Before the rise and fall of the club banger in the late 2000s, there was the rise and fall of electro-infused funk and soul in the early 1980s. Welcome to Cameo.
These are the fools who popularized the phrase "Word Up!"
This is the shit your parents were stumbling to at clubs and bars when they were your age, or my parents at least. Regardless, your parents probably heard these songs in their more youthful days, and I’m sure you’ve probably heard one of these tracks on I Love the Insert-a-Decade-Here TV series. So get ready to groove. Click the links to download.
I’m happy to see that even in Orlando, HIP HOP LIVES.
Meet Stellar Dexterz.
Residing right here in Orlando, JERZY-ROCZ and HBK are changing the face of fly. I’ll let their tracks speak for themselves. Check out what rhymes they have to offer on their myspace page. If you like what you hear you can check them out on July 17 at Will’s Pub or on July 25th at AKA Lounge. Make sure you thank them for keeping Hip Hop ALIVE here in Orlando.
Hey! Before you listen to these BANGER$, make sure you’ve got “Bangers” turned on in iTunes. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about: iTunes > “View” > “Equalizer” > “Bangers”
In case you haven’t heard, the Hands Up Blog is Orlando’s self-proclaimed psychic crystal-ball blog for Hip-Hop. In other words, whatever you read/see/listen to on this blog is THE FUTURE OF HIP HOP.
New Boyz are what I consider “Hip Hop Gumbo.” Take one part “The Pack,” two parts “Lil’ Wayne,” and seven parts “The Cool Kids.” Place in a large pot, add water. Serve cold.
Clipse and Kanye come together for a special occasion in which they rap about how awesome they think they are. Not out of the ordinary, but a decent track nonetheless.
Busta’s back…for real this time…I swear. He’s rapping fast, shouting non-sensical phrases and repeating himself again, just like back in the mid-90s. Hell yes! NOTE: This track is produced by Pharell, so expect to hear some random adlibing from Hip-Hop’s other Diddy.
If you download any track in this post, or even on the entire page, let it be this one. Dead Prez are back and just as socialist as ever. This is a MUST-LISTEN.
Our local fave teases us with another other-worldly mash-up. Please forgive him for toying with this Dead Prez classic, an act which even he considered “Sacrilege.”
If you're an artist, and we throw you some blog love by posting your tracks, let us know if you would like them taken down. We will abide.
If you're an artist and you'd like to get some of your work posted on Hands Up, email your tracks to handsuporlando@gmail.com and we'll give them a listen!
