Yet Another Hip-Hop Blog

Album Review- French Montana- Excuse My French

2013-05-17T22:41:00.000-04:00

For the past three years you could not have missed French Montana even though he didn't have an album out. The Moroccan product has been all over with worldstar videos and his own Coke Boyz DVD's and who can forget the Mac n Cheese mixtape series. Then he linked up with Akon, connected with rick Ross and MMG and eventually signed a label deal with Puffy and Bad Boy. This album has been long

Album Review- Eve - Lip Lock

2013-05-16T22:50:00.000-04:00

Femme fatale Eve was once the hottest female rapper to on the earth. She was the sole female on Ruff Ryders and was known for serious lyrics and a subtle sexuality that wasn't oversold like with Lil' Kim. She turned all of this into modeling and acting gigs which culminated with the TV show "Eve" which ran on the WB for a couple of years. Since then, she has been off the radar thought a couple of

Independent Spotlight

2013-05-14T08:23:00.000-04:00

One thing I have been trying to refrain from doing is respond negatively when someone sends some BS my way through e-mail asking for a feature. I have always felt saying nothing said a lot but I've decided to start changing that. Now my aim isn't to crush as many people as possible, but to provide feedback to as many people as possible and an opportunity for the people who read this blog to be

Album Review - Talib Kweli- Prisoner of Concious

2013-05-08T21:45:00.003-04:00

Talib Kweli is an enigma, stuck in the middle ground for years he has straddled the line between becoming mainstream and remaining underground. Outspoken and very prolific on Twitter, The New York emcee is back with his new release, Prisoner of Concious. The album starts musically with "Human Mic" starts with a decent track as Kweli goes in rapping and touching on his normal topics of social

Recent release reviews....Los, J.Cole, Freshmen 10

2013-05-03T20:30:00.000-04:00

So I will start off with a guy who has been grinding for a few years, Los aka King Los from Baltimore. Now he is sort of like Wale, he may have skills but his personality can be lacking. One of the original members on Puffy's hip-hop version of making the band, after the second iteration failed, he was brought back into the Bad Boy fold which can be a good thing or a really really bad thing

Album Review- LL Cool J- Authentic

2013-04-24T22:26:00.000-04:00

It appears that LL Cool J's recent verse on the Brad Paisley "Accidental Racist" song was not a one off, it was the precursor to another album from Ladies Love. This I'm not sure I agree with, I understand the itch never goes away but if it is going to be more struggle like on Accidental Racist I could definitely do without. So with some trepidation, here is my review of LL Cool J's new album,

Hip-Hop needs a live band other than The Roots

2013-04-17T08:03:00.000-04:00

I have long been a fan of The Roots. Illadelph Halflife is a classic album from beginning to end and the Roots have been very innovative in what they do musically and their ability to achieve a balance with the live music and rapping. The last concert I attended in fact was to see The Roots and The Pharcyde, so I say this not to diss or knock hip-hop's official tour band straight from Philly, but

Open Letter - My take

2013-04-12T21:01:00.000-04:00

So everyone is weighing in on Jay-z's new release, "Open Letter" which came about as a response to right-wing criticism to he and Beyonce spending their fifth wedding anniversary (seriously, five years already?) in Cuba. The outcry came fast and furious, and loudly by Stacy Dash who seems to be still reeling from the revelation that she is a republican and supported Mitt Romney. It got so much

Album Review- Tyga- Hotel California

2013-04-10T22:54:00.000-04:00

So Tyga is often maligned by people of my generation. He isn't the best rapper and he looks like a miniature giraffe with all of the tattoos. In fact he is like a less cool version of Wiz Khalifa. One of the earliest signees to young money, he has had a steady if unspectacular career and almost directly on the heels of Lil Wayne's latest, He is out with "Hotel California" The album goes right in

Accidental Racist

2013-04-10T07:39:00.001-04:00

So LL Cool J is making music headlines for a song he featured on by country artist Brad Paisley called "Accidental Racist" and the reaction has not been good at all. I finally got around to listening to it and I am no country music fan so it felt like nails on my ears for the most part. But I soldiered through to get to LL's verse. Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understoodWhat the world is

Album Review- Papoose- Nacirema Dream

2013-04-08T21:39:00.000-04:00

Papoose is one of the more perplexing figures in hip-hop because he has been around for the better part of a decade as one of the "up and coming" rappers from New York. Before Juelz Santana and Lloyd Banks there was Papoose and the only guy who has had a more difficult time bringing an album out was Saigon. That tells you a lot about Pap but not the entire story, between the label troubles and

Some new Music

2013-04-06T09:42:00.002-04:00

So I am told to listen to this Yelawolf, of course I'm skeptical because the album was underwhelming to sya the least. But I took the word and went into it with an open mind and I must say this joint cranks. If you have a sub in your car, your whip will love you. This isn't just bass beats though cause Yela comes with some fire on here and he has some decent features, "Rhyme Room" with Raekwon

Hypocrisy and changing your stance

2013-04-05T11:46:00.001-04:00

So thankfully Rick Ross has given me a lot to talk and type about recently so i appreciate that but one of the things that bothers me is people who do not know the what hypocrisy is. hy·poc·ri·sy [ hi pókrəssee ] feigned high principles: the false claim to or pretense of having admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings Now why it seems on the surface this is what people are doing it

Hip-hop We Have a problem...

