Schnipper’s Slept On
- story Matthew Schnipper
Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated recent release he thinks we need to know about. This week it’s NORE, Nina Sky, Gem Star & Big Mato and Daddy Yankee’s “Oye Mi Canto” 12-inch. Watch the song’s video, buy the song and read Schnipper’s thoughts on it after the jump.
Freeload: CNN “Follow The Dollar” (Produced by Alchemist)
- story THE FADER
This song from the new Capone N Noreaga album is cool and all — a creep-ed out, sinewy album cut featuring the same Full Metal Jacket soundbite made famous by 2 Live Crew (and MIA) — but on a brighter note, can we take this moment to talk about how N-O and Alchemist are straight-up WINNING AT THE INTERNET right now? Between the MySpace gallery devoted to his Newport box chain, his great YouTube channel and his shirtless marketing plan, the mayor of Lefrak has been engaging and entertaining his constituents like never before. Meanwhile, Alc has gone and launched his own blog, a charmingly homemade (check the 1997 brick background GIF!) journal that eschews shameless self-promotion and pictures of recent luxury purchases for a diary approach that’s funny, self-deprecating, and refreshingly human. Check the pic of his elementary school rap group! FAT NORE + TINY ALCHEMIST = WEB GOLD.
Download: CNN, “Follow The Dollar”
Freeload: Nore’s Ya Heard! Vol. 1-Penalty Mixtape (1998)
- story THE FADER
Keeping with artists’ blogs is getting to be as bad as keeping up with random dude’s blogs in ‘03. Somebody collate this shit! Cipha Sounds just put up this lost gem from 1998 of a Nore pre-debut album sampler, mixed by Cipha himself and hosted by Flex, complete with an up-to-date definition of “Tunnel bangers.” That’s edutainment.
Download: Ya Heard! Vol. 1 – Penalty Mixtape
