Earlier this week Rhymesayers announced their latest signee, New York City (based) emcee Grieves. On March 2nd he will be re-issuing his latest album 88-Keys & Counting as well as a brand new album later this year. Teaming up with Fifth Element, they are offering The Confessions of Mr. Modest EP as a bonus for those that pre-order. The very EP that this specific track will be featured on.
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DOWNLOAD: Grieves – Smile For the Blade | Mediafire
88 Keys & Counting = a GREAT album
already preordered :)
this track’s nice too
new album coming at the end of this year too
another boring rhymesayers artist. I know they’re supposed to be “underground” & not trying to actually sell records, but really… I’d think I’d be more entertained listening to Taylor Swift freestyle over Exhibit C
very dope song…thanks for posting this it opened my ears!
spaceman, did your parents drop you a lot when you were little?
Who’s on the beat? Sounds like Kno
10, do you have to ask that…..it’s obvious that he got dropped.
now are any of you gonna BUY said cd. Not download it, not buy 2 songs from itunes, are any of you who disagree with me actually gonna fork over 12.99 for this?
already downloaded it…one of the best things I’ve heard so yes I already pre-ordered this. 13 bucks for a masterpiece plus an EP with new music is a pretty good deal
Calling Rhymesayers artists boring is a bitch move.
They’ve been a growth hormone for Twin Cities hip hop.
Sorry they don’t sound enough like Shad Gregory Moss for ya.
This is bangin’
not feeling it. didn’t like 88 keys too much either.
lol @ AVGVSTVS knowing Bow Wow’s gov’t off hand.
& “They’ve been a growth hormone for Twin Cities hip hop”… which explains why no one cares. Sans that one MF DOOM cd like 6 yrs ago Rhymesayers is whack. Smh at any label with Atmosphere as “flagship artists”
Rhymesayer’s, like all labels associated with backpack rap, gets a bad rap more from its either culturally ignorant or overly righteous fans rather than the musicmakers themselves. Case in point: drunk guy after the PUTs show telling Grieves he reminded him of Atmosphere (not slug) and totally deserved to be signed on to Rhymesayers.
@Spaceman, I don’t have that Tay Tay going in on Exhibit C, but I have her slaying A Milli, where to send?
@ AVGSTVS nelsonmali20@gmail.com. I’m genuinely interested now. Thanks
Ok stuff. Sort of sounds like Macklemore actually.
So if Rhymesayers artists are boring that would mean that Brother Ali is boring, right? Say yes to that, and your argument is not valid and you lose any credibility as a hip-hop fan.
say cheese for the sword, its pretty good.
SPACEMAN IS JUS BEEIN REAL. I AGREE WITH HIM. 1ST OFF OFCOURSE RHYMESAYERS HAS GOOD ARTISTS BUT U CANT TRULY TELL ME THAT THEIR LINEUP MAKES INTERESTING MUSIC. WITH THIS GRIEVES KAT, IM SURE HES TALENTED OR ELSE HE WOULDNT HAV BEEN SIGNED, BUT WHEN I HEAR THIS SONG IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE A BACKPACK RAP YOUNG WHITE KID PROBABLY DEALING WITH THE NORMAL ANGST OF A YOUNG BORING LIFE. IM SURE HE PROBABLY MOVED TO BROOKLYN OR SOMTHING AND REFINED HIS CULTURAL AWARENESS. ITS NOT NECESSARILY BAD, BUT SHIT TELL ME HOW THIS MUSIC TURNS UR BRAIN ON?
*TURNS UR BRAIN ON IS A BAD WAY TO PUT IT. BASICLY THO, IF I PUT THIS ON MY IPOD.I AINT GUNA WANA LISTEN TO IT MORE THAN 5 TIMES MAYBE. EVER
@Spaceman, I respect that your are providing points to support your anti-Rhymesayers views. A respectable way to debate. I sent you a link to that Taylor Swift fire. Rock it on full volume, it’s that Kosher goodness you’ve been cravin’.
