New Releases For 7/8/08

Title: I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind II
Artist: Killer Mike
Label: SMC Recordings
Location: ATL
Bay Area Features: Messy Marv

New Releases For 5/27/08

Those expecting Keak's album to drop this week....it's pushed back (again). New release date is June 10th. Nothing I find interesting comes out this week...




Title: Mobstability II: Nation Bizness
Artists: Speedknot Mobstaz
Label: Koch
Location: Chicago?



Title: Original Dynasty
Artists: Custom Made
Label: Babygrande
Location: Los Angeles



Title: Goon Musik
Artist: Dame Grease
Label: Babygrande
Location: NY?

New Releases For 5/13/08

Title: Brooklyn's Don Diva
Artist: Foxy Brown
Label: Koch
Location: NY
Allmusic.com review: 2.5/5



Title: Prince Of The South
Artist: Lil' Scrappy
Label: Real Talk
Location: ATL



Title: Puff Puff Pass
Artist: Keith Murray
Label: Siccness
Location: NY


Title: A-Town Legend
Artist: Pastor Troy
Label: Siccness
Location: Georgia

Also due out are Best Of/Greatest Hits albums from Devin The Dude and Yukmouth

New Releases For 4/22/08

As soon as I'm done posting it I'm gonna go out an buy that Jacka & Berner. I already heard it and I'm hella feelin it... expect a review at some point.


Title: Drought Season
Artists: Jacka & Berner
Label: Bern One
Track List:
1. Keep It Flooded (Berner)
2. Time Fles (Berner & The Jacka)
3. Watch Me (Berner, Fed-X & The Jacka)
4. Battlefield (Fed-X, The Jacka, Berner & Baldhead Rick)
5. Fresher (The Jacka, Berner & Don Toriano)
6. Drought Season (The Jacka, Berner, San Quinn & Mike Marshall)
7. My Life (Berner, The Jacka & Dubee)
8. Look Up (Cellski, Berner & The Jacka)
9. Can't Walk (Berner, The Jacka, Alcatraz & Matt Blaque)
10. Changed Man (Berner, The Jacka & Sky Balla)
11. Purp (Cozmo, B-Legit & Berner)
12. Fall Down (The Jacka & Berner)
13. Keep It Street (The Jacka, Berner & Equipto)
14. Trap House (The Jacka, Berner, Don Toriano & Goldtoes)



Title: Everywhere At Once
Artist: Lyrics Born
Label: Anti
Location: Berkeley
Allmusic.com Review: 2.5/5


Also due out today are some Thizz compilations and a Nick Peace instrumentals album.


As for the non Bay Area releases...


Title: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Artist: Atmosphere
Label: Rhymesayers
Location: Minneapolis, MN



Title: H.N.I.C., Pt. 2
Artist: Prodigy
Label: Aao Music
Location: NY
Allmusic.com rating: 3.5/5

New Releases For 4/8/08

New Rap Releases

Fans of Bay Area "underground style" rap (a.k.a. Living Legends fans) will have a couple of albums to bump for the next few months.



Title: Show You The World
Artist: The Grouch
Label: Legendary
Features: Murs + More
Location: Oakland
Tracklist:
1. Microphone Intro
2. Watch Watch
3. Clones
4. Artsy
5. Favorite Folks
6. Yardwork
7. God Bless The Elephant
8. Show You The World
9. The Bay to LA
10. Mom & Pop Killer
11. Never Die
12. Shero
13. Bring It Back
14. Hot Air Balloons
15. The Time
16. Breath
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thegrouch



Title: The Gathering
Artist: Living Legends
Label: Legendary
Track List:
1. The Gathering
2. She Wants Me
3. Pants on Fire
4. War and Peace
5. Luva Changer
6. Samba
7. After Hours (Extended Euro Mix)
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/livinglegends

New Releases For 3/18/08

We have a few new Bay Area albums today.


