Spotted this earlier today @ SFTA. When I first peeped this pic, I was so busy laughing at the flipped hair, and whatever lipstick/gloss/balm he put on to cover the crackhead lips so it took me a second notice one glaring fact. I said to myself: “Hold up. Is this aggin wearing cowhide?” Read the rest of this entry »
Two iTunes bonus tracks for Paper Trail. Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes it takes almost losing everything for one to come to their senses and appreciate what they have. With the events that took place last year in his hometown, the days were looking numbered for T.I. in all facets of his life as he faced the possibility of major jail time after coming off an album that achieved commercial success despite the lack of critical acclaim. Faced with the decision to shape up and get things in order or let his own doings be his downfall, the self-proclaimed “King of the South” chose the former as he put his thoughts to paper. Filled with equal parts of honesty and bravado, T.I. and T.I.P. give way to Clifford Harris as he leaves a Paper Trail for listeners to follow as he seeks to reclaim his throne. Read the rest of this entry »
“One retired from professional life but permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held.” [Merriam-Webster] Read the rest of this entry »
The Hamiltonization Process continues on. Tracklisting & download link after the break.
Charles Hamilton & Demevolist Music Group – Staff Development (Mixtape)
Previously Posted — Charles & Them
The album cover might be a lost art in these days of consumers who don’t make the trip to their local record shops to purchase physical copies. For many of us, album covers & liner notes have always been part of the experience of the album, an essential part. Hip-Hop has had it’s fair share of great album covers to go along with some not-so-great ones as well.
Needless to say, when we first saw Big Kuntry King’s album cover for his Grand Hustle debut, My Turn To Eat, there were mixed emotions. On one hand, we “got it”…but at the same time we had to think “who the fuck greenlighted this shit?”
So before we wrote it off, we decided to reach out to Kuntry to get some of the backstory & an explanation on the cover. And what follows are his words as told to the Crew’s D. Chanda regarding the thousand dollar burger that any fast food employee would be envious of.
One thing’s for sure — We can’t make this type of shit up on our own.
TSS: Let’s talk about the album cover.
Kuntry: (Laughs) Aww shit. You liked it?
TSS: I thought it was hilarious. Was that the intention?
K: You see, me, I’m a practical joker. I talk shit and have fun but I’m for real. So I said, ‘Well, do I wanna be a rapper showing my gangsta lean with my chain on? Nah, I don’t wanna do that same old shit.’ So what I did was put the money in the burger to represent my turn to eat so you can see the sense of humor about it but then say, ‘That’s what I want.’ When you see that burger, everybody wants a burger like that. I want that. That’s a lot of money in that burger. Almost damn six or seven thousand dollars in that burger. So it represents the hustle, period. You know, if we had light bulbs or question marks come on the top of your head, when we hustle, that’s what we should see: that burger with that money. Now let’s get it. It’s our turn to eat.
TSS: So the intention was to be both out-of-box and comical? Read the rest of this entry »
On Saturday night in downtown L.A. the third annual “We The People” music festival jumped off with a laundry list of talent, from RZA to Primo to Les Claypool. I got there well after dark, hit the beer garden for a couple of tap-water flat Miller Lites and watched the folks who’d been there since 2 p.m. relinquish sanitary practice for a comfortable seat among plastic cups and cigarette butts peppering trampled grass. The problem with being fashionably late is you usually miss all the fun.
Nonetheless, I caught the act I came to see — Murs. The super locked MC blasted his way through a half hour set with high-fructose punch, igniting a bleary-eyed audience into crowd-surfable waves. After covering a sizable chunk of material from his new album, Murs For President, the So Cal native brought out another local, and legend — Kurupt. Folks damn near stomped each other to get a picture of the man as he regaled them with a few bars. And though that moment felt a certain climax of the night, it was during EPMD’s set the true surprise of the night got the blood a-rushing. Read the rest of this entry »
Imagine the fundamental adversity you’d face as a musician blowing up to megastar status. Sure at the end of the day there’s the fame and the fortune, but the toll from the various side ventures accompanied with the success can usually become a burden on the artist’s recording career. Such is the dilemma Cornell Haynes Jr. is faced with going into his fifth solo album Brass Knuckles. Read the rest of this entry »
PUTS’ Fun DMC hits shelves today along with two handfuls of other choices. Decisions decisions but there’s plenty enough options for fans of different types of music.
We posted the audio a few weeks ago…and we’ll repost it now to go with the requests that’ll come after folks see this video. Read the rest of this entry »
O.K. let’s be real.
It’s no September 29th, 1998 (which ironically was 10 years ago to this day,) but let’s look at the bright side of things. Tomorrow, approximately 10 Hip-Hop albums, along with a couple of R&B records, will debut marking the biggest day of releases for the culture this year (if not ever). Read the rest of this entry »
I’m not even a fan of The Stripes but these Forums are actually kind of sweet for fall. But for the love of God… Read the rest of this entry »
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