Lil Wayne

My Decade in Rap, Pt. 4 [2008-2009]

source: XXL

We all know in 2008 hip-hop was Wayne’s world. The self-professed Martian became the undisputed “best rapper alive.” Despite a bootleg version of Tha Carter III floating around, Lil Wayne still came away selling over a million copies in the first week. To do those numbers in a climate of decl...

Published 10 hours ago

Jim Harrington: Here are the top 25 albums of the '00s decade

source: San Jose Mercury News

Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne (2008): The New Orleans madman on the microphone is known to shout, "I am the best rapper alive!" Any opposing argument weakens ... and more »

Published 13 hours ago

"They don't know how to respond to you..."

source: postpostracial (WordPress)

I guess I can’t make any more T-Pain or Drake references in class. At least I can blast my 1990s rap music on the 40-minute drive home, recalling the days when I wasn’t such a nerd. …For example, when I was making a reference to the rapper Lil’ Wayne in a class, some of

Published 14 hours ago

Lil Wayne shows off new face tattoo

source: Examiner.com

Rapper Lil Wayne recently appeared on the set of Cash Money labelmate Birdman's video with a series of stars tattooed underneath his "misunderstood" artwork ...

Published Thu, Dec 10

Lil Wayne’s ‘Rebirth’ Has Been—You Guessed It—Pushed Back Again

source: Idolator

Billboard notes that Cash Money label boss Brian “Birdman” Williams recently fired off a tweet saying Rebirth will see the light of day on February 1, 2010. There’s no confirmation of that date being set in stone—though, really, like it would matter if it was.

Published Thu, Dec 10

Music Review: B.G. - "Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood"

source: hiphopwired.com

Controversy and trouble has a way of following B.G. The New Orleans dweller came to notoriety as a member of Cash Money Records’ Hot Boy$ crew and blessed the Hip-Hop community and the Oxford dictionary with the hit “Bling Bling,” off his first major label debut, Chopper City in the Ghetto. A y...

Published Thu, Dec 10

Juelz Santana – Mixin’ Up The Medicine f. Yelawolf (Video)

source: 2dopeboyz

Shake’s new favorite rapper dropped the latest visuals with Joo-Ells: Three/21 and Skull Gang present the “Mixin’ Up The Medicine” music video for Juelz Santana feat. Yelawolf. Like the Bob Dylan sample, our concept pays homage to the original Dylan video as well as detailing the perspec...

Published Thu, Dec 10

Men Who Stare at GOATs

source: zebraisfood (WordPress)

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know I dig the never-ending argument as to which rapper is the greatest. Souls of Mischief recently sounded off on their opinion. While I am a Souls fan, I disagree with almost everything they say in this piece. I have absolutely no gripe with the...

Published Thu, Dec 10