Hip Hop is My Love

one of my faves from my own personal era - cysko from Bookmarklet

No Homo. Cam'ron and the Diplomats are, ironically, among the most homoerotic MCs in rap. They wear pink and purple furs and brag regularly about how good they look. In the video for "Pop Champagne," Jim Jones and Juelz Santana giddily douse each other with frothy white geysers of bubbly.Similarly, Lil Wayne has been photographed kissing his mentor, the rapper Baby, on the lips and cultivates a shirtless, slithering, rock-star-worthy air of libertine sexuality. Similarly, Lil Wayne has been photographed kissing his mentor, the rapper Baby, on the lips and cultivates a shirtless, slithering, rock-star-worthy air of libertine sexuality. - cysko from Bookmarklet

nonononono chicken noodle soup and stanky leg are worse..... - cysko

Sakura can reproduce the delicate pluck of a single string, a violins bowing or the sonorous resonance of a grand piano. Most importantly, the curious musician can take control of every aspect of the simulation to create fantastic instruments. Ever wanted to know what a 20 foot guitar sounded like? Or a bowed piano? Now you can find out, Sakura opens up a world of string modelling possibilities, why not download the Sakura demo and try it for yourself. The Sakurazensen is coming, be there to experience it. - Lokei Atikus™® from Bookmarklet

This is funny shit. - Lokei Atikus™® from Bookmarklet

YES! - cysko from Bookmarklet

Do you know how I know you’re gay? You just read this essay in Slate about the rap meme “no homo.” The phrase, in case you’re not familiar with it, is commonly appended to lines in rap that could possibly be interpreted as, well, gay. The essay — which gives a nice primer on the phenomenon, including how it originated as a way for rappers to distance themselves from closeted “down-low brothers” — argues that there’s a possibility that it’s “helping to make hip-hop a gayer place.” Once upon a time, the story goes, rappers would go around telling other men to, say, “suck a bowl of dicks,” and no one found this anything other than just plain macho. (Which, given the nature of rape and sexual assault — it is violence, pure and simple, not sex — really kind of makes sense.) But today, “no homo” “tweaks this dynamic because it allows, implicitly, that rap is a place where gayness can, in fact, be expressed by the guy on the mike, not just scorned in others.” The idea that this phrase... more... - Lokei Atikus™® from Bookmarklet

i couldnt let this pass if u know u know if u dont u dont... - cysko from Bookmarklet

agreed ! - cysko

RECORD! - cysko from Bookmarklet

It integrates with Reason—wow, that would be interesting to try... - Anton

i know the time stretching was pretty nice too - cysko

bjork vs. p.diddy - cysko from Bookmarklet

kriss kross sample - cysko from Bookmarklet

number 1 in hip/hop rap america this moment? - cysko from Bookmarklet

Sonic Sample with a high ass bastard - cysko from Bookmarklet

"i know" - cysko from Bookmarklet

*closes the door on the bandwagon, locks it behind him* YOU CAN'T GET ON NOW http://friendfeed.com/hip-hop... - Richard Lawler

YO! YO! YO! --- OY! - cysko from Bookmarklet

That's what I call "gettin' down" - Jason

"I like to incorporate singing into my verses." Very important the choice blend of r&b and rapping... and even autotune. - cysko from Bookmarklet

OK! - Владимир from email

IS Soundcloud the place to be? - cysko from Bookmarklet

yesyes! - cysko from Bookmarklet

Get a clue if you haven't already. - Lokei Atikus™® from Bookmarklet

The new thing: Drake It's basically a story. It starts in January 2008 when I was kinda confused like, What am I really doing? - cysko from Bookmarklet

more or kanye and his ego... - cysko from Bookmarklet

Air Ego! - cysko

Gonna go out on a limb by saying Ghosthustler is probably the best band out right now!! Hands down!! - Lokei Atikus™® from Bookmarklet

oh shit!!!! - cysko

i think tunecore is great and now with amazon they have teamed up with they holy web portal to fight the good fight! - cysko from Bookmarklet

Sorry but this is the best music news I've heard in a while!!! - Lokei Atikus™® from Bookmarklet

It's true and I can't wait http://www.sade2009.com - mike Ike

Jay started his own record company, Roc Nation, and has been working on the Blueprint 3 with Kanye West since 2008. - cysko from Bookmarklet

BP3 will not be anything close to his older stuff. Is it me or do hip hop artist have a hard time bowing out gracefully?? In a time like now I find it hard to believe that Jay is going to recoup his 5 Mill off this album alone. - Lokei Atikus™®

its hard when you are 'young' and still marketable to leave, its just that when the ppl move on they MOVE ON. - cysko

Producer Dawaun Parker has had one of the bigger weeks in his four years working at Aftermath Records with Dr. Dre. The Boston area native co-produced 14 of the 15 songs on Eminem's potentially record-breaking Relapse [click to read]. Still, asked how he spent the third week of May, Parker told HipHopDX, "Working, man. I went to a couple Best Buy's to find Relapse. The first place I went to was [sold out]. That was a nice little feeling. Otherwise, man, we've been working." Working on a production team with Dr. Dre and Mark Batson, the trio apparently follows the doctor's orders, and uses the hype of a release week to work ahead on projects in tow. "Dre's a pretty hungry guy. There's not really been too much celebration. I've been getting calls and texts and stuff from people who have been listening to the record, critiquing. That's been cool - a lot of positive feedback and support. We're in the studio man. We're working on 50 Cent [click to read], we're working on Detox. We're... more... - Lokei Atikus™® from Bookmarklet