Some fly, futuristic, cow bell ringing, DJ Quik inspired music for your hump day from Taylor Gang affiliate, Cardo. I’ve been digging his beats ever since I heard his work on ‘Kush & Orange Juice’ in 2010 but really began taking notice after I heard Grind’N from Dom and That Good from Snoop & Wiz. Looking forward to hearing his instrumental debut album out later this year. Smoke 1 and ride out to this!

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Download: Cardo’s Groove

It looks like the Cool Kids are beginning 2012 working on their solo careers. While Mickey Rocks has upped his herb intake by signing to Curren$y’s Jet Life imprint, producer Chuck Inglish begins 2012 with a solo beat tape entitled WRKING. Consisting of 20 instrumentals created over the past several months. I consider Inglish in that newer generation of rap producer, along with the likes of Cardo, Lex Luger & 1500 Or Nothin’ and he doesn’t disappoint on this project. Full tracklist and download link in the cut.
[VIEW]

The Big Ghostface Chronicles has really had the internet going nuts for the past couple of months and the people at GQ Magazine actually got in contact with Big Ghostface to get some further information on the blog and who is actually writing all the material. It’s an interesting read and Big Ghostface drops the hilarious knowledge as usual.

GQ: When did Big Ghost Chronicles officially start? What was your original intent?
Big Ghostface: It started bout a year ago son. My original intent was jus to sprinkle a couple jewels throughout the internets wherever I could. I aint really had no particular focus at the time. But over time the shit gradually evolved n shit…n I noticed that the people needed a voice. So I provide that.

GQ: Specifically, a voice that says, “Drake is girly and/or soft”?
Big Ghostface: Nah son…by people I mean those who think for theyselves…not muthafuckas who allow the media to brainwash em. I dont speak for those people. My gripes aint wit Aubrey in particular. He might be the ringleader for the Spa Rap Movement but I aint sweatin dude jus cos he soft. I think his voice is too loud n too heard. N nobody in the industry wants to say nothin bout him cos they see too many dollar signs ridin his wave.

Softness aint necessarily the problem. Lotsa dudes is soft. But they aint empowered like that. Son has too much say. Nobody wants to call son out tho cos they hopin to eat off his plate tho.

GQ: That’s true, because—if you are in fact the real Ghostface Killah—you’ve had your moments of softness, too. Can the guy who put out “Tush” really call out somebody else for being baby thighs?
Big Ghostface: Im jussa a voice son. Who I am specifically aint make no difference. IIm a messenger b. If you take a sentence based on a fact n you let a child read it word for word from the page or you let a grown man witta phd read it…it dont change the message. What you might change is how its said. Or rather…you change how the shit is heard. Namsayin.

At the end of the day tho…theres more than one way to bake a cake nahmean. I dont like my cakes too sweet yo. Dudes can bake they cakes or they can cook up a steak. Im cool wit both. But the boy Aubrey puttin way too much sugar n icing on his cakes. Thats what Im sayin.

N how son gon have nothin but cake after cake after cake on all his albums n mixtapes b? Wheres the rest of the meal?

You can read the rest of the interview with Cocaine Biceps HERE.