I was a bit surprised when Thes mentioned at the end of his interview that he considers Ab-Soul to be better than Biggie or KRS-One in his book. I can kinda see why he would consider Biggie to be ehh as he was knocking down earlier on Bad Boy. The Bad Boy era is always an interesting debate. Some regard Puff as a genius in emerging R&B & Hip-Hop together as a new subgenre within Hip-Hop, and then folks like Thes make valid points of how it just watered it down. But KRS-One, man, that's a little tougher to hear. I think it's because they're both legendary emcees each with their own blueprint in Hip-Hop storytelling, and don't think it should draw a comparison. On the flip side, Ab-Soul is absolutely incredible. I really dig his work. Sometimes I find him more appealing than Kendrick, haha. He's definitely better than Schoolboy Q in my book!

What do y'all think of this:

1) Ab-Soul
2) Bad Boy Era
3) Recommended emcees over Thes Beats

Here's Thes One's post about it at the time:
http://www.putsonline.co.uk/forum/topic.php?id=2014

The video that was on youtube is no longer with us but you can see a bad quality copy here at 1:10 -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_POfDIe5fk

http://instagram.com/p/vzARK3Oxea/?modal=true

esomedina said:
Dope! Need them to bust some raps on this for a remix.

that would be siiick if they actually did remix this song, hopefully we hear it sometime!

https://soundcloud.com/peopleunderthestairs/thesoneliveatusc

Also, if yall arent on soundcloud yet, sign up, follow the dudes, and get out there exploring! So much great sh!t being posted old cats, new hip-hip coming up from new heads, awesome radio shows, etc. Just a little mini rant but if anyone is complaining about the state of modern hip-hop and music in general, just dig a little harder. I wish I got to experience crate digging, but there is so so sooo much still to dig out there. Rant over. Enjoy.