• Jay Z Kanye West Watch The Throne Turns 10 Years Old Today
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    Jay Z Kanye West Watch The Throne Turns 10 Years Old Today

    Jay Z and Kanye West have developed a very intriguing history with each other. As we all know, Jay Z gave Kanye his shot on the track, This Can’t Be Life off the Dynasty album. Kanye brought his magic to the Jay Z’s classic Blueprint album the following year. In 2004, Kanye dropped his debut project The College Dropout which is considered a classic. Jay Z dropped his Blueprint 3 album in 2009 and Kanye released My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy in 2010. The following year they put out the Watch the Throne project. The Watch the Throne album was reviewed after its release and there were only 2 songs…

  • Jay Z 99 Problems for Throwback Thursday
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    Jay Z 99 Problems for Throwback Thursday

    First of all, I’m hoping you had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. For those holidays there were no Throwback Thursday music posted. Since then, I’ve listened to a lot of music during that off time. Hip Hop is Dead from Nas and Scarface’s My Homies double album. Beanie Sigel’s The Reason and the new joint from Too Short and E-40. We are going with another album that was on my playlist during this break. The Black Album from Jay-Z was his 8th project and was supposed to be his final one. The Black Album sold about 4 million records and would’ve been a perfect way for Jay to…

  • Best of Jay Z for Mixtape Friday
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    Daddy’s Hangout Best of Jay Z for Mixtape Friday

    With this being the final Friday of the year and decade, we have one more Mixtape Friday. With Jay-Z having his albums on Spotify now, why not do a Jay-Z playlist? The playlist will be his best tracks from his solo albums and the Watch the Throne collabo with Kanye. Jay-Z is definitely in my top-15 rappers of all-time and one of the greatest to ever do it. Everything from Reasonable Doubt to his 4:44 album was included in this selection. There’s a total of 101 tracks and I’m sure some will think a few tracks were left off, but this is personal. Check out the track listing below and…

  • Jay Z Song Cry for Throwback Thursday
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    Jay Z Song Cry for Throwback Thursday

    First off, Happy Halloween to everyone out there and be safe! Make sure you remember this weekend that the time falls back due to Daylight Savings. With that said, let’s move on for another Throwback Thursday. As always, the featured track is usually something I’ve listened to during the week. One album that stuck out to me this week was one of my personal Jay-Z mixes. If you follow hip hop, Jay-Z’s name was tossed around by T.I. Tip stated that Jay called him because of his Top 50 list. T.I. had 2Pac on top and Jay-Z followed by him and Jigga questioned him about it. For me, I’m not…

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    Black Album Released 15 Years Ago by Jay Z

    15 years ago Jay Z released his eighth and supposed final album. Jay Z announced that the Black Album would be final project and went on a retirement tour to accompany it. The Black Album debuted #1 on the Billboard Charts as it sold over 460,000 copies during the first week. The Black Album was the follow-up of the Blueprint 2 project. As many know by now, Jay Z is one of the illest rappers to ever pick up a mic. The album didn’t feature any other rappers but had some of great producers on the album. Just Blaze, The Neptunes, DJ Quik, Kanye West, Rick Rubin, Timbaland and Eminem…

  • Jay Z Excuse Me Miss for Throwback Thursday
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    Classic Track Jay Z Excuse Me Miss for Throwback Thursday

    In the hip hop world, people are still buzzing about the Drake diss by Pusha T. Of course, he borrowed the instrumental from The Story of O.J. from the 444 album by Jay-Z. Honestly, that album didn’t grow on me like other albums from Jay-Z. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a good album as I’m currently listening to it now. For Throwback Thursday I’m going back to his Blueprint 2 album, which was the follow-up to the Blueprint. The featured track is Excuse Me Miss. This has always been one of my favorite Jay-Z joints. Excuse Me Miss is just a smooth track with Pharrell on the hook. Check…

  • Jay Z Released American Gangster
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    Jay Z Released American Gangster 10 Years Ago Today

    Jay Z dropped most of his albums in the month of November it seemed like. In My Lifetime, Volume 1 dropped 20 years ago a couple of days ago. American Gangster, which was inspired by the movie starring Denzel Washington dropped 10 years ago. This was the tenth studio album from Jay-Z and his second after coming out of retirement. The album features Nas, Beanie Sigel, Lil Wayne and Pharrell. American Gangster was the album we all wanted from Jay-Z because Kingdom Come didn’t do anything for me. Of course, Kingdom Come was the comeback album from Jay-Z, but this one was my shit. The first single Blue Magic was…

  • Jay-Z Dropped Second Album
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    Jay Z Dropped Second Album 20 Years Ago Today

    Reasonable Doubt dropped, and it seemed like Biggie Smalls anointed how great he was by appearing on the album. They dropped Brooklyn’s Finest on his debut album, plus the album featured Mary J. Blige on the title track. Fast forward almost a year and a half later, Jay-Z released In My Lifetime, Volume 1. This album featured Too Short, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Puff Daddy, Babyface, Teddy Riley & Blackstreet. Prior to releasing the album, (Always Be My) Sunshine was the first single, which featured Babyface and Foxy Brown. The best single he released featured Blackstreet on the track The City Is Mine that was produced by Teddy Riley. My…

