Illogic's Diabolical Fun Dropping Next Week

Just in case you'd forgotten, here's another joint to remind you of Illogic's upcoming album Diabolical Fun, his fourth album, entirely produced by Ill Poetic.


Illogic - I Know You

Cop it from Weightless Recordings and get a separate CD of instrumentals from the album. Between this, Sign Language and the $7.99 price point for both, Weightless is holding you down with good music.

Since I'm Still Alive, Have Some New Music

I'm getting adjusted to the new gig, but the blog has suffered. Don't worry though, I'll never leave What's Good behind, and as proof I give you some new music. Brought to my attention by a Twitter post from Count Bass D, the title track from Abstract Rude's upcoming Rhymesayers album, Rejuvenation:


Abstract Rude - Rejuvenation

Look out for it in on May 5th, or pre-order it from Rhymesayers' official store Fifth Element for a reduced price.

Bonus: Since the album's entirely produced by Seattle's own Vitamin D, thought I'd hit you off with one of my favorite productions of his, "The Writz" off of Gift of Gab's Fourth Dimensional Rocketships Going Up

Music for a Monday - Blaps, Rhymes and Life Vol. II

I linked to the first one earlier this this month, so it's only right I post up the second one during its release. Featuring a slew of MCs all over Illmind's production, this'll certainly make for a good addition to your ride's CD changer if you've had your fill of volume one.

Download - Illmind - Blaps, Rhymes & Life Vol. II

New Music (Plus Other Stuff): Aesop Rock and Jeremy Fish

So you were either nowhere near San Fran, or you just plain couldn't make it to Jeremy Fish's art show Ghosts of the Barbary Coast and are bummed that you couldn't get that new Aesop Rock single they were handing out to go along with peeping all the artwork? Don't sweat it, DJ Regular and Definitive Jux love you. Take a listen to "Tomorrow Morning."


Aesop Rock - Tomorrow Morning

Head on over to Definitive Jux to get a full package of material including "Tomorrow Morning", the instrumental, lyrics, and a Ouicktime slideshow of all the pieces from the show. You have to sign up for an account with Def Jux's storefront, but it gives you access to a slew of other free songs and albums and there's no unwanted emails to worry about.

As for the artwork, I'm personally a fan of Jeremy's stuff and his description of the Ghosts show was particularly interesting: "The artwork in this show is my personal interpretation of some of San Francisco’s more colorful founding folklore. The goal for this show is to gain a better understanding of San Francisco’s formative heroes, and honor them in my drawings, paintings, and sculpture." If you aren't familiar with him already, here's the video for "Pigs" with Jeremy doing a piece.

Free Stuff: Fokis' A Walk Through MySpace Vol. 1

I told you guys about this project last week and now it's here.




Click on the picture to go to his site where you can get a download link for the LP if you give up your email address. No spam, I promise, you'll just get occasional emails on Fokis' projects, and be the first to peep videos and tracks from him.

Free Stuff: Illogic's EP One Bar Left

I brought you the title track from this EP on Wednesday, and now the whole thing is out.


Illogic - One Bar Left EP Produced entirely by Ill Poetic

Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but I've certainly missed hearing Illogic since the amazing Celestial Clockwork so it's bound to be a treat (You should cop it at that link if you don't already have it). Diabolical Fun coming this Spring from Weightless!

Free Stuff: Outasight's album Radio New York

Got this cat's album in the email a few days ago and just now had a chance to listen it. Usually blending singing with rapping is something that is either reserved for those that have the cred that allows them to "go to the left" without getting roasted for it by heads (see Q-Tip, Andre 3000), or for folks that are only dipping one foot into Hip Hop while they're a bit more firmly entrenched in other forms of music. Outasight hasn't been around quite long enough to fit in the former category, but he's certainly not the latter, making the balance between singing and rapper work for him over soulful production that firmly establishes that his heart is definitely with Hip Hop. There were a couple of occasions where I wished he'd just spit some bars (like his album closing revamp of the Stan Getz sampling Pharcyde joint Runnin', or the motivational/braggadocio track The Get Up), but for the most part I dug it, so give it a shot.


Outasight - Lights, Camera, Action

Outasight - Radio New York | Hit up his MySpace page for more news, and to purchase a physical copy of the album with a free poster.

As a bonus, he's a video for his single Good Evening that just recently won MTVu's The Freshmen competition to get added to its regular rotation: