tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492214525208632252024-02-07T01:25:50.820-08:00HQ Hip-HopKing Skulliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064453891901787282noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-24682392021827989592023-04-27T15:45:00.001-07:002023-04-27T15:48:51.147-07:00Kool Keith - Black Elvis 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqp1TPWL-p0i-3pzeoHccj4tzj-AvRfIzPL7HA9IhfXDtatoU9jRK4UkuQDrOKQ0uv9riMtmYa5gOemEOeEGILnGjS4KKm_CHNXIR0pNpNDbYCswktRww5lAJAt-6SooU9BDqew4WM68UVneXQLPkrgSgyBQn4Vz5Wy5PQHYbxRUUPCshquAOuoqthig/s1024/Kool-Keith-Black-Elvis-2-Cover-3600x3600-1-1024x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqp1TPWL-p0i-3pzeoHccj4tzj-AvRfIzPL7HA9IhfXDtatoU9jRK4UkuQDrOKQ0uv9riMtmYa5gOemEOeEGILnGjS4KKm_CHNXIR0pNpNDbYCswktRww5lAJAt-6SooU9BDqew4WM68UVneXQLPkrgSgyBQn4Vz5Wy5PQHYbxRUUPCshquAOuoqthig/s320/Kool-Keith-Black-Elvis-2-Cover-3600x3600-1-1024x1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Get ready for a mind-bending trip through the Hip Hop cosmos with the one and only Kool Keith. Black Elvis is back with his long-awaited sequel to his legendary 1999 release Black Elvis/Lost In Space, in the form of Black Elvis 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>In true Kool Keith style this project will be offering the weird, wonderful, and extremely alternative form of Hip Hop from his own unique multi-verse. Kool Keith takes his information-age rhymes to a whole new level, with a sound that’s equal parts streets and space. Featuring collaborations with Marc Live, Raaddrr Van, Dynamite, Agallah, and the legendary Ice-T, this album will leave you reeling.</p><p>Post "sampled" from another website. We don't share sources, this ain't Whosampled. Do your own research if you must know. </p><p><br /></p><p>Plug in your ethernet and dial-up to travel through Kool Keith’s multi-verse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Black Elvis 2 is coming Friday 16th June – <a href="https://orcd.co/blackelvis2">https://orcd.co/blackelvis2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>SINGLE LINK: Intro: Black Elvis 2 (prod. L’Orange)</p><p><a href="https://mmg-koolkeith.bandcamp.com/album/black-elvis-2">https://mmg-koolkeith.bandcamp.com/album/black-elvis-2</a></p>King Skulliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064453891901787282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-55349923406471273752023-04-24T23:25:00.001-07:002023-04-24T23:28:32.417-07:00I Prefer Vinyl over FLAC/MP3's<p> I don't know what you've been up to all these years. I am still always buying records and building the collection. I was collecting physical media before the days of file sharing and when everything shut down or went into hiding, I just started buying more and more physical media. My preferred format is vinyl but I still buy CDs too. What have you been doing without the world of music so easily downloadable at your finger tips? </p>King Skulliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064453891901787282noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-18772593166722827332021-09-12T22:19:00.003-07:002021-09-12T22:19:54.088-07:00{INSERT TITLE};)~<p> It's been nearly 10 years since this place was active at it's peak. But the world changed and we changed with it. This blog could never again be what it once was. The internet has forever changed. It has become a much darker place. I am happy to see familiar handles from the past showing up in the chat box every once in a while. The fact that anyone still remembers this place is amazing. It's nice to know that we built something here that became so beloved by many and still brings you back if only for curiousity to know what we are up to. I can only apologize for not having content to share with this audience anymore. We pushed around some ideas for some time and not much ever materialized. Just doing a web search for HQ Hip Hop, it is clear to see we have copycats and others trying to build their own thing off what we built. And that's okay, I wish anyone and everyone the best of luck in their endeavors. The decision to shut it down did not come easy but it had to be done.</p><p>Only a couple of us stuck around to see the slow demise and death of this once extremely active blog. It's hard to let go of something that was so special and we all knew it was special. We had so many visitors, everyone linked to us to connect with the best, and other bloggers left their own blogs to join ours. We had Los Angeles radio DJ's frequenting our site. We had a virtually unknown rapper who had literally only sold 45 copies of his own record, and he came to visit our site. He was asking us to take something of his down (understandable) and yet, he does not realize that we made him famous all over the world after that. And remember the Russians? They took everything from us and claimed it as their own, even though it was blatantly obvious they took from us (maybe someday I will share the proof with you).