Be sure to check out the Monsta offer at hiphopsite for the latest from the Monsta Island Czar crew. GM Grimm (formerly MF) is releasing “Digital Tears” under his M.I.C. alias Jet Jaguar. The album, which is due February 10th from Day By Day Entertainment, features production from J-Zone, X-Ray and others. Also dropping that day is Rodan “Theophany” and the “Best of KMD.” Included in the package is MF Doom’s “Special Blends Vol.1 & 2” and “The Professor Meets The Supervillain Vol.0.” Don’t sleep on any of them…
Also new is Kool Keith and Nancy De Rose’s “White Label Mix Series Vol.1.” The twelve track album is available now…
Don’t miss out on the debut production LP from Chops. “Virtuosity” drops tomorrow on Vocab Records and features the likes of Ras Kass, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, Raekwon, Planet Asia, Phil Da Ag, Mystic, and Baby Blak. If you don’t know what the album is all about, check out my review of the album on the main page…
Lastly, to illustrate just how backwards Rawkus Records became and how they totally lost focus of their original purpose, consider this quote from Last Emporer’s interview at prefix.com: “From the time I signed to Rawkus and that time passed, deadlines weren’t being met. I would go and have meetings about when my album was supposed to come out and they wouldn’t give concrete answers. Instead they were telling me, ‘Well, what we want you to do is get a personal trainer so that when the album comes out your body will be well-toned, your abs and pecs will be tight. So when you do promo pictures you can be what LL Cool J was for Def Jam in the early days. We want the Last Emperor to be that for Rawkus.’ Literally. Verbatim. That’s what they told me.”
