PODCAST: hip hop 101 w/ @Tweetrhymeslife

On this week's podcast, we're talking about hip hop with my boy, eclectik (@Tweetrhymeslife). We talked about...


The new album from Jay Z and Beyoncé (Everything is Love)
Is Jay Z washed up?
Pusha T vs Drake "beef"?
How was rap beef handled in the 80s & 90s
Should JPrince have stepped in the beef between Pusha T & Drake


and much more...




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off tha dome

random thoughts...

just when you think spring has arrived...the temperatures drop into the 40s and 50s

i didn't see any pool tables in Wakanda. do you think they have pool tables in Wakanda?

some historians will constantly remind you of the greatness of Martin Luther King, Jr but they won't even mention Malcolm X. I wonder why???

i love a good steak. but i would NEVER eat it rare. that's just not cooked to me

the nba playoffs are about to start...can't wait

cancer sucks

with the nba playoffs starting, every show that i haven't caught up on...will have to wait until june. lol

remember when your mom said "Do you think money grows on trees?" She really made me wonder why we didn't have a money tree in our back yard

i heard the new Cardi B album dropped. i didn't listen. it ain't for me

so RG3 is back in the NFL but Kaepernick ain't? hmmmmm

DMX is in jail...again. smh

at this point, i really wonder what people get out of reality tv

RIP Craig Mack

funny...i don't have many memories of Spring Break when i was in high school...but my memories of Spring Break when i was in college were epic

so put a quarter in ya ass cause you played yourself

i still chuckle at total strangers arguing with each other on social media

the crack epidemic went totally ignored but now we're supposed to care about an opioid epidemic?

just because you really love an album...that doesn't make it a classic album

did you ever get straight As in every subject? if so, what grade were you in the last time that you did it? it was the 4th grade for me

these LeBron vs Jordan debates are sad...but comical nonetheless

who in their right mind would have raw sex with a porn star???

then again...i don't think he's ever been in his right mind

grape soda and a honey bun used to be a dope lunch

when you walk into any store, you should be greeted by the employees who work there almost immediately

have you ever noticed when you don't need any help in a department store, the sales people will always be around asking you questions. but when you need help, you can never find anybody

when a woman gets beaten or assaulted by a man, it seems like the whole world has to see video proof that it happened before they will believe her. i saw wayyyyy too many men on social media defending Fabolous last week. i didn't need to see him hit the mother of his kids for me to be believe that he did. i think he did it. and i can't support a man (or his music) like that

i've had Netflix for a while but i'm JUST starting to use it.

while we may not be the team to beat...my Yankees are definitely the team to watch

is it just me or do you also have a hard time finding things at the grocery store?

should you really care who bit Beyonce in the face?

just my 12 cents (vol 1)

12kyle is back with the first of many editions of the segment...just my .12

On this episode, he questions those "who keep it real". He also talks about voting, poetry, Jay Z & Beyoncé, cold & flu season, the Blacklist, Scandal, and How To Get Away With Murder.

keeping up with the Carters...Beyoncé & Jay Z

Say what you want about the Carters. A lot of people don't like them...but there are more that do like them. And they are loved by more than a few.

The Carters...Shawn Carter (Jay Z) and his wife Beyoncé Carter.

And their daughter, Blue Ivy.

2013 has been a great year for them.

Jay Z's latest album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," wasn't popular among music critics. But the promotion of the album, his 12th, has been a intriguing ride to say the least.

First there was the unveiling of a massive, $5 million business deal he secured with Samsung, in which the telecom company bought 1 million copies to be released a few days early through an exclusive Samsung app. The maneuver caused the RIAA to change its rules on how it counted its album sales and "Magna Carta Holy Grail" went platinum before the album was even officially released.

More than just the $5 million upfront, it got people talking about the album – which was announced only a few weeks ahead of its release, in a summer already packed with big rap albums from Kanye West, Wale and J. Cole – without hearing much of anything about its actual music. The fact that business story trumped all early buzz for the album had some feeling cynical. No matter, the deal gave Jay-Z the best first week sales of his career.

Beyoncé has managed to outdo her husband.

Last Friday, Beyoncé dropped her new self titled album, Beyoncé, with NO marketing and no promotion on iTunes. The move set social media on fire across the globe. She broke some ground with her straight-to-iTunes surprise album, and now she is also reaping the benefits of her strategy.

According to Billboard, the self-titled album "is all but guaranteed a No. 1 debut."

On Monday, iTunes announced the album has become the fast-selling worldwide on its site "with an unprecedented 828,773 albums sold in just its first three days." "Beyoncé," which is the superstar's fifth studio album, also broke iTunes' first-week sales record in the United States, with more than 600,000 copies sold.

Most artists WISHED they could sell they could sell music like this. The Carters are ahead of the curve. I'm a HUGE Jay Z fan and I was amazed at the marketing of his album. I didn't like the album. I thought it ranks as one of his worst. But that doesn't take away from what he accomplished. Conversely, I'm not a fan of Mrs. Carter. I can't name 10 songs that she's done. However, I respect her hustle as an artist. I gained a new found respect for her after viewing an HBO documentary on her this summer. I think they are a great couple. One of the things that impresses me most about them is that we know very little about their marriage. They don't speak on it publicly. Rarely do they speak about their love for each other. It's hard for most of us to keep others out of our business...I can't imagine how hard it is for them.

Like them or not...the Carter Administration ain't going anywhere.