Rabu, 06 Oktober 2010

Wacka Flocka Flame Wants to Work with Nas

Wow! That is shocking right? But it is funny that so many people are recognizing the genius, the God Son, the Picasso of the rap game; Nas. Check out what Wacka Flocka had to say about wanting to work with The Best Rapper Alive.

Flame marked a career milestone today with the release of his debut album Flockaveli. But the Brick Squad emcee also has his sights set on achieving a surprise pairing with Queensbridge legend Nas. Several months ago, Waka Flocka cited Nas to AllHipHop.com as his choice for the best rapper of all time. With his name continuing to gain momentum via his well-received singles, Flocka is open to working with more artists outside his camp, as he did on his latest hit "No Hands." When given a list of emcees, Flocka became visibly excited at the idea of working with Nas. "Excuse my language but h*ll yeah!"

I think i might just check this guy out for the one reason that he recognized Nas.


Okay, i would like to hear from you guys; what do you think about the collaboration? That is if it ever happens.

Minggu, 03 Oktober 2010

What Do You Think About Eminem and Lil Wayne's "no love"

The funny thing is that i thought about this song, and next thing, it comes up on my Ipod. I am actually plugged up as i am typing; it helps me concentrate. Anyway, back to what i want to talk about. A lot of people became fans of Eminem's music after Recovery dropped, and i would not blame them; Em is killing it on every track. The track i want to talk about today is No Love, it is almost like eminem put wayne on that track to show him that he was better. And i think everybody would agree with me that em killed that track

So, my question is; what do you think about wayne's verse on that song? Me, personally, i think wayne tried his best, he burst some nice bars, but em SPAZZED out on some rap flipping shit. My friend is always talking about how em killed wayne; well, i think em did kill wayne, but wayne held his...

Below is how the track came about: explained by music producer, Just Blaze.
"The song was sitting on my hard drive for a few months," Just revealed in an interview. "I went down to Miami and brought it to Wayne. We did his part together. He's real laid back and just kind of on his own plane...He went into the vocal booth for like an hour or two and had his rhyme...I gave [Eminem] the framework of what the record could be about and a couple vocal ideas that I had for the hook. He knocked it out like two days later...After it was completed, I went back and added me singing the 'No Love' part." (VIBE)


The video dropped yesterday by the way.

Kamis, 30 September 2010

R&B Feauture- Nina David; The Next Big Thing




I have always been blessed with the gift of telling a hit when it was just another song from the album; or a star when he/she was just a struggling artiste. Today, right now, i am here to tell you that i recognize a star in the making in new comer, r&b singer, Nina David. She has all the qualities that can only translate to super stardom, so i say to you; WATCH OUT FOR NINA DA DIVA.

I would give you a little tip of the ice berg which would include a short biography, and what i think she is going to achieve in the Nigerian music industry, which is blowing up right now. She grew up listening to Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey; this alone should tell you that she is well grounded in her music, because any music enthusiast would know that those three names were some of the biggest and must talented r&b acts of the 90's.

She wondered how they seemed to live their audience in awe while performing on stage, and also the fact that their music always felt heavenly to her. As an early teen, she started writing her on lyrics, and turned it to a hubby. While girls of her age(and her beauty) where getting in trouble, she was busy in the School of Self Development, and i must say it paid off quiet well. In this world, what you sow is what you rip; what you put in is what you get. All her years of dreaming and practicing are now paying off.

Of course, success those not come without it's challenges, i guess that is what they mean by the saying; "life is not a bird of roses". But in her chase, it was not really a case of problems or challenges, but the fact that she was almost derailed with her Modeling Prospects. Because of her Striking Beauty and Startling height, she found herself succeeding in the modeling industry. But, as she said herself, one hardly forgets their first love. In her case, it was the love for music; the love of singing to heal people emotionally and making them feel better; singing to pass a message; performing and putting up a show for a lot of people to be entertained.

This ended up in her tracing her roots back to the music industry. She has two singles on radio presently, "sisi eko" and "sugar daddy". I can say she is a super blend of Class, Sassyness and deep lyrics right in the middle. That is all i would say for now, so that she would have the Awe effect on you when you hear her or see her on T.V.

In my study of the most successful people in the music industry the world over, and also in different spheres of life, i found out that they have one in thing in common; they all knew at a very tender age that they would be great at what they did, and they never doubted it, which made them stay on that dream till they achieved. Lil Wanye started rapping when he was 13 years old, he didn't blow up till 3 years ago when he was 25 years old; Nas started rapping when he was10 years old, and dropped his classic debut album, ILLMATIC, when he was 20years old; Beyonce started singing, and was in her group with Kelly Roland when they were bought 9, she didn't blow up until she was 15 years old(with Destiny's Child), Jay-z started rapping when he was 20 years old, but didn't drop his first album, Reasonable Doubt, till when he was 27 years old. I can go on and on, but one thing that all this people did was to hold on to their dreams and persist until they made it, and when you do that, God would pay you back for all the years you stuck to your dream and did not give up.


So, i say to you that i greatly think Nina David has paid her dues, and it is time for her to rip the fruits of her labour.


Watch Out for Nina David!!!

Minggu, 26 September 2010

Rap Albums on Billboard 200 Album Charts.

This should have come earlier, but i guess it is better late than ever.

