“Hustlin’ wit my child.”
No, this joint ain’t about Queens. It’s Nawlins favorite father-son combo (sorry Millers) back with another one from Baby’s next album. The smart money says Priceless hits retail before Rebirth. Belee Dat.
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Props: Xclusives Zone
Never got around to posting this yesterday. Guess you can say I was too busy bloggin’.
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Yup, if you ain’t heard by now, F-A-B-O makes a movie out of himself. This actually looks interesting. Maybe I will check this out next week in New York.
Sidebar: L.A. Screening
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The Talk of New York tells the 1515 Boys that Game shot himself in the foot for leaving the Unit.
“Now he’s thinking about his mistakes. He said in
that interview he might feel a different way the next day. Game is
bipolar. One day he’s this way, the next day he’s the next. When you
got a group like G-Unit … we sold millions of records, we got a lot
of egos. From Buck and Game, I think they just gotta learn how to
control them egos. In their eyes, to me, they got jealous of 50.
They’ll say, ‘Yayo is up under 50’s ass.’ Or ‘He’s 50’s yes-man.’ It’s
not that — I don’t have any hate in my heart towards anybody. I don’t
have hate in my heart towards Game or Buck. But when we built a brand,
G-Unit was selling millions of records like he said — yeah, we was the
Beatles.”
Yep, and Olivia was Yoko Ono. Pow!
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Cory and Drama pledge their allegiance to each other as they plug their upcoming mixtape, Heir To The Throne.
“He sounds like G Rap, and G Rap don’t sell no records. I’m not fuckin’ with Nas.”— Russell Simmons
This has been floating around for some time, but here is Nasir’s 18-year-old demo tape courtesy of Blind I . According to MC Serch in the April 2009 XXL, he took this tape to Faith Newman-Orbach and David Kahne at Columbia Records after getting snubbed by Uncle Rush the same day. Ironically, Nasty Nas is now on the label Russell built. What goes around comes around, my nigga.
YN Update: This is a collection of more than his actual demo. But good music nonetheless. Edutain yourself, kids.
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Here’s an all access look at Fab and Dream’s August 2009 XXL cover shoot. Puffy might’ve invented the remix, but I’ll be damned if Fab didn’t customize it. Check out a list of his collaborations found in the aforementioned issue.
Great breakdown of Statik Selektah’s *Round Trip*! Honestly, this 2023 Mass Appeal release is pure boom-bap bliss from start to finish. Statik really outdid himself with those smooth, jazzy sample flips and turntable scratches, creating the exact kind of laid-back, golden-era hip-hop vibe you want playing in the background while relaxing at Denmark holiday cottages over a quiet weekend. The guest list alone is stacked—having legends like Posdnous kicking things off on the opener "Round Trip (For Dave)" alongside heavy hitters like Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Inspectah Deck on "Unpredictable" makes every track feel like a proper event. Even the newer-school features like Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, and Joey Bada$$ fit effortlessly over the dusty, soulful production without a single wasted verse. Definitely one of his most cohesive projects in years and an easy front-to-back spin for anyone who appreciates real hip-hop craftsmanship.