Complex Magazine: As a Puerto Rican rapper, have you ever been criticized for using the N Word? No absolutely not. Because blacks and Latinos anywhere you go in any hood, any ghetto, we’re right beside each other, and with each other all the time especially in New York City. They’ve been calling me “that nigga†[…]
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEcsWtXSDY8] Man Jay need to do something like this. Ps. This hook is mad gay.
Download G-Unit – I’m Leaving G-unit album coming, so of course, 50 got to go at Flow Joe. This track go hard though, is the old Fifty coming back?
**Disclaimer: This article was inspired by the fact that its 2008 and NY rap hasn’t had any prominence since ’98. **
It’s no secret New York’s hip hop scene has taken a backseat to them country boys in the South. The sad thing is it has been almost 10 long years that them boys south of the mason dixon have had a grip on the game. 10 long painful years, I might add. How did we get to this point? Isn’t New York the hip hop mecca? Didn’t we invent hip hop? Sure we had Fifty and those G-Unit guys for a minute, but Fifty was pretty much rappen with a twang when he was hot back in ’03. And as for Jigga, he’s loved so much, because he’s all we got. The purpose of this discussion is to figure out why New York ain’t on top. Check out the 5 reasons NY Rap is dead. Read more
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_qu03ADpjo] Man watching this got me thinking about how rocking sunglasses in doors is so 2007. After I watched that BET special “Brown and Black” and seeing Fat Joe rocking shades while be interviewed in a dark room got me thinking how out of touch these old rappers are with reality. I mean how do […]
I rarely hear rappers talk about how they acquired their rap riches (let me finish), specifically relating to how much do they get per album sold. We always hear rappers talk about how much crack they sold or how much they are currently selling, which is all lies and exaggerations. That’s why I find it so interesting when Fat Joe (of all people) breaking down the financial aspect of selling records like we’ve never heard before. Read more
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v1RZ-Nv4xg] It’s funny Joe calling Fifty a clown, look at what dude’s wearing, ain’t that the pot calling the kettle black. But check this, dude murders the booth. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj4dYxVqrVM]
1. “Intro” FT. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League 2. “Way Mo’ (Trilla)” 3. “Speedin’” FT. The Runners R. Kelly 5. *”Interlude #1″ FT. Cool and Dre 6. “Street Money” FT. J Rock Flo-Rida 7. “Criminal Mind” FT. Cool and Dre Akon & Triple C 8. “Mecca of the Trill” FT. J Rock Freeway 10. “Luxury Tax” FT. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. […]
