With Haiku Mixtape Review, we will use the ancient Japanese poetry structure to review the latest mixtape joints to hit the street. Knowledge and insight for your consideration – in a tasty little 5-7-5 format.
The next episode: The Game’s “Purp & Patron”
Newcomer Kid Cudi covers the September issue of Complex magazine and in the interview, he talks about “the hell” he’s going through being a recognized artist and having to deal with groupies, labels and the insanity of the record business. After reading about how difficult hip-hop is on rappers these days, it got me thinking [...]
Its easy to dismiss Chuck Taylor as just some MC trying to keep his name in the street by going at your favorite rapper. But as my man Guy Fawkes over at IllCuts reminds us with his latest original compilation, The Game has been beefing since day one. Dude has thrown darts at pretty much [...]
Can we stop it now with all the rappers who are vying for attention by threatening to quit the rap game? It seems newcomer and Kanye little brother Kid Cudi let us know through his blog, caps and all (is that a clause in the G.O.O.D. Music contract?) that he plans on hanging up his [...]
With some new Dre material dropping this week and the “Crack A Bottle” single (temporarily, word to Flo Rida) breaking digital sales records, Aftermath looks like a powerhouse right now. But I can’t help but think that the label that Andre Young built could have become a hip-hop institution if its founder didn’t spend so [...]
There are a gang of rappers who must be thanking Big Baby Jesus himself that 50 Cent has found a new outlet for his frustrations and turned his eye to annihilating Ricky Ross. While Fifty is busy murking Officer Ricky’s career (and some serious collateral damage on rap music itself), it does provide a golden [...]
This won’t take long. When 50 Cent first came out, he energized rap with Get Rich Or Die Tryin‘. As YFWB readers know, I respect Fifty for putting a competitive spirit back in the game. He took it to lazy rappers. At the same time, he brought rap to another level of popularity, bringing real, [...]
NOTE: Swiped by my friends over at Nappy Afro, who then had it jacked and completely bastardized by the usually on-point Smoking Section. SMH. YFWB gets people talking, ya heard? Nasir Jones recently conducted an interview where he told the world that he will indeed by on the much-anticipated Detox- whenever it gets released. Happy [...]
DOWNLOAD Once again, the Midnight Marauders Collective comes through with that exclusive ish. This time, my man Kev over at This Is Hip Hop put together a dope compilation of joints left off of this summer’s LAX. Tracklist after the jump.
