Will The Real FemCee’s Please Stand Up?

I was recently listening to Nicki Minaj the other day when it hit me, “Where are all the Female MC’s?” It’s like the only ones you hear are Minaj, Khia, and…who? I know Hip-Hop has always been a male dominated industry, Read more

Jay-Z|Fade To Black (2004) [Download]

The other day I was listening to a live version of “Big Pimpin’” on my iPod. Halfway through the beat changed to David Banner’s “Like A Pimp”. I then remembered how much I like that version. Most people know that this is from the Jay-Z documentary Fade To Black. Read more

Rick Ross|Deeper Than Rap

Rick Ross hit the studio and returned with his third offering titled Deeper than Rap. This is coming off the heels of a “feud” with 50 Cent that turned your typical rap battle into a scene from MadTV. Putting all of that to the side, Ross is focusing on making the best music to date Read more

Turn Yo’ Headphones Up: Her Mic Sounds Nice

In case you don’t know by now, Thic loves the ladies…that doesn’t stop when he’s thinkin bout hip hop.  Outside of the disappointing Foxy album, only the official release of Jean Grae’s album, Lil’ Mama’s surprising album, and Nicki Minaj’s mixtape have caused ripples in the femcee game.  To get your fix, let’s dig in the crates and see what albums we find. Read more

Vibe’s Best Rapper Alive Tournament

I was on the internet and I saw a thing Vibe was doing to settle once and for all who is the best rapper alive. They made a bracket type thing to have the readers vote on who is the best; it’s like the March Madness brackets. They’ve got the four brackets based on some of the legends in Hip-Hop: The Notorious B.I.G. Bracket, the Tupac Bracket, etc. On the surface it seems cool, right?? WRONG!! Read more

Jacki-O Goes In

I know this is the first time I’ve mentioned Jacki-O on nappyafro, but I had to let this be heard to our readers. Jacki aired the dude Brisco out! Apparently Brisco threatened to “slap the shit” out of her at Weezy’s video shoot. Damn, it’s like that? Read more

The Numbers Game: Foxy Drops A Dud

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

Foxy Brown|Brooklyn’s Don Diva

She was the FIRST female emcee to debut at number 1 on Billboard. Each of her released albums have reached gold or platinum status. She has been in the game (depending on what you consider IN) for 12 years (give or take a year). All those things considered; she is just around 30. Is she still as relevant as she was when she started? Read more