Good Shit Grieves!
produced by Budo btw
SpaceMan I feel you. I understand where you comin from.
So those we who dont let me enlighten you. He’s not saying all of Rhymesayers artist are boring… Just a large amount of them. Now by boring he means listening to the album and a large amoutn of the songs are not playful, fun, or have anything that is either danceable or something with witty lyrics in. Hearing an artist talk about life and struggle is fine, but if thats all your music is about… then its not fun listening to you. Now trust me I love up lifting songs like this too. But I also life to hear a rapper show off his lyrical skills, be witty and make me laugh. I also want to dance. Remember, you can dance to hiphop, thats how it started.
So yea this guys is dope and all, but I cant listen to artist when most of his music either makes me want to go to sleep or feel sad. Life is too short. I listen artists that has personality.
Like Blu. He makes these kind of songs, but he also makes songs like “Nuts Hang” In that he was talking about absolutely nothing of substance, but it was enjoyable and I liked it. Thats a song I can play when Im happy.
Thats the difference.
Minnesota is ass(wtf of anything of importance happens there besides brett farve coming back) lol i dont listen to white boys rap they all talk about the same shit
underground is boring
their jealous that they will never be as big as taylor swift
and what a lame ass for knowing bow wow name then calling somebody hahahah
Great Super Bowl Preview
http://whatuknowaboudat.blogspot.com/2010/02/super-bowl-xliv-preview.html
@ AVGVSTVS thanx, & u proved my point I was entertained by that, a lot more than this. I dont think this guy, Atmosphere or Brother Ali are bad rappers at all. I just don’t think they are intersting. The difference between Grieves and Brother Ali & Slug is that they may not be the most intersting, but they have charisma. This guy doesnt.
On another note I still bump Mm..Food? a lot
I’d ironically love to hear Taylor Swift freestyle over Exhibit C.
Anyone remember that Rhymesayers signed Evidence? Is he boring too?
I AGREE WE NEED TO REQUEST TAYLOR SWIFT TO RAP OVER EXHIBIT C NOT THAT SHE WOULD KNOW WHAT THE FUCK A JAY ELECTRONICA IS? SEND HER THE TWEETS THE REVOLUTION WILL BE HEARD
TAYLOR FOR EXHIBIT C!
sidebar: if i never said that would this guy have this much attention. No thanks needed Grieves.
he sounds like mac lethal + macklemore
@Spaceman Apparently when all is said and done more people will have been throwing their .02 in for Taylor Swift on a Grieves post.
I’m a bit scared of her bony ass personally.
On a serious note, no one should hate on an opinion when it’s laid out in cerebral fashion with no mention of mamas.
Rhymesayers is actually one of the more disapointing labels in hip hop to me. Ofcourse atmosphore and ali are the standouts.but as you go down their roster from there, they keep signing more rappers and the music they put out straitup OBSCURE. for a minute it seemed like they would be one of the biggest forces in hip hop, at the point where everybody was sayin “hip hop is dead and where on the lookout for somthin fresh. they are no longer that breath of fresh air.
Grieves is really dope. Saw him perform at a Cunninlynguists show and he was incredible live. Got 88 keys after that and became a fan. Good for you Grieves!
Murder Inc. is one of the more disappointing labels in hip hop to me.
@ AVGVSTVS agreed on all 3 points.
http://Www.blackBeltTour2010.com me, Omaur Bliss& Toki Wright (rhymesayers) are coming to a town near you!!!
cosign spaceman
This is fucking dope
@ spaceman what about evidence hes dope
Y’all realize Freeway is dropping Stimulus package on rhymesayers?
isnt there a spaceman on the J.Pinder song on jake ones album?? is this the same guy? I think he’s playin with you all.
@ Audible J. Evidence is cool, just nothing i ever felt i needed to download. Its not just Rhymesayers (but a lot of examples tend to be on rhymesayers), but there are a lot of technically good rappers who just have no personality and are boring.
