What's New In Dart's iPod #106 AKA Where Is Dart?

This week sucked balls because my reliable workhorse 17" G4 PowerBook finally died for good this week. I had hoped that it would last until January but nope. It had about 25 kernel panics in the past week and the PMU was so screwed up that it no longer could sustain a charge. My brother gave it to me in August '08 but I didn't use it exclusively as my laptop until about that December, though. I was afraid to kill yet another Mac.

I've been without a laptop for a while and I've lost some files & pics I used to make posts. All of my old bookmarked sites have been affected to so my entire organized posting & writing process has been reduced to shit. This is why I haven't posted all week & also why this post is two full days late.

It's been almost a month since our (mine, Eric & Travis') collaborative blog Bloggerhouse launched and it's been going beautifully. I will be adding new content up there as well as here until I discontinue Poisonous Paragraphs on January 1st, 2010 (that's 41 days away). I'll bring a revamped & streamlined version of "What's New In Dart's iPod" to Bloggerhouse in 2010.

The Patriots beat the Jets last week and I posted about it over @ Armchair Linebacker. Hopefully they'll beat the Saints on Monday Night Football. I'll try to post something up on Nerd With Swag as well. As soon as I get my whole computer situation figured out I'll be able to get back to regular posting on here & Bloggerhouse.

This week I'll be reviewing eight new projects that recently hit the 'net/bloggerverse and/or will be landing on store shelves soon in the following order: A Disturbing New Trend "Year Of The Carnivore", The Clipse "Til The Casket Drops", Danny! "Where Is Danny?", LMNO & Yann Kesz "Devilish Dandruff With Holy Shampoo", OC & AG "Oasis", Portformat "The Repeat Factor", Souls Of Mischief "Montezuma's Revenge" and Wiz Khalifa "Deal Or No Deal". For those of you new to this blog, I don’t rate albums on a scale or assign them a numerical value out of 5 or 10, instead I merely answer the all important question of “Is it worth buying or not?”. Here's how my recently revised "Cop It Or Not" ratings system breaks down below:

Opinions be damned. This particular project has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and should come with a Surgeon General's warning and/or a biohazard sticker. It should only be handled by hazmat teams or bomb/demolition squads. To quote Common & Canibus, this album is your worst nightmare squared.

Oh No! This CD is a drink coaster/table balancer/doorstop/gerbil/hamster room divider/frisbee/discus/makeshift shield/last ditch choice for a visor/alternate shuriken choice. Sell this shit to whoever is dumb enough to buy it from you.

Maeby (Maybe)! Depending on your own set of personal preferences you might like this joint. Give it a listen first to see if it's in your lane or not.


Mos Def! Cop the album when it drops...'Nuff said.

It was all good just a week ago! © Jay-Z


Best Joints: A Disturbing New Trend, Winters, Affiliate's Theme and Year Of The Carnivore

Hot Garbage: That it wasn't longer

Dart's Take: If I was asked to find a song that exemplified the feeling behind Boston Hip Hop this would be it. Clocking in at just over 10 minutes of mayhem these 4 songs make me want an album from Silva & Affiliate right fuckin' now. They also managed to create a new Boston anthem with "Winters" (that's pretty damn hard to do). "Year Of The Carnivore" will be available on December 1st @ Newbury Comics & Underground Hip Hop and it's available on iTunes right now. Mos def. Cop it.




Best Joints: Freedom, Popular Demand (Popeyes), Kinda Like A Big Deal, Showin' Out, I'm Good, There Was A Murder, Door Man, Never Will It Stop, Eyes On Me, Counseling, Champion, Footsteps and Life Change

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: I was sent this album just recently. The same day I was sent it my OC & AG CD got stuck in my now dead Powerbook G4 & it was sitting in my iTunes not yet moved to my iPod Touch. Two days later I'd finally get to hear "Til The Casket Drops". It's the perfect soundtrack to the death of my laptop & the pending death of Poisonous Paragraphs.

The selection of producers (Sean C & LV, DJ Khalil & The Neptunes) made for great listening music. I hate Cam'ron & Yo Gotti but they somehow made them tolerable. Even clubby tracks like "Eyes On Me" & "Counseling" with female R&B singers on the hooks worked really well. DJ Khalil did his thing on "Kinda Like A Big Deal", "There Was A Murder" and "Footsteps" and the album will be blasting out of cars & iPods until the Summer comes. Bet on it. I give "Til The Casket Drops" a highly recommended maybe.




Best Joints: Manic! At The Disco, Where Is Danny?, Tattered Fedora Flow, Hoedown Showdown, I Ain't The Walrus, Turn Me Up, Many Reasons, Still Got Love, Sloppy Joe, Pt. 1, Fa Fa Fa, This Is Your Life (In West Watch-A-Ka-Tella), Off The Hook, George Wendt, Theme Music To A Killing Spree, Lost One, Scrambled Eggs, Sloppy Joe, Pt. 2, Mama, I Want To Fucking Sing, Wake The Fuck Up Man (You're Trippin' Man), Crank Dat (Hey DJ), Get Down and Gone Danny Gone

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: Download it now. Buy it when it drops. This is easily one of my favorite releases of the year so far as I've played it so much that I expect a team of people to attack me like on the Stride gum ad to force me to play something else for a change. Salute to Danny Swain, Alex Goose, Von Pea, Che Grand, Danny Brown & whomever else even breathed on "Where Is Danny?". Mos def, dammit.




Best Joints: Devilish Intro, The Brunt, Never Stop, Fashion Show, Creation Of The Gun, Different Borders, Cocaine, Just Want You, Many Options, Peace Of Art, 1974 and Too Strong

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: It saddens me that people are going to sleep on this album heavily. LMNO spitting over Yann Kesz's hard production should open a bunch of eyebrows from the album's opening to it's conclusion "Too Strong" with a Kev Brown feature. LMNO last three projects have received favorable reviews from me and this album might be the best of all three (that includes the Kev Brown collaboration "Selective Hearing").

Do me a favor & listen to this album and tell me that you weren't rockin' these tracks with your face scrunched up. "Devilish Dandruff With Holy Shampoo" drops on December 1st. Don't sleep. I give it a highly recommended maybe.




Best Joints: Oasis, Keep It Going, Give It Back, Alpha Males, Young With Style, Everyday Life, Think About It, Against The Wall, Put It In The Box, Boom Bap, Reality Is, Contagious, Supreme Squad, God's Gift, Two For The Money and Pain

Hot Garbage: Get Away (NO!)

Dart's Take: This is a solid straightforward Hip Hop album from D.I.T.C. legends O.C. & AG. Beats and lyrics make this a great album for driving around to or having in your iPods as you ride the iron horse. People are gonna sleep on the project, too. It dropped on November 24th, get out there and let them know that we appreciate emcees that know how to execute a full album rather than make ringtones & club anthems. I give "Oasis" a recommended maybe.




