joe budden - "focus"

wow. pharaohe monch is trapped in rawkus semi-limbo so def jam had to sign his thug soundalike instead!* i love it when they try to pull shit like this because it normally results in a few brilliant tracks: cru (featuring the soundalikes of snoop, busta and um, the high-pitched dude from lords of the underground [unless it was him!]) put out one of my fave 12s ever on def jam ("just another case"/"pronto" ), and they were utter nobodies! it follows with "focus" because this beat is incredible, all nasty broken funk micro-samples taken apart and reconstructed to work on the dancefloor and fit with budden's flow. also it works with the "grindin"-inspired nu hardcore rap movement which will hopefully genuinely exist soon if it gets talked up enough - i suppose the link isn't immediately obvious, but i have the same kind of involuntary "finally! some real rap!!" reaction to both songs.

* this is at least fifty per cent true ok!