Feb 8th
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| Lana Del Ray could be in no way categorized as Hip-Hop or R&B. But since the new releases are kinda slow right now and there has been a lotta talk about her, I thought it was only right to at least acknowledge that her album dropped last Tuesday. And even with all the negative reactions [...] |
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17 hours, 42 minutes ago. Feb 7th
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| While cruising the Internets, I stumbled across a familiar face, Lyric Jones. She opened up for J. Cole at the show in Athens, GA (the show that VG was supposed to have footage of..but that’s another story) and I got to speak with her a little after she performed. What I liked about shorty was [...] |
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| 1 day, 13 hours ago. Feb 7th
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| At the risk of sounding corny, Big Pun was gone well before his time. He’s one of the best rappers to touch the mic. Due to his untimely demise, he never reached his fully deserved place in the mentions of Hip Hop greatness. Here are a few song selections for you to appreciate. (download that [...] |
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| 1 day, 17 hours ago. Feb 7th
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| Despite being overshadowed by Super Bowl Sunday, this was a big weekend in the sport of MMA. The UFC held a championship competition of its own on Saturday for the welterweight interim title to decide who would fight the undisputed welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre after his recovery. Just when I thought Nick Diaz’s career couldn’t [...] |
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| 1 day, 21 hours ago. Feb 6th
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| I saw this earlier today and I thought it was kinda dumb. It’s still kinda dumb but after actually listening to a screwed version of “Super Bass”, a slowed-down Nicki Minaj does in fact sound a lot like Jay-Z. She technically still can be considered the “Female Weezy” since Lil’ Wayne is/was heavily influenced by [...] |
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| 2 days, 10 hours ago. Feb 6th
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| In the turbulent world of professional sports, what you say in the media may not only change the perception the audience has of you but it may also change the relationships you have with those around you. This is the case between Jon Jones and his former teammate Rashad Evans. After winning The Ultimate Fighter reality [...] |
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| 2 days, 20 hours ago. Feb 4th
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| Just like everyone else on the planet, we here at nappyafro are excited about the big game tomorrow. And since everybody has an opinion, I got some of the crew to give their picks on who this year’s Super Bowl winner will be. – B-Easy Sidenote: They’re actually officially streaming the game online for this Super [...] |
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| 4 days, 16 hours ago. Feb 3rd
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| The recent announcement from Birdman that Lil’ Wayne will be releasing a new album in the I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING series is great news to me. I consider the first to be one of his best albums. I can agree with some reviews that it’s mixtape-ish because of the lack of flow from [...] |
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| 5 days, 22 hours ago. Feb 2nd
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| Groundhog Day is easily one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time (Here’s some proof), so seeing it recut as a horror movie easily warrants a post. Plus, I’ve cut a few trailers in my day, so there’s that too. Bonus: There’s an article over at Neatorama that details why Bill Murray is forced [...] |
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| 6 days, 11 hours ago. Feb 2nd
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| Grafh references veggie burgers and the Common/Drake "beef" and other topics all while porn star Sara Jay gyrates on him. That's multitasking. |
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| 6 days, 15 hours ago. Feb 2nd
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| As of late, I’ve been getting pretty bored with my current collection of games. I’m a gamer and as B-Easy or Jerm can tell you, I rarely turn the system off, even if I ain’t playing. I do miss some of the last gen games though. I specifically miss actual Hip-Hop video games. I’m not [...] |
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| 6 days, 19 hours ago. Feb 1st
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| Yea, I’m late as hell posting up the sales figures for today. But not much was going on Hip-Hop wise other than K’naan‘s EP More Beautiful Than Silence dropping last week and landing at #172. I haven’t really checked it out but I did hear that song he has with Nas on it. It’s was [...] |
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| 7 days ago. Jan 30th
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| While on a recent trip to Georgia..Athens to be exact, I got put on to some music by Future. I had heard the one song by him “Tony Montana” but that didn’t really catch me like that. I never checked him out afterwards. That all changed when I heard this song. I know I’m late, that’s [...] |
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| 9 days ago. Jan 30th
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| While on a recent trip to Georgia..Athens to be exact, I got put on to some music by Future. I had heard the one song by him “Tony Montana” but that didn’t really catch me like that. I never checked him out afterwards. That all changed when I heard this song. I know I’m late, that’s [...] |