Title: The Grinch
Artist: AP.9
Label: Mob Shop Ent.
Location: East Bay
Track List:
1. The Grinch
2. Block Rock (Feat. Young Gasz, Nasty Nate & Deltrice)
3. Escape The Pain (Feat. Shill Macc & Deltrice)
4. Back To The Hood (Feat. Tony Streetz & Nasty Nate)
5. I'm So... (Feat. Yukmouth & Shill Macc)
6. Crime Scene (Feat. Tony Streetz & Squeeze)
7. I'm Ah Gangsta (Feat. Shill Macc & Krypto)
8. Confused
9. Mob Rules (Feat. Husalah & Lil Cyco)
10. My Every Word (Feat. Shill Macc, Deltrice & Indecent)
11. The Come Up (Feat. C-Bo, Lil Cyco & Shill Macc)
12. Muscle Up (Feat. Nasty Nate, Tony Streetz & Deltrice)
13. The Gutta (Feat. Young Dru, Krypto & Shill Macc)
14. You Don't Want It (Feat. Nasty Nate, Shill Macc & Squeeze)
15. Streets Spokesman (Feat. Sky Balla & Nasty Nate)
16. On The Mob (Feat. Indecent, Krypto & Shill Macc)



Title: Redefinition
Artist: Errelevent
Label: Relevent Music
Location: San Francisco
Track List:
1. In The Eye Of The Beholder
2. You Know I Got It ft. Mr. Kee
3. Do The Do
4. Bring It Back ft. Ya Boy
5. Unaffordable Dream
6. In The Bay ft. San Quinn
7. My Way
8. Formula, The ft. Termanology
9. I Believe It (Remix) ft. Keak Da Sneak & Guce
10. I Can't Wait ft. Selau
11. Put It In The Air
12. Lean ft. Kaz Kyzah
13. Gone ft. Ivan
14. Sittin' Sippin'
15. Lady Temptation ft. with 10sion
16. Temparature Rise
17. Roll With The Punches

Also due out...
GorillaPits- Under World
Mac Dre- Thizz Or Die Vols. 3 & 4


As for the non Bay Area releases....



Title: Mail On Sunday
Artist: Flo Rida
Label: Atlantic/Poe Boy
Singles: Low, Elevator
Location: Guess, haha.
allmusic.com rating: 2.5/5




Title: Silverback Gorilla
Artist: Sheek Louch
Label: Koch
Single: Good Love
Location: NY
allmusic.com rating: 4/5



Title: Self-Made
Artist: Rocko
Label: Island
Single: Umma Do Me
Location: ATL



Title: Unfinished Business
Artist: Big Moe (R.I.P.)
Label: Koch

New Releases For 2/19/08

A few releases are scheduled to drop today (dunno how many of them actually dropped). I didn't listen to any of these yet though.


Title: The Tonight Show With Mistah F.A.B.
Artist: Mistah F.A.B. & DJ Fresh
Label: Frisco Street Show
Location: Oakland
Track list:
1. DJ Fresh Intro
2. Money
3. Don't Go 2 Far
4. Fab Flow 101
5. Dummy
6. Go (Feat. Sonny Black & Balance)
7. Passenger Seat (Feat. Mr. Tower & J Stalin)
8. We On (Feat. Pretty Black & Dru Down)
9. The Mack
10. Saturday
11. Sugar (Feat. Smigg Dirtee)
12. Sumalumah
13. Deep Thinkin'
14. Dem Girls
15. Control (Feat. Smigg Dirtee)
16. Party Outside (Feat. California Cheese)
17. Outro



Title: 'Til Sunrise
Artists: Nocturnal Hustlers
Label: Million Dollar Dream
Track List:
1. Til Sunrise
2. Million Dollar Coke Deal (NH Is Back)
3. Straight Jacket Raps
4. So Easy
5. Symphony Of Similies Pt. 2 (Savage-C Solo)
6. Gameface (K-Dinero Solo)
7. Green Champagne
8. Voices In My Head (Feat. San Quinn)
9. Off Dat Shit (Feat. Equipto)
10. Kangaroo Pockets
11. Fast Lane
12. Talkin The Talk
13. Smokey And Dinero
14. Been There Done That (Feat. Mista Cane)
15. Rip Tracks (Bonus Cut)
16. Lit 4 Awhile (Bonus Cut)
Listen to tracks 1 & 15 on their Myspace

I'm not sure if the following actually came out...
J-Diggs- J-Diggs.com
Sumthin' Terrible- U Stupid
Best Of Thizz Nation Vol. 2


As for the non Bay Area releases..


Title: Harlem's American Gangster
Artist: Jim Jones
Label: Koch
Location: NYC
(I think this was originally a mixtape)

New Releases For 2/12/08

First big name artist of the year to drop an album out of the Bay. Too bad there was no radio play and no video to help promote the album.


