Reflex Reaction: Pre-release hip hop

I want your reaction, here. Leave a comment and for any/all of the songs, write your reaction to the song – keep it brief! (5-15 words, extra points if you hit exactly 10) After a few days, I’m going to publish the most evocative/impressive/amusing comments here. Be sure to leave your name!
Ready?

UPDATE! The best reactions follow:
Hi-Tek – How We Do It Ft. Snoop Dogg & Slim Thug

  • Snoop Dogg could not save that. Sounded generic – no groove ~anon
  • hi tek fell hard of after reflection eternal, nuff said ~anon
  • i find myself growing more bored with each second. ~anon

    • Busta Rhymes – Touch It

  • he didnt do his homework, lets hope he can make a better discovery next time. ~bob
  • busted rhymes but a dope cut to dance to ~mike
  • Just changing drum kit is not a viable compositional technique.~A

    • Rocky Marsiano – A Story To Be Told

  • finally, something i can jam to in this set. i dig.~anon
  • Smooth , Slick, Groovy. Will live on my playlist for a while.~Cliff
  • refreshing jazz sampling and no rapping, gets old quick ~MT

    • Posted by Paul Irish on Friday, October 7th, 2005 under reflex reaction.

    33 Responses to “Reflex Reaction: Pre-release hip hop”

    1. Benji said on October 7th at 6:02 am :

      HT: Unexpected maindstream production from one of hip hop’s realest cats.
      BR: Fire jam. Aggressive and groovable. Hah, nice Daft Punk sample!
      RM: Rolls out from the lounge room DJ nice, sweet and smooth.

    2. salchicha said on October 7th at 7:00 am :

      HT: Pretty regular gansta-pop no?
      BR: Grandpa Rhymes a little touched.
      RM: Good jazz, not much funk

    3. Anonymous said on October 7th at 7:08 am :

      HT – Snoop Dogg could not save that. Sounded generic – no groove (woot – 10!).

      BR – Ugh. The groove was too slow.

      RM – Nice. Good flow, bouncy, smooth.

    4. Rob said on October 7th at 7:20 am :

      HT: Standard gangsta fare in pop-time with old school roots
      BR: Another Ryhme in time from Busta, same song different sample.
      RM: Smooth sounds in my ear, still listening to it here

    5. Leon said on October 7th at 7:51 am :

      RM: Really liked it.
      Others: Standard, yawn-inducing ‘front’ promoting nonsense with no deviation from the norm.

    6. Anonymous said on October 7th at 8:01 am :

      HT – i find myself growing more bored with each second.
      BR – i really like unintelligible, monotonous songs with uninteresting beats. really.
      RM – finally, something i can jam to in this set. i dig.

    7. Cliff said on October 7th at 10:05 am :

      RM: Smooth , Slick, Groovy. Will live on my playlist for a while.
      HT, BR: *snore*

      (PS. I have a similarly interesting track for you)

    8. MT said on October 7th at 10:18 am :

      ht: catchy bass, background “hey”, snoop can’t rescue unoriginality

      br: edgy, cluttered, original, boring

      rm: refreshing jazz sampling and no rapping, gets old quick

    9. Adonis said on October 7th at 5:29 pm :

      RM: This is pretty gangsta in a prohibition-era kinda way.

    10. Anonymous said on October 7th at 8:45 pm :

      HT – Boring Buckeye boasting.
      BR – 21st century minstrel robot porn.
      RM – Loops that lead nowhere.

    11. Anonymous said on October 8th at 2:36 am :

      HT:hi tek fell hard of after reflection eternal, nuff said

    12. Anonymous said on October 8th at 10:50 pm :

      Hello there,

      Try this brazilian girl named Carol Costa:
      http://dc2.4shared.com/download/324670/6bf59940/Imagina_So_Eugenio_Cruz.html

    13. Anonymous said on October 9th at 4:47 am :

      HT – Durr.
      BR – Just changing drum kit is not a viable compositional technique. (10!)
      RM – Nice, but when does the song start?

      -A

    14. soobrosa said on October 9th at 7:46 am :

      HT: Even Mike Jones would fell asleep listenin’ dis. And you wonder why hiphop’s dead. Hi-Tek, you’d better be off listening baile funk.

      BR: Busta, you’re not Afrika, to sample European electro! If you need inspiration check out the 15-year old bootleg punters’ electrohouse version your classics.

      RM: Like an old, bad Slick Rick without Slick Rick.

    15. tom said on October 9th at 6:14 pm :

      HT: Tired MC’s run out of breath. Snoop asks nephew for three-piece dinner.

      BR: Fembot begs Busta to lick some robot pussy. Busta complies.

      RM: Hip hop for my white grandma that thinks she’s funky.

