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Lil Wayne is suing Cash Money. It’s definitely time for a heat check.

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YMCMB: Young Money Cash Money Beef

It’s been a while since we’ve had a good rap beef.

 The talk is over. Lil Wayne is suing long time partner andfather figure, Bird Man, for $51 million. The alliance between Birdman’s "Cash Money Records" and Lil Wayne’s "Young Money Entertainment" has been a centerpiece of the industry for a decade, but that could be coming to an end. The turmoil, which was rumored for months, was the theme of Wayne’s mixtape, "Sorry 4 the Wait 2,” released last week. Rather than take to street justice, as the mixtape suggests, Wayne took to the courts. The suit claims that Birdman owes him two payments totaling $10 million. If Cash Money doesn’t pay up, Lil Wayne is asking the courts to release him from his contractual obligations. He plans to take his Young Money crew (most notably Drake and Nikki Minaj) out of the Cash Money umbrella.

 Lil Wayne signed to Birdman’s, “Cash Money Records” when he was 9. You read that correctly, 9. He rapped in the group, “The B.G.’z” and later “Hot Boy$,” alongside Juvenile, Young Turk and Little Doggie. Wayne released his first solo album in 1999 and rose to the peak of the rap world. Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.; he dropped the D in homage to his absent father) was and remains the pride of the New Orleans rap scene and to many the whole South. Known for releasing a few mixtapes, as in free, for every album and appearing in literally hundreds of tracks over the past 15 years, Lil Wayne is an icon. He has the most unique voice in rap, effortless flow, rage, wit and everything in between. Sure he mostly raps about "pussy, money, and weed," but really what else has been on your mind today? Throughout his career Lil Wayne has praised Birdman, referring to him as father figure dozens of times, and no one has repped their team harder than Wayne reps Cash Money in his music, ink, and memorabilia.

 As mentioned, "Sorry 4 the Wait 2" dropped last month. The title refers to the delay of the release of Wayne’s final solo album, "Tha Carter V." The original "Sorry 4 the Wait" was released in 2011 after Wayne’s album “Tha Carter IV” was delayed. While you’re at it take a listen to the song “Sorry 4 the Wait” from that original mixtape. Enjoy Lil Wayne flowing over an Adelle track.

 "Sorry 4 The Wait 2" is nothing to rave about, but we get a few flashes of Wayne’s gripping flows. Overall, I heard too many heavy autotune songs. The last track though, “Dream and Nightmares” features an unbroken, three and a half minute, aggressive flow that was enough to convince me he’s still got it. I’ll be getting “The Carter V” the day it comes out.

 All this leads me back to the source of the beef. Cash Money’s refusal to release Lil Wayne’s record, which Wayne claims is ready to go. 

Why would Cash Money not release it? 

Two main reasons come to mind. 1. Cash Money may be withholding supply for a later date. That makes enough sense, but if the reason was something that reasonable one would think that they could work it out amicably. 

-OR-

2. Maybe the album isn’t that good. If this is the reason, and I know of no reason to think it is I am just speculating, then Cash Money refusal to stand behind their loudest supporter is shameful. Lil Wayne is to Cash Money what Kobe Bryant is to the Lakers. His best days might be behind him, he’s probably overpaid, but when he’s not injured (or imprisoned or bedridden) he is still a legend and the best player of your fucking team.

 Unless I hear something from Cash Money that justifies the delay, count me squarely on team Weezy.

 Update: Fellow Cash Money rapper, Turk (who rapped along side Wayne in “The Hot Boy$” has followed suit, by filing a suit (see what I did there). He claims Birdman’s label has cheated him out of millions and claims the label has conducted creative accounting to hide their true earnings. Perhaps that is the root of all these problems. Time will tell.

 -GC

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Drake - