A great portion of today’s urban music, some say, has crossed the line of tastefulness. I’m not talking about the booty-shakin’ in rap videos or the other, extra risque things that occur on the screen, but the content of the songs. Although the latter has been cause for concern, I’ll leave Superhead and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jay-Z’
Old People did it too……
Posted: May 26, 2009 in Commentary, HumorTags: Ain't no Woman Like the One I Got, Ain't Nothin' goin' on but the rent, Amil, Beanie Sigel, Come go With Me, Do it Again, Do Me Baby, Fuckin' you Tonight, Gold Digger, Gwen Guthrie, Hitmen, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Me and My Bitch, Modern Day Music, No Homo, Notorious BIG, Old School Jams, Prince, R. Kelly, Superhead, Tasteless, Teddy Pendegrass, The Four Tops, The Mashed Potato, The Twist, video hoe, Vulgar
Eminem…The Best Rapper Alive??????
Posted: October 14, 2008 in Commentary, My LIfe, UpliftingTags: Andre 3000, Billy Johnson Jr., Black Community, Black Girl Lost, Bracket, Conscious Rap, Eminem, Encore, Ether, Gangster Rap, I Can, Illmatic, Jay-Z, Joe Budden, Lauren Hill, Life's A Bitch, Lil Kim, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Mobb Deep, Nas, Nelly, Notorious BIG, Rewind, Second Childhood, Stillmatic, T.I., The Best Raper Alive, The Game, Untitled, Vibe Magazine, Wu Tang Clan, yahoo article
On the heels of my latest post, Another ENCORE, Please, I came across an article on Yahoo’s featured news page, written by their Hip-Hop writer, Billy Johnson Jr., that reported, “Last week Vibe magazine announced that Eminem had won its Best Rapper Alive competition.” Although I am a fan of Em’s, I don’t agree with the ruling. [...]
Crow doesn’t taste so bad…
Posted: November 7, 2009 in Commentary, My LIfeTags: Best Rapper Alive, Ether, Jay-Z, Nas, Reasonable Doubt, Takeover
I pride myself on being an individual as I go through life, foregoing trends, dodging the “norm”, and I try to avoid being what society says I am, or should be. My personal style, the way I speak, and even some of the music I listen to are all atypical of [...]