Guess the 18th Letter is really gonna put an album out this year. Sad but true, the God has lost a step or two. No disrespect. “Holy Are You” > All the rest. Full snippet stream from across the pond. Props: 2DB via CWR
So Earl Simmons showed up to a concert in Colorado last night and wasn’t allowed to perform. Thus, a battle between X and his crew vs. the security broke out. Pretty crazy footage. Even crazier is the revelation that the promoter ’caused all the whole fracas. More after the jump. Props: Real Talk NY
After the original, if you patiently wait a long-ass fuckin’ time it’s probably this… With No Ceilings on the way, it looks like Mixtape Weezy season has begun. Word on the Internets: A lot of leftover joints will drop like birdshit this week. Props: NR via TS Update: Trick or Treat.
Look who called into Shade 45 on a Saturday afternoon. Can someone tell David Brown you can’t come home again. Sidebar: I don’t think 50’s the forgiving type.
Guess you gotta get an R&B chick in your video. What’s Drake gonna come up with? Ha! ThisIs50 Previously: On The Set: 50 Cent & Ne-Yo “Baby By Me” Sidebar: Nice haircut, Clinton! HHNM
Looks like Fuck Boy got Diddy’s main squeeze to be in his second video of the big comeback. Sean keeps lookin’ out for the kid. SMH. Props: Hip Hop-N-More
I kinda feel like I work for this guy. Hope you had a fine Born Day! Sidebar: Sak Pase!
You know what time it is. Guccimerica. Tracklist and two more mixtapes after the jump. Props: Nigel D.
In case you ain’t heard by now, it’s Drake’s Saturday. This is an early unfinished take of a joint off Timbo’s Shock Value 2. Sounds like some typical Drizzy to me. Which means it’s pretty good. Props: DJ Neptune Sidebar: Anybody ready for them Gucci mixtapes? Burrr!
You peeped the video tease, now here’s the first single off Red’s 9 1/2 album. Fingers crossed, it drops December 8th. Always gotta respect Mr. Noble, he made alotta Def Jams. Ha!
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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.