Music of the Moment - December 15, 2009

I mean, I'm pretty sure that it's always a good thing to get an Eminem feature but you must realize you run the risk of getting Renagade'd. But I can also say that if Em wasn't on this track, I probably wouldn't have been so hype about it. I'll even go ahead and throw it out that Em might have outshined Wayne on this one, but you can decide. It's rumored to be the most recent song from Rebirth to leak and we might even see it on Relapse 2. Check out the new joint from Wayne and Eminem Drop the World.

Lil Wayne feat. Eminem - Drop the World
Download: Drop the World

I'm not mad.

Music of the Moment - October 12, 2009 [Samples Edition]

One of the things I love most about hip hop is the use of samples. It shows a link to today's music and music from the past and can also tell a lot about the artist/producer and the song itself. It's also cool when one song is sampled to create more than one other song. But it's even more dope if the original was in a completely different genre than the songs that sampled it. That's what I figured I would showcase today. Here's an example of song song that was sampled for more than one song and the message in each of the new songs couldn't be anything further from the same.
Sample: Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover [1975]

Song #1: Tupac & Eminem - Murder Murder [1999]

Song #2: Common - Forever Begins [2007]

Song #3: Kid Cudi - 50 Ways to Make a Record [2007]
Cudi's version is probably my favorite and the closest to Simon's original. But you can definitely hear the similarites to the original in both Eminem and Common's versions. Eminem even used the drum sample again for his 2005 song Like Toy Soldiers.

Pretty dope if you ask me.
And even if you didn't.

Music of the Moment - September 23, 2009

More hot shit.
Well, kinda.

Even though I'm really getting tired of Drake over-saturating the music game, I still love this song. But it's more because of Ye and Eminem's verses. But whatever. Not even Lil Wayne could ruin this joint. The video for Forever from the soundtrack of Lebron James' movie, More Than a Game that I blogged about last semester. The video is pretty dope and like LMo said, I'm surprised that they were able to get all four of these dudes to get together for the video. I guess Hype Williams can make it happen.

And if you need a reminder of what the movie is about, it's pretty much wrapped up with this:

"I didn't go to college, sorry."
[Note: And did you peep how Drake was shot from the neck up most of the time. #niggawassittinhisassdown.] Ariiiite.

Don't Mess With Eminem, Exhibit 1...

I haven't posted anything for awhile, but I have some reasons. I'll explain those later. When I heard Eminem's diss record to Mariah Carey today, I knew this was more than blog-worthy. He pulls no punches with this one. Murder/Death/Kill.
[Note: I actually hope Mariah and/or Nick try to retailate...I'm tryin to see the PICTURES hahaha]

Damn Eminem.

I didn't even watch the MTV Movie Awards last night. Just didn't have much interest in it I guess, plus I know they'll be playing it every day for the next two weeks. Anyway, the one thing I did see was the whole Eminem/Brüno fiasco. First off, if you don't know who Brüno is, you're late as shit. He's the latest character created by Sacha Baren Cohen [Borat] and his movie is coming out on July 10. I first heard about it from my boy @RASTruly over at Blomedy. Check it:
Looks gay fucking hilarious.

So the whole problem stirred up after Eminem's performance. He was back in the crowd watching the show when Brüno flew in to present an award. Then out of nowhere, he just landed ass-up [nh] on top of Eminem. If you can, watch:

I'm almost positive that Eminem knew NOTHING about the whole thing and was mad as shit. For good reason. I've seen 8 Mile, he can't act that well.

But oh well, I still got Relapse on repeat and I'm going to see Brüno on opening night.

So I guess everyone wins.
Except Eminem's face.