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| 9 days ago. Jan 27th
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| On FROCAST #13, we talked about Iggy Azalea (who I still have yet to give a listen) and there was a prediction that she was gonna do things in 12. Well, I guess I’ll be hearing her sooner or later because she’s just signed to Interscope Records. The Aussie sensation tweeted “Interscope, if you were [...] |
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| 12 days ago. Jan 26th
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| Etta James passed on January 20th (R.I.P.) and as with other recently deceased artists in the past, recently like Michael Jackson or Amy Winehouse, we see a jump in the sales. In the case of Etta James there was a 378% jump in sales last week. Arguably her most famous song, “At Last”, increased by [...] |
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| 14 days ago. Jan 25th
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| Dope stuff from J. Pinder and Fabby Davis Jr. Don't let anybody kill your dreams. |
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| 14 days ago. Jan 20th
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| Saule Wright, King Jerm, & me (B-Easy) return with the first FROCAST of the new year. In this episode we cover such topics as Red Tails, SOPA/PIPA, Blue Ivy, Rihanna’s weed smoking, Rick Ross’s Rich Forever, & (of course) much much more. Got questions for a future FROCAST? Submit them here. Wanna submit a drop or be [...] |
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| 19 days ago. Jan 19th
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| With the announcement that the Dodge Charger will be featuring the Beats by Dre Audio System, it’s quite obvious that Hip Hop is not only recession proof marketing machine, but that others are missing the boat. While they are out there promoting alcohol and high end designers that can’t even name one of their songs, [...] |
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| 20 days ago. Jan 19th
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| I’ve posted things about Azealia Banks before but just not on the main page of nappyafro. To be honest though, I only know like maybe three songs by the Harlem born rapper (“L8R”, “212″, & and the recently released “NEEDSUMLUV (SXLND)”). Azealia been getting some heavy press lately with 2012 maybe being her breakout year [...] |
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| 21 days ago. Jan 18th
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| I’m writing this earlier in the day, but no one will see it until later because we participated in the SOPA/PIPA blackout (But since we post so infrequently, I’m sure not many people even noticed). Either way, we had two new albums debut last week. Yo Gotti finally released his often delayed Live From The [...] |
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| 21 days ago. Jan 18th
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| Some Braniac Beats with Joell Ortiz. |
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| 21 days ago. Jan 18th
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| It turns out that Swizzy's the CEO of the file-sharing site, and now he's fighting a legal battle with Universal Music Group. |
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| 21 days ago. Jan 18th
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| Yo Gotti's major label debut nearly cracks the Top 10, while Schoolboy Q does it again, on his own terms. Common may have hit the headlines in a major way last week, and sales suggest a small spike. |
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| 22 days ago. Jan 17th
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| The Left Coast trio declare themselves the new Westside Connection. Who are we to argue? |
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| 22 days ago. Jan 17th
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| The collective will also hit the road for a 10-date tour in conjunction with the release. |
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| 22 days ago. Jan 17th
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| Yep..we 5 years old. Seems like yesterday when we started taking the world over, but as I sit back and reflect, we’ve been around ALOT longer than some of our fellow bloggers. We might not be the most known site out there, but dammit, we’ve been doing it longer and more consistently than some of [...] |
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| 22 days ago. Jan 11th
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| I won’t front, when I first heard “Glory”, the first thought that came to mind was, “Isn’t Jay-Z suppose to be somewhere changing diapers?”. But then again, he has made his newborn daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, a part of recording history. Then again what would you expect from a kid that has Hov & Beyonce [...] |
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| 28 days ago. Jan 11th
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| This week Cole World: The Sideline Story officially crossed the 500k mark. Not only that but J. Cole‘s single “Work Out” also went Platinum. Other than that (And like usual) nothing is really going on around this time of year. Yo Gotti’s Live From The Kitchen dropped this past Tuesday, so we’ll see how that [...] |
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| 28 days ago. Jan 10th
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| C-write preps the follow-up to his 2010 release "The Life and Times of Peter Nelson." |
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| 29 days ago. 