"Vietnam" by Joe Budden ft. Ransom

"Niggas know I'm raw with the rhymes/
Cuz I'm known to off sides with these offensive lines/
Leave em lost in the vines, you thinkin' it's social media/
I'm thinkin' it's deep in the jungle with hopes of leavin ya/"

I love this track. The beat and the energy they had on this track were crazy. Not sure if this is on a project or anything, but it could definitely make the cut. Check it.

"House Rules (Intro)" by Slaughterhouse

"This soundin like the beginning of a tape/
Usually yellow, you yellow bellies can pick a fate/
We ain't have to go soft to get this cake/
I watched niggas skate for figures, throw away rollerblades for figure skates/"

I'm a little late to post this, but Slaughterhouse recently released a new mixtape, House Rules. I had the chance to listen to a few of the songs and they sound like what you'd normally expect from the group. I'm just sharing the intro from the project, but you can download/stream it @ DatPiff by clicking here. Check it!

"The Shady Dynasty Freestyle" by Crooked I

"I do predict it, rap is too restricted/
Even if I go wood, I'll still get green, my rap is eucalyptic/
I say what the fuck I mean/
When the beat bump, I get proactive, but I never go commercial for the cream/"

Crooked I never fucking stops.

"Against All Odds" by Crooked I

"You can hear my lifes pain in the way I spit/
Think I give a fuck if a DJ play my shit?/
Or like my shit, put it in the club, hype my shit/
I write my shit, real niggas recite my shit/"

Crooked I just dropped this track, following up after he murdered his verse for the BET Cyphers. This one's gotta smooth west coast sounding beat, and Crooked kills it as usual, check it.

BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher ft. Slaughterhouse

Here's another crazy cypher from the BET Hip Hop Awards. These guys are always on point and they didn't slow down for this performance at all. Check it.

"Rap God" by Eminem

"So you be Thor, and I'll be Odin, you rodent, I'm omnipotent/
Let off the nine, reloadin' immediately with these bombs I'm totin'/
And I should not be woken, I'm the walking dead, but I'm just a talking head, a zombie floatin'/
But I got ya Mom deepthroatin!/"

Alright so this track makes things interesting after the two previous MMLP2 releases. I didn't like Berzerk, and Survival was alright but I wasn't feelin' the beat. After a few listens, I think this new Rap God track is better than both. There's still a few weird parts, but man... Eminem's delivery in this shit is dope. A lot of sick rhymes in there, and it sounds more like what Eminem's music should sound like in 2013. But yea, the title of this song speaks for itself. Check it.

"Catfish Billy" by Yelawolf

"Back in the saddle again, throw my middle finger up to the law/
Ain't gotta rob nobody tonight, but I might do it just because/

I'm a nut, I get bored, did some pills but I want more/
Fuck this world, fuck this town, if I fuck you once, I fuck you sore/
FUCK FUCK FUCK, SHIT GODDAMN, PUSSY CUNT BITCH SUCK A COCK/
IF YOU WANT SOME OF THIS ROCK N ROLL, TAKE THIS PIPE, SUCK THIS ROCK/
CRYSTAL FOX, SUPA HOT, CLEAN EM UP, GRAB A MOP/
CATFISH, ON MY SHIT, FUCK WITH ME YOURE GONNA GET DROOOOOPPPPPPPEEEEDDDD"

 

So overall I hadn't been feeling Trunk Muzik Returns cuz the beat selection wasn't my particular preference but this one song instantly had me bumping. This is the kinda nasty stuff I was loving from Trunk Muzik 0-60 with Yelawolf just repping the crazy country life and screaming his ass off loud as he can. The effect used in the chorus is pretty grimy and the instrumental has some pretty cool, eery elements that make me feel like I'm lurking through a swamp looking for alligators to shoot haha. Check it out!

"Skeletons" by Joe Budden ft. Joell Ortiz & Crooked I

"We could talk about pain 24/7 dawg, that's my department/
In the city, blues, cruisin', I'm blastin' that Marvin/
Skeletons ain't in my closet, that's my apartment/
And they like to hide behind thousand dollar fabrics and garments/"

Maaan. I love when Slaughterhouse manages to come through with soft tracks that hit ya hard. This track reminds me of songs like "Rescue Me", "Goodbye", and even "Raindrops". It's missing Royce because it isn't actually a Slaugherhouse track. This song's from Joe Budden's latest album, "No Love Lost", which dropped this past Monday. This album kinda creeped up on me, so I'm not even sure what to expect from it. But if the rest of the tracklist boasts the lyrical level that this track does, it should be an awesome CD. That album cover kinda looks familiar though.