Title: Million Dollar Mouthpiece
Artist: Yukmouth
Label: Rap-A-Lot
Single: Hey Boy
Location: Oakland
Track List:

1. West Coast Don
2. Drug Dealer
3. Shine Like Me
4. Hey Boy ft. Matt Blaque
5. My Turf
6. Wake They Game Up ft. Crooked I
7. Hate Me ft. Matt Blaque
8. Blayboi ft. Danica
9. Corner Store ft. Matt Blaque
10. The Best Thing Going ft. Too Short, Richie Rich, Devin The Dude & Danica
11. I'm Doin My Thang
12. West Side ft. C-B0 & Glasses Malone
13. Star In The Sky ft. Devin The Dude
14. Can't Sell Dope 4Eva ft. MC Eiht & Trae
15. East Oakland ft. Varios Artists
16. M.O.E. Money
17. Make It Rain
18. Mobsta Mobsta ft. The Regime

New Releases For 2/5/08

Been a while since I've done this since nothing has been dropping...



Title: Mac Dre Presents- Starters In The Game
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Siccness
Track List:

1. MAC DRE FT. BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - ICE CREAM
2. MAC DRE FT. YUKMOUTH & TURF TALK- GANGSTA MAC
3. MAC DRE FT. SIDEWAYZ - UNRELEASED
4. MISTAH F.A.B. - HELLA DUMB
5. MAC DRE FT. DUBEE & MISTAH F.A.B & CHOP THE HOOK MAN - 84 TO
2004(REMIX)
6. DUBEE - WHEN I STEP UP IN HERE
7. MAC DRE FT. SIDEWAYZ - I Don't
8. MAC DRE FT. SIDEWAYZ & I-ROCC - GET THEM CHIPS
9. MAC DRE FT. SIDEWAYZ & SUGAFREE - WHAT A HIT WE MADE
10. RYDA J. CLYDE FT. VITAL/LIL TRE CHOP & THE HOOK MAN - I WONT IF YOU
WONT TELL
11. DUBEE FT. MAC MALL & JOHNNY CASH - DO MY THANG
12. J. DIGGS FT.GUCE & LIL EVIL - BOSS STATUS
13. PSD FT. PEANUT & MONEY GANG - TUCK YO BITCH
14. MAC DRE FT. SIDEWAYZ & I-ROCC - CASH WITHDRAWS
15. YUKMOUTH FT. MISTAH F.A.B & J. DIGGS - THIZZ IN PEACE(MAC DRE
TRIBUTE)

Non Bay Area Releases.....


Title: Bone Brothers III
Artists: Bizzy Bone & Layzie Bone
Label: Siccness
Location: Cleveland

New Releases For 12/11/07

Bay Area Releases


Title: About My Thizzness
Artist: J-Hype
Label: Hype Music
Features: Mac Dre, Dubee, San Quinn, Ridah J. Klyde, Bavgate + others.


Title: Out Here Hustlin'
Artists: Jay Tee & Young Dru
Label: 40 Ounce Ent.
Hear some tracks from this on their myspace page

Other Releases


Title: 5 * Stunna
Artist: Birdman
Label: Cash Money
Single: Pop Bottles
Location: New Orleans
allmusic.com rating: 3/5


Title: Back To The Traphouse
Artist: Gucci Mane
Label: Atlantic
Singles: Freaky Gurl (remix), I Might Be
Location: ATL


Title: The Solution
Artist: Beanie Sigel
Label: Roc-A-Fella
Single: All The Above
Location: Philly


Title: 8 Diagrams
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
Label: Motown
Location: NY
allmusic.com rating: 4/5 (rated lower by other sites)

A Bow Wow/Omarion album is also dropping, but I didn't wanna waste space on that.

New Releases For 11/27/07

No new Bay Area releases...

Non Bay...


Title: The Boatlift
Artist: Pitbull
Label: TVT
Singles: Sticky Icky, Secret Admirer
allmusic.com rating: 3/5
Location: Miami


Common also has a "Best Of" CD coming out

New Releases For 11/6/07

No interesting releases from the Bay this week...but there are a couple of major releases outta the East.


Title: B.A.R.S.: The Barry Adrian Reese Story
Artist: Cassidy
Label: RCA
Single: My Drink N' My 2 Step
Location: Philly


Title: American Gangster
Artist: Jay-Z
Label: Roc-A-Fella
Singles: Blue Magic, Roc Boys
Location: NY
allmusic.com rating: 4/5


Also dropping this week is a Nas greatest hits album..

