Today's Pick Of The Day comes from Black Hippy's own Black Lip Pastor, Ab-Soul, for his cut "ILLuminate" off of his 2012 iTunes released album Control System. Ab-Soul made a name for himself with this 2011 mixtape Longterm Mentality and then came back in 2012 with Control System
and really showed how great of an MC he is, possibly the wisest cat out of the 4. "ILLuminate" is one of those tracks you hear and your eyes get wide because of his arrogant rap on the track. He spits about how amazing of an MC he is("I feel like I can run circles round Jay-Z...") and how he will be a legend in Hip Hop in the future. From just listening to this track, you will believe that Soulo is the best in the game. Fellow Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar, which has the last verse, comes in and unleashes his wrath on his cut with a flame of bars speaking on the how everyone is expecting so much of him since he has stepped into the mainstream spotlight. There is no question that Soul and K.Dot are the strongest MCs in the Black Hippy collective...based on this song that is. Produced by Skhye Hutch, the instrumental contains a primary sample of Madonna's "Live To Tell" and bass beat sample of "Put Your Hand In The Hand" by Anne Murray. Pay attention to this one folks, Soul is not to be slept on. Check out "ILLuminate" above, Soulo's debut retail release Black Lip Pastor coming soon.
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