All of Slaughterhouse
Most of Rhymesayers
I like Wale, but thats the opinion on him
Jay Electronica
J Cole
Beanie Sigel
theres more, but if they were more intersting I’d remember
Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana, Jeezy, even Kanye are pretty much all good at putting random punchlines together, but not really being technically good, but they have personalities and are infectious.
I try to listen to artists that I think are lyrical and infectious at the same time.
@ Kylelight, nope Im just some random guy w/ a random blog – click on my name for randomness
isnt it ironic that there was a rapper named spaceman ( kinda lame ) on jake one’s album via Rhymesayers?? i think its funny, but back to the song. I agree. Pretty boring and nothing i would rock out to. And im a RSE fan
Wait? so this isnt the same Spaceman from Sportn’ Life? i think hes just fuckin with all you guys. Grieves used to live in Seattle, i bet these two guys are tight
Spaceman Credibility Death:
“still though Justin Bieber > Drake”
twitter.com/Spacemanshow/status/8736945561
still though Justin Bieber > Drake
DAMN RIGHT… I will drive my beat up Honda Accord, put the speakers on blast & blast whatever song he has (idk the names lol) rather than listen to Drake… call me a hater if u want.
I don’t want to call you a hater. Just want to know how old that Accord is you’re pushing. I’ll place my chips on 1977. 1 tail light, 1 head light, missing headrests, 3 mix matched hubcaps, no gas cap, one duct tape window, started by screw driver, two rats living in the trunk off your leftover pizza
http://bit.ly/dnWmTh
lol ’98 2 seater, busted cd player, paint coming off & leftover popeyes
Continued Spaceman Credibility Death:
“Cam’ron – Get ‘Em Girls Is The Best NY Rap Song of the 2000′s”
http://twitter.com/Spacemanshow/status/4355331828
Time To Retire From Commenting Spaceman:
“Ja Rule is Better than Fabolous”
http://twitter.com/Spacemanshow/status/4134996028
Dipset stans & Haters alike know that song inside out. Hell you must know if since you pointed it out. Keep it up man its cool having my own stalker, I feel famous.
Guess what: I also dig Lady gaga real talk.
shake LOVES long-haired, white dude, wanna be pretty boy rappers so he left this as the top post
I repeat – Spaceman Sayeth
“Ja Rule is Better than Fabolous”
You’re murdering yourself on twitter.
@ NavajoGray I’m sure u read why i said that. w/o Ja Rule there’d be no 50 cent, no nelly, no drake, & kanye would probably be a lot different. Also, who else was able to take away Jay-Z’s Blueprint era shine. If Fab never existed nothing would have changed in Rap. Well except there wouldnt be a cool in a corny way of saying shi…sugar honey iced tea
lolll. the nigas on here bashing dudes for having no personality. ARE THE SAME FAGS WHO BASH THE DUDES THAT HAVE LOADS OF PERSONALITY.
These are the same dudes who would probably diss, kanye, or lil wayne any day of the week. jesus fuck just listen to the music.
its funny how now people think you have to buy into an artists whole life, story, etc. just to like one of their songs. Its like every artist is an NFL team or someshit. dumb ass nigas i swear… smh…
LOL! spaceman is an idiot. EVERY LABEL WANTS TO SELL RECORDS WHETHER MAINSTREAM OR INDIE. what an ignorant statement
So I completely disagree with everything spaceman said up to the point about Justin Bieber being better than Drake.
I’m feeling this track though, have to check out 88 keys. And by far the most disappointing artist on Rhymesayers has to be Eyedea.
This shit is dope
This is my favorite Grieves song. Anyone who doesn’t like it is a chode wrinkle.
If this shit got posted in the middle of the week it would have like 5 comments but since not shit get posted on saturday it gets more views
song is dope in my book, never listened 2 dude b4 but if the rest of the songs are of this quality I’ll b copping that disc. side note(s): Ja had more of an impact on the soundscape of rap than Fabolous, but saying he’s a better rapper has a completely different implication, an implication that I whole heartedly disagree with. and I would totally send my $0.99 off to iTunes to hear t-swizzle go in over exhibit c lol
Don’t sleep
http://www.zshare.net/audio/72171469738a4eaa/
http://www.zshare.net/audio/72171499a8a2fc0e/
This is fucking horrible.