Best Joints: Knock Knock, U Gotta Find, Purple Planet, Mothership, Thunder and Lightning, Fairy Child, Bionic Arms, The Myth, Everything U Change, 37 Degrees, It's On, Put Your Love To The Test, Life Water, For The Hungry Cats, U$ and So Thankful

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: Germany based Senegalese producer Portformat drops his Tokyo Dawn debut project on December 3rd. This mix of ill instrumentals ("Purple Planet", "Thunder and Lightning", "Bionic Arms", "37 Degrees" & "For The Hungry Cats") and collaborations with Bless1, Obey The Altar Native, Shuanise, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dudley Perkins and Suzi Analogue amongst others one of the biggest surprise releases of 2009.

Expect Portformat to earn a spot of my January "Producers You Need To Hear Right Now" list on Bloggerhouse. I give "The Repeat Factor" a highly recommended maybe.




Best Joints: Intro, Won!, Postal, Tour Stories, Proper Aim, You Got It, Hiero HQ, Poets, Fourmation, Dead Man Walkin', For Real Y'all, Lickity Split, Home Game, Outro and Lalala

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: Take Souls Of Mischief's lyricism and group dynamic then let legendary producer Prince Paul craft a soundtrack geared specifically for them and you have a must hear project. It's taken almost a decade for Souls Of Mischief to craft a new album and it doesn't disappoint in any way shape or form. It's almost as if Prince Paul make the kind of beats they would've made to rhyme over themselves. I give "Montezuma's Revenge" a mos def. Cop it on December 1st.




Best Joints: (This should read "Tolerable Jawns" instead): Bout Y'all, Chewy, Friendly, Take Away, This Plane, Take Away & Young Boy Talk

Hot Garbage: Goodbye, Hit The Flo, Lose Control, Moola And The Guap, Studio Lovin', Right Here, Red Carpet (Like A Movie) and Superstar

Dart's Take: I don't know why this album sounded like he stole the beats from an R&B album. I don't know why this album sounded like Wiz Khalifa during boring as bars over club/rave music. I picked Wiz Khalifa as one of my "12 To Watch" back in February '08 but since then he's turned wack as fuck. I guess I ended up at 91.5% (11 out of 12) with that list, huh? I should've listened to Zilla Rocca & picked Shawn Jackson instead.

This album is on some Glowstick/Club MTV/AutoTuned Ibiza Rap shit. I tossed this promo CD into street like it said "Benzino" on it somewhere. Fuck this candy coated sugar encrusted album. Oh no.




Late Passes (For Doz Dat Slept):

Projects I'm Looking Forward To Reviewing Once They Leak...I Mean Drop:

Rhymefest-El Che

Jay Electronica-Act II: Patents Of Nobility
Jay Electronica-Abracadabra: Let There Be Light
Big Boi-Sir Luscious Leftfoot, Son Of Chico Dusty
Pac Div-Grown Kid Syndrome
Blu-God Is Good
Drake- Thank Me Later
Alchemist & Oh No are Gangrene
Eternia & MoSS- At Last
B.O.B.-The Adventures Of B.O.B.
Billy Danze-Behind Gatez
Statik Selektah & Termanology Are 1982
Lil' Fame & Termanology-Fizzyology
Baatin-Titus
Phat Kat and Elzhi are Cold Steel
The Beatnuts-The Planet Of The Crates
Ski Beatz-Half Man, Half Amazing
Evidence-Cats & Dogs
Statik Selektah-The Hangover
Buff1 & Rhettmatic -Crown Royale
Apollo Brown & Boog Brown-UPS
DJ Muggs & Ill Bill- Kill Devil Hills
Crown Nation (Quelle & Denmark Vessey)-Slut Bag Edition
Jay Electronica x Mos Def x Curren$y-Center Edge Territory


Bloggerhouse has arrived! Dart Adams (Poisonous Paragraphs), Travis Glave (Wake Your Daughter Up), & Eric Coons (When They Reminisce) are the official lineup of Bloggerhouse. Content is king and we are the undisputed kings of content. It's only been a month and we've already moved to the top of the Bloggerverse. I have to thank Eric & Trav for all of it. Let's keep it up, fellas! 2010 is ours.

One.

Dart Adams presents A Tale Of Ten Trailers 22 AKA 40 Days & 40 Nights

This will be the final "A Tale Of Ten Trailers" post on Poisonous Paragraphs as December is gonna be packed with content before this blog finally ends 40 days from now. I really don't need to do them anymore, honestly. I've posted up so many trailers over the past 4 to 6 months for films that are still in limited release or not even in theaters that I almost ran out of brand new trailers to post.

I'll mix in some new films with some trailers for films I'm really looking forward to in the future (just click on the posters themselves to view the trailers). I may post my Dartflix & A Tale Of Ten Trailers posts on Nerd With Swag in 2010 as I'm moving my other regular posts to Bloggerhouse. Either way, enjoy (or don't):












One.

What's New In Dart's iPod #105 AKA 41 Days Left...

This week was rather interesting as Poisonous Paragraphs & Wake Your Daughter Up were both picked for the XXL list (along with No Trivia)...too bad the list had for too many wack ass "Hip Hop" sites on it for my taste. It's an honor to be listed anyways...I'm just glad that my previous list served as a blueprint for your current one *Shots?* It's been almost three weeks since our collaborative blog Bloggerhouse launched and it's going beautifully. I will be adding new content up there as well as here until I discontinue Poisonous Paragraphs on January 1st, 2010 (that's 41 days away). I'll bring a revamped & streamlined version of "What's New In Dart's iPod" to Bloggerhouse in 2010.

The Patriots lost a heartbreaker earlier this week and I posted about it over @ Armchair Linebacker. Hopefully they kill the Jets dead on Sunday. I really need to post something up on Nerd With Swag badly after I do my "Top 5 Played For The Week" post for Bloggerhouse. The Celtics have returned to winning but they're going to have to beat the Orlando Magic tonight before people continue to think that they're an elite team as the Atlanta Hawks have passed the Celtics, Cavs & Magic in the current NBA power rankings.

The big homie Hex Murda came home (shout out to Robyn Elaine & the girls plus the entire extended fam in Detroit) but you can still contribute to the Hex Care Fund via PayPal through TheHexCareFund@gmail.com. If for any reason you've ever felt like donating to my blog via PayPal for my 3 plus years of blogging I'd ask that you instead donate it to Hex Murda. Please continue submitting material to bloggerhouse@gmail.com and I'll be using poisonousparagraphs@gmail.com forever. Don't send shit to that old hotmail account.

This week I'll be reviewing six new projects that recently hit the 'net/bloggerverse and/or will be landing on store shelves soon in the following order: "Blackroc", That's Major & NBS presents E-Flash "Know The Ledge", DJ Green Lantern & Emilio Rojas "The Natural", Felt (Slug, Murs & Aesop Rock) Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez." Houseshoes presents Quelle "Blue Mondays" and Wu Tang Clan Meets The Indie Culture Vol. 2 "Enter The Dubstep". For those of you new to this blog, I don’t rate albums on a scale or assign them a numerical value out of 5 or 10, instead I merely answer the all important question of “Is it worth buying or not?”. Here's how my recently revised "Cop It Or Not" ratings system breaks down below:

Opinions be damned. This particular project has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and should come with a Surgeon General's warning and/or a biohazard sticker. It should only be handled by hazmat teams or bomb/demolitions squads. To quote Common & Canibus, this album is your worst nightmare squared.