Eminem's Recovery album sold 89k this week, bringing the total to 2,590,000.
Drake's thank me later album sold 20k, bringing the total to 1,071,000.
Rick Ross's Teflon Don album did 13k this week, and the overall total is at 395,000- almost gold.
B.o.b's Adventures of bobby ray is at a total of 404,000, selling 10k this week.
Fabolous is the only rapper with a mixtape on the charts this week; his There is no Competition2 mixtape sold 3,900 this week, bringing the total up to 22,000 sold so far.

Unless another hot rap album drops soo, em will continue his dorminance.

Kamis, 23 September 2010

Fabolous Names His Top 10 Rap/R&B Collaborations

Since the early 90's, there have been a lot of collaboration between the two genre's; rap and r&b, and i think they have been wonderful. Below is Rapper fab's top 10; that is, his own opinion of the best rap and r&b collabo's.

1) Method Man Feat. Mary J. Blige, "I'll Be There For You/You're All That I Need To Get By" 2) Nas Feat. Lauryn Hill, "If I Ruled the World" 3) DMX Feat. Sisqo, "What These B*tches Want" 4) Fabolous Feat. Tamia, "So Into You" 5) Fabolous Feat. Ne-Yo, "Make Me Better" (VIBE)


6) Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind" 7) 2Pac Feat. Danny Boy, "I Ain't Mad at Cha" 8) The Fugees, "Killing Me Softly" 9) Eminem Feat. Dido, "Stan" 10) Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Faith Evans & Mary J. Blige, "One More Chance (Remix)" (VIBE)

I think it is cool, but why did he have to put himself twice on the list. I do think those songs, in which he featured are super cool, but he would have just put one.

Senin, 20 September 2010

What is Your Take on Nicki Minaj

Seriously, when i came up here, i didn't know what i was going to write about; i am hungry, and tired from a hard days work, but like how most of the rappers on Young Money make up their rhymes(without thinking), i am going to write this artilce. Please, do not have the mind that i am trying to disrespect their style; in fact, i respect the fact that they(lil wayne, nicki minaj,...) can actually just spit out the first thing that comes to their minds, and still make it rhyme, and make some sence. I think that is incredible. And for the record, i do not really put drake in this bracket; i think, if you take time to listen to drake's rhymes, you would know he actually sits down to think, and write what was(is) on his mind at any particular time.

Okay, before i go off key again, like i do when i am hungry, i would like to say or give my opinion on Nicki's style of rap. Oh, before i go on, i would like to know if the rumours that she injects herself with some....some...whatever to make her butt grow bigger before any photo shoot or Video, or interview, or whenever she knows she is going to be seen by a lot of people. I just wanna know. I think it is cool though; she has to make her money, so if spitting tight rhymes alone would not get people's attention, then put in a little sex appeal.

I think the only thing i don't like about her style is the way she does that lil wayne retarded type of flow too much sometimes...imagine me, in my late 20's rapping along to something like that. Asides from that, i think she is cool with the lyrics. In fact, she surprises me most times. I think i started looking out for her after i heard her spit on the remix of that Gyptian track, "hold you" or something like that. I ain't gonna lie, i was blown away. Infact, that alone made me love that song. I think Gyptian should give a million dollars for that alone. Lines like "body smoking, cigarette/give them the roller blades, tell em to skate". They blew me away. And for the record, i pulled the lines straight from my head, not some lyric site...just to show you that i really like her rap on that song.

But, i have to say i can not stand Massive Attack. That was a big flop. I think that song was made when they were all high or something, and thought people would like it...becasue it is different. And i also think Baby probably felt it was wack, but didn't know how to tell Sean Garrett that it was lame. Garrett did the prodcution...the same guy that produced the Mario "break up" track.

Okay, what really made me bring this up is all the hype that she seemed to be getting lately...i think she is the biggest female rap star since Foxy Brown and Lil Kim, but when Kanye West said she had the potential to be the number 2 best rapper(irrespective of gender) EVER!!! Now, that got me mad. Anyway, that is just how i feel. And i give it to her; i give it to anybody that has paid their dues. Wayne paid his dues; rapping for years, dropping albums since 1999, till he blew up in 2008. And she also paid her dues...do a youtube search of her, and you would see that she really did pay her dues...she has been underground, grinding her music since 2005.

I think she deserves all the fame, following the principles and rules of success. And i also think she is a very good rapper, lyrically.

Jumat, 17 September 2010

Kid Cudi and Wale Beef


I am a bit hungry, and very tired, but i am going to try my best to tell this story the best way i can...or, atleast tell my part. Okay, Kid Cudi sing raps, so how would he battle Wale? But i would like to see him spazz out...go all Incredible Hulk on Wlae, because that is how he is sounding in his comment.

Read what he said, and tell me what you feel.


"It wasn't a shot, it's just a simple-a** rhyme by a simple-a** rapper. You can't let that sh*t faze you. That's one of those raps that just shows the world that you wack. Why would you even use that as a metaphor? Everybody think they Hov. N*ggas ain't got the magic like they think they do; there's only a couple of wizards in this game. I'm a wizard and I know it," Cudi said. "The last album, I let people dis me, throw out those jabs in their verses and have their little slick remarks. This time around, I'm not f*cking around. I have no time to think about other n*ggas. These other motherf*ckers like feeding off another n*gga's energy, so they mention their name. You hear me talk about n*ggas? ... N*ggas are just so thirsty it's ridiculous. I've been eating humble pie forever, and people still call me an a**hole. These people don't know my f*cking life--now I'm going to give them something to talk about." (Complex)


And below is what Wale said

n*ggas lettin that liquid cocaine get to them.....lets go then," he tweeted Friday (September 17).