On the eve of the 4th of July Holiday, this is a perfect time to reflect on the first six months of the year, and pay respect to the best in hip hop so far. There are plenty of big names due to drop the second half of the year, including new albums from Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Raekwon, and Kanye West, along with the anticipated debut of Drake.
Song of the Year So Far – Jay-Z “D.O.A”
It’s crazy that D.O.A hasn’t even been out a month, but literally had the internet going nuts the first weekend of June,and ever since. Jay originally said this wouldn’t even be a single, but a B-side to the first official single off Blueprint 3, but he performed it at the BET Awards, and dropped a video. Not bad for a mixtape track. [click to continue…]
I could easily make a post about how Plies’ questionable content or failed reality TV show didn’t jump off as planned, but there is enough hate going on around the net. Fact is, since the start of 2007, the brotha has released 3 studio albums, and earlier this week, he announced plans to drop “Becky”, his fourth, this September. The Real Testment, which dropped in August 2007, went gold. Definition of Real was released ten months later, and struggled to reach the gold status of his debut. Da REALest was dropped just six months after that, and that, too, struggled to break 200,000 sales. While many rappers are cranking out mixtapes at the speed Plies drops retail albums, has the recipe helped him solidify his career? Only time will tell.
This Friday’s Top 5 list took me a while to compile. Trying to narrow down the five best album covers ever meant some of the best actual musical albums would not be included. Some of these covers made the list due to their creativity at the time they came out, while others had a much deeper artistic message than even the lyrical content that was on the album itself.
Check these out, and tell us what you think! [click to continue…]
by TheBoss on 06/04/2009
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With the recent word that R&B artist Omarion and Philly’s own Freeway were heading to Cash Money Records, one can’t help to be be remembered of the early days of Bad Boy and Roc-A-Fella. The centerpiece of the situation is a young rapper who has the game on lock(Lil Wayne), and he is surrounded by good(not great) artists who can eat off the affiliation for a while. You mix in a few artists who used to be on their own, but now are getting with the “new hot movement”, and Young Money/Cash Money could become the next major force in the game.
When you look at Roc-A-Fella, the team of Jay-Z and Dame Dash carefully added artists to the label to broaden their reach, as Jay’s personal career rose. The same blueprint could be said of Wayne and Cash Money. With his affiliation with Drake, and artists like Nicky Manaj, Tyga,Gudda Gudda, and Jae Millz on the roster, the future is certainly bright. How big can the label get? That remains to be seen…
by brooklynnecarter on 06/02/2009
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well, not 90 seconds, but quickly.
once again, i will be the self proclaimed BAD GUY, and tell you how to get a man that you think is unavailable and make him yours. going after a guy who is dating other women NON exclusively can be trying, tricky and hilarious all at the same time. if it was me, Im never in competition with anybody, i run my own race, and its that kind of certainty that gets me what i want.
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