Before we became sucked into this feature driven music industry. Before we craved to see album track listings- just to see whom the feature guest was. Before artist needed assistance from all of their musical peers. You know, back when both artists actually got in the studio together to create magic. Back when artists actually...
DISCLAIMER: this was written last year (2017) for BIG’s 20th anniversary, but for some reason or another, I never published it. Here ya go! Can you believe it’s been twenty years already? The phrase “how time flies” couldn’t be further from the truth. Especially since most of us can recall exactly where we were,...
Smitty Smitty Smitty, can’t you see… SMITH released his new single “Never a Flaw” earlier this week, but wasn’t going to let the week close without hitting us with its visual. The track is done over Lil’ Kim‘s “Drugs” instrumental as the song borrows it title from BIG“s opening line, all before adding his name to...
Twenty years later after the fatal passing of Bad Boy artist The Notorious B.I.G.; his label mate and widow wife Faith Evans resurrects Wallace for a duet album paying homage with him as the object of her affection. Better yet, she turns their love story into a musical. More than likely when the First Lady...
As we STILL sit and wait for the arrival of Nicki Minaj’s response to Remy Ma “shETHER,” Lil Kim is setting the record. Lil Kim and Remy Ma both performed at a concert over the weekend. During Kim’s set, she mentioned joining forces with Remy. While that ignited rumors that the pair [Remy and Kim]...
This June marks twenty years since Lil Kim‘s “Ladies Night” dropped, and Kim has plans on reprising it. Over the weekend, and between the rap beef between Remy Ma and Nicki M. Lil Kim and Remy both performed at the “Hip-Hop & Soul” concert in Reading, Pa. During Kim’s set she spoke about joining forces...
To think here we are twenty years later and “Crush on You,” “No Time,” “Big Momma Thang,” and other fiery rhymes that Kimberly Jones spat can still move a dance floor like nobody’s business. That’s how you differentiate classics from want-to-be classics. The year was 1996, which was a golden era for hip-hop, and who...
Bad…Boy…Come out and play 20 years later and Puff Daddy & The Family have united to bring Bad Boy fans the ultimate music experience. Proving he took his mantra serious, and knowing you can see the Bad Boy roster live on one stage makes you chant “I thought I told you that we won’t stop”...
Without a doubt The Notorious BIG was one of the best MC’s to walk this Earth. Sadly an early demise took him from us far too soon. However, his short-lived music career will live on forever as it surpasses most new artist, and a few veterans. BIG embodied a storytelling method to paint a portrait...