Friday Night ‘Fro: Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories

Let’s be real with each other: I’ve been giving you fire on most of these Friday Night ‘Fro’s. If you heard anything about the recent Academy Awards, you already know I ain’t playing. I gave you Slumdog Millionaire at the end of last December Read more

Outkast|ATLiens [1996]

Have you ever listened to an album that was so good that every time you listened to the album your favorite song from the album would change? Okay, let me explain better: One day it’s this song and then the next day it’s another? Read more

Ice Cube|AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted [1990]

This is one of those albums that will grab your attention just with the title: What better way to say America is racist than this? Back 1990, Ice Cube was fresh off of N.W.A., and let me tell you, this brother was hungry. Read more

Lauryn Hill|The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill [1998]

I was in college in Atlanta when the semester of Ms. Hill began. You could not turn on the radio, walk outside or go anywhere without hearing something from this album. It owned the airwaves. I worked in a record store Read more

J Dilla|Donuts [2006]

When speaking about the word classic, terms such as timeless, unforgettable, and lasting come to mind. Just after the 3-year anniversary of the passing of the legendary James Yancey, better known to the Hip-Hop community as Jay Dee Read more

Jay-Z|The Black Album [2003]

When talking about whether The Black Album is a classic or not. Allow me to answer that question: Yes. The Black Album is classic. “Michael Jordan hitting the final shot over Byron Russell during the 1998 NBA Finals “ classic. Read more

The Numbers Game: Uncle Charlie Surprises, Akon Goes Gold, & N.A.S.A. Debuts

Raise your hand if you even knew Charlie Wilson’s album came out last week. Okay, I knew it wasn’t just me. The Gap Band’s lead singer did some business this week and took the #2 spot with his 4th album Uncle Charlie. Read more

Raekwon|Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… [1995]

People overuse the word “classic” when talking about albums these days. When 14 years can go by and your album is still fresh to every Hip-Hop head, that my friends, is CLASSIC. When your album is referred as “the Purple Tape” you know that is has to be one of Hip-Hop’s greatest masterpieces. I do not care if you like the Wu-Tang or not, you HAVE to like this album.

When Raekwon dropped his “solo” album, the game would not be the same for a while. While this album displayed two of Shaolin’s greatest samurai’s, it also cemented the Wu’s legacy on Hip-Hop. Everybody knew the Wu as a collective was nothing to fuck with, now we knew the Wu was strong enough to go for dolo. This album featured every member of the Wu, and a guest appearance from an up and coming Nas. Raekwon the Chef lived up to the hype giving you top notch lyrics from the POV of a drug kingpin. OB4CL jumpstarted the whole Mafioso/Hip-Hop love affair of the 90’s  and easily is considered the best album that came out of the Wu-Tang camp. RZA’s production was flawless on this album, the rhymes were first class, and the cohesiveness of Ghost and the Chef was remarkable. This album did not just give you razor sharp lyrics; it also gave you some memorable intros and skits. I would be wasting time picking out which songs to highlight THEY ALL ARE GOOD!

Trust me; this is one of those that you have to have in your collection to consider yourself a true HIP-HOP HEAD, its undeniable CLASSIC MATERIAL.

Songs of the Week: Kanye & T-Pain, Birdman & Ross, & Cam’ron

Classic Week is going good so far huh? I thought for this week’s edition of Song of the Week, we would stop keep hitting you over the head with older stuff and check out some songs that recently came out. Read more

K’naan|Troubadour

We’ve been seeing him all week on MTV; we may have even heard some of his other work since he’s worked with some of our nappy favorites like Mos Def, dead prez, and Damian Marley. The rest of you probably heard his Read more

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