    16. Emperor Minge said on October 9th at 9:04 pm :

      so boring and generic i forgot i was listening and shut down my computer.

    17. Tangledmind said on October 9th at 9:10 pm :

      tanx alot man. you do a great job. i like no mercy’s song. can you tell me where can i find them to download?

    18. Ekko said on October 10th at 9:51 am :

      solid blog, man. altho i pretty much hate everything busta ever does

    19. mike said on October 10th at 11:27 am :

      busta – busted rhymes but a dope cut to dance to
      rocky – should have spit, pete rock devotee so not surprised at the quality
      hi-tek – unexpected? i think not. he’s aftermath in-house doggie.

    20. Anonymous said on October 10th at 1:22 pm :

      Hey Irish-

      Just saw the new ads. Let me know if they offset your operating costs and/or how much money you make.

      If they do well, I’ll start a similar dub/chillout/hiphop/underground mp3 blog if I can get the web hosting & domain name without having to pay for shite.

      Thanks

    21. Paul Irish said on October 10th at 1:59 pm :

      Hey Anon,
      who is you? email me contact info.
      (btw- they’re not making money) :-]

    22. cHUCk dA fONk fISHMAn said on October 11th at 6:57 am :

      cH

      High Tek – Cinci does not need a song to rep it. Just listen to Zapp, Bootsy, Cameo, Isley brothers, Ohio Players. This is NOT the sound of Cinci, IMO.

    23. bob said on October 11th at 12:27 pm :

      bt- he didnt do his homework, lets hope he can make a better discovery next time.

    24. Jesse said on October 11th at 1:54 pm :

      BR:
      Jesse sez, don’t call it a comeback, ’cause it aint!

    25. Anonymous said on October 12th at 2:54 am :

      ten words? well, let me see… hmmm. i don’t know…

    26. Hemaworstje said on October 13th at 12:49 pm :

      I am a dutch farmer and f**k it if i know how i got here.

    27. LastAmericanBboy said on October 13th at 8:36 pm :

      One of the groovier situations I’ve been in for a minute!

    28. Anonymous said on October 17th at 6:44 am :

      Touch it: Great original club banger! Busta is back with the lock on NY. THE BIG BANG in stores soon. http://www.geocities.com/bustaunofficial

    29. Anonymous said on October 17th at 6:06 pm :

      Why not give a listen to: Pillow Logics new disc, Treason to Live, a wiry concept album that gives new meaning to the phrase, “Now, I’ve seen everything!” Ostensibly about a young girl who loses her shoes in a cockfight she mistakenly attends during Thanksgiving 1959, it’s really about the universal themes of loss, angst, candy and damp clothing. Taking its cue from the early commercial work of Deloite and Hughey and filtering it through the “I cut myself shaving” piousness of Throm Tillson, Pillow Logic re-works early sock hop chop flop and allows people like me to enjoy enjoying it.
      RATING: Two T-Shirts and a cup of jizz.

      no?

      Then don’t listen to Thar She Blows, the terrible new cd by The Original Apple Dumpling Gang. If you like shitty, regurgitated slop as evinced by the overlauded production team of Dr. Snagglepuss and Oppressor, then you’re gonna love this. Daring to delve into his worn out bag of used tricks, Dr. Snagglepuss turns to his old SugarSnaps partner, TreacherousFace ZombieHead, and spits out beats that sound like two dying frogs farting in your face. If that’s your idea of an aural good time then you’re probably the kind of person that likes early Faust meets pre-post-op Neutron Bitch also meets Blunder (with a nod to Iceland’s Achilles Healed) but then a fight breaks out and DNA Groove comes over and separates everybody and quickly escorts Neutron Bitch out through the service entrance where they make love on a pile of day old lettuce (like in the movies). Either way, T.A.D.G. do themselves a disservice by trying to milk some more milk from an aids infested cow called “their old music”. All in all it’s a big disappointment, but then again if you like aids milk then I guess this is for you. RATING: 2.shit

    30. Allan L. said on October 18th at 7:49 pm :

      HT – I was ready to hate, but I chilled. Great, save for Hi-Tek’s verse and Snoop’s ad-libs.
      BR – Couldn’t even finish it. Club snoozer.
      RM – I ain’t mad at this. I dig the horns.

    31. Anonymous said on November 13th at 4:58 pm :

      did read another single comment and not sure if anyone still this far down the page, but OH SNAP!!! that busta-bus track is STRAIGHT FIRE!!! busta takes a few years off and this is the first single from his new album? COUNT ME IN!ax

    32. Runman said on December 8th at 5:40 pm :

      HT: NUP
      BR: NUP
      RM: Coolest piece of intelligent funk groove I’ve come across in awhile. Malcom McLaren sample, brilliant.

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