PANEL DISCUSSION OF 'ARAB MONEY' ON HOT97

Rosenberg and friends discuss busta and ron browz ignorance, plus the price of plantanos. (2for$5 in washington heights, bloody credit crunch)

AND HERE ARE THE OFFENDING TRACKS:

ARAB MONEY:



ARAB MONEY REMIX:



REMIX PT 2:

LO LIFES TALK WITH CIPH & ROSENBERG

Latest podcast from the hot97 duo with some interesting talk on the history of the lo lifes. 

download here

For more info on the people responsible for terrorizing Macy's in the late 80's, watch below.

MISTER CEE 4 HR BIGGIE MIX

Taken from Hot 97's 10 year anniversary - live ish, guest app's, unreleased gems and original versions before puffy jacked them. Below is the unreleased pepsi commercial. 

do here to download in 4 parts. 

JIM JONES INTERVIEW WITH CIPHA & ROSENBERG

Hilarious interview with the Capo, discussing how to count money properly, the one time he got snuffed, stories from the tunnel and recounting the time he nearly stormed the radio station to slap rosenberg on his first day. 

Download here and skip to the 45.26 mark

New Mixtape from AINTHARDTOTELL

Being a big fan of Ciph and Rosenbergs podcast, heres the 2nd installment of 50 Minutes of Fire available via our blog here, heavily featuring some of the classic moments from their weekly ramblings. If you haven't heard it before, you can go here or here to introduce yourself to the full show from hot97's new morning duo. 

In the meantime I hope you enjoy this mixtape, see below for the tracklisting for more of an idea of what to expect. 

1. Intro Inst – Get Em Girls (Cam’Ron) 2. Michael Jordan on being Fly Inst – We Fly High (Jim Jones) 3. Jim Jones Story with Cipha Sounds Inst – Good Shit (Jim Jones) 4. Thoughts on Tha Carter III with Rosenberg Inst – Got Money (Lil Wayne) 5. Lil Wayne – Comfortable 6. Big Pun Stories with Cipha Sounds Inst – I’m not a Player (Big Pun) 7. Big Pun Story with Pete Rock Inst – Glamour Life (Big Pun) 8. Pete Rock ft. Big Pun – Verbal Murder II 9.Dj Khaled’s answerphone Inst – Out Here Grindin (Dj Khaled) 10. Cipha & Rosenberg’s thoughts on Cocaine Inst – 10 Crack Commandments (Biggie Smalls) 11. N.E.R.D. – Everybody Nose (remix) 12. Young Jeezy – Translator 13. Cop Story with Cipha Sounds Inst – Queens (C.N.N.) 14. Biggie Stories with Pete Rock Inst – Juicy (Biggie Smalls) 15. 9/11 Story with Cipha Sounds Inst – Ground Zero (Diplomats) 16. N.O.R.E. mixtape story with Cipha Sounds Inst – Calm Down (N.O.R.E., NaS, Tragedy) 17. N.O.R.E., NaS & Tragedy – Calm Down 18. Electoral conspiracy theories with Cipha Sounds Inst – One Never Knows (Alchemist) 19. Phone ‘conversation’ with Curtis and Cam’Ron Inst- Triple Up (Cam’Ron) 20. Bill O’Reilly Does it Live for the Outro 21. Young Jeezy & Kanye West – Put On

50 Minutes of Fire part 2

download here

Enjoy

Bonus: heres part 1 featuring classic cinematic comedy moments and the best in standup over some banging beats. 

download here

Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg Morning Show Premier

 

First show broadcast this morning at stupid o'clock.

Cipha Sounds & Peter Rosenberg Morning Show on Hot 97 - July 21st 2008. 

(download here)

Videos on my radar, plus some news that was a long time coming

Lets start with this kid Asher Roth, I wondered if the suburbs would ever get a look in. I Mean of the millions of kids not born in the hood who love hip-hop at least one of them must be able to rap right? At least this video and track are pretty amusing. You can go to his website to download the full DJ Drama mixtape 'The Greenhouse Effect'.

