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The Top 10 Jams of 2006

2006-12-12T22:43:00.000-08:00

10. E40, Juelz Santana, Bun B, Pimp C--"White Gurl"
When I first heard this I slept on it. It just seemed so obvious: 40, juelz, and the texas boys dropping coke rap. But this isn't any coke song. It hit me when I was kickin it with white girl at the club. The DJ dropped it, I felt that boom bass kick, I started giggin out, the lights got brighter, everything made perfect fucking sense. And Pimp and Bun give good advice on how to successfully flip shit.

9. Beyonce--"Irreplaceable"

8. Rick Ross--"Hustlin"

7. E40 & Keak da Sneak--"Tell Me When To Go"

6. Ciara--"Promise" (remix)

5. T.I.--"What You Know"

4. Lil Wayne--"Spitter"
See listen here this is why Weezy is the best out there right now. In the first verse he starts out:

Whatcha man done toldya bout fuckin round wit them soldiers/
Toldya I'll be back I'm comin, I got that Tommy Lasorda/
That's blood all over your sofas, blood all over your posters, blood all over your shoulders, blood all over the strollers...

And then to begin the second verse, with the exact same cadence, he flips it to:

Whatcha baby toldya bout fuckin round wit them soldiers/
I toldya I'm comin back I got that Tommy Mattola/
That's blood all over ya Rover, blood all over ya chaffuer, blood all over ya loafers, if I get any closer, there's blood all over my toaster, blood all over my holster, I'm in them S.Dots, that's blood over my Hovas...

That's rap music, plain and simple. If you hear that and think, well, he's just basically repeating himself, then don't worry about it. Just go back to Doggystyle and the two Biggie songs you know and live happily. But don't ever ever ever say you love hip hop music.

3. Ho'okoa--"Last Night"
This is the way it works in Hawaii: Every year there's always a local jam that will epitomize a certain time, such as the end of senior year, and if your high school is worth its salt, you'll actually get that band to play that jam while you mack your senior year cutie under the stars.

This is that jam. The kid I know, his name's Kaika, was at a barbecue I went to the day after his grad party (it's also not weird for 23 year olds to kick it with 17 year olds at barbecues so fuck you). I'm always busting his chops because he shows me school pictures of the girls he's trying to get with and I'm like, cmon man, are you even getting head yet? Anyway, I asked him who performed at his grad night and he said "Ho'okoa."

Me: "They have that jam on the radio right now, right? The one that goes, 'Laaaaast night, laaassst night.' They musta killed that live, huh?"

Him: "Ho brah, you don't even wanna know...I never heard girls scream like dat.(gap toothed grin)"

Me: Please tell me you fucked.

Him: (continues gap toothed grin)

2. Young Jeezy--"Bury Me a G"

1. Nelly Furtado & Lil Wayne--"Maneater" (remix)
"my shorty know what she doin, lick her lips then get straight to it..."

There was no "Stay Fly" which stood head and shoulders above anything else. "What You Know" came close at the start of the year but in the end it just sounded empty, despite DJ Toomp's amazingly cinematic production. Bury Me a G comes pretty close and I'm definitely jamming it nonstop but I can't get over the fact that this is a 2Pac song with Jeezy's voice in it. So 2006 was the year of Wayne and it seems like 2007 will be the year of high profile beefs and the young guns taking the torch from Nas and Jay.

The Bay fucking shot itself in the foot, which is the disappointment of 06 but I can't say I'm surprised.

the drop, bitches

2006-09-22T00:34:00.000-07:00

oh shit.

luda track with the he-man beat. if you don't cop this shit i'll put my foot so far up your ass the sweat on my knee'll quench your thirst.

ludacris - pre-release therapy

this shit is hot the way through.

also here is a mix i got earlier this summer that i forgot about til now. check out the mike jones and paul wall track it's dope. also clipse hosts it and wrecks it so get on this shit.

purple codeine 8: hosted by the clipse

oh shit

2006-09-20T15:34:00.000-07:00

this is primarily for george.

the rest of you can cop whatever, it's all hot shit.

b.g. and the chopper city boys: on the grind

if you don't count the dedication 2 as having been dropped in the summer, this is hands down the best mix of the summer. pretty much every track wrecks your shit harder than dusty tinfoil (i think there's one track that i skip... and then the skits...).

juelz santana and lil wayne hosted by mick boogie: blow

until we get "i can't feel my face" this is all the actual juelz and weezy collabo shit, there are a couple old tracks, but it's still gold.

