What's that Sample: Ab-Soul

I'm more and more impressed with TDE rapper Ab-Soul day by day.  He reminds me of L.e.g.a.c.y from Justus League when Little Brother and 9th Wonder got the most attention in the mid 2000s (check out  Project Mayhem by Legs, classic!).  The 'black lipped bastard' is getting his due slowly behind Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q, but I'm leaning towards him as the dopest from Black Hippy.  Today's sample is from his record Mixed Emotions from Control System.  It's a departure from his usual thought-provoking lyrics (see Book of Soul and Only 1) but when a Merv Griffin sample can be flipped into a drank induced smokers anthem, who cares just enjoy it.  Follow the link below to listen to both via WhoSampled.com.

Ab-Soul's Mixed Emotions sample of Merv Griffin's Merv's Theme | WhoSampled

Go Get It: 9th Wonder - Black American Gangster

Adding a new series to the blog this year called 'Go Get It'.  I'll be posting great free music I suggest you go get (complicated I know). Anyways, starting the year off with 9th Wonder remixing one of Jay-Zs last great albums in my opinion, American Gangster. Click below to Go Get It!

Pure Hip-Hop Blogspot: 9th Wonder - Black American Gangster:

While I'm Here

While Im here, I wanna remind yall The Foregin Exchange has a new album coming out: Leave it All Behind. Now for those that don't know... Foreign Exchange is Phonte (of Little Brother) and producer Nicolay, and a few years back that dropped one of my TOP 5 Albums of all time: CONNECTED.








Years later they've got a second one on the way. Just hit up their myspace, they got the entire album up for a listen: http://www.myspace.com/theforeignexchange