Asher Roth - The Roth Boys (Roc Boys Inst.)

Another kid featured before on this blog is Charles Hamilton. I like him for the fact that his freestyles are just that. Not pre written verses over someone elses beat which is what usually counts for a freestyle. Heres the latest offering from Green Lanterns show on Sirius, catch part 2 here. 

Charles Hamilton freestyle on Invasion radio (part 1)

Finally heres an interview with Maino discussing an 'interesting' incident that went down before hot97 summerjam. Maino is a guy who's music I been checking for a while, he comes across as someone who doesn't bullshit unnecessarily and has the true life experience of what he's rapping about. I won't offer his latest single because it may not be to your taste. Click here for a link to his latest mixtape 'The Last Real N***A Alive'. If all goes well his first album should be out on Atlantic shortly. 

Bonus: Maino advises Cipha Sounds how to survive in jail, some funny sh*t. Listen here

Finally, NAS ETHERS CURTIS. AT LAST. One verse but that will do, Nasir got better things to rap about than waste energy on Curtis. 

Ayo Queens get the money
nigga still screamin "Paper Chasin'"
[...]
niggas is still hatin
talkin that nas done fell off with rhyming
he'd rather floss with diamonds
they pray "please god let him spit that 'oozie in the army lining'
that 'shorty doo-wop rolling oowops in the park reclining' "
take twenty-seven mc's put em in a line and they out of alignment
my assignment said she said retirement hiding behind 8 Mile and The Chronic
get rich but dies rhyming
this is high science
now add 23 more from queens to b'more
i'm over they heads like a bulimic on a seesaw
now thats 50 porch monkeys ate up at the same time

Juan Epstein episode 25

After a few, perhaps lackluster episodes, this weeks Cipha/Rosenberg podcast was a good one.

Featuring some new unheard Big Pun stories, a classic comment about the bible (lol) and a discussion about "relations". On a related note, glad to see Cipha finally got his morning show after 10 years of grinding up at hot97. Funny, he just needed to get a white boy in to seal the deal, aka 'the complexion for the connection!'

Listen/Download (here, or here)

What a Difference a Year Makes

Last year Peter Rosenberg had just joined Hot97 and went straight to SummerJam to get played out by everyone. A year later and things have changed. The biggest superstars in the game actually know who he is and strangely seem to enjoy his insults and awkward interview style. The dynamic of a conversation between a suburban nerdy white guy who has an underground hip-hop show and the biggest names in rap make for pretty entertaining viewing. 

2007 (son'd)

2008 (things going much better)

Game time

The last time Game was at Hot 97, flex ended up with a two week suspension narrowly escaping a firing. This time was not quite as eventful but none the less pretty hilarious. Game winds up Angie Martinez to a point but avoids getting kicked out, comes with some great one liners - "Game you sound down, nah its the sour diesel" and attempts to do impersonations of Shyne and Dmx. That enough for you. 

Part I - Game on Hot 97 (here)

PartII (here)

Rasheed Wallace & Juan Epstein

No, not together. 

Rasheed Wallace is easily one of the best players in the NBA. Forget stats, to me they don't mean shit. Last years most valuable player went missing in the playoffs and his team got booted out in the first round. So where was his value there. You must admire a player like Wallace who, for all his talent doesn't jump at the chance to become a face for anyone else and isn't afraid to say what's on his mind whilst under the media scrutiny of pro sports. Refusing to deal with the bullshit and leaving that for the plethora of others who will happily fall in line and take any corporate cheque available. 

Heres an interesting article and interview with the man himself via ESPN (here)

Episode 14 of the Juan Epstein podcast is now available. If you've not heard it before, its Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg breaking down topics such as: fast food, larry david, bpms, porn, government conspiracy theories, bape and working for "the man" to name a few. Not a vintage ep this week, but you can always check the archives for your entertainment. 

Podcast (here)

Archives (here)

Convo with Curtis

Whatever you think about 50's records you have to agree his interviews are always entertaining. 50 called in to Miss Jones show recently and was in good form. listen (here), phonecall is about halfway through.