Everyone remembers their first music purchase. For me, it was a copy of One In A Million. That’s a bit surprising, I know. While I’ve never gotten into vinyl as much as I probably should (the pricing still gets me), I still love the sounds they provide. With that said, I’m always open to letting […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Presents: An Ode To [My Life with] Nas (By @getcorinacorina)
By Corina Corina As a teenager, my greatest joy in life was to get high and watch Rap City on BET. Although I grew up in Cali, the sounds coming out of New York in the late 90s resonated with me and I quickly become a connoisseur of acts like Lost Boyz, MC Lyte, Redman, […]
Read moreScHoolboy Q feat. BJ the Chicago Kid and Nas – "Studio (Remix)" Review
I like Nas, I like Q, BJ the Chicago Kid is dopeness, and “Studio” (even with its “I’ma put this dick up all inside of you” bluntness) is a damn good song. However, this remix to Q’s big song falls a bit short of expectations. With lines such as “pussy stock going up…I think it’s […]
Read moreNas – "Who Killed It" in Retrospect (Or "The One Where Nas Loses")
Ok, so if you’ve checked out my post on Thee Arteest, you’ll know that today, I spoke on the “Nas Lost” phenomenon. Now, I’d like to take it a step further and dissect a song that several bloggers/critics/people in general, including my Baltimore Hip-Hop Blogger brethren Al Shipley consider to be one of Nas’s worst […]
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