Drake – Forever…

feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem.

I said it before and I’ll say it again…Em bodied this damn song. I swear this is the Eminem that should’ve been rapping on Relapse. Anywho, people can talk about Jay all they want, but I don’t think there’s a rapper out there that wants it with Em.

Hype Williams directed the video. Ummm I hope Hype isn’t still charging a $1,000,000+ for his videos because they damn sure don’t seem worth it anymore. But then again were they ever really? Not knocking him artistically…that’s just a lot of damn money.

Btw you really should have this already…
Drake – Forever Ft. Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne & Eminem

The Yellow One…

…has released quite a few songs over the past week. I’m sure most of you have these already, but for those of you who don’t…

Drake – Fear
Ummm this is the type of song that makes all of these half ass rappers realize how much of a problem this guy really is.

Birdman aka Baby – Money To Blow Ft. Drake & Lil’ Wayne
I posted this song last week….once again, here’s the deal: This song is old. The original version came out over a year ago…before everybody set up permanent residency on Drizzy’s balls. Anywho, the original was made by some guy named Jerz Y.A. and it featured Drake ——> Jerz Y.A. – Money To Blow Ft. Drake

Drake – Forever Ft. Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne & Eminem
Here we go again, another old ass Drake song that’s been recycled. I really was looking forward to hearing this…until I heard it and recognized the beat and the hook were on a song that Drake dropped about a year ago. I must say, Em showed his ass on here though. Btw Drake’s verse was better on the original—–> Drake – Forever Ft. Lil’ Wayne & Kid Kid

Lil’ Wayne – My Darlin’ Baby Ft. Drake
Wayne would like to dedicate this song to Toya, Nivea, Lauren London, the random stripper who had his son not too long ago and all the girls in the world that he wishes he could f@#k. He’s such a charmer….you ladies should feel extremely special. P.S. You’re all one of a kind.

New Eve, Whitney Houston, Rick Ross, Eminem…

Late pass on these….I’m playin’ catch up…

Eve – Me N My (Up In The Club)
Don’t you just hate when actors/actresses try to rap? Oh yeah, she was a rapper first. Soooo all of the Eve fans who’ve been anxiously awaiting her return to rap, please make some noise!!
……….*crickets*…………………*tumbleweed rolls by*……..

Whitney Houston – I Look To You
This is a beautiful song. *tear drop* I’m glad she’s back….I just hope she’s not referring to crack when she says “I look to you”. Well, even if she’s referring to crack it doesn’t take away from the song. Random thought: If somebody would’ve told me back when Moesha was on tv that Brandy’s little brother would be bussin’ down Whitney Houston in the future I would’ve thought they were on crystal meth.

Rick Ross – Lay Back Pt. 2 Ft. Robin Thicke
Part 1 was on Deeper Than Rap….which wasn’t a bad album. The only thing that changed on this version was Ricky’s verses.

Eminem – Warning Ft. Mariah Carey’s voicemail messages
Nick Cannon should whoop Eminem’s ass. It’s that simple. After all the shots that Eminem’s sent at Mariah Carey over the years, she finally responds by mocking him in her song/video “Obsessed” and he comes back with an actual diss record.

“The only reason I dissed you in the first place was because you denied seeing me” – Eminem

I mean really? Because she denied seeing you? What did you expect her to do? Come out and say “Oh yeah, I was crazy about Em and I let him bust me down once.” How old are you? So what she denied that you two ever “talked”…..you’re suppose to be a grown ass man. If you never ran around tellin’ your business, she wouldn’t have had anything to deny in the first place. Em go take some prescription pills…seriously.

Eminem Covers XXL…

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In the June issue of XXL Eminem talks about Proof’s death, drug addiction (surprise!), the current state of hip-hop and more specifically Lil’ Wayne and T.I….

“I stayed up on the music, and obviously I watch TV and saw what was going on. And without naming any names, it just felt like hip-hop was going downhill. And it seemed like kinda fast. You know, in them three years, it was like everybody just cares about the hook and the beat; nobody really cares about substance. But with this new T.I. album, with this new Lil Wayne album of recent, it seems like things are looking a lot better now. You can appreciate Lil Wayne using different words to rhyme and actually rhyming words that you know. Or T.I., where you hear shit and you’re like Whoa, ah, I wish I would have thought of that! You know what I mean? Or you hear all the compound-syllable rhyming and all that. It just seems like now the craft is getting cared about more.”

