I’m Not Feeling You

Dear Guy I Took a Month Out of My Life to Work For For Free,

You know what would “addess the threat posed by drug traffickers in Mexico?” Legalizing weed.

You’re welcome,

Sam

I check the dudes over at DUTTY ARTZ fairly often (no homo), cause they’re good, and one of them is a good friend of mine’s brother so, you know, support the fam’s fam and all that. Anyway,  this guy over there, Lamin, put together this Recession Rap Podcase. It’s pretty much exactly what you think: rap songs about the recession. It’s also incredibly tight. Go get it.  For real, it’s like listening to how you’ll think about now in the future. While you’re at it, go buy the Jahdan Blakkamoore E.P. It’s all I’m bumping walking through the mean streets of Seoul these days.

Tracklist

Jahdan Blakkamoore Intro (Buzzrock Warrior coming soon on Dutty Artz)

Attitude f/ Jackie Chain - Money (off T.I.M. (Time Is Money) Warner Bros. Records 2009)

Gangsta Pill - Back Outside (off 4180: The Prescription mixtape, Grind Time 2009)

Cam’ron - I Hate My Job (from Crime Pays, Diplomat Records 2009)

Jadakiss f/ Barrington Levy - Hard Times (from The Last Kiss, Roc-A-Fella Records 2009)

G-Side f/ Shyft - Hit Da Block (from Starshipz & Rocketz, Slowmotion Soundz 2008)

Diata Sya - Saria (from Move It Chaleh! Akwaaba Music 2009)

Joell Ortiz - Bout My Money (off Free Agent, ???, 2009)

Kano - Paper (from 140 Grime Street, Bigger Picture Music 2008)

Rhymefest - Exodus 5.1(off El Che, J Records 2009)

Amanda Diva - Rebels (from Spandex, Rhymes, & Soul, DivaWorks Inc. 2009)

Young Jeezy - Circulate (off The Recession, Def Jam Records 2008)

Lil Wayne - Real Rap (off ???,??? 2009 )

David Banner - Faith (from The Greatest Story Ever Told, Universal Records 2009)

Willie Isz - In The Red (from Georgiavania, Lex Records 2009)

Sure, being a college-educated New York liberal I should know better, but lately I’ve started to lose faith in the NYT’s policy of keeping each of their reporters in a seperate, hermetically sealed room. I’m even beginning to suspect that forcing those reporters and editors to pledge to read the other sections of the paper might not be a good idea.

You know, because, I’m not like pro bank robber or anything, but reporting that there’s a surge in bank robberies because there aren’t enough security barriers the same day you run this on the front page seems a little… I don’t know… completely retarded. 

Also, I’ve always been, and always will be, a little bit pro bank robber.

Lou Dobbs hates it, and that’s a vote of confidence for me. More importantly though, now we never have to talk about it again. It’s not perfect, but it’s something, and maybe some people won’t get
fired… which is always nice. Also, wow, can that guy hold a pen or what? What a dreamboat.