Chiddy Bang - Guinness Flow

Chiddy Bang - Guinness Flow

Jumpy Xaphoon Jones instrumentals? Check. Chiddy spitting venom about his Guinness World Record-winning longest freestyle ever? Check. With the summer coming, there seems to be another wave of new music on the horizon, and Chiddy Bang is one of those acts that has been delivering the funk as of late. Their new project Peanut Butter & Swelly is off to a swell start, if I do say so myself. Like I said before, great production and dope lyricism are a simple combination, but make for excellent hip-hop. There's not much more you can say about it. Check out the first release from PB&S, and stay tuned. Summer is going to sound awesome...

Freestyle Friday on Saturday (9/25)

What's up Dear Whoever faithful? Saturday would be the day for Freestyle Friday wouldn't it? Even though I've been missing with these the past two weeks I've got two for the killing today, albeit a day late. The first one is from Yelawolf, whose freestyles have been getting better and better as of late. The Alabama MC puts his unique spin on Snoop's 'I Wanna Rock', and he has me rocking my head to the way he uses inflections and his voice. Yelawolf definitely needs to get some more music out there, because I was sleeping on that man. The second cipher is with those good fellows from Yonkers, D- Block. Sheek Louch and Styles P bring Bully along to Funk Flex's show (I wish Jada was there) and go off on Drake's 'Light Up'. The result is almost 8 minutes of raw, unadulterated hip-hop. The third one is by the rapping half of Chiddy Bang. Chiddy spits a verse off the dome that trumps most dudes writtens, even though the man stumbled over some of his lyrics. I wasn't a fan before, but the duo is really opening my eyes to how vast the spectrum of hip-hop can be. Check out all three freestyles and have a safe, fun weekend, people!!!

Chiddy Bang - The Good Life (Co-produced by Pharrell)

Chiddy Bang - The Good Life (Produced by Pharrell)

The whole producer-MC combination somewhat throws me for a loop, especially when the producer doesn't really rap. Acts like Kidz in the Hall are dope, but without Double-O, can Naledge hold a track down? Can Mikey Rocks rock a beat that Chuck didn't bless? Was CL Smooth as good without Pete Rock? I guess those questions are more rhetorical than ones that can actually be answered, yet it's always interesting to see the MC rock over another producer's beat. In this case, Chiddy Bang hooked up with Skateboard P (he co-produced it) for this cut off their upcoming work 'The Preview', to be released in October. You can definitely tell where Pharrell left his mark (the drums for sure) and where Noah did his thing (the crescendo has his name all over it). Add some nice verses by Chiddy, and you've got a certified head knocker for the fall. Check the track out and be on the lookout for more from Chiddy Bang...

Freestyle Friday (5/21)

Hey people!!! Friday means one thing: freestyles. We've got two dope ones today, that are a little different from the ones I usually put up. The first one is from Chiddy Bang. The Philadelphia duo brought a bunch of industry heads into the studio for a listening session, when Chiddy dropped a gang of bars over an instrumental that Noah just happened to 'create' on the spot. I'm honestly getting more and more impressed by them every time I hear something new. Damn shame that I slept for so long. The second one is ridiculous for two reasons: the location and the content. Jay Electronica spit some verrrrry deep bars while on a trip to Nepal (still don't understand why he's there). Both of these are fire. Check them both out and keep it locked to Dear Whoever...

Chiddy Bang - Pass Out (Music Video)

I got introduced to Chiddy Bang about a year or so ago by my boy @AKZionz. Sounding like something out of a classic video game, the Philadelphia duo is held down on the beats by Ben while Minka drops the rhymes. They released a mixtape last month called Air Swell, where this track is actually a freestyle. The result is a dope video of the Philadelphia skyline (one of the few things I relish about the city, if you know me), with Chiddy Bang's logo transposed on the building. I downloaded Air Swell here, and wanna hear more from these guys soon...