A fact about life is that we’re all attracted to different music genres. Yes, you read that right. Some of us enjoy smooth violins, while others go for the headbang. Irrespective of the genre, music is everywhere we go. It’s piped into retail shops, train stations, entertainment joints, and airports. It accompanies movies, television programs, and ball games.
WatchMojo.com posted their picks for the Top 10 Best Eminem Guest Verses. For their list, they listened to songs by Xzibit, Dr. Dre, Notorious BIG, Akon, B.o.B., Yelawolf and others, to see how Slim Shady’s guest bars compare to his own. Did your favorite Eminem guest verse appear on the list? Let us know in the comments below!
I'm a huge fan of classic hip hop and have been meaning to make a list of my favorites from that era. Obviously, this is list all my opinion. The criteria I used was songs released, either as singles or on albums, with the cutoff at 2000. Post your favorites in the comments!
WatchMojo has posted up their picks for "Top 10 Rap Diss Tracks" -- pretty hard to argue with most of these, but what songs would you add? They also have a Top 10 Hip-Hop Feuds and Rivalries video as well.
The first music video from the Therapy EP is out today! TECH N9NE and Rolling Stone are teaming up to unleash the official new music video for ‘Hiccup’, directed by Anthony Devera. The video depicts a store robbery gone wrong, but exposes the true story of the thief in backwards motion, revealing the true nature of his reasoning. Watch the video here via Rolling Stone, and while you’re on the web, watch a behind the scenes video released last week that highlights the performance portions of the video.
TECH N9NE possesses his own perception of therapy, and that’s codified in his new metal-tinged, aggressive 11-track 2013 EP, Therapy, hitting stores November 5th via Strange Music. You can pre-order Therapy via iTunes at this link. Therapy is produced by legendary rock producer Ross Robinson (Korn, Slipknot) to achieve a hard-hitting, instrument-driven sound unlike anything else he’d previously done over the course of thirteen full-length studio albums. Top-notch musicians such as Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit and Glassjaw’s Sammy Siegler built the sonic foundation for many of the tracks alongside longtime producer Seven’s beats.
Last week, Rolling Stone debuted ‘Hiccup’, the first track released from Therapy. Now, the track is available for listening via Strange Music’s official YouTube page. Listen here: http://youtu.be/W0JlE9EeOpI
Therapy track listing:
1. The Ghost (Therapy Skit One)
2. Public School (featuring Krizz Kaliko)
3. Head Now (featuring Bernz & Wrekonize)
4. Hiccup
5. Therapy Skit Two
6. Shame on Me (featuring Caroline Dupuy Heerwagen)
7. Jacob Wells Message (skit)
8. When Demons Come (featuring Tyler Lyon)
9. Therapy Skit Three
10. I.L.L.
11. Stop the Sailor
Rick Ross will be releasing his new album, Mastermind, on December 17th.
Eminem's new song “Berzerk” from Marshall Mathers LP 2, is set to drop November 5th. Produced by Rick Rubin. Listen to the song below and buy it on iTunes!
Jay-Z’s Magna Carta…Holy Grail summed up simply is back and forth confusion of feelings. Despite going platinum before release and being produced by Timbaland (who makes everything sounds awe-inspiring and grand), Holy Grail doesn’t feel real.
Jay-Z is a man with enough money to run a large third world country and enough possessions to keep him occupied 24/7, but none of that can fill the void for one’s passion for creative music. Many tracks on Holy Grail speak about hating fame, and hating paparazzi, but it is all justified by the amount of possessions and money Jay-Z has. The songs simply don’t feel authentic; listeners will really get the feeling that this is just another money making record. To be fair, there are some good catchy songs on here such as the title track Holy Grail featuring Justin Timberlake, Oceans featuring Frank Ocean and Tom Ford.
Lyrically, everything feels like its run into the ground and uninspiring. Don’t get me wrong though, this album is not bad! It’s still a Jay-Z record, still amazing studio quality and production and the list of guest vocalists will catch your eye (list includes Rick Ross and Beyoncé as well as the others listed above). I believe listeners will and should expect more from an artist of this level though. Old school fans will miss the old Z, but he’s despite his lacking enthusiasm, he is still a phenomenal MC.
Regardless of the downsides to this album, it’s still worth checking out. I believe listeners will enjoy Jay-Z’s older work on The Blueprint Print 1,2 & 3, The Black Album and Collision Course, but for those who need the newest hit tracks and the 12th album to their Jay-Z collection, pick up Magna Carta…Holy Grail.
7/10
Ryan
