Woodies for everyone! Courtesy of MTVu, here's Clipse and Cam'Ron performing "Popular Demand" and "I'm Good" at this year's MTVu Woodie Awards. Big Daddy Rick Ross jumps on stage, too, for a little collegiate fun.
Warning: Motion sickness may incur. Hustle, hustle, grind, grind... the streets are fed up. ::Giggle:: Look at Lil' Drizzy just hanging in the back tryin' look all cool until it's time for his verse...
New music from DJ Khaled featuring this minute's faves -- Drake, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy... oh and he threw some Usher in there, too. Press play and enjoy.
Now that the Bawse is kicking it mainstream and everyone seems to care, who will be the next Maybach Music prodigy? Masspike Miles has been producing an writing for Ross, Jim Jones and a few others for a minute now, and with the soon-to-be release of his solo album Struggle, Boston's own crooning thug plans to break out of the shadow. He's clearly a hook master as seen on his faux-verse on Ross' "Cigar Music," but judging from his breakout single "Get It Together," Masspike is too soft to be repping his thug demeanor. Count your money silently, Masspike, this game is for real sluggers...
Seriously -- cannot stop listening to "Layback" off of Ross' new album Deeper Than Rap. Rick's album is thugalicious beginning to end, but it's Robin Thicke's smooth vocals on the chorus that undresses women instantaneously. Sure Robin's really a poor man's Justin Timberlake, but the boy really goes bring magic to the track. Rawse-poo just sold over 125 million records, so it's not to say the rapper doesn't still have game, but how much of that is really thanks to his collabos?! Think about it: Pain, Wayne, Kanye, Legend, Ne-Yo, The Dream, Trina, Foxy Brown -- that's a lot of chart toppers on a steroid-juiced budget. Ross still has what it takes to move Hip-Hop forward, but is riding into mainstream on the curtails of Billboard's Top 100 list really what he's about? Jury's still out, but until then, press play and repeat. Maybach Music is this summer's anthem.
Welcome to Hustlenomics 101, today we learn to get it done by any means necessary. That pretty much sums up Yung Joc’s latest Hustlenomics (Block Entertainment/Bad Boy South)—lying, cheating, stealing, and genuinely being sly are the building block to any successful hustler. And Joc plays an amazing hustler because he sure did a great job hustling the public into thinking this album would make bank.
Between Joc’s southern drawl and weak rhymes about dealing drugs and being the greatest hustler known to mankind, Hustlenomics is packed with much-needed guest appearances from Hip-Hop’s biggest names Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Jim Jones, The Game and Rick Ross. Joc’s collaborations manage to save this album from itself, yet it’s still a lame collection of get-rich quick anthems.
On the Fixxers produced “Cut Throat” featuring The Game, Jim Jones and Block, Joc and his boys brag about kickin’ it with the greatest gangstas from the east to the west coast. Jones outshines the rest of the players on this track with his solo: “You either slang crack/Or had a wick jump shot/Either or there was no between/It was either be poor/Or move coke and feigns.” On “Getting to da Money,” Joc not so cleverly manages to connect the dots of hustling—it’s all about making money. Really? We had no idea. Thanks, Joc.
“Coffee Shop” has already become a summer favorite because of its playful beat and childish, anthem-like lyrics, but Hustlenomics features jumpin’ club tracks like “BYOB” where Joc rhymes over a Neptunes provided, slinky-like beat, “Gotta make the quota/I mix it with the soda/I chop the dope and sell it/With the rings of the Motorola.” Then there’s the R&B flavored track “Livin’ The Life” where Joc tries to show off his soft side for the ladies as he boasts about his hustler ways and player status.
Giving thanks to his mother on “Momma,” Joc unconvincingly attempts to come off as a newer version of Tupac by showing respect to the game and respect to the woman who made him who he is. Hustlenomics features snippets of greatness which comes mostly from guest artists; on “Brand New,” Snoop’s OG status overshadows Joc’s weak chatter. Joc put this album together with a “go get it” attitude, and unfortunately he fails to actually get anything going. This Bad Boy hustler's ideology lacks a strong thesis as to what really makes a hustler; instead, Hustlenomics is a collaborated effort of weak songs with no vision.
Originally published @ http://allhiphop.com/blogs/reviews/archive/2007/08/27/18484996.aspx
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