  • Review and Stream 4:44 Album by Jay Z
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    Daddy’s Hangout Review and Stream 4:44 Album by Jay Z

    If you’re an exclusive member of Tidal or got service through Sprint, you had the chance to get the new Jay-Z album. A few weeks ago, we started seeing Tidal promoting a project entitled 4:44. Some thought it could be a movie or a Tidal exclusive, but many was hoping for an album from Jay. The response from the album has been nothing, but positive, but I like to listen to albums a few times before judging it. I’ve never claimed to be the biggest Jay-Z fan in the world, but I respect his work. We all know his story and now this dude is damn near a billionaire, which…

  • Freeway Featuring Jay-Z & Mariah Carey You Got Me
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    Freeway Featuring Jay-Z & Mariah Carey You Got Me

    Death Row and Bad Boy Records ruled the mid-to-late 90s by dropping some of the biggest hip hop records ever. No Limit Records took baton in the late-90s as they were dropping albums every other week. After that, Roc-A-Fella Records was one of the labels that took off. Jay-Z and Kanye West lead the charge for the label by releasing classic after classic. While Jay & Ye got a lot of the attention they ventured to Philadelphia to grab some other talent. Beanie Sigel was the first one and he brought along his State Property crew. Freeway was one of the rappers from the City of Brotherly love to be…

  • Reasonable Doubt
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    Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt Dropped 25 Years Ago Today

    Jay-Z is one of the greatest rappers to ever touch the mic. There are many that have him at the top of their all-time list. 25 years ago today, Jay-Z released his Reasonable Doubt album. The platinum selling debut is viewed by many as his best album. Personally, it’s up there with his Black Album and Blueprint joints. Reasonable Doubt had features from the Notorious Big, Mary J. Blige, Foxy Brown, Memphis Bleek and Sauce Money. Dead Presidents was his first single and it sampled Nas the World is Yours track. Of course, this was brought up when they were having beef with each other. The gold-selling single set the…

  • Jay-Z Released Blueprint 3 10 Years Ago
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    Jay-Z Released Blueprint 3 10 Years Ago

    10 years ago today, Jay-Z dropped his 11th studio album, Blueprint 3. If you’re keeping count, Blueprint 3 was the third album returning from his retirement. Blueprint 3 was also the third and final installment of the Blueprint series. Kanye West, Rihanna, Drake, Jeezy, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Kid Cudi and a virtually unknown J. Cole appeared on the album. To prepare for the album, Jay-Z released D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune) late that spring. The response was that he was taking aim at a lot of artists as the track speaks for itself. For me, this is one track that didn’t do nothing for me. The second single, Run this…

  • Freeway What We Do Featuring Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel
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    Freeway What We Do Featuring Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel

    One of the more underrated rappers has always been Freeway. When it came to Roc-A-Fella Records back in the day, Jay Z and Beanie Sigel were the two most talked about names. During that period, Killa Cam came through, but no one hardly ever put Freeway in that category. Despite having dope features, he didn’t get his props until he dropped his debut album. Philadelphia Freeway dropped, and it was a great album. For Throwback Thursday, the featured track is called What We Do. The track features Jay Z and Beanie Sigel, which made for an instant classic status in my eyes. Check out the video below! What did you…

  • Jay-Z Blueprint
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    Jay-Z Dropped His Blueprint Album 15 Years Ago

      It’s crazy how time flies by with today being the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that changed America forever. My condolences go out to the ones that lost their lives and the ones affected by such a terrible event. I remember that day like it was yesterday and at that time it just didn’t seem real to me. That very same day I remember picking up the Blueprint album from Jay-Z. The album had so much hype behind it because the rumored diss track towards Nas that was going to be on the album. After it dropped we found out the track was called The Takeover where he…

  • Hard Rock Cafe Rod McCoy
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    New Music from Rod McCoy featuring Synik and E-Jay Called Hard Rock Cafe

      With production from the affiliate ManHe, Audible Hustle deploys three of their rhyme slayers to form the world’s best cooking crew. E-Jay, Rod McCoy and Synik break down the scene through the purest of bars. If you’re still a fiend for that authentic AHE flavor – peek in and give your ears a taste. While you’re at it, check out his new album that he and Synik dropped last year.

  • Jayla Marie Back to the Futue Mixtape
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    Check Out the 10 Year Old Sensation Jayla Marie Remake Classics

      10 Year Old Jayla Marie strikes again, you may have seen her in her remake of  If I Ruled The World that Nas posted on all of his social network sites and she does it again in her remake of Forgot About Dre where she talks about Cyber Bullying. Please check out this little star she’s definitely on the rise with her positive messages in her raps. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook and her Youtube page.   Support our youth, Children are our future! #NextGenerationOfHipHop 10 Year Old Remake to forgot about Dr Dre END TO CYBER BULLYING PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!!!! Save

  • Watch the Throne
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    Watch the Throne by Jay-Z Kanye West Review

      First of all I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a big fan of either of these artists even though I respect what both have done more so, what Jay-Z has done over the years. I’ve often said that Kanye’s albums have declined in quality since his debut of the College Dropout and hit rock bottom with the 808s & Heartbreaks but the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album was better but still wasn’t a good album. Now with Jay-Z I loved his Reasonable Doubt debut album along with a couple other albums but I loved the Blueprint and Black albums. Ok with that said let’s get…