WHY DOES THIS HAVE SO MANY COMMENTS?
another rse signing, that brings the count to about 8 artists waiting to release their rse record. dust off the shelves.
Dude is filthy, check his other stuff if you don’t believe me
I opened this to see why it had so many comments but fucking 90% of them aint even about this song.
This dude sucks so fucking bad. Another hipster blog faggot that is gunna sell 15 copies
SPAAAAAAAACEEEEE MAAAAANNNNNNNNN!
WHY WOULD RHYMESAYERS SIGN THIS MOTHAFUCKA? HE SOUNDS LIKE A VERY WACK VERSION OF ATMOSPHERE…….. I DONT EVEN THINK THE TEENAGE GIRLS WILL FEEL THIS. MAYBE A FEW OF THEM BUT NAH MAN. THIS AINT IT. DUDE IS GARBAGE.
…I SEE WHY MF DOOM STOPPED FUCKING WITH RHYMESAYERS
im still waiting for Lil B to go on “Exhibit C” lmao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_rSAgFNNI
Lil B at his best! niggas niiiiiice lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI1xzYhk_hY
moar ish
lmao @ late. thats fucked up. lol
This doesn’t have anything to do with this post, but does anybody have a mixtape from these guys or know who they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drD9nt3sp6w
I just wanted to know, I liked their moleskin cover too.
Lil B is 5 million times better than Grieves. Hahahahaha that shit was great.
Sorry tho. This Grieves song is aweful. He falls off beat half the time and his writing is corny as Hell
Brother Ali shines…Atomosphere, meh- bought his album When life gives you lemons and never got into it. It was BORING and emo from what i recall. literally tossed that shit into the back of my car and popped in Trilla (purchased at the same time) Dont ever compare grieves to Macklemore. Mack has way more emotion when he rhymes, dudes funny too…
OMG! 80th POST
this was the first time ive ever heard of him but it seems like hes got a real strong following and the music ive heard is decent so lets see what happens
hmmm i’m so confused about all of this, People jumping in on rhymesayers being boring is kind of odd to me, considering a lot of good new music is coming from them but whatever. Honestly Grieves kind of bored me on this song, never heard anything from him other then this, but I’ll see him with POS next week, so we’ll see
wack as fuck
Heheh. A-Mar has posted in this thread like 10 times talking about how good this song is. It must be Graves undercover.Shake you dont have to post shit just because its Rhymesayers. Man this song is doodoo.
The last post on Saturday always gets the most love thats why it has a buncha comments. I feel bad for Graves tho because niggaz are crucifying this song. Its crappy as fuck
I need the Taylor Swift A MILLI freestyle..I didnt listen to this Grieves song. I saw him open up a show in Los Angeles and thought he was pretty whack. Just another hack rapper with subpar lyrix.
DOPE
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Not I Said The Fly | my words are weapons… said this on February 7th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Sorry, dont really see how you don’t like this. What, we’re questioning RSE now?
The Taylor Swift A Milli Freestyle is epic.
Lol all you haters go bump your lil Wayne auto tuned bullshit. Half of you are judging based on his picture which is ironic because he is addressing u in the song. He produces and writes. What’s your talent? Hmmmm
FUCKIN BORING
Man…that shit was boring.
it’s all love.
but,
NNEKA IS THE SHIT!
open your eyes people,
see with your heart.
SPREAD LOVE
it’s the brooklyn way
meh wack
lol what impresses nigas these dayz? internets spoiled the population.
You’re entitled to your opinion but spaceman, I think you are stupid.
I Think I Did my job!!!
man this shit has more comments then it should have. 95 percent from arguing. anyway this dude is just OK. im sick of the cliche white boy college kid backpack rappers, rhymesayers was once a nice label…what happened?
just cause this guy looks like u doesnt mean u have to post him shake
does rhymesayers only sigh white guys?
