September 2009

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…: The Video’s

by Thomas September 7, 2009 Music Videos

The sequel to one of the best albums ever is one day away from a proper release. Hit the cut for all of the video’s from Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… “Incarcerated Scarfaces” has to be my favorite song from Only Built…

Top 25 Jay-Z Songs… Take 2

by Sean Deez September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

There’s a huge list of songs to go through when making any sort of list for Jay-z. While I tried my hardest to narrow down my version of Hov’s Top 25 songs, after reading Fred’s list, I felt he left out joints that are not only vital to Jay’s identity, but essential to understanding the [...]

Top 25 Jay-Z Songs

by Freddie C September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

Jay-Z is one of the rare MC’s to drop multiple classic albums. It’s even rarer that he drops them during different eras in hip-hop. His 1996 debut album, Reasonable Doubt came during the end of hip-hop’s Golden Era from the mid-80s until the mid-90s. Backed by Kanye West and Just Blaze, his soul-influenced 2001 album [...]

Jay-Z: Library of A Legend

by Kevin September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

We are on Day 7 of our 11 Days of Jay extravaganza. I was going to wait to post this one at the end of the week, but couldn’t hold out any longer. This compilation was put together back in 2004 after Jay-Z “retired.” From what I gather, the idea was to put out a [...]

Jay-Z vs. Angelous

by Thomas September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

When I became aware of Angelous in late 2002/early 2003 and heard his song “A.N.G.E.L.” I thought Jay-Z was dissing himself. After a couple listens I figured out it wasn’t Jay-Z. Now there have been some Jay-Z clones before Angelous (Bathgate, Sam Sarcfo) that seem to take Jay-Z’s flow, ad-libs, and style to the 10th [...]

Jay-Z: The Watcher 2 (The Lyrics)

by Thomas September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

Probably the dopest verse on BP2 to me. Jay is aggressive with his content and assertive in trying to make the point on how dope he is. Plus, having the GOD emcee on the track probably contributed to this verse being hot. Lyrics (OHHLA) and Youtube video under the hood.

The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse: Original Samples [Revisited]

by Thomas September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

This is the second set I gave Kev for inclusion on the site. For the most part I believe this sample set is complete. We did miss two samples while using wikipedia/The-Breaks the first go around and those have been included. After going back and listening to the album I’m almost certain “Show You How,” [...]

The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse: The Video’s

by Thomas September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

All of the visual’s from The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse. This album had potential for 3-4 more video’s. Everything under the hood.

Jay-Z: The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse

by Kevin September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse is Jay-Z’s seventh studio album released on November 12, 2002. Parts of the album were later reissued as The Blueprint 2.1 in 2003. This album, like Jay-Z’s previous four, debuted at #1 with over 545,000 units shipped in its first week of sales. The album was criticized for [...]

Sean Price: The Mighty Sean P!

by Thomas September 7, 2009 Exclusive

After Dallas Penn dropped these unbelievably dope tracks from Sean P earlier tonight I quickly searched the hard drive for my other Sean Price joints. In the same vein as our Guilty Simpson [Download id not defined] and Black Milk [Download id not defined] post, I collected all my loose Sean Price tracks and lumped them together for a nice little [...]

Sample of the Day: Raekwon Edition #1

by Thomas September 7, 2009 Sample of The Day

Hit the cut for some random Raekwon tracks/samples. This is volume 1. Should have another by the end of the week. OB4CLII drops officially on 9/8!

Jay-Z vs. Cormega

by Thomas September 7, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

Jay-Z and Cormega both rhyme over Stanley Clarke’s “I Got To Find My Own Place.” Cormega has always been on of my favorite artist. I’ve praised his lyrical skills before on this site (here & here). Everyone should know my thought’s on Jay!?! Cormega and Jay-Z go in different directions as far as subject matter [...]

Raekwon: On Air-Idiots Interview

by Thomas September 6, 2009 Around The Net

Spotted at Nah Right. Raekwon talking about the pending release of OB4CLII, his album release party hosted by P. Diddy, and the Joe Budden nonsense.

Jay-Z: Unplugged Sessions [Video's]

by Thomas September 6, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

YN from RapRadar.com unleashed these joints in April of this year. Thought it was fitting to bring them for our Jay week. Dope footage of “Somebody’s Girl,” “Don’t You Know,” and “Renegade.” I’ve never understood why this hasn’t hit DVD? Don’t them boys at 1515 want to make some money? Jay probably blocked it tho. [...]

Random: Thank You For Supporting Random Vol. 2

by Justin September 6, 2009 Hot Download

Philadelphia native Random drops this free EP for the fans as a thanks for all the support. If you’re not up on Random, you’ve definitely been missing out! Also featured on this EP are fellow Philly emcee Reef The Lost Cauze and remix from site favorite Small Professor. Cover, tracklist & link after the jump.

The Blueprint Remix Albums

by Kevin September 6, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

Aside from our Blueprint Remix project (shown above), there have been a few Blueprint remix project floating around. Though it was Jay’s The Black Album that got producers remixing whole albums, Jay actually released the acapellas to The Blueprint first. I guess there weren’t too many people who wanted to mess with a classic. Hit [...]

Raekwon vs Jadakiss vs Styles P

by Thomas September 6, 2009 Who Spit It Better?

Another Who Spit featuring The Chef. Another song featured on OB4CLII. Rae, Jada, Styles P, and other spit over Margie Joseph’s “Stop In The Name of Love” from her 1971 album. Jada’s joint was from his debut album Kiss Tha Game Goodbye and featured a gang of people. I was only feeling Jada and Styles [...]

Jay-Z: Song Cry (The Lyrics)

by Freddie C September 6, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c51o07eSbc”>OHHLA

“Song Cry” is Jay-Z at his realest. It’s hard to find a rapper who would willingly cast aside their baller/gangster/mafioso persona and put their real-life problems on wax. Sure, he distances himself by saying he has to make the song cry because he can’t, but the last verse is pure sorrow, saying he’ll mourn and [...]

Soulful Sunday: Ramsey Lewis Edition

by J. Rizzle September 6, 2009 Soulful Sundays

Since last week there was a great response to the Quincy Jones mix by DJ Spinna ..I’mma hit you off with another jazz great that the beat heads should love… Ramsey Lewis. Hit it after the jump and enjoy !!! This mix was done by DJ Ian Head, props to dude for doing this mix [...]

Jay-Z: R&B Collaborations Part Two

by J. Rizzle September 6, 2009 Eleven Days of Jay

This is basically the same joint, with a few more songs that wasn’t on the 1st post..so hit this after the jump and you’ll have both of them. Go ahead and “Upgrade” this joint like Beyonce, lol…I know that was corny as hell, well fugg it, lol.. enjoy!!!

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