A Week In Hip Hop
Poor ol' Suge Knight huh? The dude continues to find banana skins to slip up on and it looks like he's destined for the 'pen again and it looks as though all this pressure from apparently running people over isn't good for your health. Knight was shot 6 times last year and the trouble just seems to follow him, I bet his former comrades hope the Suge doesn't bring his misfortune around them as they get on with the business.
If you found yourself wondering who A$AP Yams was and why his passing sucked, Joey Fatts does some explaining...
Bit of a laugh...
Isaiah Rashad did an interview with Complex to explain his current situation and what to expect as a follow up to his excellent Cilvia Demo album. Peep it here but here's a slick answer about the Grammy's which caught the eye...
Q’s Oxymoron is nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Album. What would that mean for hip-hop if he won? Especially after Macklemore’s win last year that caused a lot of controversy
“I don’t get into that. I don’t get into like the racial divisions that people try to have. That ain’t none of my business. I can tell people what I think about my shit. If I got snubbed up with some shit, but I don’t even know if you can say that nigga got snubbed. He had the biggest songs outta the year. Like, who cares? It’s just music. It’s an award. It’s one gold thing that a community of people you don’t give no fucks about telling you about what they give a fuck about, and they giving you an award for ’em. Like, who cares? [Laughs.] Let whoever wins win. These are people who are gonna inspire somebody.”
I Love Makonnen popped by the GGN studios with Uncle Snoop and kept it real...
We got another serving of the amazing Fuck, That's Delicious from Action Bronson. These dudes continue to get more and more creative with what they serve up and it's definitely a top 5 hip hop Youtube thingy-ma-jig. You can hear the song that Bronson wrote with that glove along with Alchemist down below.
So is this series from Noisey which gave us a glimpse in to the history of Trap music in earlier episodes, while in this ep, it focuses on the ATL twins who are pretty funny. It then gets real street as the homie ventures in to the real trap's of Atlanta, that shit is ruthless.
Run The Jewels did what they do...
Joey Bada$$ offered an interesting perspective on the Bobby Shmurda situation...