{"id":7645,"date":"2015-11-23T12:12:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=7645"},"modified":"2015-11-23T12:25:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:25:55","slug":"5-of-the-best-songs-by-slaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/11\/23\/5-of-the-best-songs-by-slaine\/","title":{"rendered":"5 of the Best Songs by Slaine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7646\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slaine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7646\" class=\"wp-image-7646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slaine.jpg\" alt=\"slaine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slaine.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slaine-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slaine-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of the &#8220;SLAINE &#8211; INTERVIEW (Tinkiet Radio Show, Radio FMR) + BURN Live @ cabaret Underworld&#8221; Video posted on YouTube.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Slaine has proven to be a success in the booth and on the screen. The Boston underground rapper\/actor, also known as George Carroll, has multiple independent albums and various group projects with underground giant La Coka Nostra. His most recent solo beast is 2014&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/King-Everything-Else-Slaine\/dp\/B00L905906\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1448253358&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=slaine+the+king+of+everything+else\" target=\"_blank\">The King of Everything Else<\/a><\/em>, a project featuring the likes of Vinnie Paz, Tech N9ne, Madchild, and Ill Bill. This album has Rite Hook, a slept on figure who raps and sings some of the best underground choruses in the world, on three of the songs. The features are carefully chosen and help Slaine create a complex piece of work.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond pumping out strong verses, Slaine has appeared in <em>The Town <\/em>and <em>Gone Baby Gone<\/em>. He also plays a serial killer in <em>Girl House<\/em>, a film that should appease fans of the horror and slasher category. Slaine without doubt has a following and group of loyal fans, but I do feel like underground heads should be giving him even more attention.<\/p>\n<p>The Boston product comes across as striking because his music is authentic. There&#8217;s braggadocios material mixed with drug content and demon battling. For those unfamiliar with Slaine&#8217;s sound, check out five of his best songs posted below. All five were selected on grounds of quality and having an accompanying music video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Bobby Be Real&#8221; (featuring Tech N9ne and Madchild)<br \/>\n<\/strong>It&#8217;s never a negative component having two of the best underground artists featured on a track. Slaine utilizes his best hook of <em>The King of Everything Else <\/em>here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T0fJ_MP9yLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Destroy Everything&#8221; (featuring Rite Hook)<br \/>\n<\/strong>A perfect example of what having Rite Hook on the chorus does for an underground joint. Slaine&#8217;s rapping is precise with a sound many are unable to duplicate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SbSMj0kj9ro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Enemy&#8221; (featuring Rite Hook)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Technically classified as a song by both Slaine and Madchild, this savage track has a spot in the <em>Girlhouse <\/em>soundtrack. The video sends shivers and the lyrical content is disturbing but effective.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pj7Ae9LHIVA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Trail of Blood&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>This is one of Slaine&#8217;s most thoughtful and effective storytelling pieces. The material is depressing to be clear, but it&#8217;s a testament to the rapper&#8217;s gritty edge.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jVLTYwTt4fA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Zombie&#8221; (featuring Son Of Skam)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the weirdest out of the five, an oddity similar to Madchild&#8217;s strange videos. Nevertheless, Slaine captures a rock sound that should get any underground fan severely hyped.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VtrtczPeAsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Like Vinnie Paz, Madchild, and other underground animals, Slaine never pushes out watered down and creatively bogus raps. Peep my pieces on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/11\/16\/5-of-the-best-vinnie-paz-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vinnie Paz&#8217;s best material<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/11\/18\/5-of-the-most-disturbing-but-good-madchild-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\">same for Madchild<\/a> if you missed those. It&#8217;s great for fans with an ear for the underground that these artists frequently drop features with one another. If Slaine hasn&#8217;t been in your rotation, change that starting today. Then watch <em>The Town<\/em>, and if you&#8217;ve already seen it, watch it again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7648\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slainethetown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7648\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slainethetown.jpg\" alt=\"Slaine is the only underground rapper to my knowledge who can say he's appeared next to Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner in a movie. RESPECT\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slainethetown.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slainethetown-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/slainethetown-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slaine is the only underground rapper to my knowledge who can say he&#8217;s appeared next to Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner in a movie. RESPECT.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slaine has proven to be a success in the booth and on the screen. The Boston underground rapper\/actor, also known as George Carroll, has multiple independent albums and various group projects with underground giant La Coka Nostra. His most recent solo beast is 2014&#8217;s The King of Everything Else, a project featuring the likes of<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/11\/23\/5-of-the-best-songs-by-slaine\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":7646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[1201,2787],"class_list":{"0":"post-7645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-music-2","9":"tag-slaine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}