The Original Dom Kennedy

Dom JUST released this on his twitter. Check it out. Download link is after the picture.



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Big K.R.I.T. - Time Machine

A brand new Big K.R.I.T. song that's supposed to be on KRIT's upcoming album "Return of 4eva" has leaked. Not surprisingly its dope as fuck!!! Check out "Time Machine."

Jean Grae-You Don't Like It (So What?)

Jean Grae just released a track off her upcoming "Cookies & Cream" mixtape. It showcases her lyrical abilities along with her trademark humor. If you've never heard of Jean before, may I suggest her album with 9th Wonder "Jeanius." Anyway, check out her self-leaked track "You Don't Like It (So What?)"

Lil B ft. Jean Grae & Phonte-Base For Your Face (Prod. By 9th Wonder)

I GUARANTEE this song is going to piss purists the hell off. Oh well. Even though pairing lyrical giants Jean Grae and Phonte with Lil B may sound like an odd pairing, it actually comes off as a pretty decent track. It's not only notable as the first time Lil B has been a track with those two, it's also the first 9th wonder beat that Phonte has rapped on since they resolved their issues.

While far from a contender for song of the year, it's a cool little track that makes for an entertaining listen. Check it out and let us know what you think.

R.I.P. Biggie

We all know the story about Biggie and all of that so I won't get into too many details. All I'm going to say is the dude was an incredible lyricist and if you don't agree, you just might want to get your hearing checked.

Due to the fact that I'm only 23, I didn't get to watch Biggies career flourish the way a lot of the older heads did...at first I only knew "Big Poppa" and "Juicy." I loved both songs but I still hadn't heard anything that made open my eyes and say "WELL DAMN!" That is until I bought Funkmaster Flex's 60 Minutes of Funk Vol. 4. That CD contained a freestyle track from Biggie called "The Wickedest" and that craziness was what earned Biggie my respect.



Then Vinney suggested the "Ready To Die" album to me. I went and got that album and immediately realized that not only could he flow/say crazy lines, he could make ALBUMS. Almost every song was crazy. Including this one where Biggie plays two characters in the same song and is definitely one of harder tracks on the album.



If you're wondering what the lines are that have words censored, they are "I don't give a fuck if youre pregnant" and "Bitches get strangled for their earrings and bangles." Not sure why they got edited seeing as how way worse things had been said on record during that time period. Anyway, one of my favorite songs from the Notorious one has to be this track right here.



The track works perfectly. Premier was absolutely on FIRE with the beats in the 90s and Biggies flow/raps were a match made in heaven for this beat.

You're probably wondering why I don't have any selections from Life After Death. Well, I could only pick 3 songs. Both Ready To Die and Life After Death are classics. The 1st song I posted represents what first made me a huge fan of B.I.G., the 2nd is probably one of the first songs I had ever heard where someone was saying some hardcore shit that sounded 100% believable, and the 3rd song is one of the first songs that had me bobbing my head to the beat so hard that I almost snapped my neck.

In my mind, theres only 2 Notorious BIG releases, Ready To Die and Life After Death. I see those other 2 releases as just attempts to make more money. Of course I also think Born Again was much stronger and realistic than Duets which was an atrocity.

Well there you have it. I was going to post my 3 favorite Biggie songs, but ended up posting the 3 songs that were most important to me recognizing why BIG was such a beast. R.I.P. to Christopher Wallace. An unforgettable legend.

Rest In Power

Notorious BIG was known by many names, BIG, Biggie, The Black Frank White, but to me he's known as the best rapper ever. He was the most intellectual gansta rapper of his time and still has bars that would put 99% of rappers today to shame. This man was 24 when he passed, which is way to young. He had so much more of a contribution to give to hip-hop. However, he will live forever through his bars, here are my top 3 Biggie Songs.



This song is just so powerful. Every bar he spits he give's it an intensity and vigor that is one of his trademarks. The verse is so griddy it still makes me get a stank look on my face when I hear it.. like did he just say that?! I still remember when my Dad heard the lyric "stabbed her brother with an ice pick" lol. Let's just say I never saw that CD again. Even though the CD was long gone I still would spit the verses verbatim almost every day at the lunch table with my homies



Let me preface this by saying I struggled for very little in my life. I didn't have it all but I was fed and had shoes on my feet. This song shouldn't relate to me.. but it did. I could feel for Big and I felt for his struggle. He took me to his life and I could visualize it all. Whenever I was stressed about the little things in my life I'd play this song and just let off steam.



This song make's me feel so wavy. I bump this all the time in the whip with the windows down and some shades blockin the haters. The beat is just so smooth and even though BIG technically only has one verse on the song, we all know he wrote Puffy's verse on the track.

