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Rick Ross- “Stay Schemin’” (Drake vs. Common)
Essentially, I gutted out the track and left both Drake and Common’s verses for easier listening. Recently, Common [Sense] himself took the proactive approach and unleashed verbal shots at Drake over Rick Ross’ Stay Schemin’; a song which features a Drake verse full of subliminal warnings and insults aimed at Common. The download link below if you wish…
Personally, I think Com is just bored. He’s a certified legend with classic albums under his belt. He has nothing to prove. He doesn’t need to earn the co-sign of today’s rap fan because he’s earned his position in hip-hop when they were still in diapers. With Drake’s growing appeal in our pop culture, it’s not a stretch to say a chunk of Drake’s fans don’t even listen to Common or any music similar.
I myself am a big Drake fan but it looks like he’ll never be a hip-hop artist of Common’s calibre. Not that he doesn’t have the potential to—it has a lot to do with our generation of music and how it has influenced popular hip-hop. Drake’s a different artist than Common and has already developed tools that distance himself from a traditional hip-hop artist i.e. singing (which is one reason Common has this distaste towards him).
These days in hip-hop, beef has become something of the past; at least these two arent afraid to trade bars. Gotta miss those days where there was tension in hip-hop. Not serious, life-threatening tension, but tension through competition and the art of battle rap. This new wave of rappers seem like they’re all on each other’s team; I guess they don’t possess the no nonsense mindset that popular rappers had when I was growing up i.e. Jay-Z, Nas, 50 Cent, The Game, Jadakiss, Ja Rule etc. Where if you do something I don’t like, I’m calling you out. Maybe this generation is scared because many rappers I just mentioned careers’ went cold due to their quarrels.
Even still, these emerging rappers lack the grit that was tied to the typical on-paper rapper. Kinda sucks to see the more ‘hood’ rappers stray away from mainstreams’ eye, but that’s just how hip-hop is changing and how this generation decided to define what’s relevant.
Anyways, even though the justifications of the ‘beef’ are a little blurry, it’s good to have a little sport again.
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Maybach Music Group - “600 Benz” [Feat. Wale, Rick Ross & Jadakiss]
Not a big fan of Ricky at all, but much like any other song of his my fandem of the featured artists overpowers the dislike. Typical Rozay content but actually pretty fresh. Dope seeing ‘Kiss back in the light of day.
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Rick Ross - “Devil in a New Dress” Music Video
Mainly posted because of the shots of downtown Toronto. Ricky rides up and down Yonge and even passes by the UofT corner that I get off of everyday. Not a Rozay fan to say the least, but I can actually bump this verse when I listen to MBDTF.
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Kanye West, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” Tracklist
1. Dark Fantasy
2. Gorgeous [Feat. Raekwon & KiD CuDi]
3. Power [Feat. Dwele]
4. All Of the Lights (Interlude)
5. All of the Lights [Feat. John Legend, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, KiD CuDi, Rihanna & Elton John]
6. Monster [Feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver]
7. So Appalled [Feat. Jay-Z, Pusha T, CyHi Da Prynce & Swizz Beatz]
8. Devil In a New Dress [Feat. Rick Ross]
9. Runaway [Feat. Pusha T]
10. Hell Of a Life
11. Blame Game [Feat. John Legend]/The Best Birthday
12. Lost In the World
13. Who Will Survive in America [Feat. Gill-Scott Heron]
14. See Me Now [Feat. Beyonce & Charlie Wilson] [Bonus]Hmm, personally I was hoping for less G.O.O.D. Friday tracks. But it’s all good, it’s only 3 tracks I guess. It should all end up flowing well when it’s all said and done. The Chef x Cudder collabo is interesting. Can’t wait.
Above are 3 of the 5 album covers for MBDTF (not to include banned cover).
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Kanye West & Jay-Z - “Monster” [Feat. Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver]
This was on repeat on the plane back to Toronto. The 2nd leak off the Watch the Throne EP. These three spazz pretty hard. Although my opinion of her is on and off, Harajuku Barbie is in another world on this.
“I smell a massacre;
It seems to be the only way to back you bastards up…” -
Rick Ross - “Super High” (Sativa Remix) [Feat. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa]
My summer anthem. Not that I smoke up; the care-free feel of the track epitomizes summer freedom. Don’t care much for Ricky, but I fux with the other two. No lie, I slept on them a bit, but after I heard about Center Edge Territory I started to open up to Spitta more; then naturally Wiz follows.
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