#ThrowbackThursday - Cannibal Ox's IRON GALAXY, Rap Avatar Sticker

"You were a stillborn baby Mommy didn't want you, but you were still born Boy Meets World. Of course his pops is gone What you figure, that chalky outline on the ground is a father figure?" -Vast Aire

New York Rap Legend VAST AIRE Soldiering Through the Death of Both Parents

Our hearts go out to Cannibal Ox front man Vast Aire, who lost his father today.  He already lost his moms last month from complications of Coronavirus.

"Poisonous is my arrow. When you swing your blade, you're gonna hit my shadow..." -Vast Aire

HOLY CRAP! My dude 8 posted this track Sirius Star f/Vast Aire by The Quantum (Bill Cosmiq and Salvador) on the 808 Crate blog and I been bumping it all day!

"I got them go-go-gadgets. So when the Cobra-La come through the floor, I'm putting snakes in baskets..." -Vast Aire

"I kiss every baby and sign every breast..." -Vast Aire, speaking on history with the fans

You know we heart that nuh Vast Aire, so when my dude over at 808Crate.com slid me the link to this interview entitles "What Inspires Vast Aire" I already knew it was getting re-blogged before I even watched it for all my street nerdcore heads ...

I can't stop listening to "Empire State" by MIGHTY JOSEPH (Vast Aire & Karniege) #nowPlaying

How could I possibly resist Mighty Joseph? Vast Aire and Karniege, two of my favorite emcees? both equally comfy spitting that special blend of nerdcore New York thug genius that I am so enamored with? Conversational flows smuggling weapons-grade wordplay? Plus, one of the illest album covers ever? Once I start bumping Empire State, how the hell can I stop listening to it?

The easy answer is I can't!

Happy Thor's Day!

#np "Mother Earth, Still Life" by Agartha Audio & Taiyamo Denku f/ Vast Aire, Illogic & Perseph 1

I got a long day ahead of me, but I got this in my email this morning and I just HAD to share this with you...

Start the day off Right w/ Billy Woods and MIGHTY JOSEPH (Vast Aire & Karniege)

I came across this track Drinks (off Billy Woods' indie hip hop record The Chalice) on YouTube a while back, and it quickly became my mother effing JOINT thanks to hardbody verses from Vast Aire and Karniege! Hot stuff for your speaker...

PREVIEW- SOS the Comicbook #8 & 9 f/Vast Aire's Carlos The Midget

As if I needed another reason to love Vast Aire, it looks like the Can Ox/LXG front man is creating comicbook characters now... Issues 8 & 9 of the Canadian hip hop caper Song of Songs the Comicbook feature the foul-mouthed, gun-toting mini-thug Carlos the Midget, created by Vast Aire...

Rap Avatar #2: Vast Aire

Here's a new drawing of one of my favorite emcees, the mighty Vast Aire. I drew it with Adobe Illustrator. I was joking around with my friend Adofo geeking out on looney Vast Aire lyrics and decided I needed to channel that energy into some art...

"When we form Voltron, I'm the Black Lion, so stop your bloodclot cryin'..." -Vast Aire

start the day off Right w/Vast Aire

I don't know about you, but I loves me some Vast Aire... Here's some cuts off his upcoming album Ox 2010: A Street Odyssey...

Canibus, Luther Campbell, Vast Aire, Elzhi & more #conspiracyRadio #interview #hipHop

This episode of Conspiracy Worldwide Radio is an instant classic! Canibus comes on to talk about his beef with Slaughterhouse, Luke talks about his Mayoral Campaign (yeah, I know...) and Detroit spitter and Slum Villager Elzhi speaks on his new album and European tour. Did I mention Vast Aire dropped in too? Rated J for Jeauh!

Start the Day off Right w/Vast Aire

Vast Aire (the not-so-gentle-but-very-giant half of new york rap duo Canibal Ox) is one of those emcees that I find myself defending a lot. People say, "Vast is no good without El-P" the label boss who did the beats on CanOx's debut smash The Cold Vein... and all I can do is shrug my shoulders and put my headphones back on. I just don't agree with that! One of the best compliments I can give a movie is that it makes me want to go home and draw, and when Vast grabs the mic, I get that same sensation. It's like, Vast is not a storyteller type rapper, but when he rhymes, I see pictures in my head...

Mega...

Happy Thursday everyone! I hope everyone's feeling good... I woke up this morning humming the hook to Believe, a stand out track from Vordul Mega's 2004ish solo album The Revolution of Yung Havoks, so I figured if it helped me get my day started, it might help you, too...