My boy Hewie told me something a few months back " hip-hop is the only genre and industry where legends aren't respected" I agree wholeheartedly! This doesn't apply to BIG but don't let any other legends die before you realize their worth.. Go support artists and never forget legends. Happy BIGGIE day

Rest in peace Christopher Wallace

Christopher Wallace made music we can all relate to in some sort of way. These are the top three songs that motivate me and I can relate to in some sort of way.

Biggie Smalls... May 21,1972-March 9, 1997

In honor of the Great Biggie Smalls, We here at JMHO have each decided to pick our 3 favorite Biggie Tracks of all time and share them with you all....

Biggie had a profound effect on all of us here at JMHO...

My personal memories center around chilling at my man Vinneys house and having nothing but Ready To Die, Life After Death, and Born Again, on repeat all day, evvveryday, just dissecting the lyrics and being in awe of the ease in which Biggie crafted masterpieces..

Big ups to the Man, The Myth, The Legend, Biggie Smalls

This might not only be one of my favorite Biggie songs but maybe one of my favorite songs of all time, period... The beat which is sampled from Debarge's "Stay with Me" hits perfectly and creates the perfect backdrop for Biggie to deliver verse after verse of heat..

Favorite Line: Isn't this great? Your flights leaves at eight,her flights lands at nine, my game just rewind...

Lyrically I'm Supposed to represent, I'm not only a client, I'm the player president.

Warning is by far one of the hardest tracks Biggie ever came out with...I don't think I've ever met a Biggie fan who doesn't have this one in their top 5.

Favorite Line: Who the fuck is this? Paging me at 5:46 in the morning, cracka dawning, now im yawning, wipe the cold out my eye, see whose this paging me and WHY?

(Might be my favorite intro of all time)

This one was always cool because you got a chance to see 2 MC's on top of their games go back and forth from verse to verse, trying to one up each other, but at the same time showing the other mad respect.

Favorite Line:

So instead of makin hoes suck my dick up,

I used to do stick-ups

Cause hoes is irritatin like the hic-CUPS
Excuse me, flows just grow through me
Like trees to branches
Cliffs to avalanches
It's the praying mantis
Deep like the mind of Farrakhan
A motherfuckin rap phenomenon

Collapse - Oil (Part 1)

I'm sure you've heared the murmurs....the rumblings on you know...the world ending in 2012....well I'm here to set the record straight if you've got a minute, but before i get to the doomsday stuff i want to talk about something that may be a lil closer to home.

Gas....it connects just about everyone on this planet, from plastics, from your toothbrush to tires. Transportation. Electricity. Heating. Literally everything.

What if I told you we were running out...don't take my word for it, do some research. I'll help you out a bit as I highly recommend watching this film. I am not a doomsdayer but a man of commonsense and hopefully you will hear some too as we explore this 4 part series about things to come.

Trailer


Collapse Part 1

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Collapse Part 2


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A lil more Spitta for you all...

As I was searching for more "Muscle Car Chronicles" clips for my earlier post, I came across a very very sick track that many of you all probably haven't heard from Spitta.... I'm not positive what album he plans to use this track on, if any, but it features Fiend who has done some good work with Curren$y (Raps and Hustles, Executive Brass) in the past, and a very cool video that uses some well placed Anime that cleverly syncs up with the lyrics.

Check It Out..



shouts to creative control on another well done video.

New Curren$y Album preview as well as first look at New artist Da$h

This clip dropped a little earlier on 2dopeboyz and shows a preview of both Spitta's new album "Muscle Car Chronicles" and a newcomer who I never heard of, Da$h (who actually spits some heat) . Both of their albums drop on March 15th...def looking forward to Spitta's new shit, buuuut might have to look a lil closer at this Da$h dude...

CURREN$Y-MUSCLE CAR CHRONICLES/DA$H- CAVEMAN FILES from DD172 on Vimeo.

Here is another track that is planned to be on "Muscle Car Chronicles"....
I'm looking forward to this album not only because I love anything Curren$y does, but also because its going to feature a lot of live instrumentation which your boy allllllways messes with....
check it out, it also features local talent Tabi Bonney. DMV RAAAAISE UP.

The Neptunes studio session for "Star"

The finished product... 702 feat. Pusha T

Early Neptunes studio session

This is Pharrell with some help from Chad in the studio creating "In the Midnight Hour" with Tasha Ramos. Probably my all time favorite studio session...




Finished song... I know I know... old slow song. I am huge Neptunes fan.

Brand Roy's Knees

I was talking to Rizzle on Twitter tonight and the subject of Brandon Roy and his degenerative knees came up.. He is one of those players that we will always wonder "what could have been?" I don't want to go into a long spiel of breaking down his game but I will say is he could do everything on a basketball court. The videos will say the rest.







Shoutout Brandon Roy
Shoutout ESNEWS