A couple of weeks ago, I had to eat crow.

Just after I made fun of OJ Da Juiceman and his Hooked On Phonics-sponsored tweets*, I popped in Bobby Ray’s mixtape and heard the little Gollum straight wreck his guest-verse on the track “I Am The Man.” Say what you want, but Juiceman hopped in his Cadillac (that I’m sure is the color of a Care Bear stool sample) and straight rode the beat. Way to make me look bad, oh purveyor of Vitamin C.

I tried to sweep that verse under the rug as a one-time fluke. You know, broken clocks, correctness and all that.

Then I heard his verse on “Walking On Ice” from Twista’s Category F5 and began to question the meaning of life. By George, he did it again. Juiceman got the coveted third verse spot on the track and delivered. He may not hit you with triple word score adjectives in his 16s, but Juice can use his voice as an instrument to amplify the beat. And really, that’s the bread and butter of he and Gucci’s sound. When you get over the fact that it’s OJ dropping these verses, it’s not hard to appreciate what he adds to each of these tracks.

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Download — Twista Feat. Gucci Mane & OJ Da Juiceman “Walking On Ice”

Post Script: May as well throw this in as well.

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Download — Gucci Mane Feat. OJ Da Juiceman, Mia X, Gangsta Boo & Shawty Jay – “Call The Weedman”

*Ahem*

MIA MOTHERFUCKING X! That is all.

* Sidebar: My Mom called me the other day. She said “I’ve been reading your articles. I loved that article you wrote about OJ Simpson!”

SMH. Moms. Gotta love’em.

Prop Jay already gave you the script & blessing for the track. Here’s the video visuals. Bobby reworks the Tribe classic for Reebok’s Classic Remixes series.

Words By Darius Sinclair™

B.o.B. Vs. Bobby Ray has been on repeat since Monday. Especially the first half, as I tried to decipher the samples. Generally samples never slip by me but sometimes a raw beat comes across and it becomes a priority for me to find the orgin. This happened with the banger “My Sweet Baby.” Fury makes a 2004-esque beat, but B.o.B. kills at will. Read the rest of this entry »

The time is finally upon us. B.o.B. with a new mixtape to feed your iPod. Exploiting the alter ego idea, the tape has “B.o.B on the spitting, Bobby Ray on the singing” along with appearances from the Grand Hustle family & others. I’m about to get my early morning workout on & give it a spin. Hit the break for the back cover with tracklisting. Read the rest of this entry »

B.Rich sent this joint out yesterday but Saturday is the blogger’s sabbath so we didn’t get to share it. No DJ versions always work well for me as I’ll just swap this one out for the OG version on my iPod.

Oh yeah…B.o.B. Vs. Bobby Ray drops on Monday. Clear some hard drive space.

Download — B.o.B – Who The F#@k Is B.o.B Mixtape (No DJ)

By name, I’m assuming there’s a full, two handfuls of folks who’ve overlooked Holly Weerd’s material when we’ve posted it in the past. If the cosigns, in the form of appearances, from Bobby & Big Rube don’t convince you to listen, I’m sure nothing will. “Ordinary Day” is a Read the rest of this entry »

It’s obvious that B.o.B. & Tre’s true calling is that of thespians. Somewhere along the line, there should be a straight Read the rest of this entry »

These trumpet-playing mofos sittin’ here filming skits & shit around Grand Hustle while Cliff’s gone & Alfa ain’t there to snitch. Mike, get that album out! Bobby, get that B.o.B. Vs. Bobby Ray mixtape out so we can get to the album! That lil funky snippet of “One” held me over for a sum of about the thirty-some-odd seconds that it played. I need beats by the pound pause.

The only reason I’m posting this clip is because Playboy Tre’s in it. For real for real, I’ve been procrastinating for almost two months on a written piece about Playboy having the greatest skits in Hip-Hop right now.

Don’t believe me? Read the rest of this entry »

The XXL Class of 2009 is a little bit past the six month mark of its Freshman year. These 10 MCs may go down as one of the most important crop of newcomers to hit the scene in a while as the industry is watching closely to see which of the 10 different approaches to starting a career can set the blueprint for success in the struggling music business.

Professor D. is here to dole out midterm grades for each MC to see how he has taken advantage of the magazine cover and positioned himself as the big man on campus.

Top of the Class

B.o.B./Bobby Ray

There’s a lot of good to go around here. It seemed as though T.I. was handing the Grand Hustle baton over to Mr. Ray at every stop on his way to the slammer. Eminem has also been singing Ray’s praises every chance he gets. Add in a feature segment on The Carson Daly show as well as “I’ll Be In The Sky” getting play during MTV shows and we have someone fit to be a big deal for the rest of the year. If only we could get a release date on that album…

Grade: A-

KiD CuDi

“Day N’ Nite” is a bona-fide hit, people. CuDi has seemingly leapfrogged the whole G.O.O.D. roster to become Yeezy’s favorite new artist. He has an endless array of hit capabilities and The Kid is also slowly making Read the rest of this entry »

Usually, I’m of the belief that mixtapes > albums, but I’m about ready for a Bobby Ray album. B.o.B Vs. Bobby Ray: The Mixtape is apparently on the way.

At the end of the day, I’ll be appreciative if folk takes a break from the road & hits the studio to make new music.

We usually don’t post text interviews from other sites but…

1. I fuck with Broken Cool pause.

2. Whether you know it or not, Jim Jonsin’ crafted just about every hit you rocked with last year, any song that raged over radio and/or strip clubs…basically everything.

So this gets this Jonsin’ interview with Broken Cool gets linkage.

And for the occasion, I want to revisit Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Prop Jay

Pic By BRich

This was the first track that came my way this AM and I’m glad it did. In fact, waking up to anything resembling a classic like “Bonita Applebum” is not a very unpleasant task. B.o.B brings Read the rest of this entry »

After a seemingly slow day yesterday, I woke up this morning and there was way too much material in the inbox. Cassie’s mammaries, the NBA jazz, the two Em tidbits & then this clip of Bobby Ray on Carson via ATLHustlers.

LOL @ dudes throwing change in his guitar case.

Bobby Ray (B.o.B.) & T.I. Performing “On Top Of Da World” @ Atlanta’s The Loft

Even with Cliff’s sentencing now a vivid reality, Tha King can go on lockdown knowing that Bobby Ray’s energy alone will be enough to keep the train full steam ahead. But before the goodbyes are said, T.I. crashed the party to perform “On Top Of The World” as the crowd went wild. Hit the break for a video of the Jedi and the student kicking a freestyle. Read the rest of this entry »

We tried to have all of our SXSW’ing done by yesterday so as to not overburden your brain with coverage. But I’ve got a feeling the film & audio are going to keep making their way electronically via others. Fine by me because it’s worth. Maybe not fine by some of you. Dah well! Go on to another post if you need to lol.

Found in the inbox from Von Pea of Tanya Morgan…

We recorded our set at Peckerheads (pause haha) and put a quick “live” EP of it together so people could check out what we did and get an idea of whats to come on the album. A screamed verse here and there aside, it came out pretty good so I wanted to pass it onto you guys.

And like passing the baton in the relay, we’re passing it along to you. Tracklisting & download link after the jump, plus additional digital materials. Read the rest of this entry »