At first I wasn’t gonna post another mixtape, but then I thought about it: It’s Friday and we’re probably not posting anything this weekend. Plus, this is the third installment of 50 Cent’s ThisIs50.com mixtape (And I liked the first two; Return Of The Body Snatchers & Elephant In The Sand). Well, the theme on Sincerely Yours, Southside is 50 rapping over old school R&B beats (Isn’t that kinda what Skillz did on Design Of The Decade?). I’m currently listening to it right now and to be real with you, I’m not really feeling it. Maybe I need to listen more or maybe I’m just lame. What do you think (Not about me being lame, about the mixtape)?

Download: 50 Cent – Sincerely Yours, Southside

So DJ’s are coming together to diss Lil’ Wayne. We aren’t vouching for anything that Weezy says, but it’s obvious that the DJ’s got it out for him! Check out the cover of the mixtape that a group of DJ’s put out. Quite funny! While it has all the songs from the album, it has some more mixtape joints on there. My question is this, so you are mad at Wayne, but you’re still releasing mixtapes with his name on it? Did I miss something here? He said, “Fuck you” and instead of putting someone else on the mixtape, you go back with Weezy because he does NUMBERS!

Speaking of DJ’s, Jermaine Dupri has upset Greg Street with his latest comments about the DJ being DEAD! Damn JD, it’s like that? Well if you haven’t seen the clips, here is the one from JD and the rebuttal from Greg Street. Greg goes in on JD, but I want to know where I can get one of those chess boards from.

Jermaine Dupri: “The DJ is dead.”

Greg Street: “The DJ is not dead!”

Nas & Green Lantern are preparing to drop a mixtape called The Nigger Tape. Well, the artwork for the mixtape is out. What do you think? Hell, I guess Nas figures that he’s gonna drop something with “nigger” in it. All jokes aside, it took a while for me to get excited about the actual Nigger album (Now titled just Nas), but after seeing rumored tracklists and hearing Nas in some recent interviews, I’m actually looking forward to it. Even though he may sometimes not be acknowledged, Nas is still one of the best MC’s ever to rhyme. I’ve always been a big Nas fan but at first I thought he was just trying to starts some controversy, which I think he should be above (Remember the arguments Hip Hop Is Dead caused?). What do I think? Me? I’m all for shit like this that makes you think and remember. Here’s the full shot:

We usually don’t post all the latest mixtapes and what not, but I was up late and…you know. I’m glad Wale finally dropped the The Mixtape About Nothing. I been waiting for this every since I heard “Back In The Go Go”. It’s funny what gets you a buzz in today’s Hip-Hop/Rap game, but it’s good Wale’s found his nitch.Well anyway, download and enjoy. Stand up D.C., Maryland, Virginia!

Download: Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing

Just the other week, King Jerm and me were arguing about who was the better member of the 90’s Rap duo Illegal; Mally G (aka Jamal) or Lil’ Malik. While I still stand by my choice of Malik (Remember him on Monica’s “Like This And Like That”?), Jerm did point out that Jamal at least released a hit of his own; “Fades Em All”. What could I say? In 1995, that song was a banger! Coming off Jamal’s debut album, Last Chance, No Breaks, it was hard to deny the Redman and Rockwilder produced drums as well as the Biggie sample from “Ready To Die” (“I drop lyrics off and on like a light switch”). What even more crazy is that last week, Skillz dropped a mixtape called Design of A Decade (Where he raps over beats from the 90’s). One of the beats he chooses was, of course, “Fade ‘Em All” (or as Skillz has it listed on the mixtape’s cover, “F.E.A.”). So, I thought it be cool to have both versions as Song(s) of the Week. Old heads reminisce, young heads pull up a chair and learn some shit. Enjoy.

Download: Jamal – “Fades ‘Em All”

Album: Last Chance, No Breaks
Release Date: October 10, 1995

Download: Skillz – “F.E.A.”

Album: Design Of A Decade Volume 1
Release Date: 2008