I think P.O.S. & Toki Wright are not Caucasian.
i personally dont fuck with grieves, and ive seen him perform, but i think hes good, and rhymesayers is like any other label, they have a few good artist and the rest are just ok, its like stonesthrow, not all of there artist are the shit but they got standouts. chilllllllll
Congrats Grieves! RSE 4 life.
You guys think too much into it. Its just good music. Doesnt need to be conscious, street, backpack, etc. It just makes ur head bounce. Stop labeling everything u hear and just enjoy or dont.
at least its not asher roth …
to the people saying you’re going to see him live, you should be impressed. The dude has been on tour for like 2 years now and I had never heard of him until I saw him open for CunninLynguists, and I was thoroughly impressed.
And to the people saying whats with the cliche white college rappers. You realize that there are a shitload more white people in this country than black, yet rap still has more blacks than white. It’s not cliche, they are just getting in to this style. And as far as college, many dudes went to college. Kanye, Wale, Naledge, Nickelus F, plenty more. Shit didn’t Game go to college? Stop being fucking retarded people.
What you should be asking is what’s with all the cliche black “gangster” rappers? There’s more “gangster” rappers in the world today than there are ganagsters
Mac Lethal > Grieves
RSE Drops Mac Lethal then picks up his Butt Baby?
That’s like Electing GWBush after GHWBush’s shitty one-term.
Dope track. If you listened to the lyrics you’d see that this track speaks directly to the haters on sites like this site. Love the irony. Smile for the blade.
Good honest music ftw. Budo is a beast as well.
Mac Lethal left on his own, Grieves is dope… fuck the haters.
he looks like mike waxx from illroots
To each his own. If he bores you, it is what it is, but you should respect that fact that the artists you listen to might bore others.
I could definitely vibe to this
206, suckas!
This is terrible
Would anybody care and comment if he was black?
Not the best song but not warranting all the complaints against it, either
Drake is better than Justin Bieber you fucking faggots
i clicked this because it has so many comments
then i see all the comments were dissin the song. damn son. 2dopeboyz fans goin hard on this little emo white boy……the beat isnt horrible. the rapper sucks, but the beat is at least ok. i guess
Maybe its because im drunk from the superbowl party i was at but i couldnt even finish this wack ass song
sorry wrong post i was trying to put thaT in the crown city rockers post.
the grieves song sucks donkey balls.
By Popular request: proof that Tay Tay Swift aka T-swizzle is the baddest bitch in the game, fuck a nicki minaj.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz10BUCP2dE = fire
still waiting for that exhibit c freestlye
DOPE! THIS TAYLOR SWIFT SONG IS GUNNA BE INCREDIBLE.
TAYLOR SWIFT > GRIEVES
wack wack wack wack wack wack wack wack wack wack wack
[...] releasing this single to the blogosphere, I think everyone can agree it was a great signage. Via 2DopeBoyz, Grieves will be reissuing his latest album 88 Keys and Counting on his new record label, as well [...]
#musicmonday 2/8/2010 « Think Fast, Live Fast said this on February 8th, 2010 at 9:12 am
This kid’s dope, saw him live at the Viper Room in LA. The producer Budo is on some next level shit. He went from DJing to playing the bass to playing keys to playing a fuckin trumpet live on stage. Dopest tour budget to entertainment ratio show I’ve ever seen
i’ll get this EP because Kno from Cunnin is producing. otherwise… Grieves is decent, but…
Grieves is the shit. like my freaking life. im SO excited for the confessions of mr. modest :D i already pre-ordered. i really want to see him in concert..to bad hes touring in europe this summer. and too bad he cant come to the caribbean!
confessions of mr. modest dropped, buy it on itunes, its good
i dont get all this hate on these artists basically i like these dudes almost all of em from rhymesayers because of the way they put their lyrics together u dont have to like it bro but dont hate on him id like to see ppl really put this shit together that uses metaphores and shit no its difficult takes thought and dont hate they work hard on their music some ppl like it some dont just dont hate on him i love this shit raw artist in my oppinion not atmosphere though