What Your Car Needs

Here are the five CDs that I am currently bumping in my beautiful, yet problematic, Ford Escape. If you consider yourself a hip-hop fan, and don't have any of these, you may want to reconsider what you are listening to.

1. Slaughterhouse-Self Titled. The self proclaimed king of the West Coast teams up with Brookyln's finest, Jersey's loudest, and Motown's toughest to form a modern day super group. There hasn't been anything like this since Wu-Tang was doing it. With all the hype surrounding their debut, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Royce Da 5 9, and Joell Ortiz take turns lyrically murdering each track they are on. In stores now, go pick Slaughterhouse's debut up immediately after reading this. You can also read a very on point review of the album by HipHopDX right here.

2. Joe Budden-Escape Route. As the post below me states, Joey has just put out a hidden gem that a lot of people are going to miss because everyone has been caught up in his other group's hype, and rightfully so. But do no not sleep on this EP, because it is even better than his CD that dropped in January, Padded Room. He even samples Frou Frou on a track, I mean honestly, what more could you want. Turn the intro up extra loud and I guarantee multiple people will ask you what that song is making your entire car shake. JOEY!!!

3. Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa-How Fly. Two chronic weed smokers come together to make an mixtape complete with songs you would expect from potheads; laid back, chilled out beats and head bobbing music. Curren$y clearly out shines the lyrically weaker Khalifa on this joint, with his smooth flow and creative word use (he even raps about Nintendo 64), and the mixtape falls off a bit beat-wise towards the end, but it is good enough that is is mandatory to have this in your whip.

4. Wale-Back To The Feature. I don't have to give this tape much press, you bloggers already know how I feel about Mr. Folarin. His wordplay shines on his latest mixtape, especially on the finale track, "New Soul." A precursor to his debut album, Attention:Deficit (which sadly has been pushed back until October), if you want to know how dope Wale really is, all you need to do is slide this tape into your CD player. Oooo, that sounds dirty.

5. Pac Div-Church League Champions. I have been oozing about this up and coming West Coast group's latest mixtape, but please allow me to ooze some more. After multiple listens, this mixtape has made a home in my car, always there to make me bob my head after a long day of work. Get to hip to these kids, because they have a bright future ahead of them. As bright as a California summer day. No homo.


So please do yourself a favor and acquire these delicacies of hip-hop. Insert CD, turn the volume up, and your car will do what the name of this blog is. GET THE REAR VIEW SHAKING!