Archive for November, 2008
Check out the pics from this years AMAs… The American Music Awards have been around since 1973 and is one of the biggest award events every year. The 36th Annual 2008 American Music Awards aired Nov. 23 and was one of the best awards show this year. In the past year, many artists have put out new albums and music videos and have promoted their material everywhere they can; for a few artists, success and fame reached a new level this year. Had to do a gallery of the ladies of the 08 AMAs. Check out Mariah, Beyonce, Rihanna, and the rest of the 08 performance line up!
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. I couldn’t find a big enough picture of Akili so this will have to do. Recently 2DopeBoyz introduced me to LiveSoul and now I am seeing these guys all over the place. Akili is an MC in the group and this is one of his solo tracks. It is pretty dope and is similar to the style of the group as a whole. Click the article below to check out LiveSoul as a group. Sidenote: LiveSoul really should’ve checked their name out before they decided on it, in college a friend turned me onto a group called Soulive who are similar in their jazzy hip-hop style.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. A new (but short) track from my favorite southern rapper. Here is the title track off of the DJ Clark Kent Black Friday Massacre being released in honor of his Air Force 1’s with the same name. Bun rhymes over Geto Boys’ “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” instrumental and tears it up and the whole time he is rhyming about his sneakers haha. I knew Bun was a sneakerhead and this song proves it.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. The people over at Complex bring us a new joint from everyone’s favorite cocaine rappers. “Big Dreams” is off of the upcoming mixtape Road to Till the Casket Drops. Clipse are the most underrated rappers when it comes to wordplay, I am always picking up new things about what they are saying everytime I listen. The Lauren London message at the end is hysterical too! That image is ridiculous. It definitely looks like it should be a movie poster or something. I saw it the other day and was wondering if it was related to a video and now we have our answer. The song is alright, I wasn’t really feeling it too much to be honest, not hating, just isn’t really my thing. He has built up a decent internet buzz recently so I will definitely check some more of his stuff out before I come to any conclusions about his solo work. If you’re feeling this song, Evidence has The Layover EP/DVD out now so go grab it.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. I was wondering what the hell was going on with Common’s new album, Universal Mind Control, and then I get hit up with this track today. I almost forgot what Kanye rapping sounded like until this track. When Common and ‘Ye team up their songs have always been crazy. “The Food” from Be (the song recorded on the Chapelle Show) was one of my favorites for a while and that whole album was executive produced by Mr. West. Also this is the first time that I remember them rhyming over someone else’s beat and not a Kanye track, but I could be wrong about that.
From left field comes this story reported by AllHipHop. John Forte, a former producer and associate of the Fugees, has had his 14 year sentence commuted today by President Bush. It is common for American presidents to grant pardons at the end of their terms in an act that can not be refuted. There is some shadiness involved with this but on the flip-side of the argument a lot of good can also be achieved by righting incorrect judgements without the constant hassle of being brought back to court, or even worse still being in jail. I expected Bush to err more on the shady-side of these pardons at the end of his final term, and although that may still happen, he has stunned me with this one. Hit the break to read more.
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