Rob G ft. Fat Pat, Lil Keke, & A3 – Road to Success
Houston Hip-Hop 101 is now in session.
Most of you are familiar with DJ Screw, Big Hawk, and Fat Pat for obvious reasons (the last breed of ‘big’-name southern hip-hoppers before the prevalence of ‘lil’-name rappers…I suppose), but if you’re still unaquainted with Lil Keke, please recognize.
Taken from Rob G’s yet-to-be-titled debut album.
(Shoutout to OGPR)
-Yahoo to make sure you never have to endure obnoxious pop-ups while looking up the lyrics to “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy” [ CNET ]
-Eminem set to buy the entire city of Detroit, including nappy headed hos. (I keed! I keed!!) [ About ]
-Akon simulates sex on stage…with a 14-year old girl. (Absolutely SFW) [DailyMotion ]
-Music critic banned by Gwen Stefani. [ OC Register ]
-Media Chin-check: Jeff Chang & Dave Zirin echo my thoughts on America’s post-Imus war on hip-hop. [LA Times ]
-Jin becomes the second MC to officially endorse Obama. (Thanks, Ivan) [ RS ]
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I don’t know exactly how we can blame this spineless “no snitching” campaign on “the white man,” but I’m sure someone’s already working on it. Cam raised one good point though–no major label will EVER be stupid enough to discourage a trend that earns them millions of dollars and further degrades the Black community.
The more I hear from Joel Ortiz, the more I’m convinced that he’s poised to become one of the future greats if given a chance. In fact, it’s a travesty that I failed to include him in my 10 Rappers to Watch list. Actually, I hadn’t heard much of Joel’s music as of October 2006 when I compiled that list.
Now, I don’t know if I can call this an official collabo, since Joel is simply rapping over an old Akon song (P-Money is blanked out and replaced with “Joel Ortiz” in the chorus) that first made rounds in 2004. Regardless, I’m anxiously anticipating his Brick Bodega LP (Koch), due out April 24th.
(Audio via Koch Records) (Thanks, Matt.)
-*Yawn* Top 10 Rap Releases for May [ About ]
-Phat Kat’s Top 5 Detroit MCs of All Time [ Street Census ]
-Jeezy, Slick Pulla, & some Beanie Sigel lookalike cover next month’s XXL [NR]
-Nas’ MySpace hacked. Capo questioned. [ Hip-Hop Crunch ]
-Gonzo, who clearly obtained his law degree at Jack in the Box, reaffirms that incompetence is a job requirement in this administration. [GooTube, Olbermann]
-So I was catching up on local news and noticed that some Cho-wannabe had hijacked NASA, merked someone, and then committed suicide. All on the 8th anniversary of Columbine. [ Local 2 , CNN]
Brother Ali’s Undisputed Truth underperformed on the charts, so much that it was largely outsold by The Ezekiel Hanani LP.
I’m kiddin’, of course. The Undisputed Truth raked in an impressive 10,781 units in its first week. Which is like quadruple platinum in Indy land.
See also:
Rizoh names Undisputed Truth the illest album of Q-1
Rakim says Ali is the Truth
-Hillary Clinton has more friends than Cho Seung-Hui [Radar]
-Beyonce sued for facial hair. (At least that’s what I thought she got sued for.) [HHC]
-Biggie’s family can’t stop and won’t stop suing LA [NME]
-Young Buck will not be selling his G-Unit spinner on eBay anytime soon. [Def Sounds]
-D’Angelo returns from the grave. [Idolator]
-Akon continues to recycle 3-year-old songs, this time with Joel Ortiz. [NR]
-She may not know how to read but Fantasia sure knows how to back that thing up, especially when no one’s looking. [YBF]
