I got my copy of Kool Keith’s “The Diesel Truckers” today and caught an interesting tidbit on track 5 (no tracklisting was given). For the second time, Keith has taken exception to Andre 3000’s choice of apparel. Not because he doesn’t like it, but because he feels Andre stole his eccentric style (particularly the wigs). At the end of the song Keith says “in your mind you think you’re incredible, but I wore the black Elvis wig, no you wear it. I took off the wig, no you just putting it on. I got bored and left LA, I’m very impressed Benjamin, you just movin into LA. Are you a star? Or do you wanna put down that pride you hide and do a track together? You let me know Benjamin.” In the liner notes of his 2001 LP “The Spankmaster,” Kool Keith also had a message for Andre 3000 Benjamin…
With his incredible debut “Walls Don’t Exist” hitting last year, instrumentalist Science Fiction is returning with “One Day, Everything Changed.” There is a twist though, he will shed his moniker for his government name Wale Oyejide and will be showing off the pipes this album (and I don’t mean muscles btw). The self-produced album features guest spots from MF DOOM and Jay Dee and will drop August 24…
Boston duo 7L & Esoteric are set to drop their third full length on July 13th. “DC: Bars of Death” will feature wall-to-wall production from 7L (save one J-Zone track) and guest spots from Apathy, Celph-Titled, Rise, Beyonder, Main Flow, Vinnie Paz and more…
