People Under The Stairs // Los Angeles’ Finest
Los Angeles’ Finest=Best Hip-Hop Group In America
I’m about four months off on praising the best hip-hop album of 2008, “Fun DMC”. But I’m still hooked on their 2002 classic “O.S.T.” I will beat a dead horse, but you guys who drool over Lil’ Wayne, Kanye, 50 Cent, Young Jeezy or any other of those prepackaged “rappers”, expand your horizons. If you want to hear great rhymes and beats without the bling and bullshit check out People Under The Stairs’ catalog. You will not be disappointed. BTW-you have to love West Coast rappers paying respect to the Bronx.
I Rest My Case: Lil’ Wayne Fans (Click Here)
Question for Lil’ Wayne: How many Gangsta’s chat with Katie Couric???
Download:
MP3: People Under The Stairs – The Break Down
MP3: People Under the Stairs – Acid Raindrops
MP3: People Under The Stairs – Letter 2 C/O Bronx
MP3: People Under The Stairs – Love’s Theme #1
Download:
People Under the Stairs – Fun DMC
People Under the Stairs – "O.S.T. (iTunes)
People Under the Stairs – The Next Step (iTunes)
January 31st, 2009 at 5:50 am
Couldn’t agreee more. Lil Wayne/Young Jeezy types are for people who listen to music casually. There is no way that anyone who takes hip hop, or any music seriously for that matter, would listen to that commercial garbage.
On a more positive note, this stuff is awesome, never heard of these dudes before.
January 31st, 2009 at 9:04 pm
I just don’t understand it. It’s not an old-timer thing. Go back to the early 80’s-Eric B. & Rakim,, then Tribe Called Quest and Company in the 90’s, Jurassic 5 and The Roots late 90’s into 2000’s. Tell me that’s not the best hip-hop ever. Maybe you can like both, but I cannot stand some of this new shit.
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:54 pm
To each their own “rollogrady” but I can’t really understand that idea. At least that big a version of it. So why would it stop at that then? Those groups, that is. If you really like those groups you can probably use enough logic to know at one point there was some cat just like you slinging weaksauce reviews around at them before he finally could buy their t-shirt and tell everyone he heard it first or was there at the start. Because it has to start man. THese guys didn’t just trump anybody’s previous important work and it’s pretty likely they never will but what I get tired of is trying to hear some new shit and have some dude at the bottom of the page who just can’t leave without comparing it or dropping some ill reference to what hip-hop used to be. Like he knows the rules, or the real formula. Get out of its way. It won’t stop (musical derivatives of the past) and it will always be comparable and by the way, you got an album out yet?
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Fair enough Preacher. I grew up listening those bands I mentioned (Tribe, J-Five, The Roots, Eric B. Rakim, Sugar Hill Gang, PE, NWA, Wu Tang Clan). Nobody was calling them out. They were breaking new ground and putting out beats/lyrics unmatched.
I’m assuming you grew up in the Young Jezzy era. Check out the old reviews on the guys I listed above. I stand by my post. Jeezy, Lil Wayne, 50 cent and Kanye are sellouts. Especially Kanye.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:09 am
i think everyone should just chill and listen to some musical dope. rappers like this do and always have broken away from the norm. its not BS R&B that you hear every 5 seconds on the radio. its soulful, groundbreaking, smooth west coast rap with inivative beats and amazing flow. couldnt agree more with whats been said.