I hit a beat and swing a note as if my name was David Ruffin/ quick to toast an mc just like an english muffin
Check the Tribe Called Quest-esque cover! 9th rounds up a bunch of his friends for his Dream Merchant followup which comes out 10.10.07. Tracklisting:
1 Mr. Dream Merchant Intro
2 Shots f/Big Dho & Sean Price
3 Merchant Of Dreams f/The EMBASSY, Skyzoo & Torae
4 Brooklyn In My Mind f/ Mos Def, Jean Grae & [...]
Hi Haters, I’m back from hiatus a little vacation. While Buhizzle goes on his own trafficking agenda, don’t doubt that I am back in full swing like Nelly in the Batter Up vid.
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[NOTE: For those that read regularly and/or care, I'm taking a short vacation and will be back home at the end of the week, so I figured I'd hit y'all off with a week's worth of content (this post and the 3 preceding posts), just to keep y'all content. That's called a heteronym, people! See [...]
[NOTE: This isn't the album's artwork, just a picture of the group. My promo copy didn't come with cover art (most don't), and I couldn't find it on the net anywhere.]
NYGz, consisting of MCs Panchi and Shabeeno, have been down with DJ Premier and the Gang Starr Foundation for close to a decade. [By the [...]
Chances are you were born yesterday if you thought that Michael Vick’s indictment on charges of dogfighting was not going to turn into a race issue sooner or later. And if that is the case, then don’t feel bad, young’n — your reading level is impeccable considering that you exited your mother’s womb a mere [...]
That is, if an introduction is needed — those in and around the Chicago-area need not apply. A native of the Chi (as the cool kids call it), Pugslee Atomz has been keeping busy for some time. He hosts a show on Chicago Public Access called Hip Hop Barber Shop, which has featured interviews with [...]
Everyone and their step-grandmother (is that possible to have?) has covered the Michael Vick story, wait, hey even WE did! I have just one brief musing on the whole matter. After his first day in court, Vick issued a heartfelt statement..to be read by his lawyer, way to be upfront & directly fight the allegations [...]
Sick. You can’t say Madlib isn’t original. I loved the first Beat Konducta, can’t wait for this one.
Maybe you’ve stumbled across comedian Zach Galifianakis’ homemade video for Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” and thought to yourself, “Oh great, some lame comedian trying to make a name for himself piggy-backing off of someone more famous.” Well, you’d be wrong on 2 counts.
For one thing, though it might not show too much through [...]
Slang plays a big role in hip hop’s popularity. It keeps the genre regionally-divided, while at the same time helps maintain unity. At times it keeps the music current, while other times it brings it back to its roots. It makes sense to the listeners, and confuses the fuck out of outsiders who can’t quite [...]
