Jumping in Headfirst

...What on Earth just happened here? Let me go over this, so I know I got it all right. Drake, one of the hottest new talents in the game. Teams up with Wayne, one of the older hot talents in the game, along with Eminem the returning legend, and "super prod-I mean super rapper" Kanyeezy? And its NOT a single for somebody's album, its just on some DVD for Lebron James' BS made-for-TV story? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN!? Something that has the potential to be one of the biggest rap tracks of 2009 has basically slipped under the radar. This should be on BET, MTV, VH1 (and they don't even show rap), and everyone that listens to the radio should already be sick of it. I...don't know what they're playing instead of this, but until this gets the attention it deserves, right now this symbolizes the stupidity of the industry right now. And none of these (save Kanye) are even my favorite rappers--I just know a potential SMASH hit when I hear one. Whatever. For those...

"Dope beats, dope rhymes, nigga that's hip-hop." Truer words have never been spoken. Big Pooh and Phonte hop on a track with Mr. Carter and manage a "new classic". (Am I maxed out on my oxymorons for this month? Hope not, 'cause that's a pretty big one.) Weezy actually manages to drop a pretty hot verse on this one, much like on Hollywood Divorce. I gotta say, if you can't respect either this verse or the other, you're just a hater. Come to grips with it, and go hit up the next Haters Ball. That said, he's outshined by LB who both KILL on this track and drop some cold, hard truths about relationships. Never doubt LB's skills, 'cause THIS: "Mama was like baby now I hate to see your tears But I been with your daddy for 'bout thirty-five years And in my day I had to turn a blind eye to cheating But I ain't never have to wear no black eyes from beatings As long as he doin right, by you and the kids How you gon' ex...

Greatest rap group of this decade, off the greatest album of this decade. Fuck these blurbs, hit the jump and listen. Little Brother Ft Joe Scudda - Lovin' It Uploaded by yuu2006 . - See the latest featured music videos. I still can't figure why BET wouldn't show this video. Although I gotta admit, they went hard at pretty much ALL the major groups of black culture in music right now with the parodies.

For a bit of variety, we're back to m-flo, as the last song was basically an example of how misogynstic hip-hop can get, even when well-written. (Doesn't stop it from being a good song though.) Still, this right here with its laid back beat, sweet vocals from Lisa, backed by one of the smoothest flows you've ever heard from Verbal or nearly any other rapper should be a sharp enough change to keep the sensitive people from getting upset at me.

Heh-ha. My FAVORITE part of this song is when all the rapping is over, actually. Ya'll know what I'm talking about. Right at the tail end, when Snoop Dogg hops on and says, "I'm sitting back, watching Montel Jordan's video, and I see the same bitch, who was in, the home boy Nate Dogg's video. Then I flip the channel, I'm checking out my homeboy Tupac video, and I see same bitch, who was in MY video. And then, what make THAT even more fucked up--I'm watching Million Man March, and I see the same bitch in the Million Man March, that was in the homeboy Warren G video!" Shit had me in tears.

Speaking of back when hip-hop was cool, just a bit of Mr. Thug Life for you. Does anyone else notice that really popular rappers have really distinct voices? Like, who CAN'T tell a Tupac song if you heard even a couple of dude's songs?

Gotta love m-flo. Verbal and Taku (and Lisa!) from their early days hit us up with a track that took my 2005 self, when he heard it, straight back to the 90's. ...Y'know, back when hip-hop was cool.