Some Things Change

I found this on tumblr. Figured it was worth sharing if only to point out that lil lil wayne/baby weezy f baby please say the baby (twice) looks hard as fuck. via http://chilll.tumblr.com

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Etant Donnes, or Why I’m Still Excited for Detox

Marcel DuChamp was born July 28, 1887, in the Haute-Normandie region of France. There’s probably wine and bread and art there. A prestigious and artsy, intellectual family, three of his seven siblings went on to success in the arts (one immediately went on to die in infancy. He’s considered marginally successful), as painters and sculptors. [...]

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Top selling hip hop albums of 2009

Wow.  I think if I was any indication of Billboard‘s top selling rap albums for 2009, this list would look a lot different.  I’m shooting at around 30% ownership of these ten albums, as a matter of fact.  you guess which ones.  For a list of the top selling hip hop albums of all time, [...]

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Fergie: Kanye West, gays, and hip hop

Finally, Fergie (of Black Eyed Peas fame) has said something that kind of, sort of makes sense.  In regards to embracing the gay community, she states: Kanye West really did a great thing for hip-hop and made it very mixed and open. (via MTV) Kanye has been pretty vocal about ending homophobia in the hip [...]

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Mos Def + Black Thought + Eminem :: BET cipher

I missed the BET Awards last night, but was welcomed into the day by what Twitter has told me was the highlight – a nice freestyle session featuring Mos Def, Black Thought, and Eminem.  Mos & Thought have been two of my favorite emcees ever, ya’ll should know how I feel about Em.. but I [...]

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Drake:: Forever (Feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem)

Directed by Hype Williams This version of the song will appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming LeBron James documentary, More Than a Game, which is scheduled for release this season.  Love the Slaughterhouse appearance during Eminem‘s verse, as it’s been rumored that they will soon join Shady Records.

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J.Cole :: Dead Presidents (live)

Footage from the VH1 Hip Hop Honors pre-party, 09.22.2009, NYC The 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors will premiere on VH1 October 13, 2009 and honors Def Jam Records. Tracy Morgan is scheduled to host, and the show will also feature performances from DMX (seriously?  no), Eminem, Fabulous, Gym Class Heroes, Ja Rule (what the f…), [...]

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Kanye West + The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards + Twitter

I’m sure the Internet (as well as traditional media) is on fire right now in regards to Kanye West‘s unpredicted outburst during the Best Female Video award, knocking sweet little Taylor Swift on her ass and expressing his belief that Beyonce should have won the award (both videos and songs, in my opinion, are lackluster [...]

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Top 10 best selling hip hop albums of all time

I’m all about lists this week for some reason… Perhaps there’s something in the air, perhaps I’m just a freak about lists.  Regardless, here are the top 10 best selling hip hop/rap albums of all time… it’s interesting to me that none of them are from recent past – the internet has killed the album [...]

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Friday Ode :: Highest paid rappers

Forbes recently released its list of the most well-paid movers and shakers in hip hop in 2009… Here are the top 10.  The full list can be viewed here and includes Common and Andre 3000 (damn, maybe it has something to do with Erykah…?).  It’s obvious that building a mogul empire as Diddy and Jay [...]

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Giving everyone an excuse to not learn an instrument :: DJ Hero

I have friends who are Guitar Hero/Rock Band addicts.  It’s to the point where most of them that are good, and I mean staying-up-until-6am-playing-Guitar Hero good have never touched a guitar, more or less any other type of instrument.  These types of games were always interesting to me because they allow you to kind of [...]

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