No Condom!!!: Grocery Raps

No Condom!!!: Grocery Raps: You know they say R&B soothes the soul, and I can’t find too many people that would disagree; there’s nothing like a neo-soul jam t...

Grocery Raps

You know they say R&B soothes the soul, and I can’t find too many people that would disagree; there’s nothing like a neo-soul jam to ease you up a bit.  Probably even try and hit a high note or two lol.  Now a  days though if feels as if the soul has been missing from the music, how many times have you heard people talk about how much they miss the music of times past?  I even notice youngsters, younger than me who sought after and coveting 80’s and 90’s gems.  No need to reminisce too much more though, hip hop indie Jon Oh! promises to deliver everything you’ve been missing and more.

Taking a cue from Jhene Aiko’s popular ‘grocery’ line on Omarion’s “Suppose To Be”, Jon Oh! expresses his love for the ‘apple’ of his eye.

“Let a n**** eat the booty like groceries”

Typical love song, right?  Not exactly; what makes this one particularly special is the way it is put together.  First time through, you’re thrown for loop, after loop as the beat switches at intervals from slow two-step to bounce.  Sounds a bit hectic but for some reason it all blends perfectly.  Has the sweetest, soulful hook that’ll make you just wanna close your eyes and pull her closer.

This will be the second hit off of Jon Oh’s, “Your Favorite Black Guy” album that he has been so silently at work on.

“This one is actually a bonus that was orchestrated in like 20 minutes tops.  I just really got to thinking about that one...the only one that make me wanna eat her groceries, lol”

Jon Oh! didn’t wanna give an exact date but promised that the album would be out soon enough.  From what I’ve heard so far, I honestly hope so.

Jon Oh! is an indie hip hop artist established in Charleston, South Carolina around the start of 2012.  Branding himself as Mr. No Condom, he dedicates his being as a symbol of free-will and reflects this in his music.  He encourages others to become more in tune with their inner self through following natural intuition.

My N.O.M.E. 5 Recap

Battle rap fans....true battle rap fans rejoiced this weekend as N.O.M.E. 5 dropped with weekend with no mishaps, and imo(and probably many others) perhaps the best PPV rap event thus far...clearly no debating.  And might I add that it lived up to my expectation totes.  My predictions were correct except for one, but it made the event that much better.  As it was PPV and of course this is Smmmdddaaaaaackkk! so it'll be like a week or so before any of the battles drops so I'll try to alleviate some of the stress of the wait(hinthint). Here's a recap of the event and what the verdict was of the battle (imo and others).  Let's do this.

1st Battle Up is K-Shine vs AyeVerb.  Now I said, and I quote, whoever show up is gonna kill the other, I just didn't know who'd show up that night.  They both were coming off of debateables with rookies so it was hard to say.  Verb went first and started off with jokes. He warmed up and started cookin a little :

"any pickle or beef I've been in I relish it | Tell yo bish I got a round to waste(around waist), whats her measurments?"

K-Shine on the other hand came out firing on all cylinders...that old dead kick, Ace yo Hood Body to Body K-Shine.

"the objective should've been gun to let them n***** have it, person places things you should've shot every noun when it happen."  "Make his head spin off a cap like the old verb....I got some more Verb, cause I'm always good with spare(spear) like Goldberg."

 Shine clearly took round one and two, and three. Verb didn't have any more quoteables the rest of the battle.  He got boo'd pretty bad, as he came with jokes, and K-Shine clearly came to kill him.

"The Dessi African American I can't get it to work for nothing, but the 40 a Mexican I could it to work for nothing" "leave his chest blew(blue) Tony Starks thru him, hole so big f*** and walk through him"

Shine stopped rapping mid third after another fire line and said I don't gotta rap no more....sad Verb Von Doom. Now this battle I felt Serius Jones was going to take it, imo Serius has been getting better and better with each battle he's been back.  DNA has been on his shyt as of late as well but I thought DNA was gonna stick to his regular rapper style but he surprised everyone and switched it up a bit

"for NOME 5 you gone get the 8 in ya spine from this fifth in hand, then the AR-15 second clip like Instagram".

Serius started out shaky, and warmed up way to late in the round,

"I tell my n***** the code word for DNA is 3:45 put hands on either way."

Serius Jones came out way better for the second round.

"what if I gun butt him till the clip fall out then clips falls out, then start the second round going off his head again is that a rebuttal?" "In the beginning you had a couple of W's but after that last DOT you calm(com), what I gotta put it in URL or something"

 ...that was mean.  DNA had a good freestyle bar mid-round

"Serius you fvkk'n  up a bad rhyme, stop talkin during my round (balls up fist) you know what happened last time".