beanie sigel and the aphilliates: streetz is watching

this is straight ripped from some fool's radio show in philly, therefore there is a lot of annoying foghorn and shit thrown in there, but beans kills it on track 6, track 10 has the best beat using the theme from shaft i've ever heard and features jigga rapping like he hasn't since he dropped trooper jay, and track 11 makes you realize that three solid tracks are completely worth a mixtape. also hilarious part about beanie mac writing tracks while taking a syrup nap in the booth, and just waking up and spitting. baller.

i say got damn

2006-06-25T14:07:00.000-07:00

i'm late to cop this one, but i just got the new prince album.

what this comes down to is a plea: someone please convince prince to make beats.

i'm really not sure how to explain myself, or even how it would be possible to make it work, but fuck dude, prince brings funk to the future. some of the album is soft and all prince trying to get laid by some girl or some guy or some girl/guy/dog/tree/wall/pillow/triceratops. but then there's the funk. and damn is it funky.

2 tracks

check it out

It's no problem, baby, I still got 'em...

2006-05-07T16:41:00.000-07:00

...It's just a victory lap, y'all, I'm just joggin'/ And I ain't even out of breath/ The motherfucking best yet, sorry for cussin'...

2006 is the Year of the Bay. Catch up like the Phoenix Suns and get down with these collar poppin dandies:

18 Dummy-The Federation
These dudes are going 18 Dummy, that's getting stupid off 1800 Cuervo. This is one of the most aggressive Bay songs I've heard, the hook pounds it's way into your head like a drill, but I'm feeling it. It's like the Bay doesn't really give a fuck about anything except being as Bayish as possible. No compromises.

Vans-The Wolfpack
Too Short is helping these kids go to work. This song is less hyphy and more like the snap shit coming out of Atlanta. The first time I heard this, I thought it was a commercial. I like that Bay kids are appropriating Vans and Top Siders the way Asian kids made Nautica and Tommy Hill the shit in the mid 90s.

Go Ig'nant-The Team f/ e40
From now on when I upload rapidshare files I'ma attach careunit.blogspot.com to the file name so everyone knows where it comes from. This is some more Bay slap, 40water drops a sick verse and Droop-e (40's son) comes correct on the beat.

Ethiopiques Vol. 3 - The Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music

2006-05-03T21:44:00.000-07:00

Some of the most funky foreign music I have ever heard. Just put "Lomiwen Tèqèbèlètch" on and you will know what I'm talking about. All the makings of a good funk jam are there - tight horn arrangments, driving bass lines, and amazing guitar riffs. But what makes this shit crazy it that is does all of this with some of the craziest melody lines I have ever heard. Coming soon to a RZA beat near you...

...but, seriously, this shit will definately satisfy your inner crate-digger.

I have Volumes 1-5 of this series, which I could post more of if people are fiending for this. Just drop a comment.

http://rapidshare.de/files/19339635/_thiopiques_3__Golden_Years_of_Modern_Ethiopian_Music_1969-1975.zip.html

Jazzy Funky New Orleans

2006-05-02T00:10:00.000-07:00

Trying to make up for some lackluster posting on our part... here's a fine comp off of the Funky Delicacies label, which offers a lot of good re-releases of some good ol' funk. There's a lot more funk here than jazz, but all solid jams. Check out "Catch Joe Potato" to get your fix of wah-wahed guitars and trumpet solos, then move on "The Hesitation" for some great jazz flute playing. Funky indeed.

http://rapidshare.de/files/19336673/Jazzy_Funky_New_Orleans.zip.html

Gil Scott-Heron - The Flying Dutchman Years

2006-05-01T11:41:00.000-07:00

Now, Gil Scott-Heron is one of those artists you are familiar with even if you have never heard his music before. Not only did his blend of poetry and jazz heavily influence all of rap and hip-hop, his phrase "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is tossed around regularly. Born in Chicago, he spent the early years of his life in rural Tennessee and then moved to the Bronx for high school, where we was exposed to the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance, which inflenced much of his poetic output to come. He published a novel, "The Vulture," in 1968, and then enrolled in college, but dropped out after a less than a year. He met up with famed producer/arranger Bob Thiele (ironically, the guy who wrote "What a Wonderful World") around this time, who helped him assemble a solid jazz/funk ensemble (featuring bassist Ron Carter, flautist/saxophonist Hubert Laws, Bernard Purdie on drums, and Brian Jackson on piano) to back him for his first album, "Small Talk at 125th and Lenox," recorded live in 1970. While maintaining the same backing band, he changed his style up for his next album, the 1971 "Pieces of a Man," which has Scott-Heron showing that he is a singer as well as a poet, his voice shining over Jackson's piano-driven arrangments on this wonderful studio album. The next year saw the release of his last album on Flying Dutchman, "Free Will," which features both studio and live cuts and shows that Gil is still riding strong both musically and poetically. His songs in this period range from the almost comical ("Whitey on the Moon") to the deadly serious ("Billy Green Is Dead"), but his hard-hitting social commentary cuts straight to the core no matter how he approaches his subject. Essential.

