So here’s REAL gem from the vaults. I had to special request that Grip send me this song today. From 2004, back in the Santa Cruz record store days, Grip did this exclusive for our pal Scott Kravitz’s Christmas mixtape/album serries “Seasons Cretins”. Some good vintage Grip here. Home recording fun at it’s finest. Happy Holidays kiddies.
Grip Grand – St. Nick’s Conversion
2nd To Nonefeat. Juicy The Emissary (produced by Juicy The Emissary)
No Good (produced by Pudge)
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You may recognize this weeks installment of Home Repair as the opening sequence to the widely unpopular web series, “So Freakin Regular.” A series in which, similar to the song itself, is a painfully mundane walk through a plain grass field of normalcy. *Yawn*. Generic? Ordinary? Common? Yup. I was blessed with the coveted fortune to be all of the above. Who’s got time to be socially relevant, and worldly idolized when there’s bills to pay and dogs to walk? Not me. This dinner aint gon microwave itself. So, with that, I present to you my newest release, “Regular.” Produced and cut by DJ MF Shalem. And if you cant get down with it…you’re just way too special for me. Which I think is awesome. You should go get yourself a pedicure, tough guy!
You have hopefully already heard the four songs we previously released, Hear My Train A Comin’, City Boy, I Got People and Takin’ A Train. (If you’ve been under a rock, check the links below) The mixtape includes his early radio appearances on the world famous radio show The Drum KZSU, hosted by Kevvy Kev, (the longest running hip hop radio show of all time) The mixtape includes his track with Fashawn & U-N-I, Keys To The City, which was used to promote the Imeem.com concert series of the same name. You can also hear Richie’s track from the Zion I Mixtape, The Search & The Seizure, produced by Amp Live and co-starring Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples as well as collaborations with fellow Rec-League artists, Grip Grand, QM, and more. Richie shines not only with his rhymes, but also with his production, having produced a handful of the original songs on this mixtape himself.
Richie Cunning is an experienced artist with a refreshing sound and a rock hard grasp of what it takes to catch the listeners ear. This mixtape is another step in his growing career. URB Magazine has described him as having “surprising grit, undeniable swagger & perfectly ill flow”. His song The City (off the upcoming album, Night Train) has been played numerous times to hype the crowd at Oracle Arena during Golden State Warriors games. He was infamously banned from Canada in 2007 while en route to headline his first international show. More and more people are starting to take notice as Richie, “The Son of the City”, continues to spread his own special brand of rugged yet polished rap music. While we’ll leave the final decision up to you, if you choose to agree, we won’t be mad at you.
Previously:
Richie Cunning – Hear My Train A Comin’
Richie Cunning – City Boy
Richie Cunning – I Got People
Richie Cunning – Takin’ A Train’
No wonder these little squares don’t wanna tangle with the Rec, I kill lines bitch, call me the angle of death
Proe – Blisters
I know, I know, I was supposed to have this available on Monday. Well, dont be such a jerk…geez. Sometimes people make mistakes. But honestly, arent you so much more elated that I’ve appropriately equipped your insatiable appetite for song before the weekend? Of course you are! Now, when youre the grinder or grindee of some random tail at the club, you’ll think of me. And after all, thats the real reason I make music.
This weeks installment of Home Repair is an energetic tune that’s sure to get your toes-a-tappin. I mean, for real son…titties are coming out the shirt when you play this jammy. “Get It“, produced by DJ MF Shalem.
*titties are not guaranteed to come out of any shirts when you play this song.
This week’s song, Hear My Train A Comin, reads a little more like a country ballad than a rap song. Richie pulls the ol’ one track jack on Jimi Hendrix and the result is this hallucinogenic, whiskey-soaked, barnburner. Give it a spin and be sure to tune back in next Monday for the rest of the mixtape. City up, little doggie.
Richie Cunning – Hear My Train A Comin’ DivShare | UserShare
The much anticipated Season Two is on it’s way. It will be available for the fist time in all it’s glory Dec 3rd at The Rockit Room in San Francisco. Then, following Richie Cunning’s Late Night Special, Season Two will be available on routinefly.com Dec 17th for digital sales as well as physical copies. Here are two selections from the album featuring most of the team. Thanks for listening, now you too are a champion like Rec-League.
Rec-League – You’re The Best Usershare | DivShare
Rec-League – Disneyland UserShare | DivShare
Full tracklist after the jump
So I’ve been feeling like I might not know how to rap any more. As a test today I decided to make a beat and write a song. Guess what?! I can still rap! Plus I made this “beat”. Just a little something to kick my ass back into gear, hey maybe it can kick your lazy ass back into gear too you lazy bum. Here you go, drums, samples, raps, Go Time.
Rob Rush – Go Time
Week 3 is upon us and here, as promised, is the third track from Richie Cunning’s Late Night Special Mixtape. There will be one more track leaked next Monday before the entire mixtape will be released for free download on December 7th at RoutineFly.com. Richie’s self produced debut album, Night Train, will be subsequently released on January 15th, 2010.
This week’s song, “City Boy” produced by Richie Cunning, is sure to make his underground fans hate him and his girl fans remark, “Oh, I kinda like this song”. Richie’s take on a familiar San Francisco anthem provides a look into the drive of upcoming artists in the often unwelcoming world of the music industry. See for yourself what all the fuss is about. Listen closely, and pray you don’t miss the train.
“Fuck it the train’s comin’ ain’t no keepin it back / you don’t wanna get hit? Don’t sleep on the tracks”
Richie Cunning – City Boy
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