New Releases For 10/30/07

These major labels really aren't doing too much to help Bay Area artists sell. Federation dropped an album with practically no buzz a few weeks back, and no The Pack drops their new album with practically no radio play in recent months. There are a few songs on the album that have potential to be hits too, I dont get it.


Title: Based Boys
Artists: The Pack
Label: Jive
Singles: Vans, In My Car
allmusic.com rating: 2/5 <---- Hella Bad
Track List:

1. I Look Good
2. In My Car
3. Rumble
4. My Gurl Gotta Gurl Too
5. Club Stuntin
6. Milky Way
7. Gimme Racks
8. Fly
9. Booty Bounce Bopper
10. Jell-o
11. We In The Club Like (Da Dada Da)
12. I Want To Have It All
13. Rock N Roll (Slow Jam)
14. Backseat
15. Candy - (bonus track)
16. I'm Shinin' - (bonus track)
17. Vans - (bonus track)



Title: Cyclone
Artist: Baby Bash
Label: RCA/Arista
Singles: Cyclone, What It Is
Location: Vallejo
Features: Mistah Fab, T-Pain, Pimp C, Sean Kingston, Chingo Bling + more
allmusic.com rating: 3/5
Track List:


1. Numero Uno
2. Cyclone - (with T-Pain)
3. Supa Chic
4. Just Like That
5. What Is It - (with Sean Kingston)
6. Mamacita - (with Marcos Hernandez)
7. Dip With You - (with Aundrea)
8. Spreewells Spinnin' - (with Chingo Bling/Lucky/Queenie)
9. As Days Go By (The Love Letter) - (featuring Paula Deanda)
10. Na Na - (featuring Jean)
11. Thrill Is Gone, The - (with Ryan Tedder)
12. Don't Stop - (with Keith Sweat)
13. Mean Mug - (with Pimp C/Mistah F.A.B./Da Stooie Bros.)
14. Ronnie Rey All Day...Choppin' It Up - (Interview)

Non Bay Releases....


Title: Supply and Demand
Artists: Playaz Circle
Label: Def Jam/DTP
Single: Duffle Bag Boy
Location: Georgia


Title: Walkin' Bank Roll
Artist: Project Pat
Label: Koch
Single: Don't Call Me No Mo
Location: Memphis TN
allmusic.com rating: 3/5

New Releases For 10/9/07

No notable Bay Area releases this week...but the Daz album has hella Bay features. I'll post some of those tracks in the next day or two.




Title: Gangsta Party
Artist: Daz Dillinger
Label: High Powered
Location: Long Beach, CA
Bay Area Features: E-40, Yukmouth, Mistah F.A.B., Spice 1, San Quinn


Title: THE CO-OP
Artist: DJ Envy & Red Cafe
Label: Koch
Location: NY

New Releases For 9/25/07

Title: Just Like You
Artist: Keyshia Cole
Label: Geffen
Location: Oakland
allmusic.com rating: 4.5/5
Singles: Let It Go, Shoulda Let You Go
Features: Too Short, Missy Elliot, Lil Kim, Young Dro, Anthony Hamilton, Amina, Diddy
Track List:
1. Let It Go
2. Didn't I Tell You
3. Fallin' Out
4. Give Me More
5. I Remember
6. Shoulda Let You Go
7. Heaven Sent
8. Same Thing
9. Got To Get My Heart Back
10. Was It Worth It?
11. Just Like You
12. Losing You
13. Last Night
14. Work It Out
15. Let It Go (Remix)

I'm not into R&B at all....but I could see that Keyshia has talent...and she's from the Bay, so she gets bonus points for that. This will probably be the best selling Bay Area album of the year.


Title: Lock & Left
Album: The Frontline
Label: IMG
Location: Richmond
Singles: When U Want It, Its Goin Down, Take That
Track List:
1. Intro
2. What Do You Believe In
3. Take That
4. Now
5. Lefts Girl
6. When U Want It
7. IMG
8. Lefts Excuses
9. This Is The News
10. The Truth (ft. E-A-Ski)
11. U Ain't No Producer
12. My Backpack
13. Cassandras Anger
14. Lock & Left
15. Game Plan
16. R.I.P.
17. Outro
18. It's Goin Down (Bonus Track)
(My Review Coming Soon)