Oh No! This CD is a drink coaster/table balancer/doorstop/gerbil/hamster room divider/frisbee/discus/makeshift shield/last ditch choice for a visor/alternate shuriken choice. Sell this shit to whoever is dumb enough to buy it from you.

Maeby (Maybe)! Depending on your own set of personal preferences you might like this joint. Give it a listen first to see if it's in your lane or not.


Mos Def! Cop the album when it drops...'Nuff said.

Niggga wanna say he made Hov/If that's so, then OK...make another Hov! © Jay-Z


Best Joints: Coochie, On The Vista, Hard Times (Jay killed this!), Dollaz & Sense, Why Can't I Forget Him?, Stay Off The Fuckin' Flowers, Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) (Jim Jones managed to not ruin it), Hope You're Happy, Tellin' Me Things, What You Do To Me (This track is good despite the fact Jomo breathed all over it) and Done Did It (I'm glad Jay put his beef with Dame aside to...wait...this is a dude called NOE and NOT Jay-Z? This is one bitin' ass dude!)

Hot Garbage: Jim Jones & NOE's Jay-Z impression down to the biting the way he does adlibs & overdubs. NOE is a replicant that needs to be retired...where's Deckard at?

Dart's Take: This Black Keys murdered this album. It's dope...I can't front. The two things that prevented the "Blackroc" project from getting a mos def were Jim Jones being involved in any way, shape or form & the fact that NOE completely bit Jay-Z's entire flow & style, That shit is not kosher at all. "On The Vista", "Dollaz & Sense" and "Stay Off The Fuckin' Flowers" were my favorite tracks. I tip my hat to the Black Keys Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ludacris, Mos Def, RZA, Pharoahe Monch, Raekwon, Billy Danze & Nicole Wray. Who'd I leave out? Oh...no one. *Walks away*





Best Joints: Law & Order, Plan B, Run, Street Life, Read Between The Lines, Protect Your Kneck, Temperature Is Rising, Last Ones Left, Message To The Hood, Last Days, Got To Have It, 28 Grams and Street Blues

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: This mixtape is a must download as E-Flash of NBS (Natural Born Spittas) one of the best emcees out of the notoriously bloody CMB (Cambridge, MA) bodies a gang of classic instrumentals as well as production from affiliate 9th Wonder & Large Professor. I'd like to give a shout to Neomatrix for flawless beat selection and my dude E-Flash for his flawless execution. Dude didn't let up for a minute, either. I respect him for that. I can't wait to hear this new NBS project. Shouts to V Knuckles, Oz of C.O.S & G. Valentino Ball. Download this jawn yesterday. Mos def easy...






Best Joints: The Countdown, Piano Bounce, Untouched, Sympathy For The Devil, Only Just Begun, Bold & Arrogant, Breaking Me Down, Tic Toc, Runway, I Want It All, The Rest, Tonight, City Lights and Live For The Moment

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: So...essentially Emilio Rojas has made another ridiculous mixtape in 2009. The first offering was his excellent "Recession Proof" project, this mixtape was overseen by Green Lantern and featured production from M-Phazes, Green Lantern, Nottz, 6th Sence, Sean C & LV, Boi 1-da & Keelay & Zaire amongst others. Emilio Rojas shows off his ability to make commercially viable music in addition to straight up raw shit for the heads on "The Natural". If you work for a label you won't be able to dismiss this kid after hearing his range & versatility. I give "The Natural" another mos def. Download it & play this back to back with E-Flash's mixtape. I did while walking around Boston early this morning, I'm a damn genius. LOL






Best Joints: Protagonists, Felt Chewed Up, Bass For Your Truck, Like You, Permanent Standby, Ghost Dance Deluxe (sometimes I just don't like this song), Revisiting The Styleetron, Whaleface, Glory Burning, Henrietta Longbottom, She Sonnet, Felt Good, Deathmurdermayhem, The Prize, G.I. Josephine (I don't really like this song that much), We Have You Surrounded, Give It Up and Paul Reubens

Hot Garbage: N/A (This project was hit or miss with me. I'd address this below)

Dart's Take: Um...yeah. I wasn't really feeling this jawn like that. I couldn't really get into it. I liked the previous two Felt projects but this one just didn't grab me for whatever reason. I never once felt the need to rewind a beat, verse or track. When I walked around the city playing it I sometimes wanted to scan through the tracks or skip 'em to get to one I could vibe with. Ehh...didn't really happen. The goddess Rosie Perez deserved so much better, fellas. I'm looking forward to hearing Aesop Rock producing the Hail Mary Mallon project provided to sounds more like "Felt Chewed Up" & "Give It Up". Not wack but I'm not feeling the need to play this again any time soon. Maybe. *Kanye shrug*





Best Joints: Special Ingredient, Deal Wit It, The Jones Brothers, Dick Ridah, Blue Mondays, Need U, Put It Down, Running The Show, Vegetables, Yesyallin', Take It From Me, Peace, Keep My Name Out Ya Mouf and Untitled (Let's Get This Money Up)

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: It's really hard to give "Felt" a good rating when it got bodied by a project that very well could've been comprised of some brilliant home demos. The production, energy and bars on this album captured my imagination far more than the "Felt" jawn did. Where I didn't feel the need to replay anthing on "Felt 3" I played "Blue Mondays" over and over again. This project's production was mostly handled by Quelle with features from his Crown Nation co-defendant Denmark Vessey. If you want to hear what major label albums can't capture in regards to Hip Hop just play "Blue Mondays" & it will all make sense. Download this free album here & look out for Crown Nation (Quelle & Denmark Vessey)'s "Slut Bag Edition" to drop soon.






Best Joints: Deep Space, New Year Banga, Street Corners, Love Don't Cost A Thing, Knuckle Up, Biochemical Equation, Keep Hustlin, Now Or Never, Cinema, Coke, Iconoclasts, Do It Big, Let's Get It, Think Differently (smart approach), Pencil/My Piano/Firehouse and Alphabets

Hot Garbage: Handle The Heights (should've been an instrumental instead, didn't work with those vocals), Wu-Tang (not w/ those vocals), Lyrical Swords (this song is too lyrical for this treatment)

Dart's Take: This should've featured emcees spittin' on Dubstep beats & not remixes over their acapellas. Way too tough to sync up with lyricists & spitters like the ones associated with the Wu. Had it gone the other way this project could've been something special rather than just a remix album for Dubstep enthusiasts that happen to also be Wu Tang fans or vice versa. I'm gonna give this a maybe but I'd love to have the instrumentals.





