No Politics. No B.S.
One of the things I value most in a writer is subtlety, or at least the ability to be subtle. There’s nothing more powerful than something that’s resonant without obviously trying to be. This is not that. I’ve admired the crew here at Dead End Hip Hop since they first started, so naturally when they …
Well look at this, while we were out yesterday shooting our J. Cole Born Sinner review, Nas added a verse to J. Cole’s “Let Nas Down” record. This is dope to see some of the elders in the game work with the younger emcees and hold them to a higher standard. Often times in this …
Devine Carama released his visual for “Suspect” from his Nas Tribute project, It Was Rewritten, released last October of 2012. 2 Mello reworked all the soundscapes on the project as well as directing this visual. Check it out above.
Massachusetts-based producer CHEATCODE gives Nas’ classic “Street Dreams,” taken from his sophomore album It Was Written, a rather imaginative mashup of the time-honored single. By combining elements of both Aerosmith’s 1973 single “Dream On” and Ol’ Blue Eye’s vintage ballad “Young at Heart,” over CHEATCODE’s crushing percussion, trembling bassline and crunchy synths, the Commonwealth producer …
Enough of all this talk about Nas vs. Jay-Z or Biggie vs. Pac, let’s get Black Thought in the mix.
Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City: Kendrick is the man for this year (or in these streets—Ha!). His team (TDE) is equally undeniable, as the majority of them are on this list. This album tells a story about a young man in the hood that lets his influences get the best of him. Although things …