EVERYTHING HIP HOP

WITH THE RECENT TREND OF RINGTONE BEATS AND BUBBLE GUM LYRICS IN HIP HOP I FELT THE NEED TO CREATE A BLOG DEDICATED TO REAL HIP HOP AND THE ISSUES SURROUNDING IT. HIP HOP CULTURE IS A MAJOR INFLUENCE IN MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND THAT EFFECT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NEGATIVE. THERE IS A LOT OF HIP HOP THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS TURNED THE MUSIC I LOVE INTO POP. THIS BLOG WILL ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIP HOP AS I KNOW IT…HIP HOP ISN'T DEAD, IT LIVES UNDERGROUND ~ONE LOVE~

RELEASE DATES

8/5 - Nappy Roots: The Humdinger
8/5 - Too Short: After Party
8/5 - 40 Cal: Mooga
8/12 - Elzhi: The Preface
8/19 - Ice Cube: Raw Footage
8/19 - Daz Dillinger: Only On The Left Side
8/19 - D Block: Prepare for Glory
8/19 - GZA/Genius: Protools
8/26 - The Game: L.A.X.
8/26 - Royce Da 5'9": Bar Exam 2
9/2 - Young Jeezy: The Recession
9/9 - Common Market: Tobacco Road
9/9 - T.I.: Paper Trail
9/9 - Kardinal Offishall: Not 4 Sale
9/9 - LL Cool J: Exit 13
9/16 - Nelly: Brass Knuckles
9/23 - Common: Invincible Summer
TBD - Rakim: The Seventh Seal
TBD - Q Tip: The Renaissance
TBD - Ne Yo: The Year of the Gentleman
TBD - Juice: The Anticipated

ALBUM RATINGS

10 - Straight Classic. Probably ten albums alltime I would put in this category.
9 - Great Album - This is probably as high as it will get (until Detox finally drops)
8 - Solid album - Solid all the way thru with a few great tracks
7 - Good Album - Solid all the way thru, not to many stand out tracks
6 - Decent - Worth a listen, but I wouldn't pay for it
5 - Average Album - Ahh unless you're a huge fan of the artist you should probably skip this album
4 - Don't Bother. A few decent tracks, but overall weak.
3 - Why did even waste my time writing this review?
2 - Nope.
1 - Soulja Boy Status-'nuff said.