When Love Lockdown came out, there were alot of reactions from hip-hop fans. From “this is crap!” to “hip-hop at its best” to “kanye has left us”. We even saw it become a popular issue with our 6 readers. One of the sites I go to regularly, No Trivia is hosted by Brandon Soderberg, nailed why people are reacting so. Smart dude and ally with me on the Metal Lungies’ Beat Drop that happens each month. Well, he put into words what I couldn’t about the current state of hip-hop and where Kanye, Wayne, and these new artists are taking the culture. You should take the time to smarten up (c) Jay to Nas. Intellectual hip-hop journalism. Appreciate it.
First, let me give credit where credit is due. DJ01 of ML fame posted this thread earlier and I happened to stumble upon earlier this afternoon when I took a sick day. A great find! How great? That I’ve been reading it for 3 hours now. Basically, earlier this month Questo invites the Okayplayer heads to post any celebrity’s name and he’ll explain his brush of fame with them. Imagine the Fat Joe on Juan Epstein episode times a hundred thousand trillion. After the jump are my faves. Here is the link for the whole thread. I warn you now, it will take up your evening or afternoon like the time you popped in Malcolm X and realized how late it was when it ended.
What I’ve been waiting for all week. I’m definitely going to play this at the OBEY parties this weekend in San Francisco. I jacked this from Nah Right, who in less than 2 hours had it over 5,000 downloads. Can’t deny its greatness.
I know most people at the VMAs turned it off after seeing the first 5 minutes. But those that like to be tortured enough watched to see Kanye. He performed his new song from his album, 808 and Heartbreaks, which comes out on Dec. 14th. I had a confused reaction at first - the Pee Wee Herman outfit, the need for a haircut, and a weird beat with him on Autotune. But after a full 24 hours of digestion, marination, and processing - I have to admit that this is a dope song. Waiting for the CDQ version but right now I got this on repeat. Thanks to Blind I for the best quality of the video I’ve seen thus far.
5 Comments : Posted by DJ Franchise a/k/a Francis Chiser
Posted on September 9th, 2008
Last year, we posted Cam’s infamous Rhymebook (”Waitress, watch yo’ mouth“) which was straight comedy. Well, Format thought they would take the biter route and do Kanye’s Diary. Pretty funny but not classic. Worth a click or else I wouldn’t have posted it.
The bootleg version of this leaked awhile back but now we got a high quality version of it. I just love this video. Shout out to Lena, Krae, and Shaun - never forget GLID in San Jose! Props to NR for the link.
Comment : Posted by DJ Franchise a/k/a Francis Chiser
Posted on August 25th, 2008
For anyone that downloaded the Glow In The Dark Mixtape last year, you know this song already. One of the standouts on that mixtape, I have been eagerly waiting for the full length version of this song for awhile. Please download and move to your “Hot Ish” Ipod playlist. 88 Keys’ album, Death of Adam, coming soon… Thanks to Blind I and H.E.R for the links and image.
So Friday, the internets was blowing up b/c this song leaked. Tip was not too happy about the leak according to MTV. I kinda felt bad for the dude b/c I can understand making something you feel is going to be eventful and special & then see it prematurely ejaculate. But… as a DJ and hip-hop listener, this song required my attention. And I must say, I think it lives up to the hype. Consider what DJ Khaled does with all his collabo songs and now actually picture good artists, dope beats, and lyrics trying to outdo each other. That’s what this song is. Take a listen. Some might say that T.I. got sonned on his own song by ‘Ye and Jigga. After texting all my homies about the song and my weight loss yesterday, I played it last night in my set. 15% of the crowd smiled and listened intently, like “Is that Kanye? Is that MIA? Is that Jay-Z?”. The other 85% were oblivious b/c they were dumb. No one knew what to do but I didn’t want to be that dude on the mic yelling “World Premiere!”
Jay-Z showed up onstage to perform a new song from the alleged Blueprint 3. The song is called “Jocking Jay-Z”.When does the madness stop? Thanks to Eskay and Enrique for the vid. Intervuews with Angela Yee are below:
Kanye West couldn’t stand it anymore and has blogged about the souljah boy and ice-t rivarly. And he declares that it is okay for souljah boy to keep on doing what he is doing, to keep things fresh and new. Or something, in other news kanye west is whack.
Soulja boy is fresh ass hell and is actually the true meaning of what hip hop is sposed to be. He came from the hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song. He had all of America rapping this summer. If that ain’t Hip Hop then what is? A bunch of wannabe keep it real rappers that ain’t even relevant, recycling samples trying to act like it’s 96 again and all they do is hate on new shit? Niggas always talk about the golden age but for a 13 year old kid, this is the golden age!!! That song was so dope cause everything he said had a hidden meaning… that’s Nas level shit… he just put it over some steel drums which is also some Nas shit if you had the 2nd album cassette with the bonus track “Silent Murder” on it. In closing… new niggas get ya money$$$$$$$$$$ Keep this shit fresh and original…. ain’t no fuckin’ rules to this shit and that’s what real hip hop is to me.
4 Comments : Posted by Weston Deboer
Posted on June 23rd, 2008