Start the Day off Right ---->

Scream Phoenix by Cannibal Ox
people rarely speak about hipHop as being uplifting, particularly grimy underground New York hip hop... but i can honestly say that the Cannibal Ox ode to resurrection Scream Phoenix did a lot to help me get through a very difficult patch in my personal life. the overlapping Phillip Glass samples by El Producto provide the perfect backdrop for the poetic language of perfectly unbalanced flows of Vast Aire and Vordul Mega.
dope...
-samax
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Expect the Unexpected

artwork and press release for DOOM's compilation disc Unexpected Guests, which is due to drop October 27th. this would be a GREAT look for all those fans out there new to the supervillainous emcee and beatsmith that needs to be in everybody's top ten. expect more on this as the blessed day approaches, minions!

DOOM is one of the most original and uncompromising voices in hip-hop. From his work in the 90’s with the seminal KMD to his legendary releases under a variety of aliases including MF Doom, Madvillain, King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, Dangerdoom & more, his prolific body of work has always valued artistic integrity and creativity over anything else. As numerous and varied as his albums are, DOOM also has a thick catalog of guest appearances, remixes, non-album tracks, & vinyl only singles. For the first time, Unexpected Guest presents many of these hard to find tracks as a mix CD, executed and overseen by the Super Villain himself.

With a list of co-conspirators which includes marquee level names such as Talib Kweli, Ghostface & GZA as well as underground heroes Vast Aire, CountBass D & Kurius, the music on this disc highlights DOOM’s ever-present trademark wit and taste for raw and ominous beats. On “Trap Door,” he spits couplets like “No curse words / DOOM the worst church nerd verse heard” over a plucked bass and guitar line from producer Jake One that sounds like the funkiest spy movie soundtrack imaginable. “Sniper Elite” sees the emcee united with the late J Dilla, and is one of the many tracks featured that has yet to see an official CD release. The album will also feature a never before heard live version of DOOM’s classic “I Hear Voices” from the Operation Doomsday album.

Peppered with his signature comic book dialogue and vintage sound clips, Unexpected Guests presents a treasure trove of DOOM obscurities which should shed light on material that even some hardcore fans may have missed. It’s a frenetic, virtuosic look at a true hip-hop original.

1. Get ‘Er Done feat. DOOM - Jake One
2. Fly That Knot feat. DOOM - Talib Kweli
3. Sniper Elite feat. DOOM - Dilla Ghostface DOOM
4. Trap Door feat. DOOM - Jake One
5. Sorcerers feat. DOOM & Invizible Handz - John Robinson
6. Da Supafriendz - Vast Aire
7. Quite Buttery - Count Bass D feat DOOM
8. ? - DOOM featuring Kurious
9. All Outta Ale - DOOM
10. E.N.Y. House - Masta Killa
11. Bells of DOOM - DOOM
12. My Favorite Ladies - DOOM
13. Street Corners (Remix) - Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck & GZA

stay tuned...

-gM

Mighty Joseph

peep the EXTRA dope cover art to Mighty Joseph's new ceedee, EMPIRE STATE. in case you didn't know, mighty Joseph (whose name is derived from the Giant gorilla flick The Mighty Joe Young) is Vast Aire (of Canibal Ox) and Karniege... with appearances by other notable NYC rappers like Vast's CanOx conspirator Vordulmega. These dudes are big-time comics and movie heads, exemplars of the spirit of ghettoManga! peep the music here.

Oh NO! it's a new Record!

Props to my man BigSteelo for hippin' me to the new Oh No Record. if you didn't already know, Oh No is the li'l brother of underground heavyweight Madlib (you know, Lord Quas..? half of Madvillain..? 1/4 of Lootpack..? turn OFF your radio and go get some HipHop, son!)... anyways, like his big brother, OhNo holds the mic and controls the sounds nicely on his new plate Exodus into Unheard Rhythms which drops next tuesday on indie juggernaut Stone's Throw records.

looks like he's after the sophomore without the jinx on this one, a concept record which features hipHop bredren A.G., Posdnuos, Murs, Cali Agents, Wise Intelligent, Buckshot, K Jay, Roc C, Aloe Blacc, Wordsworth, LMNO, Vast Aire, MED, Wildchild, Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Frank N Dank, and Fergus MacRoy (whew! OhNo only rhymes on three tracks... but his guest list makes up for his absence), and Beats made exclusively from Galt MacDermot samples.

that's all from me. cop free downloads, peep the new video, and read more about OhNo and Exodus here.

holla!

samax.