Freeload: Young Chris & Freeway, “Last Two” MP3
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How many people made it to Coney Island at the end of that movie The Warriors? Already, you can see where we’re going with this. We’ve lamented the demise of Rocafella far too many times in this space, but it still hurts when former State Property members can get together and make good music to little acclaim. The talent is still there! It always was.
Download: Young Chris & Freeway, “Last Two”
Freeload: Wale f. Peedi Crakk, Black Thought, Tuphace & Young Chris, “Hot Shyt”
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As much we like to think Twitter is sometimes a way to drive us insane and prepare us for mental slavery, we gotta admit THERE’S A LOTTA HOT SHIT POPPIN OVER THERE. Wale just put this track up from the forthcoming (maybe) Back to the Feature mixtape and it has quite a few Philly underdog favorites and one other dude from Philly on it. Try and guess which one references Pitchfork before you listen. Enjoy and look for it again in about five minutes on FADER Twitter.
Download: Wale f. Peedi Crakk, Black Thought, Tuphace & Young Chris, “Hot Shyt” (via Twitter)
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posted on May 21, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Black Thought, freeload, hip hop, Peedi Crakk, Tuphace, Wale, Young Chris
Freeload: Young Chris, “Class of My Own”
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Philly! We are anxiously awaiting Young Chris’ new mixtape Network, this slightly psychedelic track with live drums and classic Rhodes is from that. We love him because he just like, raps. No bells, no whistles, no hooks, no dances, just rapping. His voice is raspy with echoes of Jay-Z but not bite-y, just awesome. Then he shouts out his website.
Download: Young Chris, “Class of My Own”
FADER TV: Young Chris On Making History (The Old Fashioned Way)
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Young Chris still wears a Rocafella chain. This probably shouldn’t be as surprising as it is, but what even is Rocafella today? Is it Kanye (when he’s rapping)? Jay-Z in an ill fitting leather Members Only jacket? Memphis Bleek doing…what it is he does for money these days? Or is it Young Chris, who once lived the dream of pretty much anyone rapping in 2001 and got signed to the Roc as part of the Young Gunz at the tender age of 16? The kid had promise. Actually, the kid was nice. The thing is, he still is (and is somehow still promising). And yet after some 8 years in, he’s still young enough to refer to himself as “Young” Chris. His album doesn’t have an official release date yet but we’re psyched on it so we asked him to come talk to us about it. He did, and also what Rocafella still means to him.
Freeload: Emynd and Young Chris “We Don’t Give A …” EP
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Here goes that new Young Chris album, y’all. JUST KIDDING, this is not the new Young Chris album. But if it was, would it be late or early? We can’t even be sure, but projects like this are just enough to pacify us until we get that full length. This EP happens to be the masterwork of Cross Faded Bacon’s Emynd, who produced the original “We Don’t Give A …” using a method all but unheard of in rap today: he and Chris were in the studio at the same time! For the EP he called up a Fantastic Four of remixers (Eli, Cousin Cole, Ayres and Nadastrom), who all unravel the Philly club of the original to give it their own charmingly disruptive turns. Sample Eli’s remix and download the bunch below.
Young Chris, “We Don’t Give A … (DJ Eli Remix)”
Download: Emynd and Young Chris “We Don’t Give A …” EP
Freeload: Young Chris f. Wale & Bun B, “Searching”
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It’s safe to say that we’ve been waiting on a Young Chris solo album pretty much since
this. Though some 8 years later, Chris’ impending Now Or Never seems like it’s finally going to see the light of day. Seemingly as a reward for our patience, Young C is giving us (not really, but someone) a chance to BE ON THE ALBUM. The song already has Wale and Bun B on it so the wack need not apply, but according to Chris, anyone can “rap, sing or even talk about what they are searching for.” You can download the song, complete with a space for contribution below. Verses, ceremonial chants, etc can be turned in at youngchris.com or searchingforanoutlet.com.
Download: Young Chris f. Wale & Bun B, “Searching”
Live: Wale and Friends at Highline Ballroom
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We’ve seen Wale perform so many times since featuring him in F44 that we’re well past the paternal conceitedness we once felt so rightfully entitled to. At this point we’re just happy he can afford to drape himself in Louis Vuitton sweater/hat combos. Aside from the new digs though, the DMV’s greatest hope has also gained many a new friend, displaying a wealth of them last night at Highline Ballroom. Wale was backed by legendary go-go band UCB, who got extra loose during renditions of Junkyard Band’s “Sardines,” EU’s “Da Butt,” and their very own (and very amazing), “Sexy Lady.” After he warned that it was about to get “real hip hop in here,” out jumps Freeway (beard still sticking out) for his verse on “What We Do,” followed by Young Chris, who sounded angelic over UCB’s rendition of The Young Gunz ski lodge fail-safe, “No Better Love.” The three then broke into an impromptu cipher, in which most appropriately both Rhymefest and Craig G could be seen offstage waiting to be waved home. Neither ended up onstage, but before closing things off with “Nike Boots,” Wale brought out Ryan Leslie for “Addicted,” finally apologizing for being a “cheater.” Apology accepted. Also in attendance were 9th Wonder and (in a well protected VIP area) ex-Def Jam president, Jay-Z.
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posted on Dec 10, 2008 in MUSIC NEWS tags Freeway, hip hop, Jim Jones, Kid Cudi, Ryan Leslie, UCB, Wale, Young Chris
Freeload: Young Chris f. Wale, “Large”
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Big news! Young Chris has been hired to be the Official Subject of all FADER blog posts in August! Yeahhhh, take that Kanye blog! Here is another great song from dude and another guy we’ve been known to talk about quite a bit. This is some arm floatie music, people!
(from Elitaste)
Video: Young Chris, “Never Die”
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We’re basically becoming a Young Chris blog at this point, but if dude keeps on releasing Philly-bangers that recall the glory days of The Roc without being annoying or revisionist about it then we’ll keep posting them. Here’s a video for “Never Die,” refreshingly not featuring anyone and also weirdly using a widescreen technique that often obscures people’s faces in favor of shirt close ups. Presumably this is a single from the upcoming Young Chris album and since he’s a rapper from Philadelphia, we’ll believe it when we see it.
Freeload: Young Chris f. Lil Wayne, “Paradise”
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Last time we blogged about Young Chris it provoked week-long rants about how underrated much of the former Rocafella stable was, as well as a still in progress revisiting of like every Young Gunz song ever. If you’ve been reading the FADER blog then you know that some things we like are: Summer, Rocafella, and Lil Wayne. Now all those things are here in one package. Lil Wayne makes a Wayne’s World reference and Young Chris wonders where Detox is. JUST LIKE US! Excuse us, we’re going to go lay in the park with this on the headphones, relive the Roc’s glory days, pretend we’re on the beach and continue to be excited for the Young Chris album.
Download: Young Chris f. Lil Wayne, “Paradise” (via Nah Right)
