"WHATS THE 411?"

LAST WEEK WHILE I WAS AT JADAKISS' "THE LAST KISS" ALBUM RELEASE PARTY @ RETREAT IN NYC, I BUMPED INTO AND HAD A CHANCE TO CHOP IT UP REAL QUICK WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERS FROM THE EARLY 90'S, GRAND PUBA. HE'S WIDELY KNOWN AS THE FRONT MAN OF THE GROUP BRAND NUBIANS, AND FOR HIS CLASSIC FEATURES ON MARY J.'S "WHATS THE 411?" SINGLE AND MORE RECENTLY BEANIE SEGALS SINGLE "BREAD & BUTTER" OF HIS 2005 RELEASE "THE B.COMING". WHEN ASKED WHAT HE'S BEEN UP TO HE REPLIED,HE'S "JUST BEEN IN THE STUDIO, WORKING WITH A FEW ARTIST" AND THAT WE CAN EXPECT TO HEAR SOME "FRESH VERSES FROM 'THE PUB' SOON."

IS HOT97's FUNK MASTER FLEX THE DJ VERSION OF 50 CENT?

OK SO SINCE ABOUT NOVEMBER 2008, FUNKMASTER FLEX OF NEW YORK'S HOT97.1FM RADIO STATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHING AN ALL OUT ATTACK ON FORMER HOT97 DJ/CURRENT POWER105.1 DJ,DJ CLUE & A HOST OF OTHER CLUB DJs OVER AT THE RIVAL STATION AND PROMOTERS IN NYC (SIMILAR TO WHAT 50 DID TO ARTIST LIKE JA RULE, FAT JOE, KANYE, CAM'RON AND RICKROSS"). APPARENTLY, THESE DJs HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DISCREDIT FLEX'S CLAIM AS THE "NYC CLUB CROWN HOLDER" AND TAKE HIM OFF THE SCENE, HOWEVER THE BIG DAWG PITBULL ISN'T LETTING THAT GO DOWN BY ANY MEANS! LAST NIGHT DURING HIS SHOW HE INTRODUCED HIS LATEST ASSAULT APPROPRIATELY TITLED "OPERATION TILT" IN WHICH HE'S MAKING IT HIS MAIN DUTY TO BOOK EVENTS AT CLUBS HIS RIVAL DJs REGULARLY SPIN AT AND AS HE WOULD SAY "TILT THE CITY SOMETHING MEAN!" FOR MORE ON FUNK FLEX & HIS "OPERATION TILT" ONSLAUGHT LISTEN TO HOT97.1 FM EVERY NIGHT M-F FROM 7-10PM.....THIS SHOULD BE VERY INTERESTING

SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH MEET ROCK ICON "CHRIS CORNELL"

ATTENTION ALL! ROCK STAR CHRIS CORNELL IS HOSTING AN EXCLUSIVE IN STORE AUTOGRAPH SIGNING SESSION SAT. APRIL 11TH @ 2PM AT VINTAGE VINYL IN THE FORDS SHOPPING CENTER (51 LAFAYETTE RD., FORD, NEW JERSEY). BY CHRIS' NEW CD "SCREAM" AND GET A WRISTBAND TO ATTEND.

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ROUND TABLE DEBATES (PT.1): THE TOP 5 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME

"IM FROM WERE N*GGAS WILL PULL YA CARD/ AND ARGUE ALL DAY ABOUT WHO'S THE BEST MC's BIGGIE, JAY-Z AND NAS"
-JAY-Z,"WHERE IM FROM",IN MY LIFETIME VOL.1

I KNOW I'VE LOST MY VOICE ON PLENTY OF OCCASIONS ARGUING OVER THIS VERY QUESTION; BREAKING DOWN ARTISTS' LYRICS, FLOWS, STYLES, CREATIVITY, ALBUMS, SUCCESS, AND INFLUENCE ON THE GAME. BUT HOURS OF CONSIDERATION I FINALLY CAME UP WITH A LIST OF RAPPERS THAT I AM SATISFIED WITH AT LEAST FOR NOW. YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH ME, BUT WHO CARES, MY BLOG MY LIST!LOL.....LEAVE A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND WHAT YOU WOULD CHANGE.

#1 JAY-Z
"WHAT MORE CAN I SAY, HIS BODY OF WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. NOT NECESSARILY #1 IN EVERY MC CATEGORY, BUT WHEN YOU AVERAGE EVERYTHING OUT, JIGGA STANDS AT THE TOP OF THE CLASS ALONE!"

