2008 Songs Of The Year (Staff Picks)

At first we were gonna do a recap this year’s most notable songs featured in our Song of the Week column. But seeing how some of the songs weren’t actually made in 2008, it really wouldn’t have worked. So instead of voting for a single “Song of the Year”, we thought; “Why not just let each staff member pick their favorite 5 songs of the year?” So here they are. No voting. No debates. Read more

The Best Video Out: Young Jeezy - “Who Dat” (by King Jerm)

I know I’m late on all videos, how can that be when you have so many video sites out there? I was cruising the FORUMS when DJ LP was asking who was the female cop in the video. I’m usually down to look at the women, but I was caught up in how dope of a video this was. Jeezy called in all the help on this one Nas, Khaled, Ross, Cube, Akon, and the list goes on and on. Read more

Kanye West|808’s & Heartbreak (by H20)

Mr. West has tried to diversify his music for most of his career; The College Dropout was a Hip-Hop record with the sampling and soul music of The Blueprint, Late Registration was the album where his production took center-stage, while his rapping was still great. Graduation is where Kanye really started killing it with lyrics that were just out of here! And now, he’s decided to sing an entire album T-Pain style. Read more

Kanye Leaks (by King Jerm)

With all of the leaks that have been springing up lately, you didn’t think that Marty McFly was going to escape untouched did you? Artists may as well get used to what is going on. No, it isn’t fair to them, but you have to love the fact that people want to hear your music that bad. Read more

Song of the Week: Obama Wins! (by B-Easy)

I think almost every website & blog will probably do something on tonight’s election, so there’s a lot that has already been said about this being an historic and momentous event. That being said; this IS a very historic and momentous event and I’m personally honored too be alive during it. We don’t do this kinda thing much here at nappyafro, but here’s our obligatory Obama post. Read more

The Numbers Game: T.I. Is Still #1 & Jeezy Hits Gold (by B-Easy)

You know, looking at that picture of T.I. & Jeezy made me think: Hip-Hop really lives in the South (Well at least right now). Think about it, other than The Game’s L.A.X., all of 2008’s big sellers have all called the South home. Lil’ Wayne, T.I., & Young Jeezy (In that order) have all had the biggest albums of the year. Now, I’m not saying that only album sales matter, but I’m just saying Read more

Song of the Week: Joe Budden, Akon, Little Brother, Lil’ Wayne, & Young Jeezy (by B-Easy)

Yeah, it’s me again. I think it’s time for me to take a long retirement from Song of the Week; it’s really not what I initially thought it was (It seems I’m picking a lot of new stuff lately). Don’t worry, it’s a great chance that the pick next week will be something dusty and good (Unless Jay-Z drops something with Andre 3000 on the hook). Also, it’s like five other staff members, so there’s that too. Read more

Boomin’ From The Stoop: Jay-Z’s Super Label Announced! (by H2O)

I think Jay can call American Gangster a success with all the buzz he has now: there have been so many rumors about him ever since he left Def Jam and signed that 150 Million dollar deal with Live Nation, called “Roc Nation”. For many Jay-Z fans, rumors are everywhere, and no matter how many times you hear them, Read more

Three Reasons Why You Should Love Gucci Mane (By King Jerm)

Over the past year, I have been listening to Gucci hard on and off. Therefore, like the rest of you, I was pretty upset when Gucci was sent up the river ten days ago. He “allegedly” didn’t do his required amount of community service. I would say he did his fair share of community service by giving us all those mixtapes. Doesn’t that count for anything? Read more

The Numbers Game: Young Jeezy Gets #1 Spot (by B-Easy)

Of course we all knew Jeezy would take the #1 spot on the Billboard charts. King Jerm predicted The Recession to go Gold in the first week. I personally said he’ll do about a little over what The Game did last week. With a official total of 260,569, we see who won that contest (Come on Jerm, I write a column every week about this shit!). Read more

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