FOR THE HOOD

Hip Hop Lives

"your pride or blood"

CRUSTFIED DIBBS

your disc jockeys are dick jockers
and your playlists are worthless.

R0LL 7HAT 8LUNT AGA1N

La Traficante

Devil in a Blue Dress (Produced by DJ Muggs)

Wu-Blood Kin (featuring Ghostface Killah & 12 O'Clock)

The Rough Drafts

perhaps the greatest unreleased album in recorded history

He started this gangsta shit.
(remember when it was just ireverent fun?)
we dont 'just say no', we to busy saying YEAH!
to drinking straight out the eight bottle
do i look like a motherfucking role model?
to a kid looking up to me
life aint nothing but bitches and money.

He killed a verse on "Burn Hollywood Burn",
off of an undisputedly classic PE album.
(way before his contract with disney)
rolling through hollywood late at night
red and blue lights, what a common sight
pulled to the curb, getting played like a sucker
dont fight the power, shoot the motherfucker

He colaborated with Chuck D again,
this time on his classic solo debut.
you wanna free africa? i stare at ya
cause we aint got it too good in america
i can't fuck with 'em overseas
my home boy died over keys
of cocaine it was pain and simple
the 9mm went *bang* to the temple

He dropped "Death Certificate",
considered by many a classic.
... and he never stopped entertaining,
no matter how cliche or over the top.
(watch the 'go to church' video... on mute)


Ice Cube  the Great

Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwickin the Barbarian Mother Funky Stay High Dollar Billstir

420 420 420 420


p.s. im with these guys

it's never sunny...

whothefuckareyou?
C-Rayz Walz
by request

Return of the Mac
the projects fucked me up
made me strong as an ox
made a nigga cold blooded
aint no friends on the block
just the comrades and co-d's

and crooked ass police
Bang On 'Em

The knock on Mobb Deep has always been that they are actors, couple of kids from the New York High School of Art and Design who decided to act hard and make gangster music. In fact, just before Jay-Z got ethered, he showed his appreciation for the arts or rather tried to disgrace the Mobb at summer jam 2001 by unveiling pictures of fourteen year old Prodigy tap dancing. HNIC addresses this occurrence on this throw away joint (links jacked from nahright.com, go over and search Prodigy to see eskay's take on the Ballerina P thing). The fact that Prodigy has an artistic background does not seem like a conflict of interest to me. Prodigy is able to speak about violence and poverty without over simplifying or glorifying it, perhaps this is because the pursuit of art elevated his own life to the point where he can look more objectively at the world around him. Whatever the reason, the Alchemist produced "Return of the Mac" bangs... Check the vids

GOD pt III

The Mobb released Hell On Earth later in '95 riding the coattails of there own successful sophmore effort, The Infamous ...
This video is telling about the direction of the group. Visually the brighter colors, and glossier jewels, tip off their move away from the grit and grime of their classic second album. Sonically you can hear them gravitating toward the bigger beats, and ultimately club marketability... but lyrically Havoc & Prodigy are still on point here. "Pay attention to the crime rhyme Houdini P" and how Havoc flips that little Doughboy steez with the last line...

I drive with my knees

A Plus - My Last Good Deed
out may day

Now There You Go

I've always liked Shaq...



as a rapper.

STOP CRYING