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What’s the Best Song Intro of All-Time?
Mac Miller’s “Watching Movies With the Sound Off” Will Outsell Kanye & Cole on June 18
The Black Hippy “U.O.E.N.O. (Remix)” is the Only “U.O.E.N.O. (Remix)” I Care About
J. Cole’s Puts “Born Sinner” vs. Kanye West’s “Yeezus”: Stupid, or Stupid Like a Fox?
Fails: Nicki Minaj Takes The Lap Dance To New Levels Of Awkwardness (Video)
After Further Review
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Hip-Hop’s Great Dilemma: Get Money or Stay True?
Posted by Burmy on 07/29/10 |
Filed under Top Stories, Features, After Further ReviewAny artist in the industry constantly has to make a choice: "Do I take the shortcut to quick success, or do I build up a long-term reputation and a small-to-medium but loyal fanbase?" Here's a list of notable artists who faced that dilemma early on, made the decision, and the aftermath of each decision. See more...See more...
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Buy Your Old Album Jay-Z? Sounds Like a Good Idea
Posted by Burmy on 07/22/10 |
Filed under Top Stories, Features, After Further ReviewAll visual conspiracy theories aside, the most-quoted bar from "On to the Next One" is Hov's second: "N*ggas want my old shit, buy my old album." This one bar became the motto for the fan bases of similar artists who have gone through artistic progression. How exactly will buying your old album help? Do you mean if enough folks buy your old stuff, you'll go back to that? See more...See more...
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So You Want to be a Rapper? Where Angel Lola Luv’s Going Wrong
Posted by Burmy on 07/15/10 |
Filed under Top Stories, Features, After Further ReviewOne aspiring femcee has all three of these put together, and comes from an "up-and-coming" city to boot (the nation's capital of Washington, D.C.). I am of course speaking about video/print model-turned-rapper Angel Lola Luv (now using the alias Lola Monroe). So why has her aspiring rap career failed to take off...
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The Truth Behind K. Michelle & Memphitz’ Conflict
Posted by Burmy on 07/08/10 |
Filed under Features, K. Michelle, After Further ReviewDespite being signed to HiTz/Jive for over a year and releasing three of K. Michelle's singles, neither of these got pushed very much by Hitz, preferring to promote the dime-a-dozen Party Boyz as well as across-the-pond MC Master Shortee. So here's where the drama begins. See more...See more...
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Rick Ross has More Street Cred Than the Real Rick Ross
Posted by Burmy on 07/01/10 |
Filed under Features, Rick Ross, After Further ReviewOne of the more interesting dilemmas in hip-hop right now has to be former drug lord "Freeway" Ricky Ross' lawsuit against the rapper Rick Ross (real name William Roberts) for "trademark infringement" on grounds of getting the name. What it all boils down too is that tired old argument about "fakeness". Well, Ross has the "real" Ross beat right there too. See more...See more...