Late Passes (For Doz Dat Slept):



Projects I'm Looking Forward To Reviewing Once They Leak...I Mean Drop:

Rhymefest-El Che

Jay Electronica-Act II: Patents Of Nobility
Jay Electronica-Abracadabra: Let There Be Light
Big Boi-Sir Luscious Leftfoot, Son Of Chico Dusty
Pac Div-Grown Kid Syndrome
Blu-God Is Good
Drake- Thank Me Later
Alchemist & Oh No are Gangrene
Eternia & MoSS- At Last
B.O.B.-The Adventures Of B.O.B.
Billy Danze-Behind Gatez
AG & O.C.-Oasis: Together Brothers
Statik Selektah & Termanology Are 1982
Lil' Fame & Termanology-Fizzyology
Baatin-Titus
Phat Kat and Elzhi are Cold Steel
The Beatnuts-The Planet Of The Crates
Ski Beatz-Half Man, Half Amazing
Evidence-Cats & Dogs
Statik Selektah-The Hangover
Buff1 & Rhettmatic -Crown Royale
Apollo Brown & Boog Brown-UPS
DJ Muggs & Ill Bill- Kill Devil Hills
Crown Nation (Quelle & Denmark Vessey)-Slut Bag Edition
Jay Electronica x Mos Def x Curren$y-Center Edge Territory


Bloggerhouse has arrived! Dart Adams (Poisonous Paragraphs), Travis Glave (Wake Your Daughter Up), & Eric Coons (When They Reminisce) are the official lineup of Bloggerhouse. Content is king and we are the undisputed kings of content. It's only been three weeks and we've already moved to the top. I have to thank Eric & Trav for all of it. Let's keep it up, fellas! 2010 is ours.

One.

Dart Adams presents 50 "Hip Hop Websites" That XXL Missed

I'm sure we all remember the fallout from Vibe's terrible "50 Hottest Blogs" list (partly because I raised such a ruckus about it). Well, Vibe was kind of embarrassed by the list and then they folded. Now they've been resurrected but I'm sure that they'll fuck up something else in their new incarnation (I have faith). In any event, while forgoing making another Freshmen list XXL decided to make a list showcasing the "Best 100 Hip Hop Websites"...meaning exactly what I dunno. I made this particular list (much to my surprise) and so did some other questionable sites. A few of which I'm gonna throw under the bus in 5..4..3..2..

BlogXilla made the list? Hold up..is this the same dude who told me that he's not a Hip Hop blogger when I ripped his head off back this Summer? I believe so. He told me that he wasn't a Hip Hop blogger but a Gossip editor @ that bullshit site Global Grind as well as a sex & relationship blogger over @ BlogXilla. What about any of that is Hip Hop? Not a goddamn thing, that's what. Don't get me started on Bossip. Fuck Bossip. What about that TMZ/Entertainment Tonight bullshit screams "Hip Hop"? Nada.


Media Takeout calls themselves "the most visited urban website in the world"..one that doesn't fact check or have any standards as far as "news" is concerned. What about this site is Hip Hop? Think about VladTV & World Star Hip Hop. One is run by a dude who appeals to the lowest common denominator & claims he's a "journalist". He isn't. The other claims it's the "CNN of Urban Media"...so who at WSHH went to journalism school? Who's their editor & fact checker? Do they have any standards? Where do they draw the line? As far as I can tell...nowhere. They're just as bad as BET or Tyler Perry in my book. There are some other sites on the list that raised my eyebrows as well as my ire (MTV News? Kanye Univercity? PliesWorld?) but I'll save that for another day.

While many of my favorite bloggers & affiliates did make the list quite a few excellent blogs & Hip Hop websites were overlooked for a gang of fansites that don't really deserve any mention over them. I'm going to list 50 sites that XXL completely missed in alphabetical order rather than making the mistake of ranking them as that's purely subjective. Gee, I wonder where XXL got the idea to do that at? LOL

1. Amalgam Digital
2. Bama Loves Soul
3. Beat Society
4. Blind I For The Kids
5. Brainfeeder
6. Chrome Kids
7. Clap Cowards
8. Cold Rock Da Spot
9. Dante Ross
10. Dom Corleone's Hold The Throne
11. Dublab
12. The Fembassy
13. The Find Mag
14. Fresh Selects
15. From Da Bricks
16. The Full Clip
17. Guerilla Busfare
18. HeightFiveSeven
19. The Incubator
20. iStandard Producers
21. Just A Moment
22. The Kaos Effect
23. Know Good Music
24. Martini & Jopparelli's Music Selections
25. Metal Lungies
26. Mickey McFly
27. MOOVMNT
28. Nodfactor
29. Not A Blogger
30. 92bpm
31. Oh Word
32. Pardon Me Duke
33. Passion Of The Weiss
34. Platform 8470
35. Potholes In My Blog
36. QN5
37. Rappers I Know
38. Renaissance Soul Detroit
39. Rock The Dub
40. Smash Cartel
41. That's Major
42. THIMK
43. 33 Jones
44. Three 21 Media
45. Turbo City
46. The Underground Come Up
47. Wayneandwax
48. Werner Van Wallenrod's Humble Little Hip Hop Blog
49. What's In My Headphones
50. Zilla Says

There are a gang of sites I didn't list here. No list will ever be perfect but remember that whatever list you post up you better try to do the best job possible at it so as to lessen the intensity of your scrutiny. We all have microscopes on us since we put ourselves out there to critique things and make lists. If I'm going to pick sites that represent the name or tag of "Hip Hop" I'm going to try my hardest to find sites that represent us at our best rather than ones that get a gang of hits. You won't find Bloggerhouse on this list anywhere, either. I won't even link it. That's corny. Any sites I missed PLEASE post the links in my comments. Oh, and thanks to XXL for selecting Poisonous Paragraphs. That's how you close out a blog, dammit!

One.

Edward & Bella Both Suck AKA Dartflix Edition #69

This month opened with "The Men Who Stare At Goats" and "The Fourth Kind" both pulling in more than $12 million dollars at the box office while the film "The Box" only brought in a disappointing $7.5 million. Not only that but the film itself was a disappointment to fans and critics alike. The end was confusing to many filmgoers and the payoff wasn't impressive in the least. The film "Precious" began it's now impressive art house run but I bet the Oprah co-sign has a lot to do with it. The next week (the weekend of the 13th) saw the Wes Anderson stop motion adaptation of the children's book "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" rake in a jaw dropping $265,900 in only 4 total screen over the weekend. To give you an idea of how monumental that is, it averaged $66,475 per screen. The top movie that same weekend ("2012") only averaged $19,165 in comparison. About "2012"...


Roland Emmerich's new "everyone run while the world falls apart!" CGI/SFX heavy suckfest "2012" made a shitload of money at the box office this past weekend. Who needs a script and character development? Not Hollywood! This piece of bile made $65 million dollars last weekend and when I asked anyone if they could remember a line from it I got nothing. Did everyone really have to relocate to Africa, though? That is fuckin' hilarious and terrible simultaneously. Next week, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" opens. It's gonna suck. "Ninja Assassin"? It could possibly suck. "The Road"? I hope not. Enjoy your Thanksgiving (or don't because it's another bullshit holiday where *Angry Black man rant continues on*).

