Sep 09

The chorus of Dude N Nem’s Watch My Feet is a speedy 150 BPM track (that’s beats per minute) breaking down to a traditional hip-hop tempo of 75 BPM during the verse. The verdict is still out on whether it will be a huge hit, but the song symbolizes something significant. A ghetto feel, no bling, no violence, no girls in bikinis – Watch My Feet is a clarion example of where hip-hop is headed — Faster and more fun.

We talked about the Soulja Boy phenomena a few weeks ago in the weeked RAP up — I mentioned that Soulja Boy danced more than any #1 selling rapper has since MC Hammer. For everything that Soulja Boy is not, he made a #1 hit out of the underground jookin, buckin, clown and battle dance resurgence in hip hop.

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Aug 15

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NYC’s Eli Escobar applies his deft touch to re-editing the Jackson 5 classic, “What You Don’t Know” from the Dancing Machine / Moving Violation album. The result is danger.

Besides this gem, his latest exploit is teaming up with Diplo to form the Boogie Down Bottle Nose Dolphins for Hollertronix #7.

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