Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Nov 5, 2009, 7:21 pm
Now I meant to write or talk about the BET hip-hop awards cipher but other things came before it. However, thanks to Nicki Minaj, I remembered to talk about it. First, let me address what she is talki...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Nov 5, 2009, 7:04 am
Now this stems from something my man NC-17 sent to me on twitter asking about South rappers making hit songs. It got me to thinking does a song that ends up being a smash always have to be a good song...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Nov 4, 2009, 7:05 am
Now the funniest part about this entire debate is how old it is. There has been a growing group of people (like myself) who are not fans of Tyler Perry's work for various reasons. Now let me be ho...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Nov 1, 2009, 9:24 pm
Now this is what I have to say about it. Honestly this is more because of a twitter conversation I had on Saturday morning. The fact of the matter is Jay is most likely a serial user, there is a defin...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 31, 2009, 9:00 am
Here is to hoping the powers that be don't take down a freaking review. As usual I need to be honest about any bias before I start a review. I don't really like Wale. He strikes me as a real j...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 31, 2009, 8:28 am
Let's be clear this is not talking about actually going into the streets and shooting each other, but beef as in making diss tracks about other rappers. Now this was another topic by my man NC-17 ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 29, 2009, 8:38 pm
So after my first post about the new hybrid hip-hop and R and B, I had to sit back and think about some times when the two genres melded together well. One big instance brought to light was Snoop Dogg...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 26, 2009, 7:06 am
Okay, so Stat is trying to show his intellect by titling his album something that could be taken deeply. Similarities to DMX aside, Stat was an artist that intrigued me from the moment he signed to Sh...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 25, 2009, 5:33 pm
So my regular followers know I'm not a Rick Ross fan. His music is a waste of time to me because it's the same old thing with little to no redeeming quality. Yes, i'm on a rant again becau...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 24, 2009, 5:20 pm
Then he comes and hits you over the head with this shit here: This joint cannot be denied and I don't care where the beat came from. This is the type of shit Jay was supposed to have on Blueprint...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 24, 2009, 4:03 pm
So we all know that Fat Joe has had some sort of career resurgence (in his own mind) since he moved his operation to Miami and joined forces with the Southern movement. Unlike Rick Ross, Joe's bee...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 23, 2009, 7:00 am
Now Im watching this lame video from Yo Gotti for his 5 Star Chick remix and I'm getting so annoyed. All of this new age music is about "stuntin" and showing how much money you have or waste rathe...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 21, 2009, 9:40 pm
So this is the big one in my own personal award ceremony. The Album of the year. The grand enchilada of all awards. Now my finalists are definately not the orthodox when you would look at most hip-hop...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 16, 2009, 8:32 am
Hot off of the heels of the successful Slaughterhouse movement, Royce da 5'9 readies his latest solo debut Street Hop. Royce has always been a love him or hate him kind of guy for me. I was never ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 16, 2009, 7:00 am
This award right here is for the hottest single joint of the year. I can admit at least two of these songs annoy me to no end. However, the radio tells me something different and to a certain extent, ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 14, 2009, 7:34 pm
Now I must say I have been a fan of the show and it's inception with a true highlight being the fact that new artists and other hip-hop icons perform songs that inspired them as they entered the g...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 14, 2009, 6:50 am
No one ever gives someone the hip-hop equivalent of a "Razzie", the award for being terrible. Until now, this is not the category you really want to be in because that means they hype didn't match...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 13, 2009, 7:03 am
... I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By Uploaded by UniversalMusicGroup. - Explore more music videos. Number 5: This is the most boring song on ... the airwave and it gets ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 12, 2009, 7:03 am
Now this is an exciting category thanks to the likes of Onsmash, RealRapNY, and Worldstar Hip-hop which all have had a major role in promoting hip-hop "beef" and entertaining vlogs from artists over t...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 10, 2009, 10:15 pm
So this is a category for the albums that didn't get that major label push even though one was in fact released by DefJam. Independent is now the way to go for a lot of artists who aren't goin...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 9, 2009, 7:03 am
The Rookie of the year often has to overcome massive expectations as the hype from their debuts normally overwhelms them and underwhelms the public. This years nominees have had vast power pushing the...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 8, 2009, 7:30 am
I was looking at the site because I saw a post by Black Canseco over at his blog and I said let me see what buffoonery this "network" is promoting now. Of course for their annual "rap" awards show, th...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Oct 2, 2009, 7:05 am
I was listening to a compilation of Cassidy joints the other day and I really had to wonder where he went and why did he fall off so fast? This guy had hit singles galore and made albums of a decent q...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 30, 2009, 7:00 am
Here is the latest blog from my West Coast homie NC-17: I’ve heard it all, The Blueprint III is grown folk rap, a lyrical opus, Jay-Z changing the game… bullshit. The Blueprint III is a lazy effo...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 28, 2009, 7:04 am
Now for those of you young heads out there who might fall into this blog mistake, you need to know something, and it's this M.O.P. will stomp the shit out you. 95% of rappers are true frauds or ac...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 27, 2009, 4:04 pm
