Hollywood FLOSS – 20/20

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Hey Hip Hop Fiend readers. Some of you may know me, some of you won’t. My name is Rarest Element and I’m a UK hip hop producer and more importantly a hip hop addict. After reading numerous year end lists I really wanted to reflect on what a great year 2011 was for music. I feel I listened to a variety of projects this year and a lot of things caught my attention. Artists made comebacks, commercial artists released strong projects and there were hundreds of new artists dropping free projects for everyone to enjoy. My year end list was narrowed down to 25 projects (including albums, mixtapes and E.P.s). Please remember this is all my personal opinion and also take into account I never heard everything that was released this year. I’ll admit I never listened to projects by Mac Miller, Tech N9ne, Action Bronson, Tyler the Creator, Freddie Gibbs and Lil Wayne amongst many others which may have made my list otherwise. This is my top 25 projects of the hundred and odd I heard that were released this year:
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Hip Hop began in Bronx, NY with a cipher, b-boy (also known by the media-term ‘breakdancer’) and a boom box. One of the pioneers of the art, Dougie Fresh, would argue there are 5 elements in Hip Hop: (1) Emcee (2) DJ (3) Dancer (4) Graffiti artist (5) Beat boxer.

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Each element was necessary to properly capture Hip Hop. Likewise, the producer-artist exchange is most important for creating timeless classics.

This past year has hosted artists who have practiced this phenomenon; such as, Big K.R.I.T, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West. These artists have gained major reception from label executives, established peers, and fans. Moreover, artist-producer relationships; such as, Outkast-Organized Noize, Common-J Dilla and Dr. Dre-Eminem are arguably responsible for classics. Why is it important for the art today?

Preservation. It has never been conducive to bite the hand that feeds you. If not for the love and respect of the hip hop pioneers then for the love and respect for yourself. Reiterating the opening statement: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it – inspiration in Hip Hop has always flowed with the fluidity of water. Rapper icons have never tried to make a hit; they have just tried to make sense. Not dollars. Let’s get back to making change.

Tasha Mack @MackHHU

Hip Hop Unplugged, Associate Editor

I want to thank all my fans for an enjoyable 2011, but it’s time for greater HEIGHTS

This year I will be providing music non-stop!

-Hollywood FLOSS

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Introducing our new monthly column, giving an insight into the hip-hop industry from the point of view of PR girl, Jenna J…

I’ve often been misjudged as a harsh business person because of my honesty and straightforwardness. I’m not a yes ma’am/sir kind of girl and never will be.

Nope, I won’t cater to you by telling you what you want to hear; instead, I will most likely do opposite of what everyone else is doing—I will tell you what you NEED to hear. Sorry folks, kissing ass is simply not my style. Perhaps some will conclude that my abrasive attitude is just not right for the public relations business. However, on the contrary, it has worked and I have made serious progress with this no BS type of mentality.
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What up,

I’m sitting here after just finishing up with season 1 of “How To Make It America”. I actually sat at home on a Friday night and caught it on HBO. Probably not the coolest thing, I’ll admit, but fuck it. I’m starting to turn into a hermit. All I want to do now is sit at home and write.

I was lucky enough to have my boy Chuuwee fly out to NC so we could finish our project. This was the first time I met him but everything went well. I took him around the city to some dope food spots and we got a chance to get to know each other outside of music. Speaking of music, he put me up on a little bit of everything. He literally listens to everything… and I listen to damn near nothing. I’m not really a music snob, but the CD player in my car just quit working. That was where I’d listen to music but now its just sports talk radio. So we had a nice little youtube session where he showed me A LOT OF SHIT. He put me on to some Bay Area music which was different, but I appreciated it. After a while, our saying started to be “party went yankee til the fucked it up”. I don’t know how that happened, but it stuck. We got the preliminary artwork from @PSImDope so its coming soon. I have to mix everything, but hopefully that won’t take too long. I had a lot of fun doing the project and it was good to collaborate with Chuuwee. He’s VERY talented and a hard worker. Hopefully “The Millennium Falcon” turned out to be good. We’ll see what people think.

Back to the hermit thing, I prefer to sit at home and work on music, but I write better when I’m around people. I’m trying to go out more with my friends to experience things to write about. We’ll see how that goes. Its finally getting colder and that’s always a plus in my book.

Later this week, we’ll be in Atlanta for A3C with the rest of the Jamla team so that should be fun. I’m excited to meet a people and more of my peers. Since I live in NC, I’m removed from a lot of things… so this is a chance to be involved face to face with things for a few days.

Last thing… the noises from Transformers: Generation 1 are the shit. You can’t tell me they’re not.

Peace,
Sundown

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