What I am amped for lately...

As the summer nears its end, kids go back to school, and the days get shorter and shorter, we need to look forward to what's on tap to keep us going till the summer shines again. I'll have no problem, since I can't wait for the snow to drop and to be back on the hill shreddin'! But for those who become clinically depressed when summer says bye bye, here's some new hip-hop/rap music that you can look forward to for the fall...


- The Game's new album, "L.A.X." drops this Tuesday and I really, really, really hope that the entire album lives up to the hype its been getting. The Game is one of my personal favs and the first 4 singles he's dropped off the album have been pretty strong, with my favorite so far being, "My Life." The Game is no doubt one of the hardest working men in rap and breathes life into what has become a fairly stale West Coast hip-hop/rap scene. The Game fans know that he displayed 2Pac-like work ethic with L.A.X., recording over 300 tracks for it. Lets hope he picks the best set for L.A.X. and pushes the rest onto the 28 mix tapes I am sure he'll release between now and 2009. We want to hear all 300+ tracks!

- Young Jeezy will be dropping his new album on September 2nd, titled, "The Recession." I am not the biggest Jeezy fan, but I do think he is talented, notable, and reps the scene well. His new album should be a good one featuring T.I., Jay-Z, The Game, & Kanye, and will quench the thirst of Jeezy fans all around the globe.

- Nelly and his new album, "Brass Knuckles" will be dropping September 16th. Now I know what you are saying, "Nelly is wack!" But you can't fool me, I know all of you were bumpin' Nelly at one time or another. Driving down the road singing along with him, "It's gettin' hot in he'er, so take off all your clothes!" You know who you are, quit lying! Nelly's new album guest stars T.I., Pharrell, Pimp C, and others so at the very least you'll have some star power fueling the album.

- Wu-Tang fans will be delighted in September as they will have new albumes from Killah Priest and Cappadonna the 23rd and 30th respectively. Wu-Tang Forever!

- T.I. quite possibly the 2nd hardest working man in rap (Lil' Wayne being #1 since he guests on every album in every genre this year) will be releasing his long-awaited new album, "Paper Trail" on September 30th. This one is going to be a banger, go pick it up when it drops!

- Anything past September is too iffy to call since most artists in rap like to push albums back, and back, and back. But do know that we should see new albums from Dr. Dre (will Detox finally be finished and released???), and Rakim (The Seventh Seal) sometime in late 2008, early 2009 and new albums from Jay-Z (Tha Blueprint 3) and Eminem (no news on this one) sometime in 2009!