Dessa - False Hopes (2005)

The female mc from Doomtree's solo EP under the same name as Doomtree's collaborative effort.

Is Dessa the best female to ever rap? I don't know but she is definitely my favorite. Here it is for your listening pleasure

Tracklist

1 Mineshaft 2:56
2 Everything Floats 2:45
3 Press On 2:16
4 551 3:41
5 Kites 3:32

Dessa - False Hopes (2005)

Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak - Hand Over Fist (2008)

Tracklist:

1 Hand Over Fist 1:51
2 Suicide Jimmy Snuffa 3:06
3 Clam Casino 2:02
4 SHUX (feat. P.O.S.) 3:25
5 Wolf Tickets 3:25
6 L.A. Raiders Hat 3:21
7 Fire on the Watermark 5:30
8 Northstarrr 2:27
9 Butcher's Lament 3:32
10 Head Full 2:41
11 Head Fuller 3:15
12 Young Hunger 3:49
13 Prizefight 4:07

Personal highlights include Hand Over Fist, Suicide Jimmy Snuffa, SHUX, and L.A. Raiders Hat.

Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak - Hand Over Fist (2008)

P.O.S. - Never Better (2009)

Part 2 of my Doomtree series is the most recent solo release from the most successful solo artist of Doomtree. I love all the punk/hardcore references and influence on this album.



Tracklist:

1 Let It Rattle 3:33
2 Drumroll (We're All Thirsty) (feat. Doomtree) 2:37
3 Savion Glover 2:19
4 Purexed 3:13
5 Graves (We Wrote the Book) 3:14
6 Goodbye 3:07
7 Get Smokes (feat. Jessy Greene) 2:38
8 Been Afraid 3:39
9 Low Light Low Life (feat. Sims, Cecil Otter & Dessa) 3:14
10 The Basics (Alright) 3:23
11 Out of Category 3:16
12 Optimist (We Are Not for Them) 3:19
13 Terrorish (feat. Jason Shevchuk) 2:13
14 Never Better (feat. Judah Nagler) 4:03
15 The Brave and the Snake / Handmade/Handgun (feat. Astronautalis) 11:51

P.O.S. - Never Better (2009)

Doomtree - False Hopes (2007)

Finally, I'm back with some music updates.

Over my break from music blogging I have been heavily getting into this newish hip hop collective from Minneapolis named Doomtree. Doomtree is a 9 member hip-hop collective filled with members from all sorts of musical backgrounds and influences. They come together to create a sound that is vastly different from anything that has ever been done in hip hop or music in general. I don't want to make comparisons about what Doomtree is doing now to what Wu-Tang did in the 90s because The Clan will probably never be matched but the parallels are obvious.

So this week I'll be updating my blog every day with a different Doomtree related release. Starting this week with the album False Hopes which is a collaboration release from all of Doomtrees members.



1 Flex 3:01
2 Knives On Fire 2:59
3 Traveling Dunk Tank 3:20
4 A Candle in Chicago (Interlude) 1:53
5 Lucky 1:30
6 Veteran 2:43
7 Slow Burn 3:56
8 I Should Cut Your Liver Out (Interlude) 1:15
9 Savion Glover 2:22
10 Hot Monotony 3:45
11 A Hundred Fathers 3:50
12 Check Your Tuning (Interlude) 1:31
13 If & When 4:18
14 No Homeowners (Renter’s Rebate) 3:18

Highlights for me include Flex, Knives On Fire, A Hundred Fathers, and If & When.

Doomtree - False Hopes (2007)

Binary Star - Masters of the Universe (2000)

Binary Star was a serious force to be reckoned with in underground hip-hop during their short lived history from 1998-2000. They were composed of One Be Lo and Senim Silla who have both released solo work since Binary Star that is also highly regarded in the underground hip hop community. Although the duo was involved in the criminal lifestyle of the ghetto they never glorified criminal activity in any of their music. In fact Binary Stars lyrics did what most hip hop doesn't and talked about the negatives involved with the lifestyle glorified in many rap lyrics. They saw hip hop as a new and legal way to escape their destructive lifestyles. Their lyrics were conscious, political, and spoke on the truth of what horrors really existed in this world of fast money, fast cars, women, and bling. This message in their lyrics became even more evident when the 2 split. In One Be Lo's 2005 release S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. he has a song called "The Ghetto" in which he says:

You callin 9-1-1, this ain't a joke
You rollin like a blunt cause you might get smoked
The sad part about it ain't the money or the dope
The trigger man wasn't even old enough to vote

So anyway here it is for all you hip hop heads, a little piece of recent underground hip hop history, the 2nd studio release from Binary Star known as Masters of the Universe



1 Reality Check 4:01
2 Conquistadors 3:46
3 Solar Powered Intro 0:10
4 Solar Powered 4:28
5 Slang Blade Intro 0:22
6 Slang Blade 2:37
7 Binary Shuffle Intro 0:22
8 Binary Shuffle 3:41
9 Fellowship (feat. Decompoze & Athletic Mic League) 5:41
10 New Hip Hop 3:52
11 Masters of the Universe 3:14
12 Indy 500 (feat. Decompoze) 4:39
13 Evolution of Man 6:02
14 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Part 1) 2:17
15 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Part 2) 3:04
16 Honest Expression 5:00
17 Honest Expression Outro 0:11
18 Glen Close 3:01
19 Wolfman Jack Intro 0:11
20 Wolfman Jack 3:36
21 One Man Army 4:26
22 The KGB Intro 0:54
23 The KGB (feat. Elzhi, Juice, Lacks, Maliki, O Type Star & Texture) 6:50
24 Album Outro 0:12

Binary Star - Masters of the Universe (2000) - Part 1
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe (2000) - Part 2

you need both parts