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Aside from rocking a few Return of the Legends-esque gigs, what the hell happened to the former radio staple Naughty By Nature?

Over the holiday weekend, I was rocking their super solid Nature’s Finest compilation at my Memorial Day BBQ, and by the end of the disc, that’s all I could think about.

Together, Treach, Kay Gee and Vinnie had two multi-platinum albums, more than a few timeless singles and the entire mainstream rap world on lock in the early-to-mid nineties. The trio was genius when it came to making certified hits and they had ties some of the biggest artists in Hip-Hop. Treach himself, well, he was unquestionably one of the most talented emcees in the game during Naughty’s abridged time in the limelight. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the missing (and forgotten) links in the whole late Cash Money era is TQ. AHH apparently caught up with him while he was on his cig break @ Piggly Wiggly, asking him about Baby & Wayne’s man-love…

I guess some of them other ni**as recognized the look on my face and ran to the rescue. “T, don’t trip, that’s jailhouse love.” Jailhouse love? What the f**k? Them two ni**as and never been to jail! I’ve sent my fair share of Kites homie and I ain’t never heard of two ni**as kissing as being jailhouse love unless they was… ya dig? That sh*t was disturbing to me pimp. They say it’s a father-son thing. Ni**a I ain’t kissing my daddy in the mouth!

To each his own… I ain’t questioning a ni**a’s sexuality cuz I just don’t get down like that, and I know for a fact that both of them cats like women. But it f**ks me up when them ni**as do that sh*t in public…

The Verdict — I ain’t a female so I don’t have the sharpest gaydar. But I suspect he’s just separating himself from any possible sex tapes that he could be featured on.

C’mon, buddy wore an S-Curl.

Trials of TQ: The Secrets Behind Cash Money’s “Jailhouse Love” [AHH via RTNY]

Hustleman Donny G. back @ it, this time with a weekly video feature that partners him with other NYC rhyme slingers. He’s a movement by himself but puttin him alongside other cats who form the new breed for the city only adds to his appeal. For the first time around, A. Pinks gets the “featuring” spot. Watch for upcoming spots with Esso & Mickey Factz.

www.myspace.com/donnygoines

Previously Posted — Donny Goines “Minute After Midnight” A. Pinks “Hit The Lights” (I’m On) Video |

– R. Kelly is going to jail.

No jokes @ all for that one because after all these years & all of these witnesses coming out the woodworks…this shit just looks like a bad episode of Law & Order where, unless severe dramatic irony occurs, R.Kelly, the human being & not the artist, will soon be on the wrong end of the sounding gavel. What may be even more surprising than the sordid details is the number of witnesses, often former business associates, employees & those in his circle of friends, who’ve come forward to testify against The R.

He must’ve pissed alot of people off.

Minor zing!

– T.I. turning his court-mandated public service work into an MTV “reality series.” Yawn. Read the rest of this entry »

New joint from Masta Ace, Punchline, Wordsworth & Stricklin, collectively known as EMC, from their album The Show.

Previously Posted — Captain’s Log: eMC Eurotrip Edition | “Make It Better” – Review Of eMC’s The Show

First single “Can We Hang Out Tonight?” from Count Bass D’s upcoming album L7 to be released this summer on 1320 Records.

Bass D has always been one of those hometown legends in my mind because before anybody was puttin’ out or producing Hip-Hop in the middle Tennessee area, Bass was. I can remember Juan, who went to school with him, comin’ home during her freshman year of college & updating me on him rhyming or deejaying @ a party. Since actual rappers were distant figures on TV then, the first time I saw him I was young & in awe. So no matter what he does, I still get a flashback to being young & wide-open to the music. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t even ask me what the hell this pic is about or what the lil smellgood homie N is doing. But it amuses the hell out of me every time I look @ it.

Loosies

Jim Jones – Good Shit

Common Feat. Pharrell – Universal Mind Control (No DJ)

Max B Feat. Mitchy Slick – Niggas Ain’t Fuckin With Us

The Clipse – Show You How To Hustle

Usher Feat. Jermaine Dupri – Chivalry (Bonus Track)

Pharrell – Get Down (Studio Version) (Produced By The Neptunes)

Wale – The Eye Of The Tiger

The Cool Kids – Miami Beach

Bishop Lamont – City Lights

G-Unit – Back In The Booth (Green Lantern Freestyle)

Max B – I’m Wavy

J.R. Writer – Dimelo

Loosies

Wit-E said…

u gotta post this video up, this is some amazing shit. its a clip from the wake up show with these cats making a beat off the top of the head live on the air. they remix biggie’s ’1 more chance’ live. it’s some of the coolest shit ive eva seen. as some1 who makes beats- i can tell u that what they do damn sure aint easy. i attached the video code.