Small Talk at 125th and Lenox:
http://rapidshare.de/files/19322698/gshsta125l.zip.html

Pieces of a Man:
http://rapidshare.de/files/19317766/gshpoam.zip.html

Free Will:
http://rapidshare.de/files/19319024/gshfw.zip.html

Enjoy!

Two Albums By Eric Burdon & War

2006-04-11T21:08:00.000-07:00

Eric Burdon has known many a musical style in his career, moving from the bluesy front man of The Animals to the acid-freak stylings of his later 60’s output, variously released as “The Animals” and “The New Animals” but certainly a far-cry from his early materials. After all this, it is only natural that Burdon turns to funk for his next genre to tackle. He wandered around L.A. and pulled together a group of studio musicians for a backing band that came to call themselves “War.” And as they say, the rest was history. While many complain of the lack of radio-friendly tracks on their output (“Spill The Wine” did go to number three) and the general looseness of the arrangements here, these two albums shine as some of the most amazing pieces of spaced-out pre-Parliament funk that is available. On the first album they released, “Eric Burdon Declares War,” we see the full spread of Burdon’s influence: an extended version of the classic blues number “Tobacco Road,” a tribute to Memphis Slim, the almost classical piano lines of “The Vision of Rassan,” and the mellow R&B closer “You’re No Stranger.” The next album, the double-LP “The Black-Man’s Burdon,” shows the band taking the extended jams and spreading them out over whole sides of a record – check out the “Pretty Colors / Gun / Jimbo” suite if you have any doubts about this. The opening track of the album, the “Paint It Black Medley,” is a strong if bizarre journey through all of what Burdon’s voice and War’s musical skills are capable of- a thirteen minute bongo-driven jam into the inner recesses of Burdon’s mind and a stylistic workout for the band, who shift easily from one groove into the next. And while Burdon’s acid-laced lyrical journeys may be a bit “out there” for some funk listeners, War is definitely on point for both of these albums and Burdon’s voice is at his prime – these two albums have got SOUL. Just listen to “Home Cookin’” and the closer “They Can’t Take Away Our Music” and you will know what I mean.

Eric Burdon Declares War:
1. The Vision of Rassan
2. Tobacco Road
3. Spill The Wine
4. Blues For Memphis Slim
5. You’re No Stranger

http://rapidshare.de/files/17719455/ebawebdw.zip

The Black-Man’s Burdon:
Disc 1:
1. Paint It Black Medley
2. Spirit
3. Beautiful New Born Child
4. Nights In White Satin I
5. The Bird & The Squirrel
6. Nuts, Seeds, & Life
7. Out Of Nowhere
8. Nights In White Satin II

http://rapidshare.de/files/17720815/erawbmb1.zip

Disc 2:
1. Sun/Moon
2. Pretty Colors
3. Gun
4. Jimbo
5. Bare Back Ride
6. Home Cookin’
7. They Can’t Take Away Our Music

http://rapidshare.de/files/17723057/erawbmb2.zip

Enjoy!

Trojan Ganja Reggae Box Set

2006-04-08T15:56:00.000-07:00

Now this ain't funk either, but some good stuff nonetheless. Three discs of nothing but songs about your favorite herb. How could you go wrong? Lots of good stuff to sample, or just listen to while kickin' it in the shack. I would recommend checkin' out all the other 50-song sets Trojan has come out with lately- they have a large catalog they are trying to keep in release. There's a real good history behind the music on the set here, worth the read.

Three parts:
http://rapidshare.de/files/17456236/tgrbs1.zip
http://rapidshare.de/files/17458672/tgrbs2.zip
http://rapidshare.de/files/17458114/tgrbs3.zip

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live!

