808s and Boom Bap?
Kamaal just dropped his latest all-star rap remix on q-tip.com. If you’re not a member yet—you played yourself. Love the “Heartbreak Hotel” bridge replay in the mix. I’m ready for The Renaissance Deluxe Edition.
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The homie Sha from MTV is at it again. He just put a tribute up of the last great R&B album. Has it really been 5 years since Usher changed the game with Confessions? Shit the first half of that album is still undisputed. “Yeah.” “Throwback.” “Confessions 2.” “Burn.” “Caught Up.” SMH. You can’t even compare it to the last train wreck he put out last year. As a wise man once told me, that shit was “difficult.” But shit, let me step out of the way and let Mr. Reid reflect:
Usher’s Confessions Still Holds Up After Five Years
Sidebar: Number #1 is racist!
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I love it, who needs a radio station to do a radio show. Watch DJ Drama get his Clark Kent on and try to make sense out of the mumblings of Gucci Mane. Can’t believe Mr. Thanks gassed this nigga to think he’s top 5 of anything. Big, Pac, Jay, T.I. and… Gucci? Niggas please.
True story: I’ve been breakin’ Joey IE from Asylum’s balls (no homo) for some exclusive content. So when Gucci came up to Asylum he got him on the phone with B Dot but the convo was so terribly boring, we decided not to run it. This ATLien needs some media training. Mike Jones got more personality than this guy. He must be a killa.
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Before boarding an early morning flight from Paris, Pharrell makes his way into an airport McDonalds for breakfast. After telling cashier that he might miss his flight, this nigga gets his Leroy Johnson on.
“I want a Big Mac, Filet-O-Fish, Quarter Pounder, French Fries / Icy Coke, Thick Shakes, Sundaes, Apple Pie.”
God, imagine what he’d do for a pork chop. SMH
Props: Rap-Up
In the April/May issue of KING magazine, triple O.G. journalist, Ben Detrick focuses on rappers slowly approaching the big 4-0. Age slow, homies.
YN Edit: I didn’t photoshop this. Sorry, SC! Ha!
This week, our favorite son of a gun slices and dices 50 Cent’s haunting track.
“I use to skate at Skate Key, niggas use to hate me/ Played the beef safely, and they ain’t never steak me.” What y’all know about Skate Key?
“Shut Ur Bloodclot Mouth”
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Last Week: Tuesdays With Cory: “Amazing”
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That Kriss Kross money must be longer than a muthafucka. In the second installment of Living The Life (Cribs Edition), Janet’s boy toy shows off the outside of Buckingham Palace his mansion and his DJing skills.
PREVIOUSLY: Living The Life: Beatmaking 101
BEFORE THAT: Living The Life: Twitter Update
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everyone makes their own music, yes, in the past it was done differently, but society and people have changed so "making music" has also changed, let's say that before 2000 the songs were more beautiful, rap has changed with society.