There Are No Albums That I am Co-Signing This Week Except Nas' - The Nigger Tape & Wale's - Mixtape About Nothing...
This is some funny shit because I just feel like saying the word Nigga today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The reason I probably feel like that is because I feel like no matter how hard I try to crack the mold in Corporate America something or someone finds a way to make me feel like they are saying the "N" word behind my back. I would rather you say it up front so I know my check is going to be F'd up before the 15th comes around! Anyway, there are no albums or mixtapes want to co-sign this Tuesday! This is soooooooooooo sad because I was beginning to love Hip-Hop again. I actually bought Lil' Wanye & Plies' albums and didn't download them. I hadn't bought two albums at once since Rick Ross & Fat Joe came out................
Now, Wale's CD wasn't really a surprise for me because his "100 Miles and Running" Mixtape was fire and I never heard one song from him until I downloaded it which he offered for free a few months back. Most East Coaster's heard "Nike Boots" from him and that was probably the version Dipset remixed not the version Lil' Wanye accepted a feature slot for. Either way this dude is bringing the game back where it needs to be. DMV STAND UP!!!! A mixtape that strays away from the typical mixtape cliches, features and themes that haunt America's middle class is where Wale makes his presence ever so strong throughout this 19 track cd. Make sure you stop pass elitaste.com for this great piece of work.
As for Nas, The Nigger Tape is as gritty as "Illmatic" but, as slept on as Nastradamus. Since it is a mixtape, I didn't expect any singles to leak but, it was "Hero" that made me feel like Nas' always has it in him to make that one hit that still is street, conceptual, and has appeal to the masses without sounding corny. Maybe Nas' could teach some of our younger ringtoners some keys to creating real music! Hahahahahaha (Ringtoners....WTF!!!) If you are interested in Nas' teaching us about how the struggle relates to us all go to: http://mixunit.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=11459
NAS - BE A NIGGER TOO (FULL VERSION)
Politics As Usual
A few weeks back I asked my nephew what he wanted for a graduation gift. I know any teenager around his age 16 to 18 years old would suggest they want paper, doe, cheese, bread...etc. Which I was happy to break my oldest nephew off with a few bucks for his hard work throughout High School. Money is essential to the average teenager that is focused on being the next best Rapper or Top Model. To him, he feels like Jay-Z is the G.O.A.T. and Lil' Wayne is the youngest G.O.A.T. He also thinks Nas is a dope MC for being risk taker and always speaking to the youth. The greatest thing my nephew could have ever said was that I was his FAVORITE RAPPER!!! To me that is crazy because he is 18 and I am 9 years older than him. He remembers when I had tapes of In My Lifetime Vol. 1, It Was Written & Life After Death. He remembers that New York Undercover & Martin were the best shows in the 90's. The funniest thing is if it wasn't for me he would probably think just like other kids, that Hip-Hop is all about downloads and ringtone sales. Where did we go wrong?
I TIP my hat to you nephew! You've done your thing throughout your entire 12 years of school. With a 4.5 GPA you have the world in your hands...CONGRATS SHELDON YOU GAVE ME HOPE I CAN DO THIS FOR OUR CITY UNTIL I DIE!!! I PUT ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!
NEW MUSIC FROM Q.P. TODAY CHECK OUT......"WATCH THEY MOUTH" & "REVOLVING DOOR" PRODUCED BY: JAPIRO BELOW:
TOMMORROW THE HIP-HOP ALLIANCE SPEAKS...STEPP LO' DOLLA, RAY VIC, JAPIRO, KEYAIRA CHANEL, Q.P., & EDDIE NUMBERS
STAND OUT Style Warz PERFORMANCES:
Japiro (M.E.P.) - OUR WINNER!!! I appreciate the fact that so many people looked at him as a non issue and he played it cool until it was his turn. He was explosive, plus he wasn't even on NO drug and gun talk!!! He won and he delivered lines like, "He's going to hold his sisters down"....I loved that!! We sooooo need MCs like him to balance all of the negativity and misogyny the is characteristic of modern hip hop. I look forward to seeing him come back and do his thing next month. C-Love 3/26/2006
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