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[Eminem's Auto Biography, The Way I Am]
This is the best thing I've ever read in my life. After reading this I feel like I understand Em a million times better than I did before. I really recommend this for my homie Trey who despises Marshall. Whole time though I can't wait to hear what he has to say on his new LP. The page I'm showing is just one section of the featured original shots of the handwritten rhymes of his. I thought I was the only one who had chicken scratch handwriting.
[XXL, December 2008 Issue]
This is the magazine that everyone is talking about right now. It includes the Top 10 Freshmen, according to XXL. My favorites just happen to be on the edition I have.
Wale - I remember the first time I heard Wale on WPGC 95.5. Like all artists I was very skeptical. I think I started fucking with him when I heard him on a song with TCB, but then once I heard him on some mixtape shit earlier this year and he automatically became one of my favorite unsigned artists. I was so happy that someone from the DMV with talent actually got a deal (Interscope), a serious buzz, and has actually proven to be worth the hype thus far. Big ups to this man!
B.o.B - Again, another person I was skeptical about when I initially heard him. One night I go to my usual Tuesday night spot, Apache Cafe. And who's featured? B.o.B. I think a lot of people felt like me when they saw him at the spot. These are some true fans of Hip Hop! So you really have to win these people over at this venue. So I hear his material and I'm suddenly blown away! This dude is mad talented!! I'm talking about the way he spits, sings, produces, and how he just whipped the guitar out and fucking killed it. Grand Hustle is in good hands while T.I is locked up. Now I understand what type of haters he was speaking on in his prematurely released single! I'm with you! Much respect and admiration.
Charles Hamilton - I don't remember who it was that put me on to his music. I'm like this dude is weird... Then I just kept hearing shit and I'm like, this dude is weird but his music is fucking dope! He's a raw, ill, Sonic the Hedgehog driven MC and producer that I really fuck with at this point. About a year from now people at my school are going to feel very bad about booing him at our homecoming show.
I haven't really heard too much or know too much about the rest of the bunch but three others who I've heard something from that I think you should really watch out for are Kid Cudi, Asher Roth, & Blu.
I had a very hard time reading this issue because I really felt like I should have been in it. But that just means I have to work 10x harder. My man Flo said we're in there next year! Does anyone wanna make a bet? I'm willing to bet he's right!
[kanYe West, 808s & Heartbreak]
I'm not going to lie. I have been feeling every single song leading up to the album. When I heard the whole album for the first time I kind of had mixed reactions. But after a second listen I was really feeling this CD. Mainly because I've never heard anything like it. It's hard to accept something new but I really think this CD is dope. And even if it's not considered Hip Hop, this is a contemporary masterpiece. "Let 'Ye do 'Ye."
What really won me over is when I opened up the booklet and saw the picture of him and his mother (R.I.P). Any person who is achieving something and has or has had a supportive parent should be able to understand where he's coming from. Never forget who you are!
[Ludacris, Theater of the Mind]
I personally think "What Them Girls Like" is Ludacris' worst single ever. But this album is fucking bananas! The presentation is the best-fit for Ludacris thus far. He just lyrically goes in throughout this whole album and after hearing this, I have no choice but to consider him in Top 5 conversations from now on.
The big scope. Ludacris was able to collaborate with more big names than DJ Khaled but for once, THAT WAS NOT A BAD THING! Every single collab makes sense and Ludacris doesn't let anyone take his shine on this album. From a Hip Hop standpoint I'm fucking with Luda right now because of the unity he was able to pull off by collabing with T.I, Nas & Jay, Weezy, Common, my man even brought 9th Wonder in on this. Not to mention the great voices of Spike Lee, Floyd Mayweather, Ving Rhames, and my favorite Chris Rock.
(This is why I'm still a Hip Hop Junkie. I'm gonna have a little review for Evidence's The Layover EP tomorrow.)
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