2006-04-06T21:29:00.000-07:00

Recorded at the Bitter End in December of 1971, this live album shows Mayfield at the height of his funk powers. Fresh off the of the release of "Curtis" and a year away from putting out "Superfly," Mayfield highlights songs from his new album while dipping into some older Impressions materials. He plays with a stripped-down touring band, no horns here folks. But what the arrangements here lack in horn power they make up for by the sheer power of Mayfield's vocal delivery - you know he means every word that he says. This album is definately one you will want to listen to again and again. Get it if you don't already have it.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17320617/cmcl.zip

Swagger Music

2006-04-06T14:53:00.000-07:00

Yee -- E-40 ft. Too Short and Budda

I don't know any people in the bay who say "Yee!" but then again, I don't know any true life thugs either. This song begins with a little lockstep military beat but gets overrun by a slide whistle and that 808 thump. I love when E-40 emerges in this song all slow and langurous like he's still high from the night before.

Head Popped Off -- T.I. ft. Jae Millz and Slim Thug

I listened to this song while waiting for my bags at the John Wayne Airport in tha OC and if any of these overfed, attention starved brats in khaki shorts and novelty Micky Mouse visors had touched me or any of my possessions I would've left their brains in their lap and let them think about that.

Fast Forward -- Jody Breeze ft. Freeway

Now see to yall, I'm a rap star
But in my heart, I'm a trap boi
If you want some hard, holla back boy
I can get you what you ask for
Bust a couple heads if your payin for it
Try me you'll be paying for it

I fuck with this all day long.

M. Sayyid - Twilight Zone

2006-04-03T15:46:00.000-07:00

Not really funk I suppose, but this is bumpin'. My man M. Sayyid of APC has a new mixtape done up by DJ Raedawn, and it bumps. Check it out - good stuff.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17132026/mstztm.zip

Introducing... Funk Drops

2006-04-01T19:39:00.000-08:00

I figured that as an introduction nothing could be more approriate than "Funk Drops," since, well, that's what I'm gonna be offering. This compilation shows a good mix of more mainstream funk acts like Tower of Power, The Meters, and Earth Wind & Fire along with their more obscure cousins such as Cold Grits, San Fransicso-based Cold Blood, and Eldridge Holmes, who recorded his cut on the record, "Pop Popcorn Children," with The Meters as a backing band. A worthy grab for anyone looking to get a more general introduction introduction the realm of funk, or for anyone looking to hunt down some good breaks.

In two parts:
http://rapidshare.de/files/16993067/FunkDropsPt1.zip.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/16991836/FunkDropsPt2.zip.html

Edit:
Volume Two is also up! Some more good finds here...
http://rapidshare.de/files/16997554/FunkDrops2Pt1.zip
http://rapidshare.de/files/16997561/FunkDrops2Pt2.zip

Hard Day?

2006-03-29T20:45:00.000-08:00

Have a few songs on me, pal. I know times is tough.

De La Soul- Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)

Esquivel- Hungarian Waltz No. 2

The Invaders- Can't Get Next To You

More descriptions/reviews/shiny items to come, I promise. For now the songs will have to speak for themselves.

e'erybody's got the hiphop bases covered...

2006-03-22T23:36:00.000-08:00

so, without much entrance:

beast of commodo

as much as jan garbarek is a cracked out sax player, i think arlid andersen and jon christensen lay the beat out flat on this track. don't get me wrong, i like what jan does in the beginning and end of the song, but the shit in the middle makes coltrane sound like he didn't do enough heron, and to top it off i didn't either.
(it's a 17 mb file so it's kind of big. especially if you have as slow of internet as george.)

lester leaps in

if you don't like count basie, then i don't like you.

2006-03-09T14:45:00.000-08:00

I'm up in the spot like Gerry MacNamera. It's 12:50, Hilo Bay time, and it's time to get moving.

Here's one to let you know where I'm at:Rhythm Defense Team--Hard Time Hilo
My boys flip Stevie Wonder, except it ain't Mississippi, it's Hilo Bay, all day all night. This might be too much, too soon, I should have saved it. But sometimes you gotta come out swinging, especially if you know there's no way you can win the judges. You can't lose shit if you ain't got shit, yafeel? Sometimes shit is so grimy you just laugh, like last night at 7-11 when an ice head came in and started chugging a half gallon of milk in the store. Have you ever seen Dog the Bounty Hunter? Hilo is the place they don't like to fuck with because it's the jungle.

