a$ap rocky is on my mount rushmore. his album drops are celebrations... he's never trapped in four walls with his styles. he's got riri on his arm and a couple of kids who stay out of the public being raised as normal as possible. he burst onto the scene in 2011 with "peso" and "purple swag" and he hasn't left the public spotlight since. he can spit with the best on tracks like "1train" but then drop "fashion killa" and start new waves that others can't surf.... that's iconic... rakim aka rocky is a goat.
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Damn… This year marks the 20th anniversary of Kanye West’s debut album, College Dropout. Has it really been that long? It seems like yesterday we became more open minded to pink polos and rockin’ backpacks outside of school hours. Kanye is obviously a very polarizing figure and feel however you want to feel about him, he has some classics under his belt. College Dropout being one of them. So to pay homage to Ye, I wanted to go back in time to the early 2000’s and paint a picture to the lead up to his debut release while highlighting some of the unreleased tracks from that era that you might not have heard.
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Image courtesy of Apollo Brown’s album cover of, Sincerely, Detroit
When you think of the best rap cities, what do you think of? New York and Los Angeles right off the bat but then you have Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Memphis, and Chicago? Does Detroit come right to mind when we talk hip hop cities? It probably doesn’t but it should. Starting with Eminem blowing up in the late 90’s all the way to Boldy James’ run right now we got a long list of dope rappers and producers out of Detroit and Michigan. Let’s take a look at who has had the biggest impact in the scene since the late 90’s.
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Last week marked the 50th anniversary of hip hop and unless you live under a rock, you’ve been hit with content from every angle about the big day. For me, it’s been cool to see the genre of rap and hip hop being recognized and embraced globally. Hip Hop is the most popular music genre in the world now but it wasn’t always so widely accepted.
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Most of the hip hop I listen to wouldn’t hit your ear drums like it hits mine. I don’t like a lot of the mainstream hits bubbling on social media channels. I stay listening to music which can’t be fit into a box. I like rappers who take chances and producers who aren’t afraid to step outside the lines on their beats. Rap has so many different genres now that it’s hard to keep up with what’s dope unless you got your ears to the ground. Well I do… I stay looking for that next shit and this is my playlist to bring you in on what I’m bumpin over here. This is ALTERNATIVE HIP HOP for y’all.
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