Album Review- J. Cole- Coleworld: The Sideline story

J. Cole, Drake, and Wale are like the new holy trinity of hip-hop, all three being hyped and promoted each by another of hip-hops current heavyweights. Wale and Drake both dropped last year and Cole has been sitting on the shelf for a while, dropping highly respected mix tapes but his actual album release was much in doubt. With little fanfare compared to the others, September finally saw the

Album Review- Watch The Throne- Kanye West and Jay Z

I knew it. The album I was least excited to hear is out and its every bit of the self indulgent narcissim that I expected. While there are always going to be shining moments when you have two artists of this caliber, there is also potential for disaster when you have two superstars who have in the past displayed a tendency to do whatever they want with no one saying nary a negative word even when

Your Keeping it Real Friends can Keep you Broke

Well not really broke because we are talking about some rather successful artists and guys who have a higher income than the average person for the most part. However, in a discussion about Puff (yes, this dude is like the bane of my existence right now) I sort of realized that those same guys you hang around to 'keep you grounded' can also "Keep you Grounded".

To explain let me first look at