If you follow hip hop, then you know there’s a lot of beef going on. Kendrick Lamar surprised a lot of people with his verse of Future & Metro Boomin’s new album. The song is called Like That, and he went in on J. Cole and Drake. Afterwards, J. Cole released a new album, and it had a diss track towards Kendrick on it. J. Cole apologized at his Dreamville concert and had the song removed from streaming services. The song was called 7 Minute Drill and the responses of him apologizing have been praised and questioned. Drake released a diss track towards Kendrick, Rick Ross and a few others…
To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar Dropped 5 Years Ago
5 years ago today, Kendrick Lamar released his 3rd album, To Pimp a Butterfly. To Pimp a Butterfly was the follow-up to his classic, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. As many of you may know, Kendrick Lamar is my favorite new school rapper along with J. Cole. To Pimp a Butterfly went on to sell over a million copies and won a Grammy for Best Rap album. The album received its fair share of praise and criticism. It was ranked as the best album of 2015 by many publications, including Rolling Stone, Billboard and Pitchfork. The album incorporates elements of jazz, funk, soul, spoken word, and avant-garde music and explores a…
Kendrick Lamar Compilation for Mixtape Friday
Last week, we highlighted J. Cole as he’s one of two favorite artists of this generation. This week, we’re highlighting the other one and it’s none other than Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar has released four studio albums and the Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City being his breakout project. Kendrick has also released a countless number of mixtapes, collaborations and features over the years. Kendrick hasn’t released a new album in over two and half years. Damn was the last album he dropped, and it went triple platinum. Either way, he has enough material to hold us over until he decides to release some new music. For this Kendrick Lamar playlist, there…
Good Kid Maad City Released 5 Years Ago from Kendrick Lamar
It’s hard to believe that Kendrick Lamar released his classic, major label debut Good Kid, Maad City. Seeing I was such of fan of his Section 80 album, which he dropped a year earlier. Of course, him being such a huge 2Pac fan helped me kind of gravitate to his music. The album featured his Black Hippy crew and Drake, but also legends like Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and MC Eiht. To get you ready for the release, he also releases The Heart Pt. 3 and that made me ready for the album even more. The first single was released back in the spring of 2012 and it…
Where Are My Hip Hop Fans? Kendrick Lamar Releases His New Album Damn
Kendrick Lamar said you all got to April 7th to get y’all shit together. He said that when he dropped The Heart Pt. 4 a few weeks ago, which everyone loved. After that he dropped his first single from the upcoming album, which was called Humble. The single received mixed reviews and apparently quite a few ladies took offense to some of the lyrics on the new track. Before the April 7th release date, the album was pushed back to April 14th. A few days ago, he previewed the album cover, track list and information pertaining to the album. To many surprise, he didn’t feature any of the TDE artists…
Kendrick Lamar- You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
I know that some of the younger hip hop heads didn’t receive To Pimp a Butterfly album by Kendrick Lamar with open arms. Some of the issues I have found in this generation is that they don’t listen to all kinds of hip hop. They will bump Future, Waka Flocka, Gucci Mane, Drake or Meek Mill, but they don’t like Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole or Lupe Fiasco. I remember when I was around 11 or 12 years old and I was listening to bass music and 2 Live Crew, but was also listening to Big Daddy Kane, Eric B & Rakim, Slick Rick, NWA and Kid-n-Play. With that said, my…
Music Monday 4/13/2015: Kendrick Lamar
My Music Monday is the video of King Kunta from Kendrick Lamar. It’s one of the most talked about tracks off his gold album, To Pimp a Butterfly. Tell me what do you think about the video and the album below in the comments section.
Music Monday Holy Ghost Remix by Jeezy featuring Kendrick Lamar
My Music Monday is from Jeezy and it’s the remix to one of my favorite tracks off his album, Seen It All: The Autobiography. This track features Kendrick Lamar and it’s the remix to Holy Ghost. Enjoy!!!!
B-Boyz Birdman, Mack Maine ft. Kendrick Lamar & Ace Hood
My Music Monday is a track I never heard until I was listening to a mixtape and the track is called B-Boyz. It features DJ Khaled, Kendrick Lamar, Ace Hood, Baby and Mack Maine. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!
