John Cauner

You talk way too much

[Desus MF Nice💯 @desusnice]

It's Friday. Avoid the bookings beloved

[AreOhBee824 @AreOhBee824]

Masta Ace Incorporated
“The Phat Kat Ride”
Sittin’ On Chrome (1995)

[Biggs Burke @1996Biggs]

When I hear Reasonable Doubt, I don’t just hear songs. I remember the people, the late nights, the conversations, the risks, and the sacrifices. It’s a time capsule of a moment when we believed in ourselves more than the industry believed in us.

[Rob Pursey @robpursey]

Japanese version of Hard To Earn with the bonus track 🔥

[New Beverly Cinema @newbeverly]

Michael Mann’s HEAT (1995) screens in 35mm July 3rd - 5th. Tickets: https://t.co/Pmc37VsU80

[Cheo Hodari Coker @cheo_coker]

Im still in shock. Humbled and grateful .

[Cheo Hodari Coker @cheo_coker]

Ok. Let’s try this again. PAC was a RISING STAR. Clearly the most talented triple threat of his generation, but he never got to fully tour or enjoy it. He was dogged by lawsuits, incarceration, government surveillance, you name it. Each record got better, but he was never able to tour for real for real. Studio, movie set, jail, court. When he was recording “Me Against The World” by day he was in court on the rape charges. All while Biggie’s star was rising with Ready To Die, which he felt he never got his just due in shaping Bigs transition from Army Suits to Versace. End of 94 he’s shot at Quad. 95? Hottest record in the country that he can’t shoot videos for or tour for ..because Interscope won’t bail him out. End of 95 …Suge gets him out. He records All Eyes on Me—a double album so that 5 million in sales is actually 2.5 that counted twice. He’s finally getting mainstream success but plays both sides against the middle— on one hand he’s on fire with Death Row but also the catalyst of Dre leaving the label—-but at the same time is filming his last movies and doing philosophical press about being misunderstood in magazines like Details and wanting to be a serious actor. He records so quickly, he’s out of his Death Row contract with one more album—-Makaveli. The plan is to leave and finally get a REAL deal — higher royalties, control of his publishing, superstar shit kids take for granted. Because despite the flashy cars, jewels and all the flash.. it was all charged and loaned against his record sales, keeping him in debt.
He lawyers up, fired David Kenner and then…Vegas.

BIg and PAC while alive were Thousandaires. They were trapped in different ways by their labels and never got to enjoy the fruits of their labor in the way that their publishing was worth hundreds of millons of dollars.

Tupac was constantly fighting for respect because the East Coast pundits that controlled the media likened his popularity to his looks and his controversies not his undeappreciated talent.

His Supernova status where he ran the table east to west in terms of critical acclaim and sales was from Dec of 1995 until September of 96. Only after his life was stolen did the full James Dean superstar guardrails come off.

[HomeOfHipHop @akaHomeOfHipHop]

Main Source - Looking At The Front Door

[🔥 Ebonic Titalizer @ebonictitalizer]

Smif-N-Wessun ― “Bucktown”

The magic of "Bucktown" lies in Da Beatminerz's rolling bassline and crisp drum break over Jack Bruce's "Born to Be Blue" sample. Melancholic jazz and street grit.

🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️

[Drew-Jit-Su @HipHopSince76_]

Dance For Me
#QueenLatifah
#RIPDJMarkThe45King

[AreOhBee824 @AreOhBee824]

Kurupt
“Trylogy”
Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha (1999)

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Happy 56th birthday to Pete Rock!

[Evidence @Evidence]

if you like your own music by yourself, there’s a good chance someone else in the world is going to feel the same way

[Desus MF Nice💯 @desusnice]

It's Friday. Avoid the bookings beloved

[🦂THEE Auntie with no kids♏️ @prmade313raised]

Happy #Juneteenth ✊🏾

[Desus MF Nice💯 @desusnice]

this is like reverse 9/11

[Desus MF Nice💯 @desusnice]

It's Friday. Avoid the bookings beloved

[alex @steven_lebron]

visiting the shaolin monks then losing the wu tang game in historical fashion is crazy storytelling