I’ve come to know that I see things with different eyes than the rest of the world which often leads me to different conclusions than most people expect so when this video came across my screen I had to watch it a few times. The first time I watched, I was curious to what they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the record, a ringtone here is defined as a song or sound formatted specifically to play when a phone rings. When I first looked at this I had mixed feelings. On the one hand, it was good that hip hop was the dominate genre but on the other hand I realized that the people […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nas shares his passion for how things used to be.
I have to say, I really hate making statements like this but it seems to be proven over and over again. While this post includes racial topics, it is not intended to be a racial or prejudice issue, just pointing out some observations. There’s been this long standing social stigma that blacks can make something […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No one likes to be made an example of. When it happens in Hip Hop, I guess the only appropriate response is a, well, response Just in case you’re wondering what inspired Hammer to come at Jay-Z, listen to his verse (1:50) in this song to hear him elude to Hammer’s money problems (2:22):
It’s around 7:20 AM and just like any other morning I hope into my car, turn the key and the radio comes on. As always while getting situated, the sounds coming out of the speakers don’t register as intelligible at first. A few seconds pass and I recognize what is going on; a phone prank. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine was listening to a religious talk show on an AM station where the topic was about vulgarity. After the show, my friend called me and asked, "Why is our culture so vulgar? Why is our music so full of references to sex, b’s and h’s?" Of course […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple years ago, I had a few conversations with my friends about how to assemble the best album, crew or label. Thinking about it now, the ideas seem pretty odd but the principles we came up with were reproduced by many and a small few were largely successfully using them. Maybe we were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No not the music festival in Northern New Jersey, I’m talking about songs of the summer. Not that it’s the official summer (Memorial Day being the unofficial starting day but the official start of Reggae Season) and the songs have already started. Here in the Philly area we get one song over and over and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most people watch the VH1 Hip Hop Honors for the performances which is why the show is mostly music and less talking. This is done with good reason because it is about music after all. We want to hear the songs of the people being inducted and see people pay homage to them. Me, I’m […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Time Magazine just released a list of what they’ve deemed The 50 Worst Inventions. Most notable on the list are recent inventions such as the Segway Scooter and the Facebook Application Farmville. I’m no fan of either of them but I am a fan of Hip Hop so let’s take a look at it’s influence […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we lost great pioneering artist in Hip Hop, Guru. In a final note to his fans, Guru wrote: "I, Guru, am writing this letter to my fans, friends and loved ones around the world. I have had a long battle with cancer and have succumbed to the disease. I have suffered with this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I took a little break but now I’m back. I lot of things have happened in Hip Hop so I’ll quickly play catch-up. T-Pain caught some controversy over his show Freaknik on Cartoon Network. I haven’t seen it nor do I want to but I’m sure it has an audience somewhere. The anniversary of our […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Facebook is now built on HipHop, but not the way you may think. HipHop is a customized version of the PHP programming language of which it is built on. Facebook hired a team of engineers to optimize the language to deliver better performance for itself and a better experience for its users. A win-win in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are many words to describe this man but the most important one would be missed.
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