The second was a draw for me, cause they both were on fire.  DNA took the Math angle again, and took the DTP angle again, but he did it well, just not much originality. Serius came out firing on all cylinders once again, and even turned used DNA's GTFOH against him to earn a couple points on the battle. Some folk say DNA won, some say Serius, I'm going with Serius cause I feel like he edged the 3rd due to DNA taking overused angles. Clips vs Hollow is one that people have been waiting on forever, with people just about evenly divided between the two.  I predicted Clips edging due to the fact that Clips battles more than Hollow, and Hollow's last battles were subpar to me, his bars seemed outdated. Well last three and I felt he honestly 2 of the last 3.  Good day for battle rap though cause Hollow showed up, fully.

"She storms into the kitchen like Charlie you ate my food again...Charlie...Charlie, (ducks, dodges) he in the back going guess which room I'm in"

Clips showed up as well tho,

"you ain't beat gray hoodie Lux you beat fake black panther Lux wit n****** in the background gripping a shotti, how you struggle with fake activists but lean is what you sip for a hobby".

The battle really boils down to who you think won that round.  Its really hard to say though because it was so evenly matched.  Hollow took the second by pointing out the fact that he copyrighted the "Sike I Lied" slogan and sold shirts before the event.  Clips came back with a "Sike I....oh wait I forgot I don't own it no more" rebuttal that was really good, but wasted most his round rapping to members of NYB and it was pretty lackluster. Third round Clips redeemed himself fully, just with the way he controlled the crowd honestly, whatever he wanted them to react to they did, shiz was crazy.  Hollow did good as well but lost the crowd due to rapping longer than he was suppose to, which is another reason I lean towards Clips in the third. I heard a lot of folk say Hollow won, and I heard a lot of folk say Clips won, either way it wasn't a body or a clear win either way. Okay battle all in all. This was the battle that I myself in particular was waiting on.  I'm a Surf fan all day, not so much Tay Roc but after his last year or two I have to give credit where it's due.  His performance is crazy, and he has been stepping his bars up so I can see why people hold him so high, but he's a bit of a one trick pony in my eyes.  He's good for some gun bars but that's it, Surf on the other hand is basically good overall, which is why I predicted Surf would 3-0 him.  Honestly Roc's first round was crazy,

"bullet hit the glass leave the car spinning no dodging em, head ram on the steering  wheel like the dodge emblem." "Any gun that come with a stock we invest in those"

It wasn't enough though, Surf went straight to preaching.

 "Old Navy guns put a gap(GAP) up in his attic, Kenneth Cole is what Roc'll wear(Rocaware) in his casket", "think he waist deep now till Baby Boy meet Melvin, I pull up like Snoop choppers out like Welvin, Haa Got Eem!"

Surf took the first clearly to me by breaking down the relationship between Roc & Smack, all the while still spitting flames.  Personally I feel Surf took the following rounds, as Roc got worst as he continued rapping gun-bar after gun-bar, got repetitive especially when you got Surf hitting every angle possible.  The third was straight torture for lil Tay Tay.

"pump chopped off shaved a bit sawed Tay, wanna play a game it's cool, Saw Tay, cops found him cookin in his blood sauteed"

As a mercy round I'm saying Roc took the second, as that was Surf's lightest round, and Roc was still tolerable.

"I hit this cat in the hat now they gotta doctor Tsu's (Dr. Seuss) cap"

Rather it be 2-1 or 3-0 tho, Roc lost, but he did good.  There is a battle I'm not gonna mention (Jazz vs Official...Jazz died) but only because there's really no need.  If you haven't seen any of these battles, and you'd like to, visit the actual site (www.jon0h.com ) or send me a message! Already seen the battles and would like to debate...HMU, I'd be glad to!

No Means Not Right Now

Happy Monday Peeps! Hope everyone had a Happy Mothers Day, and all that jazz.  It was some terrible weather where I was so it was meh, but we're here so let's rejoice!  Usually the content I give away on Monday is pretty lengthy being that it's the start of the week; you're fresh so you want to soak up as much as possible.  Today though, I switched it up a bit, and decided to leave you with an amusing story from a Jerry Weintraub.  I won't spoil it for you but it tells of how he made a million dollars in 3 days, by refusing to take no for an answer.  That'll be the tone for this week, determination, and understanding that no is usually almost always means not right now. Stay Positive, #Enjoy!