Click here to listen to the full album preview of Finding Forever on AOL
Common is back with the highly anticipated new album “Finding Forever”. The official first track off the album the “Intro” is a dreamy, old school sounding track with no lyrics that serves to break down your defenses and expectations about what is [...]
Shot at 2007-07-03
In Rap, Inner War Can Be a Trap
By KELEFA SANNEH from the NYTimes.com posted on July 3, 2007
T. I. is hardly the first successful rapper to come down with split-personality disorder. Eminem made millions by pitting the tormented Marshall Mathers against the mischievous Slim Shady. Tupac Shakur morphed into Makaveli when he made [...]
Click here to listen to the Full Album Preview of “Double Up” on AOL
R. Kelly starts off his new album with “The Champ” and it is clear that he has a lot of anger and aggression he is trying to get off his chest. He has been through a lot of drama and fallen in [...]
Click here to hear the full album preview of Bobby Valentino- Special Occasion (From 5/7 to 5/21)
Right from the intro, I’m in love! I will admit from the jump, I love Bobby Valentino. As a matter of fact, Bobby V is the reason why I started blogging on this site. I didn’t like thehonorable always dogging [...]
Click here to check out the full album preview of Ne-Yo’s Because of You
The album starts out with the song, “Because of You”. Ne-Yo ironically channels Michael Jackson to sing about a subject I’m sure we all can agree MJ has no idea about: an addiction to sex. lol. This song is making some waves [...]
Click here to listen to full CD preview of Hip Hop is Dead.
With this album, Nas had to prove that his declaration that “Hip Hop is Dead” is not just a clever marketing ploy to stir up controversy to sell more records. One can’t make such a bold statement without having the basis to back [...]
Ahem…So as I prepare “My Thesis” on Iceberg Slim’s latest effort, “Kingdom Come,” I feel a strange air come over me. I don’t know what it is exactly. All I know is that something about this cd, something about Jay’s legacy thus far…something about his appeal to the masses almost charges me to be on [...]
