The first leak off the War Report 2 from CNN, featuring Imam and Musaliny. If the rest of the album sounds anything like this, we’re in for something special. Since CNN first made their appearance in 1996, they have gone through drastic changes (Arrests, label issues) but now they are back, and hopefully they continue to drop heat like this.
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Rap Beef has been the go to move for struggling (Benzino) and successful (50 Cent) artists the last 10 years , and we as rap artists have become either turned off by it or indifferent, and you don’t have to go any further than to look at the sales for “BISD”. The reason why we’ve become apathetic towards it could be because a lot of it realize on empty threats that are never carried out, too many beefs to keep up with, or just the lack of creativity done when releasing a new battle rap. Whatever the case may be, the era of people running to their nearest mix tape spots to hear the Jadakiss/Sigel, Nas/Jay disses are long gone.
However, that wasn’t the case in 1996. When a Chicago MC by the name of Common Sense drew the ire of the legendary (But on his last legs, at the time) Ice Cube, and his Westside Connection gang with his song “I Used to love H.E.R.” We all know the story of what happened, as WSC released jabs on wax and interviews towards the Chicago breed MC. And Common came back with a vengeance and made one of the most image damaging records ever. However, the version most people heard or recognize as the “original ether” on record, is NOT the original record released by Common Sense. Prior to the “Street Version” where Common references their single dissing him “Smacking niggas in the Slaughterhouse” and Mack 10’s label “Hoo Banging, you aint’ banging shit but the table”, there was this one that was not quite as “Hard hitting” as the one most are used to listening to, however, when analyzed further, may actually better than the edited version. Either way, this song represents the end of a era, when diss records actually made rap exciting.
I know some of you are mad this is just a song, rather then a news story, sorry. Anyway, say whatever you want about his online antics, his vblogs, his beefs with other rap artists, etc….when it comes to rapping, few are on par with the Jersey native. Here’s a new track titled R.I.P. which displays why he’s one of the best doing it today.
Another one from Fredro Starr who has been giving some very entertaining tales about some of the craziest things he’s seen since becoming a rapper. This is a part 1 of his newest one discussing the details of the Onyx/50 Cent beef. Good shit.
Classic song, but this the first time the video for it has been released from what I know. Brings great memories of the glory days of the West Coast gangsta rap music. Enjoy. 
Recently Fredro Starr has been releasing about 5-6 minute episodes of a series titled “Tales of the Industry” where he goes into depth about stories inside the industry that many may know about, and some most never knew about. All of them have been VERY entertaining and interesting, and worth the time to watch. So below, are all the ones he’s done so far (4), he has filmed 12, expect the next one, next week
No rap group (with the exception of M.O.P.) has released music as consistently and as good as the LOX on the East Coast over the last 15 years. And they’ve done so without any internal dramas in the group. They’ve been through plenty of issues with other artists (Roc-a-fella, 50 Cent, Diddy, 2Pac), labels (Roc, Def Jam, Bad Boy), but they’ve never let it effect their music, collectively. Now, the same can’t be said for their solo albums, especially the one of the group’s “leader” Al Queda Jada, however, when they form like Voltron, they are on the level with any other group you want to name in recent history.
Here’s a Best of LOX mixtape that came out years ago, highlighting some of their best works
Joell Ortiz rips down Jay-Z’s “Run This Town,” proving to me, that he might very well be the best rapper in Slaughterhouse. Joell Ortiz doesn’t really get much recognition for some reason (Probably because he’s Hispanic) never the less, he’s constantly dropping top notch material since the “Bodega Chronicles”, and hopefully with Slaughterhouse possibly signing to Shady Aftermath, he’ll finally get his just deserve props as one of the top 10 in the game right now. –Magneto
About time we heard something new from the Prince of the city. After all the politicking between the Dip Set members and Cam’ron and the controversy, nothing else matters but good music. Juelz has improved leaps and bounds since SDE and the Draft Pick days, and this song shows his growth as an MC. Hopefully, the rest of his work he’s been cooking up for his upcoming “The Reagan Era” album is up to par.