</p><p>Anyhow, it's late on a Sunday evening, the record I was listening to just ended and I am tired. I'll try to find something good to share with you soon.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">THUMP...</span><span style="font-size: large;">THUMP...</span><span style="font-size: medium;">THUMP...</span>THUMP...<span style="font-size: x-small;">THUMP...</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">THUMP...</span></p>King Skulliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064453891901787282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-45529576854421038942021-08-11T21:13:00.004-07:002021-09-12T21:21:23.065-07:00Back To School JAM<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQ0nFn4b8lvskY1UarCge8xyzJ6mDGB0NAoeJIa6EsC-P-pYJj3GuAvyW12FYDljcmvXshSyfkMbceZJbQ3xvlypqJoi_DTCl4xmkREpV_2MXOxfKl37HR1N3bKxTxjTRAEgYPuLdCQEb/s410/HIPHOP1973-08-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="410" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQ0nFn4b8lvskY1UarCge8xyzJ6mDGB0NAoeJIa6EsC-P-pYJj3GuAvyW12FYDljcmvXshSyfkMbceZJbQ3xvlypqJoi_DTCl4xmkREpV_2MXOxfKl37HR1N3bKxTxjTRAEgYPuLdCQEb/s320/HIPHOP1973-08-11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>King Skulliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064453891901787282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-9414137429342489742020-08-25T12:37:00.004-07:002020-08-25T12:38:03.861-07:00Dizzy Wright & Demrick - Don't Worry (Video)<iframe width="500" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dZPy0hcGGkw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Beneficialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797689315544656282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-58865382759971554482018-07-22T20:53:00.000-07:002018-07-29T20:50:39.625-07:00Dusty Fingers Vol. 41 [FLAC]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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artist: Mydogsighs<br />Little Eccleston, LancashireBeneficialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797689315544656282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-84991344061344944502018-03-29T21:03:00.000-07:002018-03-29T21:03:04.556-07:00Hip Hop Radio About The Culture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yeah it has LL Cool J's name attached to it, but it seems to be the real deal, a Hip Hop station dedicated to the culture... Finally! There's definitely more LL songs getting airplay at the minute, but there's a whole lot of music I haven't heard on the radio in years. Might just be my favorite new station, at least for the moment.<br />
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The state of rapping today. It's a dark world out there. Is there anything beyond fuckin' hoes and popping pills? BTW, not saying I don't like this.King Skulliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064453891901787282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-3194305364604696112017-10-20T16:59:00.001-07:002017-10-20T16:59:37.425-07:00Beneficial - Curb Your Enthusiasm<iframe frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/347710473&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe>Beneficialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797689315544656282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-63275733887399597512016-03-27T17:14:00.000-07:002016-03-27T17:15:49.971-07:00Beneficial - Your Heater Is Late<iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/253928050&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true"></iframe>
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Found this on Facebook. I like it!King Skulliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064453891901787282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-67544462384234685292013-02-20T23:19:00.000-08:002013-02-20T23:19:06.767-08:00TOKiMONSTA & Kool Keith - The Force (Video)<iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NZ44ljwS48w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Beneficialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797689315544656282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-65141732462113917442012-11-22T20:59:00.001-08:002012-11-22T20:59:12.522-08:00Damn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beneficialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797689315544656282noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-5386317248121034812012-09-29T22:25:00.003-07:002012-09-29T22:28:55.587-07:00I DID IT...I'M THE BEST<div style="background-color: black; width: 520px;">