Is it me or does it sound like he was trying really hard to find something good to say about Lil’ Wayne?…“using different words to rhyme and actually rhyming words that you know.” Really? A rapper that uses different words to rhyme and words that you know? That’s some groundbreaking shit right there…rap is truly evolving as we speak.

Question: Does Em really like Wayne’s music or is he just mentioning him because he’s what’s “hot” right now? I wish Em was as critical about other rappers as he is about other celebrities. He says he felt hip-hop was going downhill but he doesn’t wanna name anybody in reference to that. Why not? He doesn’t have any problems calling out the names of movie and pop stars for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the desecration of his beloved art form, hip-hop.

Eminem’s Predictable Return…

I’m sure by now you know that Em’s video for “We Made You”, the 1st single off of Relapse, was released last week. The Internet went nuts and the video was posted everywhere…you couldn’t have missed it if you tried to.

Well, after I saw/heard it I decided that I wasn’t in a hurry to post it. Matter of fact, I didn’t even finish watching the video.

Why?…

His 1st single isn’t anything out of the norm and it’s exactly what you would expect from Eminem…and that’s the problem.

The single and the video used the safe, cookie cutter, run of the mill formula that Em has been using for his 1st singles since “The Real Slim Shady”. The crazy, insulting, pop celebrity ridden, jingle just isn’t entertaining anymore. Not to mention that this song, in comparison to his other 1st singles, is pretty bad. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of Em’s music and I’m sure that his album is gonna be amazing, but I feel like he’s gotten wayyy too comfortable with this “formula”. At this point you have to wonder…

“How hard is it for Eminem to write a song where he makes fun of random pop stars and celebrities?”

Em is too talented to stick to a formula. Anybody who’s ever listened to an Em album in its entirety, knows the type of material that this man is capable of writing. Some people might say “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it…that’s what he does”…well, what if every artist just did the same thing. Just imagine how lame it would be if every time your favorite rapper dropped an album, the 1st single was based on a standard formula. I relegate that type of behavior to one hit wonders with no talent; those who are trying to recreate/emulate their initial success. When a talented artist releases a single for their upcoming album, the last thing that it should do is remind you of the 1st single off of their previous album. Just take a look at the artists below and the 1st official singles off of their albums…as you read them think about the first time you heard those singles and what your initial thoughts were…

Biggie
Juicy, Hypnotize

Kanye
Through The Wire, Gold Digger, Can’t Tell Me Nothin’, Love Lockdown

Outkast
Player’s Ball, Elevators (Me & You), Rosa Parks, B.O.B., Hey Ya & The Way You Move

T.I.
I’m Serious, 24’s, Bring Em’ Out, What You Know, Big Shit Poppin’, Whatever You Like

Jay-Z
Dead Presidents, Sunshine, Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up), H-to-the-Izzo, Excuse Me Miss, Change Clothes, Show Me What You Got, Blue Magic

Lil’ Wayne
The Block Is Hot, Get Off The Corner, Way of Life, Go DJ, Fireman, Lollipop

Whatever you may have thought, I’m sure it wasn’t “aw here we go again…,” I know I didn’t feel like that the first time I heard those singles. But that’s exactly how I felt when I heard “We Made You”. Em’s been off of the music scene for quite some time and I felt like this was his opportunity to reintroduce himself and break away from that formula that he’s become accustomed to…oh well, so much for that.

Em, 50 and Dre might wanna sit down and re-evaluate their game plan regarding their approach to music. 50 who’s busy being Pimpin’ Curly, has yet to release a hit single and keeps pushing his album back as a result. I could be wrong, but Em’s 1st single has failed to generate any excitement towards the release of Relaspe. Then there’s Dre’s Detox which at this point, seems like it’ll come out right around the time Dre is eligible to receive Social Security benefits.

Just in case you missed it…