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, [...]
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 there [...]
