Music of Tha Moment

So, check it out. I think I have a somewhat moderately expansive iPod, as well as an overall moderately expansive taste in music. Also, I like sharing my interests, as well as parts of my overall life with others, seeing as how I just feel I'm an interesting person. Thankfully, you'll learn a bit more about me personally when the documentary Louder Than a Bomb drops in 2010. But this particular post, in contrast to the "Artist You Should Know" segment featured here on "Tha Moment of Trufe", is just to let you all in on what I've been diggin' lately as far as music goes. Hopefully, you like it, if not, you're prolly a Wayne fan (no lol).

First and foremost is a new track by The Game entitled, "Champion".

I don't know about you, but I get more than a lil' bit of my songs from video games, and this track is one of them. This is the opening track from NBA 2K10, and I was feelin' it from the moment the beat dropped. The Game on this track displays more lyrical creativity than we've seen from him in recent history, naming possibly every NBA team without ever speaking about basketball in the two verses. The beat itself is simple, albeit hypnotic simultaneously, and personally left me wanting to know who produced it. The only possible downside is the usage of the dreaded autotune on the hook. The autotune effect has taken a bit of a blow in terms of popularity since the release of Jay-Z's "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)", but The Game released "I'm So Wavy", a diss track aimed at Jay-Z (for whatever reason) shortly after the release of "D.O.A.", in which he said "D.O.A. nigga? Please. I love 808s & Heartbreak, nigga "Love Lockdown"'s my shit", so I'm sure the usage of autotune was an indirect "fuck you" towards Jay. But that's a blog post for another day. Rating: 4.5 of 5. On to the next track, shall we?

MGMT- "Electric Feel"

This is another track I discovered while playing NBA 2K10 (I'm tellin' y'all, video games be havin' great music nowadays), and once again, I was hooked from the second the beat dropped. I have no clue who MGMT is, but after hearing this song, I was definitely interested in learning more about them. At first listen, I don't even know what their music would be classified as, as far as genres go, but who cares? This track is HOT! From the vocals, to the flutes, to the hook;it seems like everything just perfectly falls into place, making an aspiring artist like myself wonder what type of magic has to happen in the studio in order for a song like this to come about. If you're not familiar with Murphy's Law, it's the belief that everything that CAN go wrong, DOES go wrong, and I really feel that whatever the opposite of Murphy's Law is, that had to have taken place when this track was being composed. Rating: 5 of 5. On to the next one.

Clipse feat. Cam'ron and Pharrell- "Popular Demand (Popeyes)"

It's been a while since we've heard from Clipse, and I'm sure to the casual rap fan, they've faded to the background. To the true rap fan tho, Clipse ain't never went nowhere, and I'm personally excited to hear their new project after their last album Hell Hath No Fury" went undeservedly unnoticed. That shit was CRACK! But again, I first heard this track like a week ago, and I immediately was drawn to the classic hip-hop sound to it. If the sick Neptunes beat didn't hook you, I'm sure the verse from Pusha T did. Then came the second verse. From Cam'ron. G; what the fuck? Cam'ron?! Of all people to give a cameo to, you give it to Cam'ron?! I ain't even gone stunt, I used to like Cam, I really did. But the rap game has evolved since he dropped "Oh Boy!"and it seems like his lyrics didn't get the memo. He still does that wack shit, where he forces unreasonable amounts of syllables to rhyme, which result in bars like, "the ghetto na belt on the hip (or WHATEVER the fuck he said)/ I keep it Pharrell with the Clipse". Like, are you serious, dude? Like, you really in the booth with THAT shit on your notebook, and actually spittin' it? Hey, to each his own, I guess. Malice did just enough to stop listeners from strangling themselves following Cam's verse with his final verse, but that doesn't make up for a questionable hook from Pharrell. Rating: 4 of 5. On to the last track we go.

Consequence feat. Kanye West and John Legend- "Whatever You Want"

This track actually dropped a while ago, but the video was just shot a little over a month ago. Still, this track is not getting the airplay it deserves. Most of you may not know who Consequence even is, but simply put, to me, he's an underground emcee striving to be mainstream. Which means he has more lyrical talent than most mainstream rappers, and that's why you don't know who he is. But the Cons is taking on a different sound with this track, and I must say, it works. The Kanye West produced beat is yet another snare-less beat, similar to "Homecoming" and "Love Lockdown", which somehow, never seems to fail Kanye. Over the course of the track, Kanye and Consequence alternate, each spitting four bars in between a four bar hook, which only repeats the phrase "whatever you want, want, want...", etc. Then comes John Legend with a bridge offering soul that only John Legend can deliver; all of which is delivered over an intoxicating beat, which I feel is IMPOSSIBLE to not dance to. My only "con" with the track is its length, or lack thereof; the song is only 2:37. This is understandable, to a certain extent, taking into account the short verses and the fact that you never want to give too much of a good thing, but I'm sure fans of good music will have this track on repeat, resulting in astronomical amounts of plays in their iTunes library. Rating: 4.5 of 5.

That is all, my Trufe-seekers. Till next time, PEACE!!

~Trufe