#2 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
"ALTHOUGH BIGGIE IS A HIP-HOP ICON & ALOT OF PEOPLE SAY IF BIGGIE WAS STILL ALIVE HOV WOULDNT BE AS BIG AS HE IS NOW, I FEEL THAT JAY-Z HAS THE SLIGHT EDGE WHEN IT COMES TO EXPERIMENTING & MASTERING DIFFERENT FLOWS [I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS NO BEAT JIGGA CANT SPIT OVER], WORDPLAY [CHECK OUT THE SONG "BROOKLYN'S FINEST" ON REASONABLE DOUBT], & OVERALL INFLUENCE ON THE CULTURE OF HIP-HOP [LOOK HOW FAST THROWBACK JERSEYS & CRISTAL DISAPPEARED OFF THE SCENE].....BUT LIKE I SAID JAY-Z BEAT BIG FOR THE #1 SPOT BY THE SLIGHTEST MARGIN, MAYBE IF HE HAD MORE TIME TO SHINE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE DID NOT AND WE HAVE TO GO BASED ON WHAT IS, NOT WHAT WE ASSUMED WOULD'VE HAPPENED."

#3 TUPAC SHAKUR
"NEVER REALLY THE TYPE TO GET LYRICAL WITH METAPHORS AND WHAT NOT, BUT WHEN PAC SPOKE THE WHOLE WORLD LISTENED. HE WAS MORE LIKE A POET THAN A RAPPER IN MY EYES. HIS STRONG POINTS WAS HIS VERSATILITY & ABILITY TO SPEAK ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM THUG LIFE TO SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS TO LOVE FOR HIS MOTHER, DEFINITELY MADE HIM ONE OF THE BEST EVER. HIS PERSISTENCE AND MASSIVE BODY OF WORK GAINS HIM POINTS ALSO....HIS MUSIC AND WORDS ARE TIMELESS, AND HIS INFLUENCE CAN BE SEEN IN EVERY MC OUT NOW; FROM 50 CENT TO SOULJA BOY."

#4 NAS
"HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE RAPPER OF ALL TIME & THE RAPPER THAT I FEEL HAD THE MOST POTENTIAL & SKILL TO BE THE NO.1 MC EVER. JUST THE FACT THAT HE RELEASED ARGUABLY THE GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME ILLMATIC & IS STILL RELEVANT IN MUSIC AFTER 16 YEARS, EARNS HIM THE RIGHT TO BE ON THIS LIST. HOWEVER NAS' POOR WORK ETHIC & INCONSISTENCY THROUGH THE YEARS HAS CAUSED HIM TO DROP. BUT IF RAPPERS WERE STRICTLY JUDGED OFF SKILL, NAS WOULD UNDENIABLY BE RANKED HIGHER."

#5 RAHKIM
"THE PIONEER RAHIM HAS TO BE MENTIONED ON THIS LIST IF NOT FOR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE WAY HE REVOLUTIONIZED THE GAME. FOR YOU THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE UP ON THE "R", HE IS THE REASON THAT RAPPERS TODAY DONT RHYME LIKE KURTIS BLOW, MELLE MEL, AND RUN-DMC. RAHKIM INTRODUCED THAT "STEADY FLOW" TECHNIQUE TO THE GAME. MC'S COULD NOW FIT MORE INTO THEIR BARS. THE REAL REASON HE IS ON THIS LIST IS BECAUSE OF HIS TIMELESS LYRICS. RAHKIM IN THE LATE 1980's WAS SPITTIN VERSES THAT RAPPERS IN 2009 STILL GO CRAZY OVER. (I.E. "I WAS A FIEND BEFORE I BECAME A TEEN, I MELTED MICROPHONES INSTEAD OF CONES OF ICE CREAM/ MUSIC ORIENTATED SO WHEN HIP-HOP WAS ORIGINATED,I FIT IN LIKE PIECES OF PUZZLES....COMPLICATED!")
RAHKIMS ALBUMS CONSISTED OF INCREDIBLE LYRICS AND THROUGH THE ROOF PRODUCTION FROM ERIC B. HE WAS THE MODEL FOR MCs IN THE EARLY1990'S, AND A CONTINUAL RESOURCE FOR TODAYS RAPPERS........."KEEP FOLLOWING THE LEADER"

NOW JUST BECAUSE YOUR FAVORITE RAPPER IS NOT ON THE LIST DOESNT MEAN HE'S NOT NICE, JUST MEANS HE'S NOT NICE ENOUGH LOL....LEAVE COMMENTS & LET ME KNOW WHO YOU WOULD TAKE DOWN, ADD, MOVE, AND WHAT NOT.