Lil' Kim – The Jump Off
The Jump Off is a guaranteed trunk rattler, the beat is chicken pox…classic Timbo…a split second loop off the 'Get Your Freak On' sample is utilized along with some ill synths and horn/bass combinations…no denying that Missy aside, Kim’s got the tightest flow outta all the femcees. With lines like: “Lemme show you what I’m all about/ how I make a Sprite can disappear in my mouth,” you know the Queen Bee is back in herre…and she knows what her demographic expects from her…Mr. Cheeks shows up outta nowhere to BS for the song outro…is that really needed? Just like all the B.I.G mentions.

 

Killer Mike f/ Big Boi – A.D.I.D.A.S

Before you jump to conclusions this aint a shoe advertl…and this ain’t Nelly…this is the dirty south…and this is Killer Mike bwoy! The DF’s next to blow…if you liked ‘Akshon’…you gonna love A.D.I.D.A.S. (for those who don’t know, it stands for: All Day I Dream About Sex). The beat is ridiculous…I fell in love with the stutter step of the track after about three seconds, reminisent of ‘The Whole World’… hottest part about this joint is when he asks his Gramps for Viagra so he can get his extended freak on…oh s**t…its too bad Goodie Mob is no more but the Dungeon’s young guns are very, very promising.

 

DMX – X Gon Give It To Ya

I was expecting the typical growls and grunts once I popped this in…and I wasn’t disappointed. But give it a sec and you will, as I did, notice this is the Swizz-less production…. This is lead single off the Cradle to the Grave soundtrack…it bumps…it bumps hard…Earl does the usual…lashes out at the unsavoury state of hip hop in his attempt to bring it back to the sewer…this time around though he’s back in fine form…you can truly feel the hunger and anger that had disappeared for a hot sec on this attempt at reclaiming Def Jam’s top seat. On a side note, things don’t appear to be all gravy with his former business partners the R squared…X doesn’t shout’em out once yet the messages he spits are coded…say what you say…Ruff Ryders imprint is present on the packaging…look for X on an extensive Canadian tour kicking off in March…if he’s about reclaiming the streets he’s gonna have to do it block by block…

DJ Kay Slay f/ Nas, Baby, Foxy & Amerie – Too Much For Me

This single is so New York and not just because it gets fat rotation of Hot 97 (for obvious reasons). First, the sound of the beat is so old school classic break; if it was played between ‘Sandworms’, and ‘Apache’, you might not even suspect this was made in the modern era. Secondly, the beef concerning the video is almost as huge as the song right now. Kay Slay is calling Nas a snake for not showing up to the video shoot, it’s just mad drama from the Drama King, DJ Kay Slay. The joint is tight on the sound, Nas sounds a bit closer to inspired than usual, Amerie sound eighties perfect like you can almost see the nipples pokin’ out of the chorus, Foxy sounds Inga, and Baby remains one of the nicest drug dealers on the mic. Kay Slay really chose a dope sound to bring back that ‘80s feel on his cut, Too Much For Me really rocks the body