Wednesday, October 17, 2007

The Torture Papers

Nate Dogg -

Do you have the new Army of the Pharaohs The Torture Papers? Is it worth copping?


Speaking of AOTP alumni...

1) I finally got around to getting Jedi Mind Tricks' new one, Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell. Didn't like it quite as much as JMT's others, but "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" was poignant, and "Heavy Metal Kings" featuring Ill Bill is one of the hardest jams I've heard out of anybody in a minute. I got the 12" (blue vinyl) and Vinnie Paz signed it for me @ Fat Beats.

2) Not exactly new, but Apathy's Eastern Philosophy is really ill.

3) As is Feast or Famine by Reef the Lost Cauze. WAAAAAY more replay value than I'd anticipated. The joint "How You Lose Your Mind" about having to move back in with Mom when you're in your 20's is really well-written, and more self-deprecatingly honest than most rappers will allow themselves to be.

1 comment:

Jake Palumbo said...

Yeah, Celph Titled is ill. That dude doesn't break kayfabe for a second. Most rappers threaten you with Glocks and handguns, he prefers bazookas and grenades.

In real life, he jerked an un-suspecting Cage off the stage in New York and delivered what was described as a nasty beat-down, during the Demigodz/Weathermen beef a few years ago.