'the realness': or 'the real hip hop is over here' (part 1)

this is the first in what i hope will be a long-running series of posts showcasing truly good quality hip hop
of course this is subjective but surely some assessment of good hip hop music can be made
basically this is a search for great tracks

okay, first up (for no particular reason) is 'the mask' by dangerdoom (featuring ghostface) from the mouse and the mask



just the music, but i think that's a good way to appreciate it

now i'm not going to do to much analysis, 'cause i understand that you can't really talk people around if they're not feeling it, but briefly:
- i love the killer diverse samples, bangin' drum loops and real structure and mood
- and the seriously dope rhymes from the amazing mf doom (he be flowin') and the wu-tang's ghostface killah (tight). two hot verses of vivid rhymes

and if you're wondering about that last bit, that's a bit of work from some of the characters from the adult swim cartoon network. see, this was something of a concept album, or a collaboration, with comic input from the characters on a variety of cartoons such as aqua teen hunger force, harvey birdman, attorney at law and space ghost coast to coast
bizarre stuff i know, but it works

also, the first video of this i saw on youtube of this had a whole lot of footage of mexican wrestlers in masks, which i believe is an AMV, but is awesome and seems to fit really well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQakz9-kvfI

hope you enjoy

king tim