Abe Beame beat Cease-A-Leo at Tecmo Bowl Biggie followed Ready to Die with Junior Mafia's Conspiracy —a spotty album with two great singles, but one notable for being one of the first times a crew got a deal exclusively due to their friendship with a talented, successful rapper. Ultimately, Junior Mafia birthed one decent personality in Lil Cease, and a bonafide star in Lil Kim, but nothing ever topped their debut single, "Get Money." One of Big's greatest stories, "Get Money" features dual narrators arguing with each other in verse. It [...]
On Friday, September 23, I had to say goodbye for the third time in two days. This time, it was farewell to All My Children , 41, a daytime soap I'd watched on and off since 1977, whose final episode aired on the ABC TV network. (Prospect Park has licensed the rights to the show and will debut it online early next year, but most likely without some key characters, including fierce ruling diva Erica Kane, whose portrayer, Susan Lucci, has thus far declined to sign on.) For me, the final week was a bit hit [...]
Photo by thericerocket26 Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away Junior M.A.F.I.A. ft Notorious B.I.G. - Get Money
Few partner labels have ruled an entire decade like Bad Boy did. Between B.I.G., Mase 's short tenure as a rap superstar, Puff in his heyday and the production supergroup The Hitmen, Bad Boy established a style and sound no one can match. The Indianapolis Public School district thought it was a good idea to put elementary school students on the same buses as High School students, so needless to say I found out about Bad Boy far before '97, and for that I'll always be thankful. Between Puff's dancing in the videos and B.I.G.'s penchant [...]
Well, it's been several weeks since this album came out to mostly positive or even glowing reactions. So in the place of focusing on the already well-covered arc of New Amerykah Pt. II, I will don my Girlpants Track Glasses™ – recently recovered from Jason's dangerous clutches (I had to crawl through a really long tunnel to get them, which I hate, and which really flared up my mildew allergy, thanks ) – and narrow in on a couple of songs in order to better illuminate. "Turn Me Away (Get Munny)" is the album's [...]
Well, it's been several weeks since this album came out to mostly positive or even glowing reactions. So in the place of focusing on the already well-covered arc of New Amerykah Pt. II , I will don my Girlpants Track Glasses™ – recently recovered from Jason's dangerous clutches (I had to crawl through a really long tunnel to get them, which I hate, and which really flared up my mildew allergy, thanks ) – and narrow in on a couple of songs in order to better illuminate. "Turn Me Away (Get Munny)" is the [...]
Another day, another leak from the new Erykah Badu album, New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh . What's the chance of us making it to the release date of 30 March without the whole album being splashed across the internet? Pretty damn slim. Ah well... in the words of Dennis 'Cutty' Wise, "the game done changed" . The latest cut to surface from Return Of The Ankh is a joint by the name of 'Turn Me Away (Get Munny)', which will be instantly familiar to many a listener thanks to the sizable [...]
There are days when I wish my email wasn't public property, that way I wouldn't be subjected to such. And I wouldn't have to set aside my personal biases in order to pass along material. I'm sorry but I just haven't looked @ Cease the same ever since that video of him doing a striptease for a hotel room full of hard ankles hit the net. Yeah, there were a few soft toes in the room but there was just about one too many dudes in attendance as well. Don't feel right © The Roots . So, let me [...]
In my opinion, one of the best songs and beats in my library. Throwback : Sylvia Striplin - You Cant Turn Me Away (download) Throwback : Junior Mafia - Get Money (download)
Don't look any further - Cropsy the Manhattan Monster is back. Here is a nice post for some of you heads trying to get up on some Hip-hop and R&B bangers. First "Get Money," the Junior M.A.F.I.A. Party Classic followed by the just as popular "Get Money Remix." Don't Sleep on the remix, it was once common law to mix them into each other at any proper gig I did between 97 and 2002. To add some spice to this post I decided to included the original sample sources for the Junior M.A.F.I.A. tracks which are mad dope. Hope you [...]
Don't look any further Cropsy the Manhattan Monster is back. Here is a nice post for some of you heads trying to get up on some Hip-hop and RnB bangers. First "Get Money" the Junior Mafia Party Classic followed by the just as popular "Get Money Remix". Don't Sleep on the remix it was once common law to mix them into each other at any proper gig i did between 97 and 2002. To add some spice to this post i have decided to included the original sample sources for the Junior Mafia tracks which are mad dope. Hope you [...]
Are you frequently fatigued? Do you lack the energy to assault major American film directors over the role of O-Dog? Do you find yourself drinking beverages, one part Alize, one part Cristal, and one part Suge Knight tear drop, while wondering why your particular brand of thug lacks passion? Well, with the one sip of Hunid Racks', 2Pac Energy Drink , you'll be ready to smite all rotund rivals, pen rose poems of dubious merit, shoot yourself during robberies and keep hos in check (while clowning around with the Underground. ) Basically, unless you're [...]
Trailer for the upcoming Biggie Smalls biopic, in theaters January 9th.
The Passion of the Weiss
THEME FOR GREAT CITIES
The FADER
Winnie Cooper
mostly junkfood
Girlpants
A Grumpy Old Man With A Beard
The Smoking Section
HEAR THE SOUNDS
djnodj.com
DOLLAR BIN JAMS
Critical Acclaim
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
Antony and the Johnsons - "Rise"
Video: Dreamers - "Appaloosa"
