Loosie is about a track, scoring my life. “Smile,” Jay-Z 4:44, Jay-Z’s 13th studio album, dropped when I was wrestling my courage to the ground. Had to shoot it to get some act right. Jay’s moms, Gloria Carter, spits a poem at the end. I was listening to it on my way home. Right when I opened the door to my apartment, she finished her verse with, “Smile.” The track itself is dope. Jay talks about his mother at the beginning …
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The first time I met Harlemite rapper, producer, filmmaker, and actor Mtume Gant aka Core Rhythm, was in our Harlem Renaissance class at SUNY Purchase College. Gant usually had the most to say when it came to class discussions about our reading assignments. He was so vocal and passionate that I felt intimidated to raise my hand. Thoughtful, and progressive ideas effortlessly sprung off his tongue. There were few places where our opinions diverged. Most times, I was envious of …
Rapper Bambu’s eighth studio album Prey For The Devil cuts through like a box cutter to the face. It’s a tightly executed thematic album and it’s one of my favorite albums of last year. OJ the Producer and DJ Phatrick’s production works like a stage for a rapper who uses his words for a molotov cocktail. Bam is woke as fuck. Sad that he ain’t saying nothing new. Sadder that what he’s saying feels new. Click bate makes history feel irrelevant and …
One of the great emcees of Hip-Hop passed on 14 years ago today February 7th. Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), whose name is mentioned along side other great emcees such as Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Tupac, and The Notorious B.I.G. A skilled emcee, known for his use of alliteration, internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes, who at the time of his passing had two albums out; Capital Punishment (1998) and Yeeeah Baby (2000). Pun passed away while his music career was just about to take off …
Queens, New York City rapper Rekstizzy expressed his love for the famous Huy Fong Sriracha hot sauce, which has been forced by LA county officials to shutdown it’s factory, due to neighborhood complaints of alleged smells, and alleged eye burning from factory fumes . Rekstizzy is also promoting shirts for the Hoy Fong Sriracha lovers out there to rep. Rep the Cock #FREESRACCI shirts here. Also cop his debut album Whatever You Say on itunes. Included below is the #FREESRACCI video, interview with Dumbfounded (DFD, …
