Posts Tagged ‘ KRS-One ’

Rootbeer Thoughts: Is Fabolous a Legend?

September 6, 2011
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The term “legend” isn’t one that should be used loosely however just like the word “classic” it’s thrown around constantly for artists that may not necessarily have lived up to the title. While names like Kane and Rakim are no doubt legends, other MCs sometimes get that label based purely off personal opinion. And...

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It’s 2011, Who the Hell are Pete Rock and Smif-N-Wessun?

June 28, 2011
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com Recently, legendary producer Pete Rock, along with Boot Camp Clik’s Tek & Steele linked up for an album appropriately titled Monumental. Rock solid from start to finish this record found Smif-N-Wessun sounding incredibly comfortable over Pete’s well recognized beats and with a slew of guests including other Boot Camp heavyweights,...

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The Difference Between Beef Then and Beef Now

December 30, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com Note: I wrote this like two weeks ago, but after yesterday’s ridiculousness it’s the perfect time to drop it. Beef happens. That shit is inevitable, and in the past it’s ruined careers and potentially been responsible for the deaths of two now legends. But the beef these days is a...

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Miscellaneous Ramblings

September 2, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com The whole hip hop world’s buzzing off the collab from superstars Justin Bieber, Kanye West and what Yahoo refers to as “a surprising name from hard-core rap”. I’m bumping the Fabolous EP. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been playing the shit outta that “Runaway Love” remix and loving every minute...

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KRS-One Speaks

June 30, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com “What you do, is what hip hop is doing, and everything you do today, shall be your children’s heritage tomorrow. So be conscious of that today.” Even before KRS-One was boycotting museums and (accurately) calling 50 Cent more hip hop than Kanye, he had already been relegated to the “bitter...

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It’s the Finals, Not the Playoffs

May 15, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com As the gossip columns (that’s right, you boom bap backpacking fucks, we got our own gossip columns, ha) try to get Drake and J. Cole to go at it as if pitting two future legends against each other is supposed to improve the state of our culture, I find myself...

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