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Foxy Brown "Broken Silence"

Common "Start The Show"

Grammy-nominated rapper Nas recently talked about today's rap newcomers and shared how he views his status as a hip-hop veteran. According to Nas, it is vital to keep in tact and maintain relationships with the rap newcomers. "Where do I see myself, I'm waiting for the rap game to catch up," Nas said during a press conference. "Not to sound arrogant, that's just a generational thing. When the young guys come out, they hit me on the BlackBerry, real rap and it's love because they can tell I love them. And it's just like, we're speaking from different perspectives so that's why they appreciate the older stuff and kinda like it, or the guys that's older than them because they can see where their future might be. But meanwhile, they're reinventing the game from the early stage from a young stage." (Rap Radar) Fellow rap veteran Ice Cube recently explained his issues with trying to help rappers on the come-up. "I got burnt out," Cube wrote explaining why he stopped producing new emcees. "N*ggas couldn't take the baton and run wit it. I was sick of babysitting grown a** men and walking them through the industry...With that being said, I understand my last few blogs have been talked about in the streets and all over the internet. I want to make myself clear to all my fans who think I turned my back on the young rappers out here. No. I wish every young MC nothing but success, especially the ones from the New West. BUT, I have a major problem with any mothaf*cka from ANY COAST dissing the Old West...especially me. I'M SERVING YOU!" (Ice Cube's Blog) West Coast emcee Xzibit, however, said it was key to help out younger generation emcees. "I feel like if more of us held down more of our own, it would generate and circulate throughout the whole coast. We'd have a vibrate f***in' scene here," X said in an interview. "How did I get on? What happens if King Tee wouldn't have come through and been like 'Hey man, not only can you drink 40s, you can rap' (laughs). King Tee came through and gave me a shot, and Tha Alkaholiks a shot. It's gotta start somewhere. It gotta start somewhere. I think f***in' with these dudes, they gonna be representatives of where we at." (Baller Status) Last year, rap mogul Jay-Z addressed the hip-hop age factor. "I hear it all the time -- 'Yo, he should let the young guys, the new generation of guys come in,'" Jay explained in an interview. "But you don't become the front-runner in music because someone lets you. You have to claim your shoes...If you grow up listening to hip-hop, you love hip-hop and that's the end of it. But if you're a 30 year-old rapper still trying to make music like you're 15, then you're making it narrow. At my age, I can't relate to a 15 year-old. I deal with mature and relevant topics for my age group -- it has to all be based on true emotions. The more diversity and the more mature we make hip-hop, the bigger the net you cast." (Reuters)

I love "Enemy Of The State" as well, I think this would make a better fit for a sequel than "ID4"

Eazy-E has left a big impact on hip hop with what he did with NWA and later as a solo artist, may he rest in peace

LL Cool J & Mary J. Blige "Favorite Flavor", the perfect song to play on a nice spring day!

I feel you, hopefully FP's gonna do some mc'ing on this mixtape

DMX really needs to get act together in his life to get back on top of the rap game, he's put out a lot of great music: Kel Spencer "Pop Off"

That "Return Of The Boom Bap" is one of the best albums ever made, '93 was such a great year, if anyone could bring back that boom bap feeling it'd be the originators KRS and Premier

ID4 is my favorite Will Smith movie so it'd be nice to see a sequel but I don't want the greatness to be ruined

DMX "Slippin"

Well Visqo I don't think that the song came out Nas "I Gave You Power"

Yeah I could feel what you're saying AJ, KRS is at his best shining on his own, but it seems to him that he's done so many solo albums that he's been wanting to do something different by doing collaboration albums ever since he put out "Hip Hop Lives" with Marley Marl and for that I can't knock him too hard 'cause it's not like he's selling out working with T-Pain and Lil' Wayne like the rest of the industry has been, who he's worked with recently has incorporated that true hip hop sound that KRS has been known to represent in his career, even back to his latest album Buckshot's a legend in his own right and it had some heat on it... As far as DJ Premier, I feel you AJ, his best work is with Guru on them Gangstarr albums and it would be only fitting if there was a new one coming out soon...

