Black Thought & J. Period – Rage Is Back (“N.Y. State of Mind” Freestyle)
Author Adam Mansbach has recruited J. Period to put together a companion mixtape for his new novel Rage Is Back (currently one of Amazon’s Books of the Month and downloading to my Kindle app as we speak). The first leak from that tape finds Black Thought going in over the “N.Y. State of Mind” instrumental.
From Amazon’s summary of Rage Is Back:
Dondi Vance is the son of two famous graffiti artists from New York City’s “golden era” of subway bombing. Recently kicked out of his prestigious prep school for selling weed—and his mother’s Brooklyn apartment for losing his scholarship— he’s couch-surfing his way through life, compulsively immune to rumors that his long-lost father, Billy Rage, has returned after sixteen years on the lam.
But Dondi’s old man really is back—what’s left of him, that is. A wizened shell of his former self, Billy is still reeling from a psychic attack by an angry sha-man in the Amazon basin when Dondi finds him at the top of a pseudo-magical staircase in DUMBO. The uneasy reunion comes just in time: Anastacio Bracken, the transit cop who ruined Billy’s life and shattered his crew back in 1987, is running for mayor. Only by rallying the forgotten writers of the eighties for an epic, game-changing mission can Billy and Dondi bring Bracken down.
Spotted: okayplayer
Previously: Talib Kweli ft. Black Thought & Rah Digga – Art Imitates Life (Prod. by Oh No)
January 15th, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Pockets fat, life’s precious….
January 15th, 2013 at 12:04 pm
This book sounds wavy BTW.
Some real NYC shit.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
tHe kiD fRanKiE Says:
January 15th, 2013 at 11:49 am
Juelz ain’t lost a step…however that is not necessarily a compliment
He was never a gem dropper
He’s a swag troll rapper
^
Hilarious + true.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Still…I #fux with Santana.
He basically came up with the “am I trolling? am I being for real? the joke’s on you” type flow.
Think about it:
- Flocka
- Plies
- Keef
I could keep going…but all these niggas made a career on sneak-trolling.
Santana invented it.
Respect the originator.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
John Gotti was a Prophet a Nastradumus type figure if you ask me
Humble, they want you to be humble.
Yeah so you humble me. What you got now? You got a war. You got a global war. You got the Chinks, you got the Dominicans, the Asians, the Russians, the Columbians, Jamaicans. What they doin? They desecrate the nation. You got your variable fuckin’ snowstorms of cocaine and smack — whatever the hell else they shove in their veins. You got a worldwide crime syndicate now. There’s no rules. There’s no parameters. There’s no feelings. There’s no feelings for this country.
Anarchy.
You got anarchy. So… 5-10 years from now, they gonna wish there was an American Cosa Nostra. 5-10 years from now, they gonna miss John Gotti.
was he not correct?
was he not accurate??
terrorists n all this shit goin on
america wishes their biggest crime problem was the mob
January 15th, 2013 at 12:08 pm
if i had stock in juelz
i would have sold after “I am back like crack”
he killed that whole shit
that nigga wack now and i refuse to download his mixtape
and i wouldnt consider juelz a troll rapper how is he a troll rapper?
troll is lil b , riff raff , dem lil coke head skinny white bitches that i would fuck
those are troll rappers
juelz aint no mufuckin troll rapper
January 15th, 2013 at 12:11 pm
flocka aint a troll rapper
neither is keef
do yall know what troll rap is?
first all
pay homage where homage is due
i coined and originated the mufuckin term troll rap in the first place be clear
January 15th, 2013 at 12:13 pm
F YOU PAY ME! Says:
January 15th, 2013 at 12:08 pm
juelz aint no mufuckin troll rapper
^
That’s the thing tho, you don’t know if he’s trolling or not. For instance, this outfit kills anything Riff Raff has ever worn in terms of trollery – does he get a pass? Does he not? It’s meant to fuck with your mind:
aceshowbiz.com/images/new_artist/juelz_santana.jpg
January 15th, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Cudi went HAM on Wale a while back though, I’m gonna read the article and see if there’s an apology.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Nosign John Gotti, all style & no substance, bought unwanted attention to the mob, they hated him
Carlo Gambino >>> he knew how things should be done
January 15th, 2013 at 12:15 pm
juelz aint no mufuckin troll rapper
^elz is a troll rapper along w Gucci, and Tity boi
When u rhymes 3 bars or more off da same punch that’s trollin
Elz birthed dat cadence
January 15th, 2013 at 12:16 pm
LEVITICUS-5 books of Moses.That`s easy shit
^
Well if it’s written in biblical text that man shouldn’t be shaving, then why the fuck are men shaving their goddamn faces? Why is this a norm? Is lice still that bad?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:16 pm
He basically came up with the “am I trolling? am I being for real? the joke’s on you” type flow.
^^^^
Real rap.
the Back Like Cooked Crack series & What The Game’s Been Missing is a dazzling display of Troll Raps.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Stoic, emotionless, cold, calculating money machine …it can’t be taught it has to be felt deep in your bones. It has to be a primary function for survival like breathing. This is your life as an American then you die.
- Casket Face
January 15th, 2013 at 12:17 pm
i coined and originated the mufuckin term troll rap in the first place be clear
^nah not even close
January 15th, 2013 at 12:18 pm
How has Juelz been eating all this time ??
January 15th, 2013 at 12:20 pm
That Cudi Complex cover looks super gay. I bet when pusha album doesn’t sell or get enough promo hes gonna release diss tracks mentioning all the gay shit that goes on behind the scenes in GOOD Music.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:20 pm
That’s the thing tho, you don’t know if he’s trolling or not. For instance, this outfit kills anything Riff Raff has ever worn in terms of trollery – does he get a pass? Does he not? It’s meant to fuck with your mind:
aceshowbiz.com/images/new_artist/juelz_santana.jpg
^
LOLOLOLOLOL
January 15th, 2013 at 12:20 pm
ROFL
January 15th, 2013 at 12:21 pm
You could go as far as to say Wayne and Rick Ross are troll rappers
January 15th, 2013 at 12:21 pm
Jay Electronica is the ultimate troll rapper
January 15th, 2013 at 12:22 pm
I mean one is a self proclaimed Maryian and the other is a Fat Crime Boss CO with Noriega on speed dial
Lets keep it a trilly
January 15th, 2013 at 12:23 pm
You could go as far as to say Wayne and Rick Ross are troll rappers
^Throw Cam in there as well, if Juelz caked of troll rap then Cam fathered it
January 15th, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Jesus, Nas & Rae should’ve never told you negroes about Gotti. Fuck!
January 15th, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Gob Bluth
5 mins ago
How has Juelz been eating all this time ??
^million dollar question…
No album for 7 years….
Caught pitchin quarters of weed few yrs back…
Surely he ain’t paid no taxes they’ll come a knockin
Irwin don’t play
January 15th, 2013 at 12:25 pm
real hip hop sucks
January 15th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Lets not even mention Frenc Montana and ASAP
Is he mentally challenged ? Is he not ?
Does he enjoy the breathing room of skirts ? Does he not ?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
3 chainz Says:
January 15th, 2013 at 12:25 pm
real hip hop sucks
^^^
ROFL!
January 15th, 2013 at 12:27 pm
And Mr Aubrey Graham …
The R&B Crooner former actor who is liable to catch a body at any time …