The World According to FUNKGHOST

The Villanz - "Lock Down" Produced by Funkghost http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/the-villanz-takedown If there’s one thing I learned from comic books, it’s that supervillains never stay gone. Time after time, Lex Luthor, the Joker and their ilk look like they’re down for the count, only to resurface a few issues later with another diabolical scheme up their sleeve. Same goes for  Di-Vine  and Main , the Bay Area rhymesayers who make up buzzmaking crew  The Villanz . Absent from our pages since making their explosive Booth debut with May 2012’s  Go for Mine , the duo returns to wreak some more havoc on new single  Lock Down .  FunkGhost  sets a menacing mood on the production tip, layering eerie harp arpeggios over a street-ready rhythm section as the emcees describe in lurid detail the fate that awaits their foes.  Omar Shaikh  directs the grimy official visuals. Now that The Villanz are back, are you craving more? You’ll find ...

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http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/funkghost-ysl-logo It’s safe to say that French designer Yves Saint Laurent has no real ties to hip-hop, but it hasn’t stopped his  YSL Logo  from appearing nearly everywhere in the genre from the belt buckle of  2 Chainz  to the title of DJBooth newbie  Funkghost ‘s latest single. The newcomer, who hails from Tampa, Florida, may or may not have a pet chimpanzee named Noodle, loves the Greenwich Village, and is a fan of Wikipedia. You became a fan for life once you read he loves Wikipedia, right? On  YSL Logo , the Floridian emcee unabashedly addresses his fellow emcees who boast “Cartier dreams” on “a Mickey D’s budget” with the backing of  Hollywood Bob ‘s slightly spacey production. A humorous line to say the least, but with his stern lyricism it’d probably be a wise choice to take the wordsmith seriously. Lookout for  YSL Logo  on Funkghost’s  Dirty But Sophisticated  album, whic...