"But beef for what?"

Homeboy Sandman
Peace & Love
Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent

I just can't get enough of Homeboy Sandman these days. On Sunday, he's bringing his talents to the Bean. Can't wait!

Off his most recent album this track, Peace & Love, stands out for so many reasons.

End Rhyme - UTFO

Educated Rapper of UTFO did his thing on this verse from their hit song "Roxanne, Roxanne". It also happens to be a good use of end rhyme as well. Also, like many older school MCs before him, EMD makes use of voice inflection-changing his tone, tempo, and over annunciating as he goes along.

UTFO on the whole were kind of gimmicky, but they did have a few bars here and there.  I mostly like how much fun they were having on the mic. 

"But do you know, after all that

All I received was a pat on my back"

It's also cool that at the end, he/they ended up not getting the girl. A little humility/reality. The "reality" for many rappers today would have been ending this song with them "getting brain from the girl and her mom, while simultaneously driving AND popping tags....