I’ll never forget the time DMX said Lloyd Banks was trash everybody was like huh??? Then he came back and was like he got him mixed up wit Tony Yayo and everybody was like ahhh ok that makes sense
Vince Staples explains that while on a major, he was limited in how musically adventurous he could be because they signed him to make hip-hop. This is a hurdle Black acts routinely face when they want to move beyond rap and R&B into pop, rock, or alt.
before Apple Music, before Spotify… it was 106 & Park
and Wayne Wonder’s “No Letting Go” stayed on that countdown.
rushing home just to catch it before YouTube…
if you missed it, you missed it.