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Spotted at MWP
I’ll admit I didn’t watch this when it aired last night, but I’m about 20 minutes in and this is really well put together. Kudos BET…but are a couple of these FemCees taking shots at a certain popular Barbie???
The special has interviews with MC Lyte, Yo Yo, Missy and more; check it out after the jump:
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Cam’ron + Snoop Dog + Red: “Yo Momma On Ya” (Mediafire)
Classic Sample. That’s all I have to say. Miss Info has the full scoop on how this song came about (Cam is a paper gangster btw for paying for the rights to this).
While everyone was away listening to Kanye bear his heart and soul (as well as drop new unreleased music) on Hot97, Shyne had his much delayed Conference Call/stream today. Can you hear the crickets? At least Curtis can make a joke out of a disaster.
From The Heavy Hitter Lonnie B’s infinite collection:
This night was so classic, I have the entire show which included performances by Rampage feat Busta Rhyme, The Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy & Keith Murray. But This clearly was the highlight of the night for me. LMAO If Puff promoting a afterparty at the Holiday Inn??? Whoa! <—[In My Black Rob Voice] Enjoy!!!
Classic night in Richmond at the Flood Zone, which is now Have A Nice Day Cafe.
R.I.P. B.I.G.
A homeless man named Red performs a smash human auto-tune hit in the HVW8 Gallery parking lot in Los Angeles. This was posted back on 12/1/08, and I still can’t figure out why it hasn’t become a single on the radio.
Dipset in The Booth, c. 2003
BET’s Rap City has the distinction of being the longest running Hip-Hop video show, running from 1989-2008. Along the way, it of course went through different hosts & phases (shout to Big Lez, Joe Clair, Prince Dejour, and of course “The Mayor” Chris Thomas), but (to me) Tha Bassment era was the best of them all.
To me, the ritual of coming home & turning on BET @ 4pm to catch “the latest & greatest in Hip-Hop” [(c) Big Tig] was second to none. Of course, the show is remembered for its classic freestyles in “The Booth.” Every rapper from that era know they had to go in the booth and drop a hot 16 (or a verse from their upcoming album SMH).
Lil Wayne in The Booth, with lyrics from “BM J.R.,” c. 2004
After Big Tig left in 2005, the show changed formats and hosts, and took a turn for the worse. While the booth remained, there were few reasons to watch the show as the YouTube era was in full swing. With ratings on the decline, BET canceled Rap City in 2008.
More classic freestyles as you continue on.
Since everybody is on Jay Elec right now, I thought I’d post this interview conducted by Sweeney Kovar from 2007 (the year when I first was put on to Jay’s music).
Now that I’ve completed my top ten mixtapes of 2009 list, it’s time to move on to the top tapes of the decade. This was the decade where mixtapes became more than DJs yelling over new exclusives, the mixtape transformed into the “street album.” Not only are these new-age mixtapes almost integral to an artist’s set up for their album release, but they have also been used to keep their names in the streets–they’ve cut out the “middle man” (record labels) & are delivered directly to the consumer. You should know what to do by now if you don’t agree with the list.
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Jay-Z
S. Carter Collection (2003)
This mixtape dropped outta nowhere. I did hear about something coming along with those cinder blocks, I mean, RBK S. Carter shoes that dropped in April ‘03–but I didn’t know that it was a full-length mixtape. And to say it was a good mixtape is not saying enough. At all.
I never got to see him DJ at a club, but he was Hov’s tour DJ at the concert in Charlottesville last year, which wasn’t too long after the plane crash. Classic moment when Jay & AM started running through the catalog of songs he forgot to perform.
DJ AM’s Turntable Skills Revered By Drama, Just Blaze, More DJs [MTV News]
After the jump, DJ Stretch Armstrong talks to MTV News about AM + DJ Jazzy Jeff & Skillz in the club alongside DJ AM.
…on a Tuesday night in Richmond. Shout to M. Dot for the footage. Check out Young Cassidy in the video too.