2Pac Ghetto Gospel for Throwback Thursday
It’s hard to believe that it has been over 27 years since Pac passed away. Even though he’s been gone for so long Pac is still relevant today. There hasn’t been a new Pac album in over 17 years, but he’s still mentioned as one of the best. Last year, he was named by Billboard as a top 5 rapper of all time. Two of the biggest rappers in the world have named him their biggest influence. Those rappers are Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole and unfortunately, they are beefing with each other. One of his albums was on my playlist this week and many have talked about it till…
2 Chainz Rap or Go to the League Released 5 Years Ago
2 Chainz is one of the more accomplished rappers of this generation. Chainz got his start as Tity Boi, and he was signed with Ludacris as part of the Playaz Circle. In 2011, he decided to change his stage name to 2 Chainz seeing it as more family friendly. In 2012, 2 Chainz released his debut solo album titled Based on a T.R.U. Story. The album went platinum, and he became another big star in the Atlanta rap scene. Fast forward about seven years later and 2 Chainz released my favorite album from him. Rap or Go to the League was the name of the album and you can stream…
Nipsey Hussle Victory Lap Dropped 5 Years Ago Today
It’s hard to believe that Nipsey Hussle is no longer with us. Nipsey was shot and killed on March 31. 2019. At the time, he was beginning to ascend into a superstar. The year prior, Nipsey released his only studio album Victory Lap. Victory Lap dropped 5 years ago today and it was an instant success for hip hop heads. The consumers didn’t run out and immediately support the project as it sold 53K the first week. The project was dope, but unfortunately the buyers didn’t pick up on it until he passed away. Victory Lap has gone platinum, but Nipsey Hussle is more than just a rapper. Nip was…
2Pac Strictly 4 My Niggaz Released 30 Years Ago Today
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop, Billboard just released their 50 greatest rappers of all-time. Many people didn’t like it as expected, but I’m not getting upset over someone’s else’s opinion. Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar finished as the top-2 MCs ever and Nas, 2Pac and Eminem rounded out the top-5. If you have followed me over the years, you know that 2Pac is my GOAT and Nas is right behind him. Unfortunately, 2Pacalypse Now wasn’t played by me until after his second album. One of my friends introduced me to Pac’s music and instantly became a fan. 30 years ago today Strictly 4 My Niggaz was released. The…
Smoothe the Hustler Only Human for Throwback Thursday
Welcome to another Thursday as that mean we are closer to the weekend again. The first album to be played this week was the new joint from Rick Ross. Richer than I Ever Been was another dope project from Ross. We hit the south up once again for some bangers. The Burning Bridges EP from Ludacris and the Inspiration by Jeezy made the list. Chingy’s debut project, Jackpot also made the list for the week. J. Cole’s The Come Up and DAMN from Kendrick Lamar was also played. There were a couple other albums, but as you can see there’s plenty to choose from this week. For my featured Throwback…
Erick Sermon Bomdigi for Throwback Thursday
Welcome to another Thursday as that mean we are closer to the weekend. Once again, there was another productive week of music being played. We had some down south stuff with the Ludaversal joint from Ludacris and the Paperwork album from T.I. Out west, 2Pac’s Until the End of Time, Lethal Injection from Ice Cube and a personal Kendrick Lamar playlist. The Get Rich or Die Trying Soundtrack was highlighted and MJG’s This Might Be the Day was also played. My featured Throwback Thursday joint is from one of my all-time favorite producers. Erick Sermon of EPMD fame came through with his second solo joint over 25 years ago. The…
Lloyd Banks Karma for Throwback Thursday
Welcome to another Thursday as that mean we are closer to the weekend. Of course, for many people this will be a long weekend seeing the 4th of July is Sunday. My playlist this week was highlighted by several mixtapes. G Unit Radio 22, Invasion 2, slow jams joint, MMG and a couple others were played. It Was Written by Nas, Section 80 from Kendrick Lamar and Temple of Boom from Cypress Hill was also bumped. Lastly, the new Lil Baby & Lil Durk project also made its way to my playlist. Seeing there was a lot of old school G-Unit joints, we had to represent for them. Lloyd…
Busta Rhymes What’s It Gonna Be with Janet Jackson
Welcome to another Thursday and that means we’re closer to the weekend. Akon, Toni Braxton, Erykah Badu and Isley Brothers represented the R&B playlist this week. On the rap side, the Infamous by Mobb Deep, Loso’s Way from Fabolous and Big Tray Deee was played. 5th Ward Boyz Ghetto Dope album, Drake’s Thank Me Later and the new Busta album was played. Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God is the newest project from Busta. This is his 10th album and the first one he’s put out in about 8 years. For my Throwback Thursday, we’re going back almost 22 years. The first installation of Extinction Level Event was…
The Light by Common for Throwback Thursday
Welcome to another Thursday, this means we’re closer to the weekend. The big news in hip hop this week was the rumored exit from TDE by Kendrick Lamar. It turned out to be fake news, which could mean we might have some new music from him. My playlist this week consisted of a Snoop Dogg and Jadakiss mixtape, plus the Like Water for Chocolate. There was also a pair of personal mixtapes, Lil Wayne’s I Am Not a Human Being II and Boosie’s Life after Death Row. Once again, there’s a lot to choose from as far as a featured Throwback Thursday track. The featured track comes from Common’s Like…
