Looks like Yeller dropped another freestyle, this time over the Jeezy track, I do.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvv1xFO7HUI]
And if you had questions about Andre being the best!
Looks like Yeller dropped another freestyle, this time over the Jeezy track, I do.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvv1xFO7HUI]
And if you had questions about Andre being the best!
Can’t be mad at this record. Congrats to Jay and Beyonce for welcoming their daughter into the world. I’m always proud to see another proud father. Shout out to my little monster, Dex.
Watch The Throne continues to kill shit. Otis isn’t my favorite record but after seeing Kanye and Jay mangle a Maybach and do donuts with 4 women in the backseat, Otis has grown on me. “It ain’t safe in the city watch the throne.”
A nice video from Kanye for Monster. Makes me like the song even more. Sorry for the poor quality, here is a link to a high quality version too.
I’m going to try something a little different with my posts since recently I have been slacking on reviewing albums and my daily morning listening. I get songs stuck in my head every day and always repeat the same damn line, over and over and over for hours at a time, much to everyone’s dismay. I want to start sharing these songs, albums, videos, etc with everyone so, I will be posting random stuff, hopefully on a daily basis along with everything else. I will still try to keep up with albums and whatnot but lately, I have been listening to public radio news every morning during my drive to work to try to stay current on the state of worldly affairs. Anyway, today’s music video comes from Freeway featuring Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel, What We Do. I love the line where Jay says “Gotta kill the witnesses, Free beard stickin out.” The song is sick and so is Freeway’s debut album. I’m going to start growing my beard in 2011 to hopefully get to Freeway status. Enjoy the music video.
One of hip hop’s newest emcees, endorsed by the god mc, J. Cole has been making some noise recently. On Monday, he dropped the music video for his “single” Who Dat, which is supposed to be featured on his album, Cole World. It has taken me several months of observation and open ears about J. Cole to really become a fan but after I heard this song and listened to some more of his music, I like dude. I’m not sure he will have the success that Drake has but I think dude is definitely a better emcee and seems to have the right approach to the music. Time will tell but as of now, I fucks with J. Cole. Who Dat is an ill way to come out for your debut album. I just hope this joint can get as much burn as Drake’s Over. Check out the video and keep your eyes and ears open for more from J. Cole
I know I have probabley been dubbed a “Jay Hater” by now but I want to let everyone know that I FUCKS WITH JAY. I just hold him to a very high standard after Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint and The Black Album. Jay has “The Blueprint” of a rap career in terms of success, longevity, credibility and albums. His career is what every rapper hopes to have when they pick up a mike. His Kanye and Just Blaze produced album(with help from Timbaland, Trackmasters and others, The Blueprint is a shining example of Jay’s skills. This album is the reason why I became a fan. I was snoozing on Jay for a long while until I saw his Unplugged with The Roots, then checked The Blueprint and I became a fan. I feel like this is the album that solified Jay in everyone hip hopper’s heart from backpacker to mainstream. The production is really dope, the beef with Nas was one of hip hop’s most notorious and Jay shows he can spit with the best of Em, even though Em did serve him on his own song. Renegade is really an Eminem song if you ask me. Check the Royce Da 5’9″ version. Anyway, one of these weeks or two, I am going to listen to all of Jay’s albums in chronological order, similiar to the Gorilla Zoe challenge but a lot less painful. Happy Friday to all and enjoy some classic shit from rap’s biggest and most consistent superstar, the god emcee, Jay-Z.
And Em and Royce’s version of Renegades
It’s Wednesday and the weekly numbers are in for the first week in March. Sade is still holding on to the top spot, moving 127K. Black Eye Peas are still dominating things with another 50K and my boo, Miss Keys is still sitting up top. Here is top
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Sade | Soldier Of Love |
127,000 | 820,000 |
| 4 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. |
50,000 | 2,181,000 |
| 6 | Lil Wayne | Rebirth | 38,000 | 361,000 |
| 13 | Alicia Keys | Element of Freedom |
24,000 | 1,102,000 |
| 14 | Rihanna | Rated R |
24,000 | 688,000 |
And for the bottom.
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 37 | Jay-Z | Blueprint 3 |
13,000 | 1,645,000 |
| 52 | Eminem | Relapse |
11,000 | 1,864,000 |
| 63 | 50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct |
8,400 | 411,100 |
| 78 | Drake | So Far Gone |
7,100 | 394,000 |
| 158 | Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package |
3,500 | 13,000 |
Freeway and Jake One passed the 10K mark. Eminem and Jay-Z are neck and neck and Drizzy Drake is almost at 400K. A couple big releases later this year are Little Brother’s final album, Leftback and Meth, Ghost and Rae’s Wu-Massacre. Hopefully they will do at least 60K first week. Until next time……
Another week is upon us and the numbers are in. As always, shout out to HipHopDx for keeping a player current in this wonderful world of sales figures. Not much has changed since last week, Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige stay on top. Black Eyed Peas are still moving more units per week than most artists period. And Young Money and Rihanna sold just over 25K. Here are the top steppers
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 4 | Alicia Keys | Element of Freedom |
62,000 | 841,000 |
| 5 | Mary J Blige | Stronger (With Every Tear) |
47,000 | 441,000 |
| 8 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. |
36,000 | 1,823,000 |
| 11 | Rihanna | Rated R |
27,000 | 526,000 |
| 13 | Young Money | We Are Young Money |
26,000 | 212,000 |
And for the stragglers.
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 16 | Eminem | Relapse |
24,000 | 1,760,000 |
| 22 | Jay-Z | Blueprint III | 19,000 | 1,533,000 |
| 37 | Gucci Mane | The State Vs. Radric Davis |
12,000 | 203,000 |
| 57 | 50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct |
8,800 | 358,000 |
| 177 | Wale | Attention: Deficit |
2,600 | 66,000 |
Eminem and Jay are still doing pretty well. It looks like even with radio and tv on his side, Gucci Mane won’t hit gold any time soon. And Wale is slowing trying to reach 100k. Stay tuned until next week. Make sure you download both Roots’ projects. They are ill.