Films I recommend in theaters (11.16.09 -11.30.09) or to add to your queue early or for rental from either Netflix or Redbox:

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
The Road
Ninja Assassin
Star Trek (Two Disk Digital Copy Edition)
Angels & Demons
Funny People
Four Christmases
Gomorrah (Criterion Edition)
Thirst
The Limits Of Control
Rituals
Prisoner
Basement Jack
Cujo (25th Anniversary Edition)
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: It's A Very Sunny Christmas (series)
Rome: The Complete Series (series)
Superman: The Complete Animated Series (animated)
The Spectacular Spider-Man, Vol. 5 (animated)
Ben 10: Alien Force, Vol. 5 (animated)
Drawn Together- The Complete Series (animated)
Rock And Rule (animated)
Evangelion 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone Movie (anime)
Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box One (anime)
Bleach, Vol. 22 (anime)
Naruto: Shipudden, Vol. 3 (anime)
Tsubaga Reservoir Chronicle: Season 1 (anime)
Samurai Princess (anime)
Bamboo Blade: Part 1 (anime)
Nana: Uncut Box Set: Season One, Vol. 2 (anime)
Inki Tousen Dragon Destiny Volume 1: Romance Of The Three High Schools (anime)
Blade Of The Immortal Volume 2 (anime)
Lil' Wayne-The Carter (music documentary)
The Who, The Mods & The Quadrophenia Connection (music documentary)
Fight Club [Blu-Ray]
Leon The Professional [Blu-Ray]
Clerks [Blu-Ray]
Chasing Amy [Blu-Ray]
The Way Of The Gun [Blu-Ray]
Ghost In A Shell 2.0 [Blu-Ray]
Angel Heart [Blu-Ray]
Blood: The Last Vampire (anime version) [Blu-Ray]
Ink [Blu-Ray]
New Police Story [Blu-Ray]
Ichi The Killer [Blu-Ray]
The Fourth Kind
The Box
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Pirate Radio
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Food Inc.
The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3
Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut
Ballast
Lemon Tree
Where The Wild Things Are
Law Abiding Citizens
Black Dynamite
Amelia
Astro Boy
Ong Bak 2
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
The Ministers
Antichrist
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Medicine For Melancholy
The Tournament
Fear(s) Of The Dark
Zombieland
Capitalism: A Love Story
A Serious Man
Whip It
The Invention Of Lying
More Than A Game
Good Hair
Couples Retreat
The Assassination Of A High School President
American Violet
The Informant!
Pandorum
Paranormal Activity
Lymelife
Observe And Report
Away We Go
Management
Shrink
The Girlfriend Experience
Extract
Carriers
Dorian Gray
State Of Play
Sleep Dealer
Take Out
Grace
Shadow Boxer
Inglorious Basterds
Five Minutes Of Heaven
Big Fan
Surveillance
Duplicity
Adventureland
Sunshine Cleaning
The Informers
Shinjuku Incident
Trouble The Water
Tyson
Cold Souls
District 9
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
It Might Get Loud
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince
(500) Days Of Summer
Shrink
In The Loop
Watchmen (Director's Cut) (Two Disc Special Edition)
An Empress And The Warriors
Public Enemies
Soul Power
Dead Snow
Death Trance
Night Train
Five Fingers
Resolved
Horsemen
[REC]
Explicit Ills
Waltz With Bashir
Sword Of The Stranger
Tokyo!
The Hangover
The Taking Of Pelham 123
Moon
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete [Blu-Ray]
Bane
Killshot
Star Trek
The Limits Of Control
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Incendiary
Caprica
Martyrs (Unrated)
As The Technics Spin
The Escapist
Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter & Under The Hood
Elegy
Special
Timecrimes
Battle In Seattle
50 Dead Men Walking
B13: Ultimatum
Protege
Chocolate
Baby


Dart's Movie Recommendations (I personally cosign all of these joints):

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
The Road
Ninja Assassin
Star Trek (Two Disk Digital Copy Edition)
Angels & Demons
Funny People
Gomorrah (Criterion Edition)
Thirst
Cujo (25th Anniversary Edition)
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: It's A Very Sunny Christmas (series)
Rome: The Complete Series (series)
Superman: The Complete Animated Series (animated)
Rock And Rule (animated)
Evangelion 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone Movie (anime)
Lil' Wayne-The Carter (music documentary)
The Who, The Mods & The Quadrophenia Connection (music documentary)
Fight Club [Blu-Ray]
Leon The Professional [Blu-Ray]
Clerks [Blu-Ray]
Chasing Amy [Blu-Ray]
The Way Of The Gun [Blu-Ray]
Ghost In A Shell 2.0 [Blu-Ray]
Angel Heart [Blu-Ray]
Blood: The Last Vampire (anime version) [Blu-Ray]
New Police Story [Blu-Ray]
Ichi The Killer [Blu-Ray]


Rent/Watch these movies at your own risk:

Twilight Saga: New Moon: There was so much unintentional comedy in the last one I may just see it to laugh at it. I wonder if a bunch of werewolves are gonna play a game of football in the woods during a snowstorm in it?

Bruno: I'm good. I wasn't too amused with "Borat" and I LOVED the "The Ali G Show". Ah well...

Shorts: This is on DVD already, huh?

The Blind Side: Yet another story about a huge meek magical negro who gets adopted by a White family where he thrives *Groan*. At least Sandy is lookin' rather well in it. Fuck this movie.


Coming (relatively) Soon To A Theater (or computer) Near You:


One.

Dart Adams presents 10 Projects You Probably Slept On In 2009

Here's a list of ten of the many projects, both free and currently available for purchase that you may or may not have slept on this past year. Let's get down to it:



1. AB & Daru "A Work In Progress"

This free project has dominated my overall iTunes plays so far this year. It even surpassed Drake's "So Far Gone" which I think I played every night before I went to sleep for about a month straight back in March. Once you hear it you'll understand exactly why. Download it here




2. Apollo Brown "Make Do"

I selected Apollo Brown as one of my "Producers You Need To Hear Right Now" this year after hearing his production on tracks then hearing his instrumental projects "Skilled Trade" & "Make Do". "Make Do" is now available on iTunes and you can't go wrong hearing 37 bangin' selections for that price. Look out for his collaboration with Boog Brown coming in 2010 called "UPS". What can Brown do for you?




3. Aspect One "Vibe Ready"

West Coast producer and renowned Project Blowedian Aspect One made one of the best instrumental projects of 2009 with his "Vibe Ready" release. You can now get yourself a copy for cheap from the good people @ Amazon. Don't sleep on this kid!




4. BK-One With Benzilla "Radio Do Canibal"

Go over to Fifth Element or Amazon to purchase Rhymesayers Entertainment's own (and Brother Ali's DJ) BK-One's brilliant album "Radio Do Canibal". Too many people are sleeping on this album that's easily one of the best that 2009 had to offer.




5. Brizzo & Cizzo (Brian Brizzo & 2ew Gunn Ciz) "The Designer Drug EP"

This free project showcases the production of Brain Brizzo (a recent selection to my "Producers You Need To Hear Right Now" list) as well as the vicious bars of underground emcee 2ew Gunn Cizz. To hear "The Designer Drug EP" merely download it here




6. D.Black "Ali'Yah"

D. Black's "Ali'Yah" was easily one of the most slept on Hip Hop albums that dropped in the past couple of months. Excellent lyricism plus excellent production makes for a can't miss project. Purchase it here. You won't regret it.