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King Skulliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064453891901787282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-3676764594362151202012-09-20T13:12:00.000-07:002012-09-20T13:12:31.075-07:00Supreme Cuts & Haleek Maul - M00N (Video)<center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vMriw_YecvA" width="500"></iframe></center>Beneficialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797689315544656282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-17050104837979662992012-07-06T20:24:00.003-07:002012-07-06T20:30:31.036-07:00A Review Of Tha Dogg Pound - Doggy Bag - 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the 90's, Dat Nigga Daz and Kurupt aka Tha Dogg Pound were one of the best groups to come out of the west coast gangsta era. Since first hearing Kurupts verse on <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFAfO1okTV4">Puffin' On Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray</a></i>, I knew he was something special. Years and several mediocre solo and collaboration albums later, can this duo's early output still be appealing?<br />
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With Death Row's aquisition in '09 by Wide Awake Entertainment, they've been releasing several albums of unreleased material from the 90's at Death Row. Most of these albums have been weak and handled poorly, Exampli Gratia: Crooked I, Snoop Dogg, Sam Sneed. Some have been better like their singles collection and a LBC Crew album. The problem with these releases is that there are hundreds of songs in the vaults but they're mostly there for a reason. The few good songs which are in the vaults have to be stretched out through multiple releases to maximize the investment return for wide awake.<br />
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That being said, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007WFR04U/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=hqhiho-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007WFR04U">Doggy Bag</a></i> is my favorite Wide Awake/Death Row solo album release so far, but there's still some issues. I like to think that Tha Dogg Pound sound best when just rappin' about some gangsta shit. So when the music comes to abstract topics or the ladies, it doesn't always work. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTPFU37vmpc&feature=relmfu">(<i>I Don't Care What People Say</i></a>, <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZib-YBUZvE&feature=related">Gigolo</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscYkLd8yMo&feature=related">Like Dis</a></i>.) Songs like <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc0Bv4DII-g">Every Single Day</a></i> and <i>NY87</i> have been heard before. <i>NY87 </i>in its leaked form previously had a 2Pac verse included after Daz's. This has been removed on the cd. It makes you wonder what else has been chopped, cut and pasted. Regardless, <i>it </i>is one of the best tracks on the album. Too bad it just won't make sense without 2Pac's verse anchoring it all together. DJ Quik doesn't hurt either.<br />
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There's alot of o<i>riginal </i>versions of classic DPG tracks like <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XFd5AuBOWQ&feature=relmfu">Let's Play House</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOzauX6iY3A&feature=relmfu">Me In Your World</a></i>. These work well. Some of the songs sound unfinished but these can also be the best song on the album - A kurupt solo track called <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFdyvE83KgI&feature=relmfu">These Reasons</a></i>, Kurupt experiments with his flow and goes hard on a simple but effective beat. It gives me hope for what his future could have held if all had remained well at Death Row and he didn't branch out on his own and release the horrid <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000AFAC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=hqhiho-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00000AFAC">Kuruption</a></i>. Another stand out track is the other Kurupt solo cut, <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSRYE4RS5H4">Life I Lead</a></i>. The Interlude isn't bad either. Theres even a positive song with <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLngmlGFuA&feature=relmfu">Save A life</a></i> featuring Prince Ital Joe.<br />
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In the end, I have to remember that I am a DPG fan and consequently, a little biased. Taking my fandom out of the factor, the suggestion would be to definitely pick this up if you are into Tha Dogg Pound or mid 90's g-funk. If not, then you may be better off passing on it. Tha Dogg Pound have released several newer albums under different various names like Dillinger & Young Gotti. Check out their latest <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TU55GM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=hqhiho-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003TU55GM">100 Wayz</a> from 2010.Beneficialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797689315544656282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249221452520863225.post-19821297693024953802012-06-24T17:05:00.001-07:002012-06-24T17:05:12.919-07:00FLAC CAST #8 East Vs. West Old School Mix<div style="text-align: center;">
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