Hip-Hop Tag
The Prelude: Texas Edition
Coming off of SXSW at “The Prelude: Texas @ SXSW”, DJ Kaapo hosts the mixtape, “The Prelude: Texas Edition”. Artists from all throughout Texas come together to showcase different Urban genres. From Hip-Hop to PBR&B, they remind you
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Old Age Hip-Hop vs. New Age Hip-Hop
I had the book “The Big Payback” on my wish-list on Amazon for about 2 years. I would always look past it and just buy things I quickly saw, liked and purchased…or I just always bought the other
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♫Life Ain’t Meant To Come Around Twice, Yeah, That’s Why I Gotta Get It Right, They Said I Got It Honest Now I Gotta Give It Light, But Sleep On It, That’s Why God Give You Night♫
Lupe Fiasco’s whole ♫Food & Liquor♫ album is a classic. This is not the sell-out ♫Lasers♫ album. With the ♫Food & Liquor♫ album he spoke about the realness. ♪Real♪ is one of my favorites; lyrical and truthful is
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♫Hold Up For These Other Niggas Roll Up And Try And Get Cha, The Ones That Say They Riders But Never Do Ride Witcha, I’m Tryna Vibe Witcha So Won’t You Throw Me Your Phone Number, And Let Them Lames Get Cha Old Number♫
This is one of my favorite jams by J.Cole. No, it didn't make the album ♫Cold World: The Sideline Story♫ (great album by the way), but it's still legit. I guess I love it so much because it
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♫Well I Know I’m Not The Coolest, And This Might Sound Kind Of Foolish, Cause I Know I’m Not The Smoothest, Told Myself I Shouldn’t Do This♫
I can't decide if this song or ♫Sunshine♫ is my favorite song by him. But I really like this song because it's the typical nerd guy/popular girl type story and I loved the way he painted the picture
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♫I Get It Custom, You A Customer, You Ain’t Accustomed To Going Through Customs, You Ain’t Been Nowhere Huh♫
Video wasn't the greatest but pay attention to the lyrics. Like my buddy Gaylon says
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♫You Ain’t My Wife, Please I’m Everybody Type, Girl I Got What Everybody Like♫
Soon as I heard this song it reminded me of driving down the freeways in Los Angeles. I like Dom Kennedy's laid back sound and his simple lyrics. This is one of my favorite songs by him, so
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Wale Performing ♫Mirrors♫ And ♫The MC♫ At Frontier Fiesta
Wale was the headliner of University of Houston's Frontier Fiesta for 2011. He brought out Bun B to do his feature verse. Everyone knows that Bun B represents Houston to the fullest and the crowd was loving it.
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Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, & Sore Losers At Warehouse Live In Houston
I decided to attend the Kendrick Lamar concert since he was coming to Houston. I learned about this MC from my friend Kelvin during the winter holidays. I’m always open to listening to new music so I gave
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“The Second Was How Easily She Could Switch Kens”
I've always liked this song from the first time I heard it beginning of 2010. I guess you can say I liked it because I could relate to it; it mirrored 3/4 of my relationships. The video is
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♫I’m Racing Through Your Mind But You Already Lost, I’m At The Finish Line And Your A Friend Of Mine♫
I stopped listening to 50 Cent after his first album because I felt he became "wack". But this is the only song since then that I have liked. I really like the video as well; good publicity stunt
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♫She Was A Bad (Uh), The Type At The Club Niggaz Would Grab Her, Fantasized When I Had Her, In The Bathroom Sweatin’ With Her Ass Up♫
This is one of Common's more mainstream songs produced by Kanye West of course. I just love the whole vibe of the song; it's very smooth.
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♫Time Don’t Go Back, It Go Forward, Can’t Run From The Pain, Go Towards It♫
This is the song by Jay-Z that I relate to the most. Every verse told a different story that can be related to my life at one point of time. Jay-Z is very lyrical and I'm pretty sure
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THE INTRODUCTION OF 17 BARS (@17BarsMusic)
17 Bars is a new emerging group out of Cedar Hill, TX. Drew Gilbert, Michael Morrison, Ahmed Arasah, and Bryan Laurel are the four talented 18 and under youngsters that come with mature talent to grace the
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