Thursday Special: Deadly Medley

Deadly Medley - Black Milk feat. Royce da 5'9'' and Elzhi - Album of the Year

Detroit goes really strong in this song as all three hail from the motor city, and all three do a fantastic job with their verses, crafting funny and memorable lines. Although I personally think Elzhi was the weakest of the bunch (and his lines were pretty good), but that Royce Da 5'9'' absolutely knocked this song out. Black milk was good, and his beat on this song is classic showing that he took a couple of notes on the late great fellow Detroit rapper/producer J-Dilla.

Enjoy the song and my favorite lyrics from the three.

"My shit is martin luther your shit is martin lawrence" ~ Black Milk

"You can't take the heat get yo ass out the kitchen

Matter fact take yo ass back in there and wash the dishes" ~ Royce da 5'9''

"I left detroit rappers in fitteds decapitated" ~ Elzhi

New Release: Elzhi - The Elmatic

Elzhi - The Elmatic

This album has gotten a lot of press recently and it is absolutely deserved. If there's one thing i hate it's jumping on a bandwagon and just bumping up what other people have said without any original thought. That being said, believe what you hear, this is special.

The Elmatic, is not just a tribute, it's an update, a reworking, and a cover. It takes every track off of the Illmatic, a classic album for any genre, and rerecords them with a live band, and Elzhi rapping over them in a similar style, rhythm, or beat pattern to the original. No one is here to say that Elzhi is a better rapper than nas, or that this album is better than the original, but this album is great in its own way! Performing these songs with a live band gives it a much fresher feel, and Elzhi does a wonderful job emulating Nas while still telling his own story and leaving his own mark on the aalbum.

Halftime, one of my absolute favorites off the original, gets a spectacular rendition by Elzhi and his backing band, but also represents the two albums well. It sounds different in the best way possible. I just love both of them so much. Nas rapping, it's better, and more memorable ("You couldn't catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer//That's like Malcolm X, catchin the Jungle Fever"), but I LOVE Elzhi's smooth quick agile delivery. See and compare for yourself. The Original. The Update.

I don't think I even mentioned the best part. It's Free. All of it. It's not a pay as much as you want, its just free. I'm trying to find someway to buy it, because I want to support Elzhi now, but so far as i can tell this is free mp3 download only.

If you didn't click on any of the download links here it is.