So here’s another rumor that went down while I was trying to grab some shut eye. At last night’s show in the NYC, Pusha T dissed Jay-Z as evidenced by the bars he spit above? Once agin, Minya Oh clears up the madness. The verse is actually from “Big Dreams” off the last mixtape the VA duo dropped. So if it’s a shot, it’s an old shot, big shot. Ha!
Author: YN
Over night, a terrible and false rumor was started that Kanye West died in a car accident. It’s completely untrue and his ladyfriend took to Twitter (where RIP Kanye West is still a trending topic) to clear up the madness. The Taylor Swift thing was wrong but it’s amazing how much heat this guy still has on him. So much for a post-racial America. Spotted: Miss Info
Miss Info got the scoop from Angie Martinez, a good friend of Po’s who visited him often in prison, and it looks he will indeed be sent back to Belize. Shyne’s team is fighting to stay in the US where his mother and his grandmother live and where they raised him….but it seems like he’s going to have to continue the fight from Belize. Shyne will be released from Immigration custody but will then be deported to Belize soon. He […]
“Dang! She called me Usher.” Just to get you hype. We’re 24 hours away! Don’t think tomorrow is gonna be as much fun for Fuck Boy. Ha! Update: Look who’s touring.
“Heavy like a ’57 Chevy.” Mo Garland. He went and put me on. This new Z-Ro is kinda tough. I contend not enough of my fellow sites out here show love to the homies down below. East Coast bias? Yeah, we off that! A lil’ country hip-hop never hurt nobody. Ride out! Props: Blogger Noz
Here’s another one floating around the Internets from Weezy’s studio. A snippet of this leaked this past Spring. Sound quality is YouTube-ish, but I can still hear hit potential. Watch Birdman make the YM bunch do this one over. Truthfully: I’m quietly hoping the only album Mr. Carter puts out this year is one with his eclectic bunch. Ha! Props: Sermon
Sorry William, but I couldn’t get through listening to your new shit. I tried. Good intentions. Bad music. Really bad. Joe Jackson bad! Still, you’re more hip-hop than you probably know. I’ll always rock with you Cos for this one. Everybody sing along! Sidebar: For the lost disco kids.
Kinda tough competing with Gucci Mania, but I say Jeezy is still doin’ his thing. Here’s the song he debuted at that party a week or so ago in full. In case you ain’t know by now, trappin’ ain’t dead. Got it? Finally? Good! Props: UHTN Bonus: Don’t know where you’re goin’, if you don’t know where you’ve been. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3694519&w=425&h=350&fv=m%3D4192453%26type%3Dvideo%26a%3D0]
Pardon Uncle Russy’s tardiness, but I gather Hov reaching his 11th #1 album has finally impacted him. Now this what the fuck I call a delayed reaction. Here’s a sample of his new GG blog: Looking back at his amazing career, it suddenly dawned on me, that in a hundred years from now, we’re gonna be talking about Jay-Z. When we think of hip-hop, we will think of Jay. But what is even more important than his album sales, is […]
“So just pull the trigger.” Barbed wire across the boobs? Ouch! As far as the music goes, a lot of bass, sultry, theatric… Ok, I’m wit it. But then again, I already got my Team Ri Ri jersey on. Ha! Props: Mr. X Bonus: Splash got the instrumental. Think you can sing better, songbird? Knock yourself out!
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.