There was a lot of good joints off Funkmaster Flex’s Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? mixtape, but this is one of the few heaters I regularly go back to. Ortiz hits up PR and NYC with assorted cameos from Lil Fame, NY Giants player Victor Cruz, Livin Proof, Termanology and others. Only dude missing was Frankie Cutlass.
A better title for this track is “Drake and friends” since Drizzy’s blueprint is all over these proceedings. Drake handles the chorus and provides the best verse as well. Wayne sounds like he’s still shaking off the effects of his recent health scare, Ross is merely serviceable, and Future is thrown in randomly in the closing minute. Not an immediate smash guest spot like Drake did for Khaled with “I’m On One” a few years back, but this is still solid.
Funkmaster Flex has an absolute monster of a mixtape dropping on April 17. Don’t believe me? Check out this first leak off the project and then peep the 54-song tracklist of original material. Sounds like Flex has never lost his 60 Minutes of Funk touch.
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G.O.O.D. Music’s Big Sean, Common and Cyhi rolled through Hot 97 yesterday for a Funkmaster Flex freestyle session. Everyone did their thing but Atlanta’s Cyhi da Prynce definitely sounded hungry like he had a point to prove. And a thumbs down to Pusha T for sitting this one out. G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer compilation is in stores now.
Tri-State area Hip-Hop heads already knew this was coming. After being called a “bitch” by Power 105.1′s Charlamagne tha God last week for how he handled the Nicki Minaj-Hot 97 beef, Funkmaster Flex let loose Saturday night with a trademark rant. Having grown up in Jersey, these rants are nothing new but are still hilarious. Unlike Flex’s issues with Clue, which he’s admitted are solely about competition and no deep-seated animosity, Flex got highly personal with Charlamagne, going as far as to repeatedly ridicule his father and dare him to do something about it. DJ Envy wasn’t spared either, as Flex talked in-depth about alleged robberies and snitching accusations.
The soundtrack of Nas’ “Hate Me Now,” “NY State of Mind,” “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” and 50 Cent’s “How to Rob,” plus the trademark bombs, gives you a classic Flex rant.
If your Monday isn’t going too well thus far, this should provide a good laugh.
Those in the Tri-State area got a treat and history lesson over the holiday weekend when Funkmaster Flex enlisted fellow legend Kool DJ Red Alert for the annual Hot 97 old school Christmas mix. The duo’s four-hour set spanned Hip-Hop’s development throughout the 80s. With Mister Cee and Bugsy Buggs in attendance, there were also great background and side stories in between tracks. You can download and stream the entire set below.
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Earlier tonight, Joe Budden appeared on Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 show to refute ex-girlfriend Esther Baxter’s claim that he caused the miscarriage death of their daughter.
Budden stood by all the lyrics of his song “Ordinary Love Shit Pt. 3,” which accused Baxter of infidelity and lying to police about domestic violence. Regarding the graphic photos released showing Baxter bruised around her neck and torso, Budden claimed she sent those photos to him first and were the result of the model/actress using make up and not images taken at the scene by police. Budden also disclosed he and Baxter were together in court when she dropped the charges.
Earlier this evening, Joe Budden also released a trailer for his upcoming mixtapes Mood Music 4.5, dropping next Tuesday (May 17).
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Jets, fool! Curren$y currently lives in NYC, so it’s only right that he grace Hot 97 and bless the microphone. Those of us who’ve rocked with him on his mixtapes know the New Orleans native has made it his signature to flow over classic and new school beats. He does the same here, and at times sounds to be really freestyling over Nas’ “Get Down” beat. Good stuff from Flex.
CURREN$Y “FUNKMASTER FLEX FREESTYLE 3/24/11″
“The way I’m killin’ shit/ You should send a hearse for it…”
While you still digesting Pusha T’s new mixtape Fear of God, you can add this freestyle to your plate for dessert. Pusha drops his verse over The Game’s “Red Nation” beat. A lot of energy here from Pusha. Below is the acapella version of the freestlye in studio and a link to the best audio version of Fear of God if you missed it. The version with the “Red Nation” beat can be found HERE.
“I knew Biggie too, and even he wouldn’t allow you to talk shit about my nigga like that…wack ass nigga.”
We’ve already heard Crooked I and the Outlawz’s take on Funkmaster Flex’s anti-Tupac comments. Now, we get a record from closer kin in the form of Pac’s older step-brother, Mopreme Shakur. We all remember Mopreme from his verses on the Thug Life album, and here he defends his deceased brother with vigor. ‘Preme will never be confused with an elite emcee, but he makes his point about Pac’s legacy over a remixed “Ambitionz Az A Ridah” beat, touching on the slain rapper’s academic, musical, and social contributions. The only person left, and probably the only one who should have commented, is Pac’s mother Afeni Shakur. I’m sure if she does address it, she’ll take a less combative approach.
