Since the big news, the expecting couple made their first public outing at the 1 Oak in Vegas and helped ring in the new year. Kimmy’s got a big ol bump. missinfo
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For those who like ’em red and thick, peep how shorty works it and cooks it in Project Pat’s new clip. His Cheez-N-Dope mixtape drops January 9.
Last night, Wale catered to the home crowd at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD, giving a live rendition of a few new ones off his Folarin tape. Below, DMVsthemove has more including “Bad”, “Diced Pineapples” and “Bait”.
In typical fashion, 106 & Park ushered in the new year with their celebration for viewers at home. Above, A$AP hits the stage for “Goldie” and “Fuckin Problems”. After the jump, Trinidad James performs “All Gold Everything” and check out interviews from T.I., B.o.B., Meek Mill, Swizz Beatz, MGK and French Montana.
Oh la oh la eh! Yesterday, Chris Martin and Reid both brought the New Year’s Eve house party to the Toyota Center during the Rockets 123-104 win over the Atlanta Hawks. Good thing they didn’t get booed.
Over on the Westside, Kendrick bid farewell to 2012 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. Above, he runs through “m.A.A.d city” and countdowns to the new year after the jump. What a year for K-Dot.
Ryan Seacrest hosted Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve last night. Before the ball dropped, JB entertained Times Square and brought out Big Sean for their collaboration, “As Long As You Love Me”.
With a bottle of Bombay and some good smoke, here’s how Chevy Woods spent his final night of 2012. Gangland 2 coming soon.
Ransom begins his new year with the release of his new mixtape, The Last Don hosted by Big Mike. Tracklist and download link after the jump.
Bad bitches do it and Azealia Banks does it too on her first track of the new year. Expect her debut album Broke With Expensive Taste to drop February 12.
This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.