Words By David D.
Pic courtesy of OKP
The “Digital Age” can be blamed for a lot of things.
Bad record sales. No more blockbuster releases. Bad singles. The fall of Western Civilization. Etc.
But, the saddest casualty of these last point and click few years has been the apparent death of the collaboration. Read the rest of this entry »
By now, you’ve probably seen the video footage of Weezy spazzing out on his crew @ a recent show.
Well, the homegirl Lydia @ Hater Tuesday has an interesting breakdown of the arrest that, we assume, led to Wayne puttin his crew on blast for the crowd & the video cameras to see. Knowing her Read the rest of this entry »
Pic By Jeff Shaner
I don’t think Devin The Dude is necessarily one of the best MC’s to ever do it.
But without question, he is one of my favorites. Through four solo albums and more than a handful of group collaborations, Devin has never made a wack album. To take it one step further, every song he appears on is Read the rest of this entry »
YZ – The Ghetto’s Been Good To Me EP – 1993
Trackstar the DJ presents Boogie Bang 11 Hosted by DJ Drama, Willie the Kid and La The Darkman
The Doors – The Very Best Of (40th Anniversary Edition)
Stevie Wonder – Best Ballads
Annie Lennox – MTV Unplugged
Richie Rich – Seasoned Veteran (1996)
Prince – Dreams (Unreleased Songs: 1982-1997)
DJ Skee Big Mike And Omar Cruz 2007 B.C. (Before Cruz)
Words By MZ
Monday at the annual MIDEM music conference, the world’s largest music industry trade fair held in Cannes, the industry quietly put its support behind the release of QTRAX. It is the first legal P2P service and has support from all four of the major labels (EMI, SonyBMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group). Music labels still support CD’s, but see this as Read the rest of this entry »
“You say the police shot you/where Al Sharpton at?”
We give you anti-Murda cats this joint to help keep the scales balanced. Read the rest of this entry »
Off the new DJ Clue I Am Legend mixtape.
Swear to god, I listened with a real ugly face because this beat is so ridic.
“…The Blueprint 3?”
Peedi, could you pass me that Lawry’s?
Props to dajaz1.
New Clue…
VA-DJ_Clue-Desert_Storm_Radio_8_(I_Am_Legend_Edition)-(Bootleg)-2008
EDIT
“Rep for MC says ‘Ain’t I’ is an older, unreleased track; declines comment on a new LP.”
New Jay-Z Song Leaks — Is Blueprint 3 In The Works? [MTV News]
Written by Drew Ricketts
Def Jam thought they wanted a talented artist like Joe Budden to stay loyally in the fold, but wouldn’t give him the support he needs to remain relevant in the mainstream. Although top-billing acts like Nas, Redman and LL Cool J might deserve their due for past accomplishments, none of them hold the same promise as Joe Budden. Nevertheless, his career failed to launch after the success of breakaway hit “Pump It Up.” His torment seems to have fueled his Mood Muzik trilogy – a catalog of downtrodden songs describing the suspension act of a rapper on a foundering label. Besides dealing with unusual, career-threatening health concerns, Joey also had to wait in the proverbial wing while the snap-crunk-Dream movement unalterably defined the genre for young fans.
One senses his discomfiture not only in the telling lyrics bounding from Mood Muzik, but also in the raspy drawl of his responses. For someone so overwhelmingly analytical, he finds little hope in the shift rap has taken from flattened gangsterism to noir everyman verbosity. Lil Wayne’s free-form metaphors and Kanye’s picayune observations about dropout insecurities are the way of the day, a welcome mat for Joe Budden’s negative rants about the solitude of near stardom. Then again, his name has existed in the cloud of internet renown. Give or take some trials, that forum has certainly aided his cause as he enlists ground-level tactics to draw similarly cerebral folks into his reach. Inflated expectations have been his hurdle as well as the core of his haunting moody refrains. He’s taken matters into his own hands, securing a deal to release his next album on Amalgam Digital.
On the cusp of the NBA All-Star game, with starters having been announced, the other side of the discussion will include the great players not invited to play. Joe Budden has been noted as the excluded star so many times in his career that he’s come to terms with not meeting the measure of vacillating public perception, likening himself to one of basketball’s underrated athletes.
Words By Drew Ricketts
Graphics By P.
Photographs By Alexander Richter
Joe Budden: Hello?
TSS: Yo wassup Joe.
JB: Andrew how you feelin’?
TSS: I’m feeling good. Definitely been looking forward to speaking to you.
JB: Oh okay. That’s what’s up.
TSS: One of the first freestyles I heard of yours was the one you did over the old NBA theme and I’m a real basketball fanatic. I’m into knowing, beyond the stars, all the players on all levels. I remember you mentioned Dirk in Dallas before he was a big name. When I talked to Cormega, he made a powerful comparison between himself and Rod Strickland, in terms of his career path. Who would you compare yourself to?
JB: Brandon Roy. Brandon Roy as of right now.
TSS: Brandon Roy? Why’s that? Read the rest of this entry »
“The son of the audio cassette era/Tech wearer
Bullets and begets, Benz Bose speaker terror
Demand I get mine till I’m dead, so Read the rest of this entry »
Pic By Dorothy Hong/The FADER
A few random Wale tracks that may have appeared before but, now, in better quality. Definitely know the original version of the Mambo Sauce Read the rest of this entry »
OnSmash put up a several Read the rest of this entry »
Can I tell you I’ve been waiting to let this loose since I took a blood oath not to when I heard it?
Final version…and freedom from secrecy for me.
Natasha Bedingfield “Love Like This” Featuring Lil’ Wayne & Sean Kingston (Jim Jonsin Remix)
Aiyo! “I’ll Make You Famous.” Appreciated.
Mendoza 83.
More Murda you snatches!
But…uhh…why is Bleek Read the rest of this entry »
Stumbling across this one on SOHH’s forums a few weeks ago, I knew it was pretty rare, even in this day of filesharing. So, I asked the the brother Boogie Tonight to give it the once over.
If you don’t follow @ first, just read, listen & pay attention. You’ll figure out why this one is dope…and why it’s not being publicized lol.
Boogie’s words…
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