Method Man, Mary J. Blige
You’re All I Need (Razor Sharp Remix; 1995)
Per YT comments:
“Method Man was missing his girl (now his wife) while on the road in San Francisco, so he flew her out with little money. Whilst she was sleeping, he watched her as he wrote this entire song”
Eric B. & Rakim - 'In The Ghetto' (HD) (60fps) [1990] (prod. Eric B. & Rakim | MCA Records | Album: Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em) @EricBandRakim@thegodrakim@ERICB#hiphop
I got many kids in the game it’s like a gender revealing . lol Nas got grand kids now and still dropping amazing projects . How many comets should hit the earth till they get the message ? #lightyears AOY
It’s crazy that the potential largest transfer of wealth to Black People in the history of the Music Business is happening RIGHT NOW and NOBODY is talking about it.
Especially Black Media. 😐
As much as we have expressed how predatory the music business has been to Black artists and songwriters, we’re spending more time talking about Diddy, Megan and Blueface instead of this…
Styles P on the current state of lyricism:
"On mainstream, what you hear on the radio I don’t think is good, but I believe there are a lot of great artists out there that’s spitting. When I think about lyricism and what’s going on in hip-hop, there’s a lot of rappers or artists who aren’t into lyrics—and that’s not the state of the exact game right now. But when you ask young people who do they refer to as the best, they always say a lyricist.
I think long as it stays at that point, I’m always cool. The day I’m gonna get worried when I hear people saying that whoever’s the best is somebody that doesn’t actually have bars.
I think [the industry, record labels being greedy] started becoming such a money machine [and] the capitalists found a way to capitalize off of it and they don’t give a f**k about the culture. I think that’s what played this part in the things not being so lyrical anymore. I think they started microwaving artists, and then I think the young people started being more interested in just the feeling more than rewinding."
See 18 Hip-Hop Heavyweights Weigh In on the Current State of Lyricism ⬇️
https://t.co/dm12xySTEl
Kendrick Lamar’s “Luther” is projected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 100 chart for the chart dated March 1, 2025, according to Talk Of The Charts.
Kendrick would become the first rapper ever to earn four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 within a 12-month span.
April 2024: “Like That”
May 2024: “Not Like Us”
December 2024: “Squabble Up”
March 2025: “Luther”