Proddat och regisserat av by Zero Luck.
Greenova har släppt minst två nya tapes sen sist, vilket jag helt hade missat. Massor av talang, med världens sämsta PR-maskin bakom sig.
Jul 072014
Jan 212014
Proddat av Al Jieh. Från They Say I Struggle Rap.
Aug 172013
Mondre and Joe Blow flowing very naturally over this east coast-sounding instrumental, and I’m feeling the bleak, inner city, New Jersey Drive-feel of the video. Not your typical Bay Area-rap song.
Apr 142013
Börja dagen på rätt sätt, det här är söndagsmusiken; anspråkslös, innerlig, själsligt elegant, båda fötterna på hemmaplan.
Mondre va? Lätt en av mina favoritrappare som gör det nu, och så har det varit ett tag nu.
Nov 052012
> Mondre MAN – Love It Down Here (instrumental) (prod. Nem270)
Jag vill bosätta mig i den här samplingen.
En av årets finaste instrumentaler, direkt från producenten själv, ät det här med ris och bönor.
Aug 152012
Kid is growing them dreads.
From Rhythm & Zone, another excellent Mondre tape, produced by Nem270.
Mar 132012
Ok de är fan svårt att hänga med i Green Ovan tempo. Dom spelar in och släpper sjukt mkt musik hela tiden. Jag kommer ihåg att Shady Blaze sa att dom skulle släppa mindre grejer i år jämnfört med 2011 men de verkar inte så.
Jag har säker missat endel men jag försöker hålla mig uppdaterad på tapes iallafall.
Om ni har missat Mondre M.A.Ns tape MC Illin så borde ni verkligen göra er själva en tjänst och lyssna igenom de genast.
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Twitter har även upplyst mig att Main Attrakionz har spelat in en låt som Young L har producerat. De är ju helt sjukt att jag missat de.
För några dagar sen kom också videon me Ryan Hemsworths rmx på låten 8ball där Shady Blaze dyker upp i videon.
Mar 122012
One of the most talented Greenova producers, responsible for Down, Leave Da Tags On 2K12, G.O. Concert, Unfamiliar, YS’s shit slaps hard, and at the same, it’s very atmospheric. Beats are clean and dirty, spacious and dense.
What’s crucial here is to know exactly what very small pieces from the worlds of trap rap beats and ambient techno should be fit together for a grand monument. He pulls that off a few times on this tape.
Still, there’s a reason for these songs being unreleased. They’re a bit rough, and at times it’s evident exactly how much more skilled and precise the raps of Squadda B, Mondre M.A.N. and Shady Blaze have become in a short time.
There are a few solid slaps on here, and a lot of experimenting. That Shady Blaze goes off over a more or less 120 bpm electro track and makes it sound very fresh instead of very corny shows how far ahead of the competition they really are.
(Greenova x A$AP)
Jan 312012
Mondre M.A.N. bara fortsätter att finslipa sin estetik och droppade precis tre videos under er radar. Bästa ad-libs i gemet?
Surprise är bäst, men som svensk flippar man lagom när klock-loopen kickar in på Cloud. Pumpar Keyboard Kid TLK?
Sep 042011
Like all brand new soundscapes, Bay Area rap duo Main Attrakionz gives the listener that initial resistance, and the very humble, firmly grounded type of lyricism that Mondre excels at, even more so than rapping partner Squadda B, makes the digestion process even more time-consuming. But the reward is greater.
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I didn’t think much of this release at first – it sort of got lost amongst all the other tapes from Greenova this year – but I find myself coming back. It’s brilliant in a lowkey, understated sort of way (business as usual for this camp). Mondre M.A.N. (short for Main Attrakionz Nigga) does everything right, from opening up over a Chronic 2001 classic, to the Lex Luger-like trap slaps, to the soulful boombap throwbacks (the one above and three more provided by internet producer EPMDenny) where the young rapper just very calmly pours all of his heart out.
That a twenty year old independent rapper without capital and connections, who usually looks uncomfortable on camera and seems to care little for trends or making friends in the industry, dominates my playlist like this, talking about little else than weed smoke and looking out for his crew and closest family, all in a very laidback and dead serious tone of voice – all that just feels heartwarming and inspiring.
When you speak from the heart all the cars and diamonds and bitches and industry bullshit and media hype disappears. It doesn’t have to sound too futuristic. The rhymes don’t have to be that complex. That gorgeous piano sample has even been used before (by Ro Blvd for his remix of Nas’ Hope – which can’t even be found on the ‘tube so I might as well do the world a favor and make it available for you by clicking this link right here). It’s still the best rap music out right now.
“We aint got shit yet, I give a shit less. Compared to where we’re going nigga, we aint shit yet“.
Squadda Bambino stops by and decidedly annihalites this one, with simple and damaging lines, spreading his naked soul all over the dusty instrumental. No fancy swag, no clever wordplay, no trendy catchphrases, just one hundred percent heart.
If you are very talented, have rapped together for the last decade, have learnt from all the greats before you – from all over the country – and work their influences into your music in innovative ways, and at the same time stay very true to where you come from, then this is what it might sound like.