7. Daru & Rena "Producer's Luv EP"

Daru is back at it again but this time with his sister Rena. Daru & Rena gave out this free EP to promote their "Luv" collaboration from earlier on this year. Daru Jones' production combined with Rena's voice makes for yet another no brainer download. Get it here






8. Diz Gibran "Soon You'll Understand"

Diz Gibran's free album "Soon You'll Understand" was 19 tracks of pure heat. It's scary to think how many of the best or notable albums that dropped this year were free meanwhile major label projects continued to suck donkey phallus covered in molasses. In any event, you can preview and download this album from here





9. El Michels Affair "Enter The 37th Chamber"

El Michels Affair's instrumental interpretations of legendary Wu Tang tracks is one of my favorite projects of 2009. If you managed to sleep on it you can purchase it here. Trust me, this was one of the many slept on gems that was released in 2009. I'm still playing it.




10. Kan Kick "Beautiful: Opus Of Love Deeper Than Flesh Vols. 1 & 2"

I know I've written about this instrumental project in the past but anything I can do to shed light on this Kan Kick release you better believe I'll do it. This is a must have have fans of both good music as a whole and instrumental Hip Hop. You can find the Oxnard, CA representative's newest effort here.


One.

What's New In Dart's iPod #104 AKA The 7th *Sigh*

This week was another good one. It's been two weeks since our collaborative blog Bloggerhouse went underway and we are killing the game very bad to quote Kanye West. We should be looking to add to the blog roll but we're busy as hell coming up with new stuff to write about at the moment. I will be adding new content up there as well as here until I discontinue Poisonous Paragraphs on January 1st, 2010. I'll be bring my "Producers You Need To Hear Right Now" series to Bloggerhouse in 2010. I'll do a January list then fall back until June as I would've done 150 producer profiles in just over 6 months.

My beloved Patriots beat the hated Miami Dolphins 27-17 on Sunday and I posted about them on Armchair Linebacker. I need to post something on on Nerd With Swag soon but I've been swamped with my "25 More Producers..." and "The Next 30" for Bloggerhouse. The Celtics have been beaten at home by the young Atlanta Hawks in a game where they just refused to show up. In better news, the Lakers got merked by the young Denver Nuggets right afterwards so all is right with the world.

Hex Murda came home earlier this week (shout out to Robyn Elaine & the girls plus the entire extended fam in Detroit) but you can still contribute to the Hex Care Fund via PayPal through TheHexCareFund@gmail.com. If for any reason you fell like donating to my blog via PayPal for my 3 plus years of blogging I'd ask that you instead donate it to Hex Murda. Please continue submitting material to bloggerhouse@gmail.com and I'll be using poisonousparagraphs@gmail.com forever. Don't send shit to that old hotmail account.

This week I'll be reviewing six new projects that recently hit the 'net/bloggerverse and/or will be landing on store shelves soon in the following order: Georgia Anne Muldrow "Early", Hawdwerk & Jansport J "High Power Moves", J.J. Brown "Connect The Dots", Melanie Fiona "The Bridge." People Under The Stairs "Carried Away" and Rakim "The Seventh Seal". For those of you new to this blog, I don’t rate albums on a scale or assign them a numerical value out of 5 or 10, instead I merely answer the all important question of “Is it worth buying or not?”. Here's how my recently revised "Cop It Or Not" ratings system breaks down below:

Opinions be damned. This particular project has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and should come with a Surgeon General's warning and/or a biohazard sticker. It should only be handled by hazmat teams or bomb/demolitions squads. To quote Common & Canibus, this album is your worst nightmare squared.

Oh No! This CD is a drink coaster/table balancer/doorstop/gerbil/hamster room divider/frisbee/discus/makeshift shield/last ditch choice for a visor/alternate shuriken choice. Sell this shit to whoever is dumb enough to buy it from you.

Maeby (Maybe)! Depending on your own set of personal preferences you might like this joint. Give it a listen first to see if it's in your lane or not.


Mos Def! Cop the album when it drops...'Nuff said.

Call me Jay Electronica...Fuck that! Call me Jay Elecyarmulke... © Jay Electronica


Best Joints: Child Of The Sun, Never In Vain, Run Away, Break You Down, Sunset, Keep It Real?, Alone With An Angel, In Love Again, Let It Go and Gears (Sing It Again)

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: Georgia Anne Muldrow has made yet another ridiculous album right near the end of 2009. It's her singing 10 tracks of sweet soul over her own excellent production. Cop it and don't even think about it. She's also made "Georgia Anne Muldrow presents Ms. One And The Gang" and "Umsindo" this year so if you don't have those yet cop 'em as well. This was an easy decision. Mos def.







Best Joints: Season Finale, Live From The 626, Rap Hustle, That Spliff, All I Need, She Smiles, Ride, Throw The Bombs, Gremlins, High Power Moves, Believers, Hearin Shit, Fly As Me, Computer and Change Your Mind

Hot Garbage: Wow! (works better as an instrumental)

Dart's Take: Hawdwerk & Jansport J's "High Power Moves" is a well executed project through and through. Look out for these cats in the coming years and you already know that Jansport J is one of the alumni of my infamous "Producers You Need To Hear Right Now" list. Nice rhymes and production make for a solid project so I give it a recommended maybe. Check it out at their Bandcamp page right now





Best Joints: Pure Grind, That's Me, The World's A Stage, Froze Prose, Gender Bender, Crybaby (Punk MF), Upstate Connect, Grand Groove, Fantastic Four, Ode To Jay, You & Me (Bombay), He Is I, It, Brother In Arms and Froze Prose Pt. 2

Hot Garbage: Watch The Star Shine

Dart's Take: J.J. Brown delivers an impressive debut album (I can't believe he's been in the game this long and this is his first album) with nice production (provided by J.J. Brown himself) and a star studded lineup of guest appearances (Reef The Lost Cauze, Block McCloud, Celph Titled, Eternia, Miz Metro, Louis Logic, Poison Pen, Awar, King Magnetic, Travis McCoy, Dezmatic, Craig G and others). You'll get a few bangers mixed in with concept tracks, story rhymes and straight up battle tracks. I give "Connect The Dots" a recommended maybe. It dropped on November 10th so go give it a listen and cop it if you like what you've heard.






Best Joints: Give It To Me Right, Bang Bang, Please Don't Go (Cry Baby), Ay Yo, Walk On By, You Stop My Heart, Johnny, Sad Songs, Priceless, It Kills Me and Teach Him

Hot Garbage: Monday Morning (sounds fake to me...)

Dart's Take: This Melanie Fiona album would've had more impact for me if not for the fact that I'd previously heard Joss Stone, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Candie Payne, Mark Ronson, Solange Knowles, Raphael Saadiq and Mayer Hawthorne (also known as DJ Haircut) among others all completely body the throwback Soul/R&B in recent years. This was a very good album and a welcome departure from the overly produced vocal effects laden crap that passes for a great amount of R&B lately. Melanie Fiona's voice is amazing but too many tracks that sound similar to other better executed tracks I've heard outta the UK/Brownswood Bubblers set recently. I give "The Bridge" a recommended maybe because other people aren't as critical as I am when it comes to throwback Soul music.





