Hope he means in terms of popularity, not girth. Since we are all celebrating the release of 808s and Heartbreak, I thought it is proper to end the week talking about the Louis Vuitton Don once again. At the American Music Awards Kanye decided to get all “bigger than Jesus” by declaring that he wanted [...]
HE GOOD: Innovative mixture of sounds; raw subject matter; its still a Kanye production. THE BAD: Simplistic lyrics; none of Kanye’s signature swag; some sounds were never meant to be together. BOTTOM LINE: Heartbreak stretches even the broadest definition of what hip-hop is. YFWB RATING: 2.5 out of 5 Admittedly, one of the most challenging [...]
Complex Mag has a cover story on Dipset leader and swagger monitor Jim Jones. An interesting sit-down to be sure. As usual, B-Double has the hook up. I gotta say, Complex seems to be pretty taken with Capo. I just don’t see it. “Ballin” was hot, but I just don’t see this slow rapping thespian [...]
As you’ve heard, Yeezy decided to bless the public with his thoughts on 808 and Heartbreak and all the chatter the new album has created. Why read the whole transcript when your boy B-Double pulled out the gems? Let’s get to it. #1: “What’s good is that it’s therapeutic for me, and it’s a better [...]
I like rappers who help themselves. What I mean by that is that I appreciate rappers who are all about that hustle when they get in the boot. Put yet another way, I want these artist to work to get me to buy/download/listen to their lastest product. I don’t need to tell you all that [...]