"Brooklyn in the Building" by Joell Ortiz

"Brooklyn taught me I got to be hard/
So y'all ain't got a chance like ya lost monopoly cards/
Me and poverty sparred, when my daddy left Mommy was scarred/
I stitched her up with all these quality bars/"

I'm gonna be honest.. I haven't been feelin' Mr. Yaowa very much lately. He's been annoying me more than anything, which still happens a bit in this song i'm posting. The chorus is kind of annoying, but at the same time it's catchy and gets stuck in your head easily. The beat is fucking crazy, and you gotta wait a bit, but eventually Joell murks this track. It was off to a slow start, but by the end of the song his rhymes were crazy. Not much to say bout this one though lol. It's just another pretty cool track. Check it!

"7 Minute Brooklyn Freestyle" by Crooked I

This is why Crooked I is the greatest lyricist of all time.

"Quality of Life" by Joe Budden

"So how could we end up trustin' each other/

When our bond started out with us judgin' each other/

Both frontin' like yea, we just fuckin' each other/

But nobody gettin' fooled while we bluffin' each other/"

Now this is the kinda shit from Joe Budden that I've been waitin' on for a while. His shit with Slaughterhouse is cool sometimes, but nothin compares to his solo music. I found this video today, and it's weird because the video ends before the song does. These fuckers don't bowl long enough! But the portion of the song that we do get to hear is pretty sick. Check it!

"Difficult" by Eminem

"This might sound a little strange but I'mma tell it, I found that jacket that you left at my wedding, I picked it up to smell it/

 I wrapped it up in plastic until I put it in glass and hung it up in my hallway so I can always look at it"

 

So when I was a little younger I was a huge fan of Eminem, I had all of his cds and diss tracks, even his stuff from Infinite and I was sure I'd almost heard every Eminem song there ever was. But the other day a friend showed me this song and I was like what the hell is this, I've never heard it. It's a couple years old now but this song is a tribute to Proof and it's pretty heavy. After some searching around there's a little speculation whether Eminem ever actually wanted to release this track because it was leaked. And as you can tell its sort of an uncomplete song with weird sound effects and a kind of raw skeletal feeling. But I've heard the song "You're Never Over" from Recovery which is also a tribute to Proof and the songs are like night and day. "You're Never Over" was a great song but this one had so much more pain and emotion in it and really felt like Em just using the mic for therapy to ease his own soul. The reason I shared this was more for how passionate it was but even on a hip hop level Em still keeps the rhymes tight and the beat has a simple, chilling feeling. Check it out, and R.I.P in Big Proof.

"Asylum" by Slaughterhouse ft. Eminem

"You brag about swag, and your feminine trends/

I belittle your riddles, you skittles with M&M's friends/

So I ain't tryna play with you/

This chainsaw'll crack jokes on Cain's brother bruh, 'Diss-Abel' you/

This track is fucking sick. The beat has some of that old school Slim Shady feel to it. I always get disappointed when they mention Eminem as a feature, and he just does the chorus. But whatever, sometimes it's better when he doesn't drop a sixteen. House Gang murdered this shit though. They all sound so intense with their whispering voices lol. But it's pretty much just raw lyricism and Royce's funny lines. One thing I wanna know though. Where the fuck is Joe Beezy?

"L.A. Leakers Freestyle" by Slaughterhouse

Some Royce: "Now that my AK's out in the open, I'll put his mind on vaca-, I rerouted his focus/

Uh, now that the Ace Spade bottle is open, I'm tryna menage with JK Rowling and Oprah/"

Some Crooked: "Walk in the booth, get to talkin the truth, then I coffin the booth, when I draw then I shoot, sawed off and a deuce, show off to the group, too raw to compute, soft niggas mute, call for a truce, hop in the coup, vodka and juice, boss on the loose, lil' mama's caboose, like an ox and a moose..."

Heard this today on hiphopdx and thought it was sickkk. I'd almost thought these guys were falling off a little but this one redeemed the last things I heard. They all kill it, except for Joe Budden who just decided to be the annoying guy who just talks for no reason in between the emcees lmao. Its the most I ever heard Joe Budden talk during a jam. Anyways, Royce brings the punchlines, Crooked I brings some sick flow and Ortiz brought an all around sick verse on multiple levels. I liked how they all rapped on a different beat too, but I couldn't pick which guy was my favourite in this one, it depends on what you're looking for. I may not have got Crooked's part perfect in the lyrics but thats what I hear and will continue to say till I know otherwise. Check it out!