Best Joints: Step Off, Much Too Much, Hit The Top, Listen, Trippin At The Disco, 80 Blocks From Silverlake, Beer, Come On, Let's Get High, Check The Vibe, Letter From The Old School, DQMOT, Down In LA, My Boy D, Teeth, Creepshow and Carried Away

Hot Garbage: N/A

Dart's Take: Ahh...now that's more like it. I was a little disappointed by People Under The Stairs' "Fun DMC" album because the production was just simple and the hymes were dialed down in hopes of emulating the sound of Hip Hop from 1984-1986 before it got suoer lyrical and production techniques began to get super advanced. I wasn't that happy with it. People Under The Stairs (Double K & Thes One) go back to their signature style and craft a damn good 7th album. After 11 years of making records these cats still got it. I give "Carried Away" yet another recommended maybe. It dropped October 13th but I was so busy with other albums that I didn't have time to review it. Better late than never.






Best Joints: How To Emcee, Walk These Streets, Documentary Of A Gangsta, Man Above, You And I, Won't Be Long, Holy Are You, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Working For You, Message In The Song, Put It All To Music, Psychic Love, Still In Love and Dedicated

Hot Garbage: 6 out of the 14 songs on this album were about "love" or relationships and there were no uptempo tracks or bangers with any real energy to them. I never once felt the need to rewind a track and...why don't I just continue this in "Dart's Take"?

Dart's Take: This album isn't wack by any stretch of the imagination. It also isn't great by any stretch of the imagination. Rakim's bars and delivery were on point. Nick Wiz's production for the most part was on point and well executed. The problem lies with there was damn near no excitement involved with this long awaited project in the least. With Raekwon's album you had the rush of hearing certain tracks, guest appearances, beats or verses. There was none of that on "The Seventh Seal". I listened to this album three straight times but I never one felt the need to rewind anything. Not good.

My head did nod occasionally just to stop abruptly. I never once made the scrunchface. I didn't smile once. It just felt clinical and it was a joyless, disappointment laden exercise. The final track samples No Doubt's "Don't Speak"...why am I hearing Gwen Stefani's voice at the end of a Rakim album? Fuck. Goddamn it. I give "The Seventh Sign" (which I've been waiting on for 3 years and still didn't have high expectations for) a maybe. It's up on http://www.myspace.com/rakim right now. It drops on 11.17.09.





Late Passes (For Doz Slept):


Projects I'm Looking Forward To Reviewing Once They Leak...I Mean Drop:

Rhymefest-El Che

Jay Electronica-Act II: Patents Of Nobility
Jay Electronica-Abracadabra: Let There Be Light
Big Boi-Sir Luscious Leftfoot, Son Of Chico Dusty
Pac Div-Grown Kid's Syndrome
Blu-God Is Good
Drake- Thank Me Later
Alchemist & Oh No are Gangrene
Eternia & MoSS- At Last
B.O.B.-The Adventures Of B.O.B.
Billy Danze-Behind Gatez
AG & O.C.-Oasis: Together Brothers
Statik Selektah & Termanology Are 1982
Lil' Fame & Termanology-Fizzyology
Baatin-Titus
Phat Kat and Elzhi are Cold Steel
The Beatnuts-The Planet Of The Crates
Ski Beatz-Half Man, Half Amazing
Evidence-Cats & Dogs
Statik Selektah-The Hangover
Buff1 & Rhettmatic -Crown Royale
Apollo Brown & Boog Brown-UPS
DJ Muggs & Ill Bill- Kill Devil Hills
Crown Nation (Quelle & Denmark Vessey)-Slut Bag Edition
Jay Electronica x Mos Def x Curren$y-Center Edge Territory


Bloggerhouse has arrived! Dart Adams (Poisonous Paragraphs), Travis Glave (Wake Your Daughter Up), & Eric Coons (When They Reminisce) are the official lineup of Bloggerhouse. Content is king and we are the undisputed kings of content. One of us equals many of us/If you you disrespect any of us you'll see plenty of us © Guru


XXL decided to not do a freshmen list (because the blogs already do it for them yearly) and instead did a Top 100 Hip Hop Website list. I can't wait to see exactly whose sites AREN'T on it! Bloggerhouse!

One.

Dart Adams presents 25 More Producers You Need To Hear Right Now (November 2009 Edition) Part Five

The Last Donut Of The Night © Dilla



Suzi Analogue (Dopeness Galore/Klipmode International)
Reps: Philadelphia, PA

How do I best describe the woman who goes by the name Suzi Analogue? Vocalist. Producer. Visionary. All of those and much, much more. You really need to hear Suzie Analogue's "World. Excerpts 1-9" (Shout out to Kenny Fresh @ Fresh Selects) and her 3P via Klipmode. You also should check out her videos on her YouTube channel. She has vocals on Devonwho's "Funraiser Vol. 1: Thumbtracks" and "Waves", Mindesign's "Light & Tunnels" as well as the upcoming release by Portformat "The Repeat Factory'. Look for her upcoming projects with Klipmode International Sound Agency & Dopeness Galore. You're welcome.

http://www.myspace.com/effuimpretty
http://suzianalogue.bandcamp.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/Suzi+Analogue
http://sghit.blogspot.com/




Sapient (Sandpeople Music)
Reps: Portland, OR

Maybe you heard Sapient on his albums "Dry Puddles", "Letterhead" & "Make More"? Maybe you heard his production on Sandpeople's "All In Vain", Grayskul's "Bloody Radio", Living Proof's "Roots To Branches" or Sandpeople's "Long Story Short EP"? Did you at least hear "Make Morphine: The Remixes", Debaser "Back To Work" or "Famine Friends"? Since they're all free you should have. Now you know who Sapient is. Remember the name.

http://www.myspace.com/ihatethisstupidthing0




Vitamin D (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
Reps: Seattle, WA

I'm an oldhead & a backpacker so I remember DJ Vitamin D from back in the old Ghetto Chilldren & Source Of Labor days. His projects & vinyl were popular among the Hip Hop mailorder circuit. Back then it was the main way for East Coast kids to get their hands on Midwest, Pacific Northwestern & West Coast underground releases via Hip Hop or Graffiti magazines. Vitamin D has produced for Chali 2NA, Boom Bap Project, Musab, The Gift Of Gab, Encore, Planet Asia, Supernatural, I Self Devine, Darien Brockington, Strange Fruit Project, Black Sheep, Young Buck, Redman, One Be Lo & Abstract Rude. He's a producer, DJ & an emcee with a 15 year career growing strong. Why do people continue to sleep on his skills?

http://www.myspace.com/tallhomie206




Antman Wonder (Conscious Music)
Reps: Philadelphia, PA

Antman Wonder is a name you should know. Whether we're discussing his production for Add-2 or his exquisite instrumental projects "Instrumentals In Hi Fidelity" or "Ahh...More Music" it's clear that he has a bright future. Conscious Music is gonna make some serious headway in the game in 2010. Bet on it.

http://www.myspace.com/antmanwonder
http://www.myspace.com/antreidmusic




Mabanua (Origami Productions)
Reps: Tokyo, Japan

Mabanua is easily one of the most slept on beatmakers, musicians and producers in the game today. He made one of the best albums that I've ever heard that manged to slip beneath the radar in the States. His opus "Done Already" is stacked from top to bottom with some of the most soulful material you can imagine. Straight up Hip Hop, R&B/Soul or Jazz are all executed effortlessly. I need a Mabanua sophomore project yesterday...and so do y'all. Class dismissed!

http://www.myspace.com/mabanua
http://www.mabanua.com/


Next up: Blu, Fulgeance, The Clonius, Zo!, Nujabes, Dabrye, Shuko, Metabeats, Nosaj Thing, Jackhigh, Burial, Focus, Waajeed, Symbolyc One, Mindesign, Bless Beats, Len?ko, Keelay & Zaire, Dimlite, Kels TN2, Tomato Juice, M Slago, Koushik, Veterano & Ta' Raach

One.