“…because there’s The Coming of The Genesis, all before the ELE, where Anarchy will reign & there will be a Big Bang.”

Busta Shots

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Anarchy-2000

Genesis-2001

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Busta Shots

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We already told you that Tanya Morgan is a rap group. What you may not about the three man collective that’s two parts Cincy, one part Brooklyn is that they’re bubbling on the surface once again with their latest EP, The Bridge. Read the rest of this entry »

New new from Gemstones, featuring Sarah Green. The mixtape, Testimony of Gemstones, is schedule to drop next week. I’ll continue to hold my breath on that…and listen to this a few times daily in the meanwhile.

Gemstones Feat. Sarah Green – Skeletons

Previously Posted — “Say No More…” | FNF Up!

The first time I heard “Diamonds” off of J Dilla’s unreleased MCA album was at The Shining album release party two years ago. House Shoes and J. Rocc were on the tables, Dilla’s little brother, Illa J, had just spit Jay’s verse on “Shake It Down,” and Dilla’s mother, MaDukes, was sitting with Common right there to the left of me.

Then the uplifting keys dropped and Jay came in “Bling! Bling!” and I was sold. It was a track and a moment that healed the soul and took a fresh breath and felt like, “Yes, it’s good to be alive.”

I started bugging Shoes endlessly for that track.

Please?

Nope.

Please?

Nope.

Please?

Hell no. You can get it when it comes out.

When?

When MCA takes it off the damn shelf and let’s people hear it.

No one except a select few had that album – not even Shoes had the whole thing. MCA sat on it because it was too far left for them. But Dilla’s posthumous popularity grew and rumblings of “It might actually come out” started its ever-so-hopeful buzz.

Then, as inexplicable yet calculated as a sunrise, the entire album was leaked. Now neither Jay’s estate nor MaDukes will ever see a dime for his remaining opus. And if you think the Yancey cup runneth over from all his work, think again of the medical bills surmounted in his eleventh hour.

Yeah, I downloaded it. Guilty as charged. And I put the folder on my desktop as a reminder of the failings of downloaders like me. It sits next to another album that will never get it’s comeuppance – Bilal’s Love for Sale.

For my money, Bilal’s voice is among the best of our generation. But we haven’t gotten a proper release from him since 1st Born Second in 2001. He went crazy on his MySpace when LFS was leaked, talking about Universal might shelve it because of download traffic. And they did.

I want to make one thing explicit — I don’t blame downloading or the Internet for doing wrong by Jay and Bilal. I blame the record labels. I hold them wholly responsible for having linguini spinal columns in the face of a digital-age scare.

It’s an awkward dance between the label and the artist – the label sees the listening public walking over, trying to cut in on their dance, so they step all over the artist’s toes to avoid the inevitable. Finally, the label gets so flustered maneuvering the artist away from John Q Public, it just dumps her off like she’s trifling. But the label didn’t see JQ Public holding out $20 like “Here! I’ll pay you for a dance with her, I just wanted to see her moves first.” But now she’s nowhere to be found. Probably picked up by an indy label who can’t afford to put her up like it should.
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Cop @ RockNJocks.

The D.O.C. – No One Can Do It Better

What other album would you put with a hat like that?

Aye! Just to show you with what type of company we were rollin’ in when we did HBFSv5…

YN and Mr. Smith Present Hard Body Female Spit Vol. 6 (The Just Blaze Edition)

Shame on me for forgetting “Latifah’s Had It Up 2 Here.” *Shakes fist @ Just & YN* You can just smell that early Jerz sound oozing all over this track.

Previously Posted — YN & Gottyâ„¢ Present Hard Body Female Spit Vol. 5

Stray Shots

Alexander O’Neal – Hearsay (1986)

Chalie Boy & Dj. Rapid Ric – Return of the Versatyle Child

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Tony Touch – Hip Hop 58 (1998)

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DJ Clue Hev.E.Components Part 1

DJ Clue Hev.E.Components Part 2

DJ Clue Hev.E.Components Part 3

Money Boss Players – Ghetto Chronicle Daily EP (1994)

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Jay Bezel – Certified Gangstas Mixtape Vol. 1-2005

Stray Shots

File this under “somebody’s gettin a written reprimand in their file” folder.

A little birdy told me…

Here’s the new Keri Hilson single “Energy” produced & written by The Runaways. It’s out on iTunes, but Interscope f*cked up and the first two days will be a version without a bridge. Attached, you’ll find the full & proper version.

I actually got this yesterday but had to spend the majority of the day away from the cpu. Either way…

TSS — 1

iTunes — 0

Zing!

Keri Hilson – Energy (Prod. by The Runaways)

Oh, the other version? You can hear it from yesterday’s Loosies or prolly everywhere else across the net.