Jay Robinson

Tag: hip-hop

  • “” by Super Beagle Well it is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth In the dance hall, and who no have teeth will run pon them gums Caw when time it comes to my sound, which is the champion sound The bugle has blown the many times, and it still have…

  • Does Jay-Z have: A. The dopest rhymes B. The sickest rhymes C. The illest rhymes D. The common cold ?

  • This thing here, every man in the world goes through. / But fuck that, I put a lotta money up, I’m hatin’! Dennis Coles laments a failed romance.

  • [H]ip-hop guys really do view themselves as entrepreneurs. … and it comes through in the lyrics and music. How to run an organization intellectually is pretty trivial. But emotionally it’s very complex and people play on your emotions all the time. … and the rappers are only talking about the emotional challenge – the emotion…

  • Rich Boy, “Throw Some D’s”

  • Murk Avenue: I Found Ice Cube’s “Good Day”

    Murk Avenue: I Found Ice Cube’s “Good Day”As in, “Today was a…” Some of the best pop-culture investagatory journalism ever via Murk Avenue.

  • I wanted a piece of the pie for me and my family so I made it. Big Boi, from my playlist of favorite Big Boi verses entitled, “Big Boi’s Diamonds & Pearls”. (The playlist title references a Big Boi lyric from “Ova Da Wudz”; itself a reference to a Prince song.) (Because people that listen…

  • Music That Makes You Dumb by Virgil Griffith

    Music That Makes You Dumb by Virgil GriffithCaltech student Virgil Griffith correlated musical interests with SAT scores. The method is highly unscientific, but the grouped by genre graphic makes the most sense. People who list Outkast in their favorite music on Facebook tend to score higher than those who list Lil Wayne.

  • Via Joseph Schmitt: This is the best thing I’ve seen all week. Keep up the good work, Internet: SiriProxy is used to intercept the communication with Apple’s servers. Based on your song request, Notorious Siri then sends your choice of Notorious B.I.G.’s Hypnotize and an a-cappella rendition of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody to the device (the…

  • tumblinerb: Erick Sermon’s Birthday Party, 1988 LL cold lampin’ that hoodie like a oompa loompa.

  • tumblr_ljh65dk2yh1qz7fybo1 Snoop Dogg required listening.

  • Gang Starr (DJ Premier, Guru, Greg Nice and Smooth B) – DWYCK

  • tumblr_kz5hi6jHGe1qz4u07o1 Dr. Dre — The Day the LOLJK Took Over (Via Christopher)

  • It’s The Real: The Notorious BIG’s lyrics speak to many fans’ ears, across all swatches of culture, drawing both on gleeful exaggerations of violence and somber reflections of personal introspection, tied together with deft wordplay and inflection. Still, it seems that Mr. Smalls – like Jesus Christ – drew his fair share of enemies as…

  • Damn, I’m stuck in the Big Pun bracket. Diggy Doc versus 3Stacks.