V.I.C.|Beast

OK, I know I’m a little late on this one, and I was gone for a week or so, but to be honest, I was kind of out of it after that Yung Berg album. I hate to put the blame on someone else and not take responsibility, but sit down and listen to a 10 minute song by Berg and tell me it doesn’t fuck up your week. Read more

The Numbers Game: Ice Cube Debuts At #5

Well, look at this. Even though King Jerm didn’t exactly love Raw Footage, you gotta give props to Ice Cube. He might not sale as much as his last album (Laugh Now, Cry Later sold 144,000 in it’s first week), but Cube’s been it the game for 23 years…and he’s only 39! Looking at it that way, 70,000 album sales isn’t bad at all. Read more

Song of the Week: Outkast feat. Cee-Lo – “Speedballin’”

I been saying I was gonna drop something a little older for a while now. I guess this is what you do when you can’t put up another Jezzy song (We all know The Recession leaked yesterday) and the new T.I. songs are everywhere. I just recently re-found this one on the old older iPod. Read more

Vibe’s Best Rapper Alive Tournament, Part 2

What’s good, nappyafro? I had to step out for a minute to take care of some school work, but I’m back with another column straight from The Stoop. Remember that Vibe Magazine vote I told you about? If you don’t, about a month or two ago, Vibe decided that they would settle who is the best rapper alive once and for all Read more

Nappy Fantasy Football League

We have been growing and getting bigger and better, and we feel its time to interact. The Nappy Fantasy Football League is looking for teams, can you handle it? Read more

The Game|L.A.X.

It’s been 3 years since The Game dropped his multi-platinum debut The Documentary. Since then, a lot has changed for the Compton sensation. He’s beef with a plethora of rappers, gotten/covered up numerous tattoos, been seen on multiple magazine covers imitating suicide, cried publicly about Hip-Hop and Sean Bell, released a sophomore album Read more

NWA|Straight Outta Compton [1988]

Outside of the very first rap album ever released, this is the most important album in the history of Hip-Hop music and culture. The effects of this monumental album live on not just in music, but in our everyday lives. There was a time when the overwhelming majority of Hip-Hop music was feel good party music, braggadocios rap, and storytelling. Enter Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella here. Read more

T.I. feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z, & Lil’ Wayne – “Swagga Like Us”

Wow, who knew T.I. would pull out the big guns like this? I saw this the other night but it was late and I thought it was a blend or some shit. After waking up late as hell, I guess I was wrong. The song is not bad, but it seems like they all had a vocoder/Auto-Tune party. Read more

Nappy Roots|The Humdinger

Not being a huge fan of the group Nappy Roots, I haven’t really been to big on them since their debut album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz released in 2002, which featured the hit singles “Awnaw” and “Po’ Folks”. This is their third studio album since their 2003 release Wooden Leather Read more

The Numbers Game: Yung Berg Debuts At #20

Ha! You thought I wasn’t gonna make this Numbers Game in time did you? Okay, so you probably didn’t really care, but let me keep fronting. This week we only have one big debut in terms of Hip-Hop. That lone spot is held by Mr. “Dark Butts” himself, Yung Berg. Read more

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