Hip Hop discussion

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Wu Massacre was too short imo, the average track length must have been 2 minutes. When i listen to wu-tang it's classic shit or nothing.

True, but Apollo Kids by Ghostface was pretty epic

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Kanye goes platinum... Again

[Term-X 7,891]

Lupe Fiasco Official Lasers Album Cover + Details

After the petitions and stalls, Lupe says "Lasers" will be controversial and feature club records as well as thought-provoking tracks.

After a fan initiated petition, and a feud with his label, Lupe Fiasco continues to move forward with the March 8 release of his third album, Lasers. In a post on Twitter last year, Lupe said he and Atlantic Records were in a standoff because he refused to make a more accessible Pop single. The Grammy winning emcee hasn't been on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart since 2009's "Shining Down," but Lupe said he's making an effort to appeal to his core audience as well as mainstream fans.

"This is like the people's album, because it was the fans who wanted it," Lupe recently told KMEL's Big Von. "They petitioned for it when there was a stall on the release date, so it's something that I think is very controversial…there's some very controversial records on the album. It's that good, old-fashioned, Lupe Fiasco, 'Food & Liquor' flow that you're used to. And then it's me breaking barriers—there's some club records on there. A lot of fans said, 'Lupe Fiasco is underrated. Lupe don't get the respect due he should get or the commercial respect that he's due.'"

As previously reported, Lupe will work with The Neptunes as well as Alex Da Kid on Lasers. The latter is behind the boards for the album's third single, "Words I Never Said." The single, which also features Skylar Grey will be released February 1 in anticipation of Lasers' March 1 release date. So far, the album's two previous singles "I'm Beaming" and "The Show Goes On" have failed to chart domestically.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3fEsVyXJGY

I don't really look too deep into it," Lupe added, when asked about his recent lack of crossover success. "But as an artist, that is the barometer in the commercial space. I'm a commercial artist, I put out commercial music for people to buy, play on the radio and shoot videos for. It still has some weight as an artist because that's where art is being rated at."

[LDN Blue 7,903]

This album has all the ingredients to be a classic!

[Styles 9,790]

HAHA, he's pretty good.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Here's a great 3-part mini documentary about Nas & Damien Marley in Jamaica.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

[Term-X 7,891]

Yea, Video for 'Promised Land' looks good. Great to see Distant relatives still going strong.

I've found myself listening to Mos Def's 2009 album 'The Ecstatic' again, it's a dope album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT-hYXqTN38

[Steve 10,227]

Hey Term, you would know. Can you explain the whole Nas and Jay z feud that they had? Like what started it?

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Mos Def is perhaps one of the best freestyle artists to have ever done it, no doubt!

[Term-X 7,891]

Hey Term, you would know. Can you explain the whole Nas and Jay z feud that they had? Like what started it?

After 2pac & biggie died. Nas was Jay-Z's only real competitor, so he initiated it. Which was (imo) a business move by jigga, afterall he is an entrepreneur. Although they had feuds way before the beef came to the publics attention. After Nas was invited to drop a verse for Jay-Z's 'Reasonable Doubt' track "Bring it On", but he never showed up. Jay sampled Nas' 'The world is yours' and there were issues involving the payment.

I recommend checking out this documentary..

[LDN Blue 7,903]

An important thing to remember from Nas & Jay-Z's fued was it purely musical.

Unlike Biggie and Pac's so called "fued", it was purely comprised off seeing who could make the better track. The reason why it's held as the greatest fued ever, is because no guns or violence ever broke out as a result. There was only 1 diss track between Pac and Biggie and that was Hit Em Up. Biggie never replied (Who Shot Ya? doesn't really count), their beef was more about the producers (Diddy vs Knight) than it was the artists.

[Term-X 7,891]

The video for 'I need a Doctor' will be leaking soon..

I was expecting better from Detox though tbh, it's a decent track nevertheless.

[CFC58 22]

take this in

[Term-X 7,891]

take this in

Dope track, Nice use of the Nas sample too.

DJ Premier is a legend, He's one of the greatest producers of all time next to RZA, Dre and all them.

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The DJ Premier beat Kanye & Bun B passed on

According to Gimantalon, this was one of the gems that Premo created specifically for 'Ye, and possibly My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which, as we all know by now never made the cut. Known as the JJ or Jermaine Jackson beat. Bun B also passed on it. Who could y'all hear in your heads over this beautiful joint? Where you at Nasir?

http://hulkshare.com/hql0w7wvo9ce

I can see Kanye not being bad on this, if he used the flow he had on 'Classic'.

[Term-X 7,891]

Official Video from his upcoming album 'Rolling Papers'

[Steve 10,227]

After 2pac & biggie died. Nas was Jay-Z's only real competitor, so he initiated it. Which was (imo) a business move by jigga, afterall he is an entrepreneur. Although they had feuds way before the beef came to the publics attention. After Nas was invited to drop a verse for Jay-Z's 'Reasonable Doubt' track "Bring it On", but he never showed up. Jay sampled Nas' 'The world is yours' and there were issues involving the payment.

I recommend checking out this documentary..

Thanks man will watch it on my next day off from work

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Term you heard The Game's latest mixtape? Purp & Patron?

[Term-X 7,891]

Term you heard The Game's latest mixtape? Purp & Patron?

Some nice tracks, the rest are trash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WviZ13xlXII

This is aight.