2013-03-29T08:59:00.000-04:00

So I do my daily log onto World Star and I see Ricky Ross 'clearing up' some lyrics on some song with Rocko. Now, I refuse to listen to anything by Rocko so I never heard the song nor lyrics in question. So I listened for the 'explanation' then I listened to the song itself. Rozay is wrong and once again crossed the line. In the song he raps: “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know

TI and Weezy Can Tip save him?

2013-03-25T07:29:00.000-04:00

Now after going through all of the hoopla surrounding Lil Wayne's seizures and subsequent hospital stay, T.I. took the time to not only chastise TMZ for what he considered to be irresponsible coverage of the issues he was going through, but to also announce that the two would be going on tour this summer. It's all good for most aspects of that I guess, i mean these are the two leading icons of

Album Review- Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being II

2013-03-21T21:04:00.000-04:00

So as Wayne is or isn't in an ICU in California recovering from seizures that may or may not be a part of his continued drug use, his album is scheduled for release. I wasn't even aware that it was coming out this soon but here it is and it's maybe because I don't listen to urban radio I missed out on the single. No matter because Lil Wayne is back with his new album release I am Not a Human

Rap Radio and growing up

2013-03-11T21:57:00.000-04:00

So I have just been put on with the Combat Jack show and initially it was due to an interview with the program director of Ny's Hot 97 Ebro Darden ad he went and addressed some of the issues regarding urban radio, song selection, and playlists. I definitely want to get into plenty of the things he brough up and I will try to get up the links to the interviews but you might as well go to the

MTV's Top Ten Hottest 2013

2013-03-09T10:04:00.000-05:00

So of course the always controversial MTV's top ten hottest emcees of 2013 has come out and generated plenty of controversy as is the goal. It's a discussion point, and as that' I'm fine though maybe I should expand my circle cause everyone always says they don't pay attention to these certain people who make it. For a recap just check the image to the left. At first I was totally against

Artists are over emotional now

2013-02-25T08:11:00.000-05:00

Now these guys all want to be known as tough guys but it's funny because it's always the ones trying to prove that they aren't punks who end up in some ridiculous altercation over something completely absurd. Who else remembers Young Berg's multitude of incidents which included getting his chain taken and getting slapped by Maino. This comes to light even more in light of recent events including

Awesome interview with Jermaine Dupri

2013-02-21T07:20:00.000-05:00

Now I have long respected Jermaine Dupri and I love the Breakfast Club and to have J.D. come up and be face to face with Charlamagne who definitely speaks his mind and will ask the harder questions and while it may be more difficult at times to understand some of what he was trying to explain he does end up making some good points. For one, J.D. does get into the issue of relevance and what

Wayne is going off the deep end...

2013-02-19T19:01:00.000-05:00

By now we all know about Lil Wayne's tirade against the NBA and the Miami Heat specifically during this past All-Star weekend in Houston. Apparently he is tired of getting kicked out of stadiums and games. Charlamagne The God of Power 105.1 the Breakfast Club awarded him the "Donkey of the Day" award again. I must agree with this because it was just crazy for Wayne to behave in this manner

Joe Budden - No Love Lost

2013-02-11T07:36:00.000-05:00

So i'm not sure if this is an official release, EP, Mix Tape, or what but Joe is one of the more prolific rappers of this generation, and more than most he is able to spit while still having content. That speaks to the amount of turmoil in his life and constant motion that he is in. He dropped a mix tape in the fall after a Slaughterhouse album and mix tape so he stays busy. The other thing,

Pusha -T Wrath of Caine

2013-02-08T18:34:00.002-05:00

So I have been a fan of Pusha since the last Clipse album and his past few years and bars I have been riding with, so last week he released a new mixtape, Wrath of Caine. Overall, it's more of the same and slightly disappointing though I knew I would come to this moment where he reached his limit of subject and ability. "Millions" with Rick Ross sounds just how you would expect on a song where

Beyonce, Half time and the haters

2013-02-05T19:56:00.002-05:00

First of all let me shout out my Baltimore Ravens for bringing home a title this year it was a great season and a great year for Baltimore Sports as a whole. But for a lot of people, the game is just a sideshow since they either aren't fans of football, or one of the teams playing, for them the game is totally about entertainment and that includes the half time show. Now we all remember the Janet

Not feeling hip-hop right now...

2013-01-29T20:15:00.001-05:00

Look I know the few readers I have are probably pissed off at my hiatus right now. I get it, there are plenty of places to go and get some hip-hop news and highlights but not very many where there are places to get an actual discussion about issues and how they relate in hip-hop. The problem is, there hasn't been a lot to talk about. There are like a bunch of mixtapes and I can't get through them