I'm with Visqo, I couldn't ever really get into Mya that much, some songs are cool but she's not really that great, btw speaking of Kel I remember he made a post on facebook last year saying he did some recording with Mya: KRS ONE "MCs Act Like They Don't Know" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDWUyChXaDI

http://www.sohh.com/2010/03/eazy-es_son_inks_open_letter_on_15th_ann.html Late West Coast rapper Eric "Eazy-E" Wright's son has written an open letter speaking on his father's passing 15 years ago. In the letter, Lil Eazy also reflects on the landmarks his father made as a hip-hop CEO in the 1990's. "My father's legacy means everything to me, as well as my brother Derrick, and we're continuing his legacy in music," he wrote. "Our father meant so much not just to us two, but what it means to the world, to the West Coast and especially our city, Compton, California. Not only that but his impact is felt across the world, in Germany, France, Japan... Everywhere! He was and still is recognized as a legend in the music industry, laying the blueprint to being an artist/CEO. My father contributed a big piece to hip-hop, which he doesn't get a lot of credit for with the inspiration he gave to a lot of artist out now--from the old generation to the new, as well as producers, also giving them the freedom of speech in what they can say [in their music]. Bottom line, without my pops you don't have a lot of hip-hop icons people give respect and credit to--period...Really, it's all personal so to the respect of the fans, if I had a chance to talk to my father one last time I would tell him that he is a real icon, the Godfather of Gangsta Rap and the real hip-hop thugsta and still loved by all his fans..." (XXL Mag) Eazy is remembered for being the leader in iconic rap group N.W.A. (N*ggaz Wit Attitude). As the story goes, Eazy E became a rapper by accident. In 1987, the man then known as Eric Wright hired his future N.W.A bandmate Ice Cube to write a song called "Boyz-n-the-Hood" for another group signed to his upstart label, Ruthless Records. One of the guys in the other group balked at rapping the lurid lyrics, so Eazy, who'd been listening to a demo version of the song for days on end, stepped into the booth and laid it down himself. As a rapper, that was probably Eazy's peak. Those verses weren't only the first he put on wax, they were probably the best. (Phoenix New Times) His legacy is also still carried on by the likes of current West Coast rap stars including Snoop Dogg and Game. Wright's music shall reign supreme forever thanks to the copious number of MCs who cite him as a reference point, such as the Game, Nipsey Hussle, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. Even Eazy's son Eric Wright Jr. (aka Lil Eazy-E, who was ten years old at the time of his dad's death) has followed the same career path his father created. (MTV) The rapper passed away in the mid-1990's from AIDS. Following N.W.A.'s breakup, E's street credibility took a major beating, though his recordings continued to sell well when they appeared; unfortunately, he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1995, and died not long after. (All Music)

This is off da hook! I was bumping Kel's "Who Is Kel Spencer?" mixtape yesterday wondering what his next project gonna come, it's about time Will and Kel do something together again, now if there's some of Jazzy's DJ and production on here it'll be complete

Hell yeah this is great news to go along with Will working with Kel again, this is breathing some life back into hip hop: http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/blogs/hip_hop/dj-premier-and-krs-one-return We're set for another sequel of sorts in 2010 with DJ Premier confirming he is working on a new collaborative album with the legendary KRS-One. The album will be a follow up to the Teacha's 1993 LP Return of the Boom Bap, which featured a number of tracks from Premo, as well as the iconic Sound of da Police. The pair recently worked together on the 2007 Nike Air Force campaign spawning the track Classic which featured the pair alongside Nas, Kanye and Rakim. DJ Premier broke the news this week in an interview with examiner.com: "We're doing Return of the Boom Bip. Not Boom Bap, Boom Bip. Shout out to Q-Tip who is already on it. Grand Puba and Ice-T who are on it, it's going to be one of the illest albums of 2010!" With Premier working on new albums for Big Shug and NYG'z and KRS scheduled to release three other collaborative albums this year, expect this around the end of 2010 on Preem's Year Round Records imprint. In the meantime we can look forward to DJ Premier playing Matter on Friday March 26th.

DJ Clue Feat. Mase, Fabolous, and Foxy Brown "That's The Way", man that "Professional" album was a classic one:

I'm with Visqo here, Kanye is superior when you compare him to today's crap rappers but really he hasn't been that impressive lately except that verse on "Run This Town", btw I got a song here to slow down the mood a bit: Joe "All The Things"(Your Man Won't Do)

This is incredible, some of the best music I've heard in such a long time!!!

You know we're just about on the 5 year anniversary since "Lost & Found", when I felt the excitement and energy of that album for the first time I didn't picture that he'd be putting down the mic anytime soon, it's just so sad....

I'm with you on that, DVDs are awesome enough for me right at this moment especially since I don't have a lot of money to burn, lol, hell I still got a lot of movies on VHS from back in the day that I still use

Happy B-Day Trey, this is your day!

Run-Dmc "Jam-Master Jay"

I'm with AJ here, if there's a proper soundtrack MIB3 could be Will's big return to rap, it could be just like '97 again