Hip-hop History

One thing that I have noticed that in hip-hop we don't celebrate our history or heritage. Not to say we don't have an understanding of it, but we don't pass it on to the youth the same way as fans of other genres. Rock fans are sure to play classic songs for their kids and their stations have a wider mix of music being played together. When does that happen on urban radio stations? During the

Watch you Daughters part 3- thanks MSNBC

More evidence of what I told you guys earlier.

Soulja-beef?

Now I'm not a fan of Charles Hamilton. The songs I have heard from him haven't done anything for me, so i'm not too biased here. What is interesting is two things, first soulja boy takes the time to comment so he can promote his new album. Classic tactics in ww-hiphop these days. But he is really bold ain't he? He is talking somewhat reckless.The other thing that i don't like about this is his

Aint No Love in the Heart of the City

If you have seen this video or heard a synopsis, it's like this, Joe Budden says "Fuck New York". Now let's look at the context of what he's actually saying. He's saying fuck the New York attitude. And he's right for the most part. Stack Bundles said it best "If more niggas was workers and more rappers was fans/ the game would be like 88 records would move like grams". In New York they are the

Watch Your Daughters part 2!

I'm back with another note to the people with children of the female gender. This time the topic is about watch who your daughters are looking up to. Watch their friends too. But look at who they emulate and show them a wide variety of people and different sides of those people.Just look at beyonce. You cannot let your daughters just listen to the chickenhead music that she puts out on the radio.

Watch Your daughters!

This is an important blog right here. I have a daughter and a lot of you out there have children. Now it is truly important to have strong role models for young boys, don't get me wrong, but you really have to watch out for these young girls today. let me break it down for you....Check youtube, put in any popular song and chances are you're going to find some underaged girl dancing to it in her

Theater of the Mind- Ludacris

So Finally an album I can get somewhat excited about as Ludacris finally drops Theater of the Mind. One of the most underrated artists of today's age is out with what i believe is his 6th album. Coming out with a concept where every song is based off of either a television show or a movie for it's theme. The concept works and it is great to see some innovation...for the most part.From the