Rick Ross f/Bryson Tiller-Future Bright
Rick Ross f/Elijah Blake & The Game-Sing For Me
Rick Ross f/Chris Brown & Tyga-Ayo (rmx)
Rick Ross f/Chinx-On Your Body (rmx)
Rick Ross f/Monica & Lil Kim-Anything (To Find You)
Rick Ross f/Puff Daddy & The Notorious B.I.G.-Bad Boy Watcha Gon’ Do Dre Day
Rick Ross f/Red Cafe and Ryan Leslie-Fly Together
Rick Ross f/Kris Kelli-Me And U
Rick Ross f/Nicole Bus-You (rmx)
On The Watch “Source Magazine The Top 50 Lyrical Leaders Of All Time”
In this month Source Magazine, the power to be took a jab at what they think The Top 50 Lyrical Leaders of all time should look like. Now keep in mind that attempting to come up with such a list in this here Hip Hop game is a challenge within itself, now with that being said I was happy to read that this was by no mean their Hottest Mc’s list cause REAL TALK that list would have needed some major reconstructing done (in my opinion). One key criteria needed for each MC’s on this list was at least 2 LP’s in their respectful careers. Now here’s a quick run down of what their Lyrical Leaders looks like.
1-Rakim, 2-Nas, 3-The Notorious B.I.G., 4-Jay-Z, 5-2 Pac, 6-Eminem, 7-KRS-1, 8-Big Daddy Kane 9-Lauryn Hill, 10-Melle Mel, 11-LL Cool J, 12-Chuck D, 13-Andre 3000,Chuck D, 14-Ice Cube, 15-Slick Rick, 16-Scarface, 17-The D.O.C. 18-Kool G Rap, 19-Big Pun, 20-Q-Tip, 21-Redman, 22-Common, 23-Mos Def, 24-Jadakiss, 25-Queen Latifah, 26-Big L, 27-Pharoahe Monch 28-Talib Kweli, 29-Snoop Dogg, 30-Guru, 31-Kanye West, 32-Gza, 33-Method Man, 34-Black Thought, 35,Bun B, 36-Lil Wayne, 37-Busta Rhymes, 38-Posdnous, 39-Protigy, 40-T.I., 41-Fabolous, 42-Ludacris, 43-DMX, 44-Canibus, 45-Lil Kim, 46-Rick Ross, 47-Styles P, 48-Royce Da 5’9”, 49-Lupe Fasco, 50-50 Cent.
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On The Watch “It’s All About The Notorious B.I.G.”
The Notorious B.I.G. aka Big Poppa, The Black Frank White, Biggie Small or B.I.G. was a rapper who officially stamped his name in the game when he first dropped his LP Ready To Die back on September 13, 1994. B.I.G.’s LP eventually went 4x Platinum and his presence at that time single-handily brought the EAST Coast Hip Hop scene back at a time when the WEST Coast was pushing real hard on the mainstream scene. B.I.G. who was the new kat from Brooklyn killing the streets, the clubs and the radio waves, had every rapper from the EAST/WEST and the SOUTH keeping a close eye on him.
Listening to B.I.G.’s tracks right now you can clearly see that Homey was a lifetime ahead of the game back then and although Biggie’s career was cut short in 1997, B.I.G. was still able to acquire quite the hardware under his belt. The Source Awards, in 1995 awarded Biggie with New Artist of The Year (Solo), Album Of The Year, Lyricist Of The Year and Live Performer Of The Year.
Also in 1995 The Billboard Music Awards, presented Biggie with the Rap Artist of the Year and than in 1998 The Soul Train Music Awards, bestowed Biggie with Best R&B/Soul Album Male for his Life After Death LP, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA back in 2000. Biggie simply was a BEAST; he could ride the mic with a different flow for whatever beat given. MTV ranked B.I.G. at #3 on their list of The Greatest MC’s Of All Time. REAL TALK! We’ll never know just how B.I.G. would have fared amid today’s rappers but one thing is for sure; Biggie will definitely go down in the annals of Hip Hop History has one of the best who’s ever done it hands down.
Peep my DJ Blaze/Biggie Small Takeover set. It’s timeless!
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On The Watch “It’s All About Bad Boy Records”
What started out in 1993 as a record company that was home to such artist as .The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Mase, and Graig Mack, has now grown into this fresher and up-to-date version dubbed Bad Boy 2.0. Alongside the current signing of New York’s French Montana and Cleveland Ohio’s Machine Gun Kelly; together with existing members Cassie and Red Café; Bad Boy 2.0. is primed and ready to take over the reigns as the tightest crew in the game today. With the recent release of Bad Boy’s latest mixtape called Bad Boy Presents “The Preview” which is a showcase of different upcoming projects due for release in 2012 on the rejuvenated records label, Bad Boy is back in full effect, REAL TALK! Men lie Women lie but numbers don’t.
Do yourselves a favor and check out the top 100 Hip Hop/R&B charts across the board and I’m sure you’ll find any one of these artists blazing up the charts on heavy rotation in the Clubs or Radio. The radar is definitely on them right now but I’m thinking my boy Red Café, is gearing up to shake NY on some Brooklyn tip where he will invite everyone to come fly with him all the way to the top of Bad Boy 2.0.
Check out my DJ Blaze/Red Café Takeover set on my mixtapes section and peep how Mr. Café flips it one time for his city!
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