I don’t like the video. Song is nice though.
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- Aug
- 16
- 2010
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Lloyd Banks + Lloyd: Any Girl (Video)
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- Feb
- 20
- 2010
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A Tribute To Tha Bassment, Vol. 1
Dipset in The Booth, c. 2003BET’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. 2004After 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.
Filed in classics, videos 50 Cent, BET, Big Tigger, Cam'ron, Dipset, Fabolous, G-Unit, Jay-Z, Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne, Lloyd Banks, Ludacris, Rap City, T.I., The Bassment, Young Buck-
- Oct
- 4
- 2009
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ThisIs50 Festival Performances (Video)
Wait, is this Curtis playing nice with other rappers from New York? Yeah, this tells us two things:
1. He needs them, or else he wouldn’t do it. If this was 2005, a ThisIs50 Festival would consist of Fif, Banks, Buck, Yayo & Spider Loc.
2. He has an album to promote. The Curtisnator, er, Before I Self Destruct drops November 17.
NY rap was repped properly at the first annual event, as G-Unit, Dipset, D-Block, Maino, Cory Gunz, Uncle Murda, Papoose were all in the building. Wale & Kid Cudi were also there. Hit the jump for more ThisIs50 Festival footage.
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