But beyond the drugs and poverty there's always something to be proud of...art, warm nights, waterfalls, but more than anything, good people. People that live off each other, heads that come through in the clutch, uncles that will feed you before they eat, boys that you know have your back for life. That's why this Rhythm D shit is so unfuckwittable, because it comes from a real place and it's really reps Hilo. I like to think I had a little something to do with that; back when my boys were doing straight wreck rhymes, I said they should put some direction in their songs, that all they needed to do was look around and put that into verse.

This is where I'm from: MG--No Sense Of Reason
I could have picked a new Bay track, but there will be enough of those up here in due time. This is Lowell High courtyards circa 1999. This is souped up Civic hatchbacks outside Japantown Bowl. Japantown Bowl had the sickest video games, all the crazy shit from Japan that looked like it came from the future. And they had the old school crinkle cut fries with just the right amount of too much salt, and when I was 6 years old and I first saw the turkey on the screen, I was like, what the fuck, did you win a turkey?? And my Dad said no, that means you got three straight strikes. Shit didn't really make any sense. But long live Japantown Bowl, because the thuggest Asians posted there and made me proud to cruise JTown before I even knew it.

This is what I fuck with: Lil' Wayne--Flow Over the Addictive Beat
Weezy is a nympho with AIDS right now, he kills everything he fucks with, and he's fucking with everything right now. My favorite thing about this track is that he doesn't even rap about anything, he just rips. And then in the end he cuts out and says, I don't wanna say no more!

I don't wanna write no more. Fuck with that Hard Time Hilo track though, it's on point. But don't burn it.

Hit Parade

2006-03-08T12:00:00.000-08:00

Ain't Life Grand -- Bubba Sparxx ft. Scar

Don't Forget About Us (Remix) -- Mariah Carey ft. Fabolous and Styles P.

Get Your Hustle On -- Juvenile

Automatic -- E-40 ft. Fabolous

The Working Week Gets Greedy...

2006-03-04T16:40:00.000-08:00

Sitting in the library on Fridays and weekends makes me listen to more blues and jazz than I normally do- which is good amount, but here the overall balance of power gets tipped. To give you, dear reader, an idea of just how fun it all is, I present the following exemplars:

Larry Young- Zoltan

Larry Young gets his fair share of credit from multiple sources- I guess the canonical conception of jazz places him second to Jimmy Smith in terms of organists. To avoid giving the canon too much credit, let's just consider the track. While his debut for Blue Note showed considerable promise and is a good listen in its own right, the 1965 album "Unity" marks Young's maturation from Smith's protege into a strong performer with his own ideas about improvisation. "Zoltan," the album's opener, was composed by Woody Shaw. The first few bars lay out the key and tempo of the overall track, but soon after the main bass/organ line kicks in and damn, it becomes clear that the song is going places. The group really plays off one another- each member effortlessly switches between the solo spotlight and tight backing arrangements. Elvin Jones throws down his usual brilliant clamor during the entire session, and he and Young turn in my favorite aspects here, but there's never a point where the composition lags. Dig, if you please.

Robert Belfour- What's Wrong With You?

Ah, one of the primal questions of Blues- what's wrong with you? Why are you such an asshole? And what's that I smell? Okay, so pretty much anything can follow from the first question, but you get the idea. Belfour's record, bearing the same title as this track, was released in 2000 on Fat Possum (look them up if you're not familiar, its good stuff). It's one of the only tracks with drum backing, and quite minimal at that. The guitar riffs are, well, characteristic of almost all blues music. So why do I listen? Because Belfour is so assured of his question- whatever the background, someone fucked up big time. And I can relate to his reaction. If you can't remember an incident that prompted asking this eternal question, chances are you recently got the internet in your cave. So next time whoever it is breaks the china, knocks over the urn, or accidently shoots the fellow hunter, let Belfour guide your retort.

Ghostrider invisible driver

2006-02-27T21:19:00.000-08:00

Tell Me When To Go (Screwed) -- E-40 ft. Keak da Sneak
I've got nothing to say about this song that you don't already know (Did you know it was produced by Lil John?) E-40 the Baybassador slides through and insinuates, in two lines, a parallel universe in which Black Moses leads the Hebrews into a sideshow. Then Keak shows up ranting about the Black Zeus. The New Bay: ya gotta love it.

Necessary vocabulary --

Ghostridin': A stunt involving controlling your car from the outside rather than from the driver's seat.
Scrappers: cars
Slaps: songs
Stunnas: sunglasses
Tight ones: Donuts

Let Go (Screwed)- Ne-Yo

NeYo is Usher 2.0 and if you havent accepted this, you need to find a way to take Neyo into your life before all your coworkers become mumbling acolytes and you are left with nothing to discuss around the watercooler. The kid wrote "You Should Let Me Love You," a song with such universal appeal that it will be the first recorded document to leave the planet Earth and actually solicit a response from such lonely aliens.

