Mobbed Up: Hip-Hop's Eight Best Posse Cuts
The best times are always better when you’ve got friends to share them with. That’s true of almost everything, and it’s doubly, triply true of hip-hop. There’s even a specific word for getting your crew together on a song in the rap world—the posse cut, where four or more rappers trade verses in a song. Now granted, DJ Khaled has made a living by clowning on this most respectable of traditions, but that hardly means that every other posse cut is all about shrieking “We the best!” For your consideration then: the eight best posse cuts that totally aren’t by... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayYoung Jeezy and Bun B to Play Drake's Music Festival
Headlining on the second stage: Downtown Sasquatch! (Last Degrassi joke, we promise!)... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGood in the Hood: The Very Best of The Hood Internet
The past two weeks have been fruitful for The Hood Internet... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayAwesome of the Day: Young Jeezy and Clipse Ad-Lib Posters
If Lil Jon popularized the hip-hop ad-lib, Young Jeezy elevated it to an art form. For the uninitiated, an ad-lib is something that a rapper shouts during a verse to add flavor to their songs. Remember that no-longer-funny Dave Chapelle skit where he made fun of Lil Jon’s oft-hollered WHATs and OKAYs? Those were ad-libs that Chapelle was mocking.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayDrake: Thank Me Later
It’s difficult to manage expectations when you’ve been called the Next Big Thing in the hip-hop game for a year running. So it goes for actor-turned-rapper Drake with Thank Me Later, the debut studio album from Lil Wayne’s brightest and most visible Young Money protégé. And it’s a problem Drake created for himself, or certainly didn’t try to solve—this is the same guy who once bragged about “buzz so big I could probably sell a blank disc.”... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsJay-Z, Young Jeezy and Trey Songz Tour, Contemplate Album Together
Jay-Z announced last week that R&B singer Trey Songz would be joining him and Young Jeezy for the next leg of Jay’s BP3 tour, and apparently the group, self-christened the Mob Squad, has some great chemistry. Songz recently told MTV’s Mixtape Daily, “The way Jay explained it to me, he wanted to give people the best show possible. They could have easily done it by themselves and it’d be great. But [Jay] wanted to give the best show. All of us bring a separate aspect to the table, making it a great show all the way. I’m there for the... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJay-Z: The Blueprint 3
In September of 2001 Jay-Z dropped his magnum opus... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsDef Jam preps 2LP comp for anniversary, Record Store Day
Hip-hop is in a collaborative frenzy right now. Nearly every big-name release has a small horde of featured artists, and producers and emcees are passed around the studios like so many communion chalices. Even so, uniting an entire label's best and brightest is no mean feat, since so many titanic egos would have to play nice to squeeze onto a single album. Def Jam, rap mecca that it is, is artfully sidestepping this problem by releasing a double-vinyl compilation in celebration of the label's 25th anniversary. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWhoa, We're 8.333% There: The 10 Greatest Musical Things I Experienced in the First Month of 2009
So much for January 2009, huh? That was quick. Seems like only yesterday we had a different president, Valentine's Day was more than a couple weeks off and, um, other vaguely January stuff was happening left and right.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayKanye West hosts 808s & Heartbreak listening party
By now you've probably heard about Kanye West's bizarro listening party this week for his upcoming LP 808s & Heartbreaks . More than 700 guests showed up for the L.A. exhibition curated by artist Vanessa Beecroft, not to mention the 40 nude women in faux-lambswool masks that lined the walls.... read more
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