…distribution. After Internal Affairs and the controversy over its hit song, Pharoahe would not release another solo project for several years. He did still make some songs and guest appearances…
…something Jay Elec could use a little more of. If nothing else, the song presents an interesting duality between rap’s elite and it’s underground. This song worked wonders for his…
…fluid rap style”. The album peaked at number forty-nine on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold. He was named “Rap Artist of the Year” by The Source. Redman followed…
…Hop history for being the first major label to sign a rapper. Considered to be the first rapper to perform overseas, Kurtis Blow (born Kurt Walker) is also an acclaimed…
…I had the third verse prepared to lay down. The song’s first verse tells of G Rap and his sidekick Bill Blass being sent to retrieve money from a cocaine-addicted…
…Hill. The song is about a young couple deciding not to get an abortion, though things may not be perfect or exactly how they planned; eerily similar to his own…
…constraint, so I set out to write a song that would somehow explain this growth. The visual needed to match the vocal version in intensity, so it was vital to…
…Songs like “Jail House Rap” and “Can You Feel It” were playful, upbeat, and designed to entertain, reflecting the party roots of early Hip Hop. However, they also demonstrated that…
…own imprints, while the rest of rap chases playlist real estate. That context matters because the album sounds like it: focused, grown, unconcerned with trend-chasing, and very concerned with getting…
…meaning of his rhymes behind incomprehensibly cryptic songwriting at times, in my opinion, he even paved way for this new trap rap, emo rap, and pop-rap trends that plague the…
…perfect rapper”. In the video, Dre plays a scientist, and is implied to be biologically modifying the D.O.C. in a method similar to Frankenstein’s monster; this seems to be in…
…was perfect for this song as well. It sounds beautiful like the truth.” Apollo Brown Listen to Apollo Brown & Skyzoo f/ Joell Ortiz “A Couple Dollars”: https://soundcloud.com/mellomusicgroup/apollo-brown-skyzoo-a-couple-dollars-feat-joell-ortiz Download the…
