BET Awards ‘08 Wrap-Up (by B-Easy)

Well, I just got finished watching the 2008 BET Awards with King Jerm and Slik P. It was okay for BET; good to see Black people together at an award show without someone getting punched or stabbed (Just joking…kinda). I’m not going to recap the whole show, just the good parts and all the Hip-Hop/Rap parts. Read more

The Numbers Game: Usher Stands At #1 (by B-Easy)

Well, here we are again at another edition of The Numbers Game. Is it any surprise that Usher took the top spot on the Billboard charts this week? Yea, he only did half of what his 2004 album Confessions did; but hey times are different now. What’s really crazy is Fergie returning to the charts, not one time, but twice (With a reissue of her first album). Oh yea, and Al Green’s makes a return. You heard right, Al Green! Let’s get this thing rolling… Read more

The Numbers Game: Bun B Keeps It Trill At #2 (by B-Easy)

The SoundScan numbers are out and it looks like the fans actually backed someone whose worthy. Bun B’s II Trill lands at #2 on the Billboard 200. After all he’s been through, you can’t help but feel good for Underground King. Also this week, The Cool Kids make a small splash with their digital EP The Bake Sale Read more

The Numbers Game: Foxy Drops A Dud (by B-Easy)

Here we go again. It’s here that we check out who’s album did what on the Billboard 200 (Well, the R&B & Hip-Hop in the Top 50 only). This week, we see the return of Mr. Keith Sweat, the fall of Foxy Brown, the “ignoration” of Kidz In The Hall, the disappearance of Lil’ Scrappy, as well as a debut from R&B group Cherish. It’s getting hard out here people. Read more

The Numbers Game: Rick Ross Goes Gold (by B-Easy)

I won’t lie to you, there was nobody who came out last week to impact the charts in the Top 50 (We barely even did any reviews last week). So NEXT week we’ll see the impact of releases from Kidz In The Hall & Foxy Brown. This week? Read more

50th Annual Grammy Winners (by B-Easy)

If you didn’t catch this Sunday’s 50th Annual Grammy Awards, here a short list of winners: Read more

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Alicia Keys, King Magazine, & Little Brother (by King Jerm)

It’s back by popular demand, well sort of! But after seeing some of the responses we have been getting on the site, we decided to keep coming with that “Blue Magic!” Enough of the talking, let’s get to the meat! Read more

iPod Hustle: Saigon, Thugnificent, Alicia Keys, & 50 Cent (by B-Easy)

People ask me all the time; “B-Easy, what you rocking to right now?” or “B, what’s on your iPod?” Okay, maybe they e-mail me the questions too. But, I really never answer the questions because the music I listen to is constantly changing. Well, thanks to modern technology, I can now see what songs I listen to the most thanks to my ever present iPod Read more