Dart Adams presents 25 More Producers You Need To Hear Right Now (November 2009 Edition) Part Four

This is a world world premier premier premier premier! © Mr. Magic (RIP)



Soil & 'Pimp" Sessions (Brownswood Recordings/Victor Entertainment)
Reps: Tokyo, Japan

Soil & "Pimp" Sessions is a funky ass Japanese Jazz band/ensemble that has captured the ears and imaginations of music fans the world over. Giles Peterson of Brownswood Recordings over in the UK even had to sign them. After you hear "Pimpin'", "Pimp Master", "Pimp Of The Year", "Pimpoint" & "Planet Pimp" you'll be a fan. I thought I was the only Soil & "Pimp" fan I knew of until I saw Sweeney Kovar post a link to this on Twitter. After that I knew I had to put these cats on my next musicians, producers and beatmakers you need to hear right now list.

http://www.myspace.com/soilpimpuk
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/soilpimp/
http://www.brownswoodrecordings.com/





MoSS (Moss Appeal Music)
Reps: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

I feel like I've been hearing MoSS' name forever now. His beats always grabbed the attention of the listener and sent you looking for the liner notes. I remember back when Dan Green @ Clockwork Music became his manager. The big name placements came fast and furious and the heat rocks multiplied. 2009 might be MoSS biggest year to date. The itinerary? First, drop a collaborative LP titled "At Last" with highly respected femcee Eternia. Next, he announced a collabo LP with old friend Obie Trice. If you've slept on him for the past decade you simply just can't afford to anymore.

http://www.myspace.com/mossappeal





Marv Won (Fat Killahz)
Reps: Detroit, MI

Most people know Marv Won as a reputed battle emcee and one of the Fat Killahz, an severely underrated crew of dudes with BARS. What many heads fail to realize is that Marv Won is a talented producer as well. I'm not just writing this in fear that if I don't a couple of fat dudes in Burn Rubber gear will find me, beat me within an inch of my life then ask me where they can get a good steak & cheese in the South End. The bullshit is that I've been hearing his beats for years but on Discogs they only have ONE placement listed. Don't sleep on Marv's ear for beats cuz I know he stays chefing up new heat in the lab.

http://www.myspace.com/marvwon





Stro The 89th Key (The Procussions)
Reps: Pasadena, CA

Stro is the man behind The Procussions albums "...As Iron Sharpens Iron", "Up All Night", "5 Sparrows For 2 Cents", he also contributed tracks to Deux Process' "In Deux Time" as well as Lightheaded's "Wrong Way", Poems' "Blooming Sounds", Mr. J. Medeiros' "Of Gods And Girls" and "Friends Enemies Apples Apples". If for any reason you weren't aware of his previous material or his extensive back catalog now you know. And knowing is half the battle....

http://www.myspace.com/strothe89thkey
http://www.myspace.com/theprocussions





JR & PH7 (Supercity Records)
Reps: Cologne, Germany

German producers JR & PH7 delivered one of the best albums of 2009. If for whatever reason you still haven't copped the stellar project "JR & PH7 present The Standard" yet I'm going to give you a few reasons to do so. How'd I do? Want heat? Get in contact with their representation and tell 'em Dart Adams sent you...again.

http://www.myspace.com/jrph7
http://jrandph7.com/


Next up: Suzi Analogue, Sapient, Vitamin D, Antman Wonder & Mabanua

One.

Dart Adams presents 25 More Producers You Need To Hear Right Now (November 2009 Edition) Part Three

Turn it up! © Dilla



S-Type (Tartan Bullies)
Reps: Glascow/Edinburgh, Scotland

The team of S-Type & Jaisu have been killing shit for years now but only a select few of us knew about it. It's scary to think that in those years that S-Type has only gotten better at his craft. If we extrapolate that over the next few years then S-Type & Jaisu will be all over the place. If you need some heat get at S-Type now before it'll be hard as hell to nail down a placement from him. Consider this your advance warning.

http://www.myspace.com/stype
http://stypebeats.com/videos/





Mike Gao (Galapagos4/Night Prowl/All City)
Reps: Beijing, China/Los Angeles, CA

If you're familiar with the Galapagos4 label/consortium then you already know of Mike Gao. You would've heard his work with Mestizo, Offwhyte, Robust or Qwel. His production on Offwhyte's "Mainstay" made it one of that year's best projects. He also contributed a track to Luckyiam of Living Legends. Next up was Project Blowed's Swim Team project. You can check out the Mike Gao & Mestizo "Blindfaith" LP or the Qwel & Mike Gao "Caffeine Dream" project to hear his beats. Also look out for his upcoming slaps and his All City Records releases. You're only about 5 years behind so no worries.

http://www.myspace.com/mikegao
http://www.myspace.com/mikebeingstalked
http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Gao




Falside (Digsafe Records)
Reps: Providence, RI

Falside's "Bugs In Ya Teef" & "Five Finger Discount" are currently all over the bloggerverse. Last year, Falside's "Subway Standards" dropped via his MySpace page. I'd heard of dude doing his thing all over the New England area and he's lent his production to a wide array of artists. He has placements on projects by Reef The Lost Cauze, Pacewon & El Da Sensei, Amadeus The Stampede, Blak Madeen, Rite Hook, Dirty Hank and a gang of others. Look for future placements with C Rayz Walz, Jaysaun of Special Teamz and Vast Aire. Who says beat tapes don't get you noticed?

http://www.myspace.com/falside
http://falsidethebeatsmith.blogspot.com/





Brizzo
Reps: Philadelphia, PA

Here's the thing. I BEEN known about Brizzo. He makes heat rocks. All you need to do is hear Brizzo & Cizzo (2ew Gun Cizz)'s "The Designer Drug" EP for proof. If you want some serious break your goddamn neck fire you shouldn't hesitate to holler at Brain Brizzo. Che Grand did and he ended up making one of the best albums of 2009. He'll be in Philadelphia and in high demand. You're welcome.

http://www.myspace.com/brianbrizzo





Haz Solo
Reps: Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee. The only rappers people can recall from Milwaukee are usually Coo Coo Cal or A-G-2-A-KE. Emcees like Dylan Thomas, JC Poppe and Haz Solo are trying hella hard to change that. Between efforts like "All Jokes Aside", "Greater Than" and "June Bug" it gets increasingly harder to root against him. Might as well root for the underdog.

http://www.myspace.com/hazsolo
http://www.myspace.com/hazsoloemcee


Next up: Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, MoSS, Marv Won, Stro The 89th Key & JR & PH7

One.