Myka 9 – Oh Yeah…Alright ft. Aceyalone, Sunspot Jonz, Casual, Kirby Dominant

Blowed

Tabernacle MCz – West, West ft. Aceyalone

via Aceyalone, PIK

Free album from Yeti Beats sees the gorilla-masked producer exploring his musical inclinations, jumping from genre to genre with the turn of each track. One moment you think you’re listening to a rap record, the next its reggae, then soul, then some punk for good measure. You already know Kool Keith kills his features but also notable in the raps area is Bushwick Bill who sounds clear-headed and a little guilty in his contemplative piece on forgiveness.

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JNatural ft. Abstract Rude and Aceyalone – Keys to the Cityne

Off the new Acid Reign album ‘Diversity’, coming out soon via Uncommon

I haven’t. Not proactively anyway. Not in a playful way. Not in a serious way. In no way. Come to think of it, I don’t recall my parents ever listening to this music with me. And considering how much time I spent as a young knucklehead listening to damn rap, that’s a lot of time spent apart. If it came on the radio during a long drive maybe, but even then not for long. And it’s not like I wanted to listen with them. And they weren’t necessarily vocal about their disapproval, if it could even be called that. It just didn’t seem like something to do together. Maybe I thought my worlds would collide? What is that embarrassed feeling? Parents just don’t understand? 2mex’s mom doesn’t seem to appreciate it either. But maybe that’s because she prefers to rock A Book Of Human Language dolo.

P.E.A.C.E. And Aceyalone – We’ll Blow it Up

PEACE confirmed that this track is entitled “We’ll Blow it Up” and was recorded around 94/95

via alien nation radio

Like all future commitments, this particular one has historically been difficult to keep. Especially for rappers. And extra especially for their copyright ignoring producers. Many new rap records disappoint old timers because the artists are confined to “creating” within the boundaries of copyright law. If it can’t be cleared and therefore is not commercially viable, whats the point? Samples are reworked, dropped off entirely or hidden to the point of irrelevance. But, a promise is a promise, so they have to keep trying, right?

Yesterday’s unveiling of the first taste of Freestyle Fellowship’s new Decon supported LP is not a wowee. It doesn’t induce particularly strong head nodding or multiple rewinds, er, skip-backs. And I can’t help but think part of it is because of the focus on sales. But what does it do?

It reminds me that I’m getting older. That my expectations are grander than my contributions, which I am sorry for (although you made me this way!). And that youthful, economically unburdened creativity can be awesome.

Although not articulated, the fans that grew up and now have to set aside money for laundry instead of vinyl and mp3s, didn’t they hold part of the commitment? We still expect to be wowed with best of class stylings and genre defying music. We still expect you to want to counter the mainstream. But we don’t expect to pay for it? Can you blame them for not wanting to push the envelope?

We’ve recorded seven or eight of them already. I wouldn’t say that they’re super pushing the envelope, but they’re not falling back on what we’ve done in the past. You could say it’s a similar sound, but I wouldn’t say that — it’s less a sound or style than an approach to music. Our take on a particular situation. Myka and I used to always be onstage in drama classes and it’s sort of like that, it’s about being put in a situation. Our music just plays around with that and makes it easy for producers. Creating is a fun thing, it’s always come naturally to us.

To be clear, this leak is not a disappointment to me in the way Cuban Linx II was. It is actually good and each MC contributes a worthy boast. The music, especially the beginning, is satisfying and well constructed. It serves as a good teaser for more, especially when you only get one verse from such powerful wordsmiths who could easily grab my attention for albums at a time. I just hope as more music drops or when I finally cop the album that I can reconcile my expectations appropriately to the reality of their situations.

Either that or continue to look forward to the day rappers start to sell non-public, “unannounced” (aka illegal) music on tours that only fans, not the industry, will know about. Hint, hint.

Here’s the first single from the recently reunited Freestyle Fellowship.

