God Hop Mixtape review

This project right here was a long time coming. I remember when Kalik Scientific first asked if I would be interested in the God Hop Confederation. I remember filling out the membership forum, participating in a couple of conference calls and all that, even having Kalik Scientific, Kil Ripken and others involved in God Hop on TRUE SKOOL RADIO to promote.

What is God Hop you ask? Well as Kalik Scientific alluded to on TSR, imagine a plane called hip hop taking off and elevating as high as it could  till one day it was hijacked and then crashed. Imagine only a few original passagers surving, emerging out from the debris who then built a space craft that could not be compromised. THIS is God Hop! As Sol Messiah says in the Intro, it’s hip hop all grown up with no negativity and only positive energy and elevation.

Often hip hop heads will complain about the lack of any good female mcs anymore. Well, one of the most impressive features of this mixtape is the number of sharp, witty, intelligent female mcs with crazy flow on here, from the queen of God Hop Sa-Roc who gets the cuts scratches and beats party started with Scarlet in which she pays respect to KRS by saying, “the teacha told me knowledge reigns supreme over churches”, to Stahhr who channels Rakim on Microphone Fiend 2013, to the author of one of the hardest hip hop tracks ever called White Man’s Bitch in Aisha Sekhmet who comes correct with Iggin on the mixtape, as well as Narubi Selah’s Hookless which Sol Messiah does justice to the original with his remix taking nothing away from Selah’s potent darts like, “you listen to Minaj? Word? You should kill yourself and everybody that you came with!” There is just so many other dope female mcs who are dope mcs PERIOD! Elijah Muhammad said a nation can rise no higher than it’s women and it’s great that Sol Messiah made it a point to have such a female presence on the first God Hop mixtape as when we think of the golden age of hip hop to now, that presence has been missing (at least in the lamestream)

To have some sense of familiarity Sol Messiah also includes joints from well known artists in J Electronica who channels and pays homage to Rakim as well on Atom Anthem with spoken word great D. Prosper “Jay Elec get stronger as I get older/I’m measured with the heat that’s made by Solar/I represent the UPT Magnolia…” There’s also Immortal Technique included, Big KRIT, Lupe Fiasco, Planet Asia, Nas, Ab Soul and 2pac with the joint Unchained that many first heard for the first time during one of the more memorable scenes in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained movie starring Jaime Foxx and Leonardo Dicaprio.

Some more stand out tracks are Pharoah Monche’s Haile Selassie Karate, Kil Ripkin’s Timeless, the phenomenal Regan by Killer Mike, Jasiri X’s Pillars with Brother Ali, Scarface’s Rain and On the Air by Labratz who are very reminiscent of Outkast. Jay Z’s controversial Open Letter is included as well however the crown jewel of the mixtape is the first single for the Organizing is the New Cool documentary in Wrath of the Siafu

which is a posse cut featuring some of the hardest “conscious artists” out the ATL letting you know “the A” got more than just the crunk dboy trap ish you been hearing as Zayd Malik, El Sun, Ekunday, Methuzelah Gem, Mike Flo, Great Scott, Flux Wonda, IsReal, Sa-Roc, Chosen and Stahhr all show and prove. Check out the great interview with Kalonji Jama Changa discussing Organizing is the New Cool on TRUE SKOOL RADIO here

Now, while you can just press play and pretty much listen to this whole joint without getting mad or shaking your head in disagreement, the mixtape does run kind of long and everything on it is not as superb as what’s mentioned in this review but instead of knocking anything I’ll let the listeners decide that for themselves. Personally I didn’t care too much for the cursing or use of the n word on some songs I heard and would have liked to seen the inclusion of individuals that I knew to be God Hop affiliates like Kalik Scientific and Haiti Bluez or at least been able to hear the full version of United Nations……http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ejiRG7b2pE

and I was expecting to hear a lil more scratching however for the first God Hop mixtape I’m not mad at this joint at all and I highly doubt those that are looking for more hip hop music devoid of the coonery buffoonery Uncle Tom Man Tan sellout yassa bossin’ rap, I highly doubt they will be disappointed. This is just the beginning, it’s only gonna get better. Let the devil have hip hop, because for everything the beast steals and destroys we always build something new and improved. That plane hip hop crashed a while ago, instead of trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together again, recognize that GOD HOP is the future. You can cop the God Hop mixtape here

God Hop Mixtape tracklisting

intro

1.Sa-Roc Scarlet
2. The Ritual- Ahkil Heru
3. Atom Anthem- D. Prosper featuring J. Electronica
4. Hookless 2.5 – Narubi Selah (sol messiah remix)
5. Sheik Ron- Moslem of The West
6. Isis the Savior – Street Chronicles
7. Immortal TechNique- Sign of The Times
8.Big K.R.I.T – REM
9. Ptah Ra Tehuti ft. Kektet – Lyrical High
10. Lupe Fiasco- Around My Way (Freedom Aint Free)
11. Stahhr – Microphone Fiend 2013
12. Quadir Lateef- Whos Gonna Save My Soul (Sol Messiah Mix)
13.Planet Asia and Elemental Rhymes – Reflection
14..Amun Ra – Ancestral Magic
15.Nas- Chain Glow
16. Ab Soul – The Book of Soul
17.2Pac- UnChained (The Payback Untouchable)
18. Chop – School is in session
19.Red and Blu Pill- Transform
20. Dynasty- Stay shining
21.Mighty Kalipssus – Supreme Elohim
22. Obi1 – Doing It
23. Pharoahe Monch featuring Denaun Porter- Haile Selassie Karate
24. Aisha Sekhmet- Iggin
25. Thaahum Mst3k- (My Soul Transcends Creating Perfect Kingdoms)
26. Kil Ripkin- Timeless
27. Iron SHeik – The Real Active Moor
28. AA Rashid – Racist
29. Kiiler Mike – Regan
30. Jasiri X feat. Brother Ali – Pillars
31. Abiye – Blind Man
32. Scarface – Rain
33. Labratz- On the Air
34. Jay Z- Open Letter
35. Methuzelah Gem ft. Boog Brown – Pay Homage
36. Ekundayo -Light Writer
37. Translee Ft Raheem DeVaughn- Does Anybody Love Anymore
38. Zayd Malik, , El Sun, Ekundayo, Methuzelah Gem, Mike Flo, Great Scott, Flux Wonda, IsReal, Sa-Roc Chosen, Stahhr – Wrath of Siafu

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