Title: Money's My Motivation
Artist: Kafani
Label: Koch
Location: Oakland
Singles: Fast (Like a NASCAR), Like Ooh
Track List:
1. Intro
2. Throw Ya Hood Up
3. Fast: Like A Nascar (Feat. Keak Da Sneak)
4. Like Ooh
5. Thizzin' (Feat. DJ Montay)
6. Lean In It (Feat. Erk & Samm)
7. Fast: Like A Nascar Remix (Feat. UNK)
8. Side 2 Side
9. Cutie Pie (Feat. Samm)
10. What U Wanna Do (Feat. San Quinn)
11. Hatin' On Me (Feat. Kashmere & C. Holiday)
12. Show Your Wrist Then (Feat. Kashmere, Skywalka, Kaz Kyzah & Pranksta The Kidd)
13. Everybody Knows My Name (Feat. Kashmere & Keak Da Sneak)
14. Money's My Motivation
(My Review Coming Soon)

As for the non Bay Area Releases...


Title: Welcom To The Zoo
Artist: Gorilla Zoe
Label: Bad Boy
Singles: Hood Nigga
Location: Atl
allmusic.com rating: 3/5


Title: For The Hell Of It
Artist: Hell Rell
Label: Koch
Location: NY
allmusic.com Rating: 3/5


Title: Back Like We Left Something
Artist: UTP Playas
Label: Rap-A-Lot/Asylum
Location: New Orleans


Title: Songs For Girls
Artist: Will.I.Am
Label: Universal/Interscope
Location: LA
Singles: I Got It From My Mama
allmusic.com rating: 4/5

New Releases For 7/18/07

Not sure if this one really dropped this week because I haven't heard anyone talk about it...


Title: 4 Ever In A Day
Artist: Equipto
Label: Million Dollar Dream
Location: SF
Tracklist:
1. 4 Ever In A Day
2. The Game Dun Hurt Me (Feat. Mike Marshall)
3. Equipto Freestyle
4. Elite 8 (Feat. Sick YG, Mic, Don Toriano, Schwinny Moe, Berner, F Dog & Akil)
5. Rap Stories Pt. 1
6. Ain't No Love
7. Too Soon (Feat. Mike Marshall)
8. Just A Little
9. If U Only Knew
10. So Famous (Feat. Mac Roo & Jimmy Roses)
11. Pimped Up (Feat. Akil)
12. All I Know
13. Saucy As They Come (Feat. Mac Roo)
14. Love Changes (Feat. DJ TD Camp On The Cuts)
15. All Night
16. The Sitdown With Equipto

No Nickatina features? WTF!....this doesn't really look like an official release though.


Title: Mob Trial 2
Artists: The Jacka, Rydah, Fed-X
Label: ?
Tracklist:
1. The Jacka, Rydah J. Klyde and Fed-Ex - Life of Crime 3:18
2. Fed-Ex - Cocaine Cowboys 3:45
3. The Jacka - Reign God 3:36
4. Rydah J. Klyde - Ghetto Rydah 3:31
5. The Jacka, Rydah J. Klyde and Fed-Ex-The Same Thing Everyday 3:38
6. The Jacka, Fed-Ex and Pretty Black - Let Me See It 4:36
7. AP.9, Husalah, The Jacka and Mike Marshall - Got To Make Her Mine 4:27
8. The Jacka - Go Hard is All I Know 3:24
9. Fed-Ex - The Awful Dodger 4:04
10. Rydah J. Klyde - What I'm Sprayin' 3:13
11. Rydah J. Klyde, Fed-Ex and RobLo - Bang Bang 3:36
12. Fed-Ex, The Jacka and Rydah J. Klyde - I'm Gonna Fly 3:30
13. Rydah J. Klyde - Taylor Made (Interview) 3:24
14. Fed-Ex - That's What We Do (Interview) 2:51
15. The Jacka - Just a Gangsta (Interview) 3:42

LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE 'MOB TRIAL 2' ALBUM HERE: http://www.thebaymusic.com/rydah-jacka-and-fed-x-mob-figaz-mob-trial-2-audio/

As far as other local releases...AP. 9 of the Mob Figaz is re-realising a couple of his albums, Headshotz and Woldwide Mob Figa.

As for the non Bay Area releases...there are a couple of major ones this week.


Title: Ultimate Victory
Artist: Chamillionaire
Label: Universal/Motown
Location: Houston
Singles: Hip Hop Police
Allmusic.com Rating: 3.5/5

I'm buying the Chamillionaire album...he makes quality songs.


Title: Adrenaline Rush 2007
Artist: Twista
Label: Atlantic
Location: Chicago
Singles: Give It Up
Allmusic.com Rating: 3.5/5