Here’s the CDQ of the song Elect debuted at his Roc Nation signing event at The Box. Look for full footage of Friday’s show tomorrow. Also look for “Shiny Suit Theory” sooner than you think. Jay season begins! Lyrics on the other side. Link
Somebody else bumped your girl. wrecklawww Sidebar: F SNL? [vodpod id=Video.640523&w=425&h=350&fv=]
For the skinny jeans wearers. Ha! Bonus: ‘Plex takes you through the making of MOTM 2 in stores today. We live this shit!
Fuck it, time to let another one go. Busta and his young artist, Reek black the hell out on Em’s current single for the latest off Rap Radar’s The Mixtape Of The Year. Welcome home, Weezy! Salute to the Dungeon Dragon and yes the joint is tagged the fuck up by DJ Drama and Green Lantern. You don’t want no problems! Ha!
Like we always do at this time: Here’s the third release off Rap Radar’s Mixtape Of The Year. The Internets demanded it and we delivered: The full original Drake reference demo for Mr. Foxx’s “Fall For Your Type”. Pardon me, Jamie. Sorry, Drizzy. Got to give the people what they want. Previously: “Joell Christopher” & “The Ghetto (Remix)”
Free At Last.
Light-skinned Jermaine stayed on his show grind with a new addition, DJ Dummy for a gig at Mansion in our Nation’s Capital this past Saturday. Here he runs through his two singles and gets a strong response from the Howard Homecoming crowd. Also thrown in, some rehearsal footage of “Higher” and “It Won’t Be Long”. Off camera, Cole assured me that there is a mixtape on the way sooner than you think. Stay tuned!
Me thinks Lil’ Kim caught a bad one. Oww.
Although T.I. wasn’t charged with drugs in the L.A. bust last month, his better half isn’t gonna be as fortunate. L.A. County District is charging Tameka Cottle with possession of ecstasy. If convicted she could face a year in jail. Just like her hubby. tmz
Have you seen a galley of Jay-Z’s new book? Me neither. But an unlikely source has and is givin’ it the thumbs up. Kathleen Norris is an acclaimed poet who wrote the best-selling book, The Cloister Walk. Christian spirituality is her beat, but she connected with the 336 page tome. I’ll let her tell it after the jump. fb
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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.