Ludacris|Battle Of The Sexes
I’m reaching back a bit and showing my age here but, “I remember when…” Luda was Chris Lova Lova on Hot 97.5 in Atlanta, and I’m not saying that from reading, I was in ATL then. I remember him announcing he was working on something with Timbo then he played it and wow. “Phat Rabbit” [...]
The Starting 5: The Group Edition
As we get closer and closer to March Madness, and I whimper to the reverberations of confirmation that Little Brother will put out there last album this year I thought this would be a good time not only to start this series of articles called The Starting 5, but to focus this first edition on [...]
Double Duty: Artist Transitions
The transition of Phonte to a singer (who’s Foreign Exchange is nominated for a Grammy this year) and the anticipation of Lil’ Wayne’s Rebirth Rock album, I’m looking for other transitions this year. Now, I’m not talking about transitions like Flavor Flav’s transition to singing on his new song, but those moves that have potential [...]
2009 Mixtape Of The Year: Drake|So Far Gone
As the staff member that broke Drake to the site…ahem…It is my PLEASURE to announce his So Far Gone as nappyafro’s Mixtape Of The Year winner for 2009. If you don’t agree, let’s go over some simple facts about this mixtape. He’s nominated for a Grammy from a mixtape that came prior to any album [...]
Turn Yo’ Headphones Up: R&B Grammy Thoughts
I haven’t done a good job of putting you onto R&B lately like I should have, but with the Grammy’s around the corner, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about some of the nominiees
Snoop Dogg|Malice In Wonderland
Ego Trippin’ wasn’t a bad album, hell, I gave it a 3.5 (more on that later). Like I said on that review, I had to let go of the Snoop from Doggystyle and Murder Was The Case, he’s not that guy anymore. That statement leads me
FROCAST: Love, Relationships, & Shit Like That
Gotta say much love for the success of the previous FROCAST. You all downloaded in big numbers and signed up via iTunes. We got a lot of positive feedback from the first joint and hopefully, that continues
FFWD’s: The Black Keys|Blakroc
OK, so you know The Black Keys right…exactly. That’s why this is a FFWD and not a track by track. I’m vaguely familiar with them, but Blues Rock doesn’t appear to be high on the radar for you
Turn Yo’ Headphones Up: Danny Swain [Double Feature]
I ran across Danny Swain’s music a while ago in some forum where folks were sharing music. Now, the thing that made me check him out was that he was the only artist that had replies and co-signs. There were the Kanye comparisons
FROCAST: Premier Edition
For a while now, we’ve been kicking around the idea of doing a podcast and how to do it. We’ve done research and all of this stuff, but at the end of the day, the first one has to be done