The sheer accessibility and inescapable catchiness of that song alone makes Ne-Yo worth checking for.

...the splashdown

2006-02-22T15:44:00.000-08:00

And I bet all of you whom I don't already know didn't anticipate two members of care unit, did you? And why not? After all there is simply too much out there to be concerned with- and so necessity informs us that the unit must be expanded. Does necessity inform your unit? I didn't think so.
So without any more introduction, we humbly present two objects for your cognitive concern:

The Heath Brothers- Tafadhali

http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1UF6AQNDNOD4K151JP0JXUYEXT

The name is only slightly decieving- 3 out of 4 of the members actually are brothers. The only member whose name isn't Heath is Stanley Cowell, who is on the keys throughout the album. This track in particular is a nice exemplar of the Heath Brothers' style. Each member is well-versed in music theory and composition, as evidenced by the nice major/minor key interplay in the overall structure of the song and the way the melody lines of all three treble instruments (Cowell is here on the Mbira, or thumb piano- everyone polled assumed he was on the vibes) wander from a single, coherent melody to three separate, though tonally related lines. But the feel of the record is pretty unconcerned with technicalities, which usually makes for a better listen. Released in 1976, this album has attracted attention from fans of jazz and producers alike- the B-side contains the famous bassline from Nas' "One Love," a track produced by Q-Tip from ATCQ. And "Tafadhali" means "Thank you" in Swahili, in case you were wondering. Enjoy.

The Budos Band- Ghost Walk

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=11QAWGZROGHI322JNASHO7LDVB

The Budos Band is one of those Gettier cases of funk music- you have reasonably justified belief that what you are listening to was recorded sometime from the late 60's to the early 80's. The composition and production could easily have been from that era, but you do not in fact know that this record was released in 2005. But what saves this record from occupying a cell in the asylum of throwback albums, in between the vintage rock and neo-swing wards, is the emphasis on song quality. While session upon session of instrumental funk from the 60's & 70's focused on various band members swapping rounds of virtuoso-style solos backed by a funk rhythm, the Budos Band invert that focus notably well. The record doesn't contain any breathtaking solo moments, but tightly-played, well-structured songs that showcase the range of variation that is possible within the normal context of a funk jam. They are not, of course, the only funk band to take their music along this trajectory, but since I can't see Sly or the Jazz Crusaders live anymore the Budos Band is a welcome addition to today's landscape. And for a first album it shows a giant amount of potential.

And for further reference, my associate will most likely be focusing on contemporary hip hop, while I want to do mostly vinyl rips from whatever I find in my record collection. But don't worry if the format disintegrates, they tend to do that. We will achieve blog-entropy somehow, just wait.

Red Monkeys sagging on them apes . . .

2006-02-21T13:52:00.000-08:00

Honey Dip -- Jim Jones ft. J.R. Writer and Juelz Santana

Yes man I'm so fresh the pro mess wit bread honey/
My jeans 800, these are called Red Monkey/
The flossin is gone, come talk to a Don fly enough to belong/
On a catwalk in Milan.....holla

Lil Buddy -- Young Jeezy ft. Bloodraw

A million records sold, I don't do gold/
Fo sheezy this rap shit's easy/
Cant leave the mic alone the streets need me/
Red monkeys sagging on them apes/
That's nine hundred just sagging on them Bapes

The jumpoff...

2006-02-14T18:18:00.000-08:00

Here at Care Unit, we understand that our contemporary culture can be confusing. We live in an age of choices, but increasingly, the outcomes of these choices bear little resemblance to right or wrong, good or evil, win or lose.

Increasingly, the game you play with your time and your wallet appears to be interminable and recently, it has dawned on you that no one is keeping score and those who you formerly admired are a pack of blank faced cheats. Out of this drawn out, dawn-less night comes the good people at Care Unit, to lead the lost out of the Cave and into the guiltless sunlight that the blessed have always inhabited, waiting for you.

In a value-less time in which everyone wanders, only those who no longer seek are truly enlightened. Welcome to this first post, its content is representative of what can be expected from your humble stewards of everything neither good nor bad, but only extremely entertaining in the proper context. Care Unit is that context.

North:

The First -- Cam'ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana

South:

Presidential -- Youngbloodz

West:

The Dummy -- E-40