One of my Twitter peoples laughed when I said I thought that Ghosts new album would be better than Raekwon's newest release. Well, it isn't better by say the lyrics or the songs but it is an i...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 26, 2009, 8:10 am
Few people outside of a small area around Atlanta are Playaz Circle fans. Titi Boi and Dolla are more known for their names than their music even though they had a real hit single two years ago with D...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 24, 2009, 11:53 pm
Now I was feeling nostalgiac and listening to probably the greatest and most pure voice in r and b ever, the one and only Luther Vandross. Now it wasn't just the voice that got me, it was his styl...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 22, 2009, 10:01 pm
So as we look at hip-hop there is an understanding that all rappers are not created equal. The best way of giving recognition to an artist who may not be the best songwriter, or who showed up other ar...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 22, 2009, 7:37 pm
Now I don't normally take a stand on local hip-hop but that is basically because in my mind, most of the "artists" suck. That's not trying to be disparaging or mean but the truth is most of th...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 22, 2009, 6:46 am
Now I posted before about How Nicki the ninja has the swagger of someone who has accomplished something already and she hasn't earned it. I do like the potential that she has shown although I do n...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 21, 2009, 6:58 pm
So a lot of people don't know Skyzoo, hell I don't really know Skyzoo myself but with the fact that nothing is really coming out when I see something new I'm going to try and jump on it. S...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 20, 2009, 7:33 pm
Now everyone knows I'm not a fan of most artists, especially a lot of newer artists, but there are several who I am following closely, waiting for an official release to drop. As each day goes by ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 19, 2009, 3:32 pm
Now I have refrained from blogging about the Kanye nonsense because frankly, it is nonsense and I am tired of his bitch tendencies and the attention that he garners with each of his ridiculous stunts ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 15, 2009, 5:31 am
So the underground vs commercial debate is an ageless one. There are plenty of people who would swear by an underground rapper like Tek 9yne and cannot stand a more mainstream artist like Jay-z (for e...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 14, 2009, 7:22 am
Honestly, we need more of these interviews. We also need to make sure that more of our artists are making sense. You notice Jay actually attempted to give thoughtful answers to some thought provoking ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 14, 2009, 5:21 am
Look these guys are bubbling right now, but Drake is going too far and seriously tripping for this statement right here. I will give Trey songz his credit due as a great talent and an artist, however...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 12, 2009, 4:05 pm
So i got a bunch of new stuff lately and one thing that I have is a movie called "A Day in The life". The movie is by Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones of Onyx and first looking at a movie by a rapper with t...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 10, 2009, 8:58 pm
If you watch the clip, at some point 50 cent responds to someone in the crowd and syas that Lil Wayne is talking about things that he has only seen on tv or through others, not really experienced beca...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 9, 2009, 8:33 pm
So I remember when the Best of Both World's cd dropped. Shit was hot fire nah mean. You had Kells and Hov doing an entire album and pulling it off with great results. It still sort of amazing how ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 8, 2009, 5:02 pm
Now Death of Autotune should have ruffled some feathers, but not t-pains. I mean I think Jay's intention was not to knock t-pain for bringing the style back. I thought that he specifically said th...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 7, 2009, 6:49 am
So in preparation for the release of the Blueprint 3, I'm going to dedicate a set of posts to Jay. To start things off, I'm going to rank Jay's album covers. 1. Reasonable Doubt The orig...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 6, 2009, 8:02 pm
Now a lot of people have been talking about Cudi as being one of the best in the 'next' generation of hip-hop. He got credit for helping Kanye craft 808's and Heartbreaks, though I'm n...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 3, 2009, 10:51 am
I have to shout out Prophet Nelson for this topic because it's something he told me a while back when we were discussing "Making of the Band". Sometimes you can expose too much of yourself to the ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 1, 2009, 1:12 pm
So the most highly anticipated album of the year's release is finally upon us as Jay-Z's the Blueprint 3 is just around the corner. Jay is looking to once again dominate the hip-hop headlines ...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Sep 1, 2009, 12:25 pm
Rappers are always talking about how they are just speaking about the experiences in their environment and that their music isn't for kids. They always disown the fact that they are indeed role mo...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Aug 31, 2009, 8:06 am
Since Drake is the most recent big name signing there has been a lot of talk about his deal. As well, if you read the most recent copy of XXL they had someone talking about picking a deal and she expl...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Aug 29, 2009, 8:59 pm
We have just about reached the halfway point in T.I.'s jail sentence if as we expect he gets out in about 10 months. This blog is partially for my man Avery who got pissed that T.I. was making suc...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Aug 27, 2009, 9:55 pm
The big release this week coming up is going to be Trey Songz' new album Ready. I have no problem with that, I mean the guy has worked pretty hard and is extremely talented for sure. The biggest k...
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Steven J. posted an article on As Is Hip-Hop - Aug 26, 2009, 10:12 pm
Now I actually have a cd of "Posse Cuts", songs where you have a group of people who aren't in a group on the same song. What has gotten me upset you might say? For one this new song from Drake, W...
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