and verses over already popular instrumentals. While he employs a decent flow and can put his words together well, he doesn’t say really much of anything turning Jay-Z ‘s celebration of prosperity into a suburban jamboree on “Roth Boys”. Roth is no different from most rappers in coming off as his own biggest fan on “Cannon” where his vocals can be likened to Eminem the way Shyne sparked certain reminders of Biggie, but he’s hardly clever or engaging rather than zany and content to wearing his race on his sleeve. “The Lounge” is his most impressive effort, where he differentiates between his image and that of most rappers, but this project’s main theme is juvenile banter like the potty mouthed “Rub On Your T*tties” and “Gimme Your Box”.

With The Greenhouse Effect Vol. 1, Asher Roth proves that alternatives to the norm don’t necessarily fall within the upper tier of quality music, as he demonstrates a serious incapability when it comes to making songs of substance. While he may make his mark throughout the burbs and potentially with the hipster crowd, time will only tell what shall become of an enigmatic white boy without street cred and the Interscope/Aftermath machine behind him.