keep on keepin' on

Keep on Callin' - P-Money feat. Sway & Akon
Fuck New York - Sway feat. Babyblu & Bruza (radio rip)
The Xpedition - P-Money feat. 4 Corners

Some global heavy weight action here. P-Money is basically the one worthwhile hiphop producer in New Zealand (that isnt part of the dawn raid/polynesian-tip) plus Akon, who might as well be called futbol, the way he has blown up worldwide, then add on top of that Sway, a british MC (so... we aren't going to be able to use the term Grime soon since the MC's are getting away from grimeybeats?, sad sad). This track puts together all the good things about all three artists. P-Money uses the samples and sounds that fell out of favor in NYC circa 96, and for us that werent listening to hiphop then, it doesnt sound dated but right like a throwback, then Akon brings his unique-as-hell voice and a hook that will have you saying 'keep on callin' for hours. Sway brings his weird G-Unit minus the Unit callout,and some ridiculously british rhymes (not to mention Positive and funny), "throw a party like labour" what?! not to mention he shoutouts New Zealand, and that hits my heart the right way.

Since I haven't been here in a minute, audio students have college educations to attend to, oops, had to bring a couple of related tracks. I swear the only tracks i am okay with being radio rips are Grime tracks, it's almost part of the aesthetic. Plus its pretty easy to diss Ja-Rule, right? but ofcourse as with almost all grime, theres a positivity to this track (i will sometime to get around to a post about this... grime really is like old old old hiphop in a lot of respects). This track is pretty much a novelty song to most ears, it shoutouts Lundun perfectly, BabyBlu kills it, as seemingly every woman grime MC does, then Bruza's voice/delivery is just... very Juvenile "ha."

P-Money brings some Andean flute loop craziness to the next track, the breath-in noise in the background just ups the ante. Not much else to say about the actual rapping, 4 corners is one of the many crews trying ot make it in NZ, the main reason i picked this track from P-money's first LP is that it says "straight out of the H-Town system," and you are never ever going to hear a track with this much urgency and quickness out of Houston... but its definately different in Hamilton, NZ.