Hip-Hop Affirmations: Who Do You Admire?

May 2, 2010

“If you admire someone you should go ahead and tell ‘em. People never get the flowers while they can still smell ‘em.”
Kanye West – Big Brother
What if you never get to say, “I love you, sorry or thank you?” I lost my father in 2009. At the time of his passing I felt an unusual [...]

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GHtv: Big Brother – Kanye West

May 2, 2010

The song from which your affirmation comes

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What if the Tea Party Were Black?

May 2, 2010

by Tim Wise for Ephphatha Poetry.com
Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up a bit. Instead of envisioning white people as the main actors in the scenes we’ll conjure – the [...]

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TOP 5 Rappers Who Need The Other Guy

April 27, 2010

5 Rappers Who Need the Other Guy
5. Pete Rock and CL Smooth
T.R.O.Y. will forever be in the pantheon of hip hop classics, and Mecca and the Soul Brother had more than a few hot singles. When they broke up, to no one’s surprise Pete Rock kept right on producing (das efx, Rakim, Ghostface Killer, etc.). [...]

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ALBUM of the WEEK: Raydar Ellis – Late Pass

April 26, 2010

Hailing from Boston MA Raydar has been in it for a minute as a producer and rapper. We featured Mr. Ellis before just a few months ago with his collaboration with Quite Nyce. We promised then that we would post his first album to give you a chance to peruse his earlier work.
Just a reminder: these [...]

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Interview: Get a Late Pass with Raydar Ellis

April 26, 2010

by Tood E. Jones for MVRemix.com
(Editor’s Note – This is an interview that he did right before he dropped Late Pass)
Raydar Ellis may have taken a while to reach this point but, he is an emcee who is worth the wait. The hip-hop nation was late in recognizing his talent. Not only should he have [...]

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Raydar Ellis – My Favorite Things

April 26, 2010

This isn’t some big Raydar Ellis Love In or anything like that. But as we were trolling the internets we found this post from Raydar on his Myspace page. Since actual CD’s seem to becoming rare and therefore liner notes (you know all the info about the artist) becoming even rarer. The artist webpage is [...]

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Hip Hop Affirmation: Ready to Start Winning

April 25, 2010

“I WILL NOT LOSE!”
Jay-Z – Change the Game
Are you ready to start winning? Get it set in your mind that you will win, no matter what! In my book, “Move the Crowd: 30 Days of Hip Hop Affirmations to Change Your Life,” I speak about how I used a “I will not lose,” mindset [...]

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GHtv: Change the Game – Jay-Z

April 25, 2010

Since the ambassador quoted it..we will play it.

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GHtv (one mo’gin): SNL Clip

April 25, 2010

If you were unaware Gabourey Sadibe hosted SNL this weekend. Overall the show had its moments and Gaby did pretty well. But maaaaaaan we were actually rolling here at GH HQ with the Steve Harvey sketch.  You’ll see for yourself but  I gotta know. Whatcha goin do Steve? You gonna let them diss you like that [...]

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