Posts Tagged ‘Rakim’

Ever Wondered What Rakim Thought Of Nas’ “Unauthorized Biography”?

Well, The Urban Daily got the answer as Rakim speaks on how he felt upon hearing Nas’ “The Unauthorized Biography Of Rakim.” Not totally related, but just a heads up. Newbury Comics has preorders available of Rakim’s The Seventh Seal where buyers get a limited* autographed CD booklet...

October 27th, 2009 | SMOKE BREAK, Videos | Read More

TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Rakim

If ever there was a Smoking Session that needn’t nary an introduction, this would be it. A living legend and mythical mononym, Rakim builds with TSS Crew’s TC about his forthcoming album The Seventh Seal and how a pioneer can still break new ground amongst an even newer generation.

October 22nd, 2009 | "Smoking Sessions With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC, Videos | Read More

Rakim Feat. Maino - “Walk These Streets”

In regards to “Walk These Streets,” this new Maino-assisted heatrock from A3C headliner Rakim, I couldn’t help but get this extremely weird inkling that Dr. Dre was manning the ship as I streamed the fiery drop from Ra Allah’s upcoming album, The Seventh Seal.

October 7th, 2009 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

Video: Killer Mike Performs “God In The Building”

As we finish rendering video of the performances from the last two nights @ the Five Spot, I figured sharing this would be a good placeholder. Saturday night, the crew was doing double-duty as part of us were @ The Five filming and snapping pics while myself, TC & the homie BK went down the street...

October 4th, 2009 | GENERAL | Read More

TSS x A3C 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen, On Oct. 1-3, you will need to be in Atlanta, Georgia with the TSS crew, witnessing Hip-Hop history. Your favorite Section is partnering with the good folks at A3C to bring you the 2009 A3C Hip-Hop Festival.

September 15th, 2009 | Events, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

8.14 The Cooler

KoKo Reign > Knowledge Reigns Supreme Seth MacFarlane Outs Baby Stewie In ‘Family Guy’: “He’s Gay” [NYDN] Does It Make Sense to Build Robots That Look Like People? [Gizmodo] Rapper Gets Prison Time For Cop-Killing Song [HHDX] Blood, Sweat & Soul: Survival Of The Fittest...

August 14th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Cooler | Read More

Rakim - “Holy Are You”

As far as mythical albums go, The Seventh Seal > Detox.

July 15th, 2009 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“Blown Away”

As you can see from above, yesterday I made my obligatory stop by Best Buy. Yup, I fought the temptation of acknowledging TC, his luring e-mail comment (”That new Tech leaked”) and paid my hard-earned cash to show support to the HHO Artist Of The Week. Halfway through my own personal listening...

April 29th, 2009 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

Wire Tap: If Rappers Were Characters From The Wire

Words By Jesse H. It’s been a year and I still miss The Wire and all its characters. We said our final goodbyes in 2008 but recent endless viewings of the DVD box set had me feeling sentimental and inspired. It’s the “Who would play me in a movie?” game further realized and repurposed,...

February 10th, 2009 | EDUTAINMENT, Everything Else, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“Uplift…”

The other day, while I was daydreaming about gutting Bill O’Reilly and feeding his cyanide laced insides to the Fox News crew, it occurred to me that Bill was a machine sent here from Hell, and that, by design, he had no edible insides. I was saddened, and gravely needed a song to listen to as...

January 26th, 2009 | AUDIO, MUSIC | Read More

The Week That Was…

In a week where “Yacht Rock” was the working theme music… Nasty Nas took umbrage & spoke out against Jesse Jackson & his comments regarding Obama. He also took aim @ Fox News with a new video. Cop the album when it drops this Tuesday. If you were looking for fresh faces...

July 12th, 2008 | AUDIO, MUSIC, STRAY SHOTS, The Week That Was | Read More

“Follow The Leader…”

I just finished reading Grandmaster Flash’s autobiography, The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash (More on the book later), and this particular excerpt that had to be shared. Too often, those of us in the here wonder why Rakim was and still is so revered as an emcee. I even remember hearing him for...

July 9th, 2008 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Paid Dues Concert. Nokia Theater. NYC. 6.4.08.

Words By Khalid Strickland Pics By Eric Russ The traveling, independent Hip-Hop festival known as Paid Dues rolled into NYC’s Nokia Theater last week and it was quite an event to say the least. The concert’s line-up was rock solid: Rakim, GZA, Buckshot, Murs (accompanied by his frequent...

June 11th, 2008 | Events, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More