Freestyle Fellowship – On This Earth

courtesy of Blind I

Reunited

On February 28, 2010 MC’s Myka Nyne, Jupiter, P.E.A.C.E, and Aceyalone, along with DJ Killu Grand, got together for a “freestyle” at the Annual KPLtv House Party. The mics were live as the group demonstrated why their the original West Coast rap intelligentsia.

vintage audio: Myka 9, Spoon Iodine, Aceyalone. Last year Abstract Rude shared this info about the MC Aces and Spoon’s under appreciated influence via goodlifelove.ning.com:

Well, I never really got to know the brother that well, but I have vibed with him on occasion. What I do know of him is all 2nd hand info from Acey & Myka,
but I do know there were his appearances on:

- Heavyweights Rd 1 – Innercity Griots
- Jurassic – Project Blowed Compilation
- I Bash – one of the greatest misses on the Blowed comp later released by Omid I think
- also a few obscure Omid releases here and there ie; the Anti-Christ thing
- I’m Just a Bill – classic old Spoon song re-did by Omid as well

Now about Teaspoon of Iodine his full artist name and Eric something his real name: to my knowledge he was from the Bay Area i think Oakland, CA. He moved to LA sometime in like the 80s and became a junior high school classmate of Microphone Mike & Aceyalone, Acey was known as some other MC name back then, something E because his name was Eddy. Anyways, according to Acey and Mike; Spoon or Eric had a unique skill set – he could rap & beatbox at the same time kinda by inserting words around the beats his mouth was creating (superb breath control), and simultaneously beating on his chest and/or on a lunch table, and wouldn’t lose his rhythm at all. That’s hard to do – try it if u don’t believe me.

So anyways, Mike & Ed were already rhyming finding their voices, however intrigued by Spoon’s hip hop savvy: he was the 1st they had seen record himself beatboxing on one radio tape deck, then using that tape as his soundtrack to then record himself rapping over the beat – ghetto studio-ing it in other words – now that I had even tried and figured out in ’84 as a young kid myself. They soon formed a group: The MC Aces, one of their oldest routines being a fun little ditty called Mike, Eric & Eddie – get it now? That idea for us to do Mike, Aaron & Eddie was like a 20 year old MC Aces jack when we re-did it in 2004. Crazy right? Of course I was honored to kind of stand in for Spoon, and nervous that he’d hear it and be like, “Aww fuck that shit” ala Etta James vs. Beyonce, lol. I’m still waiting for a response I guess. And when they disbanded post high school, Eddie’s nostalgia wouldn’t let him kill the memory of the group so he became Aceyalone – the sole Ace from the Aces.

But honestly man, they had so many dope routines, that was just 1. I even think Mike & Acey implemented some techniques the 3 of them had as the Aces into the FF vibe, which is what made that so dynamic. So to be real…Spoon is like a MAJOR unsung style contributor of our whole shit. And when u listen to all his old or even new demos, u hear that choppy, patterned cadence that was coined as an FF flow – he helped birth that shit and never stopped rhyming like that or even caring about the mainstream or even underground success that came from it. I think he is forever dope and has 1 of the illest voices to ever spit.

Director: Eric Heights

A music video celebration for Aceyalone

HD quality. Nice.

Underground rap legend Aceyalone is no stranger to freestyling. He co-founded renowned Los Angeles group Freestyle Fellowship and hip hop collective Project Blowd to do just that: show the world that when it comes to spittin’ off the top, L.A. ain’t playin’!

So Freestyle 101 was beyond thrilled when Acey stopped by The Engine Room in Hollywood to grace us with his talents. But this time we had an agenda. We asked him to come up with a Rock The Vote themed rap about the state of the nation and why it’s more important than ever to register to vote and make your voice heard. And Aceyalone knows about getting’ your voice heard after a slew of incredible solo albums (start with All Balls Don’t Bounce and Book of Human Language and then scoop up every one from there). Listen up, kids, the man knows his hip hop and his politics!

Aceyalone’s latest album is called Lightning Strikes and it’s quite dope, so we suggest you pick it up. To check out other Freestyle 101s visit www.g4tv.com/freestyle101, ’cause if you dig Aceyalone you’ll wanna chekc out Project Blowd MCs Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E., Thirsty Fish and Neila. Meanwhile, Freestyle 101 continues New Artist Month at our regular time next week (9 a.m. PST, Tuesdays) with Damani of Snoop Dogg’s Dub Union. Then we got Heltah Skeltah, Teflon, Kool Keith, and a special Halloween double feature that will rock your world. Make sure to dig our behind the scenes photos, visit us on MySpace and rant in our Forums.

This Rock The Vote episode also marks the first time Freestyle 101 has been offered in HD!!!

Decon Media: Big Give Vol. 1

Aceyalone / Z-Trip – Automatic At It Video
Aceyalone & The Lonely Ones Exclusive Track
Alchemist “G-Type” & “Rapper’s Best Friend” Track
Dilated Peoples “Release Party” Video
Chali2na “Comin Through” Track
Plantlife “Love Toy” Track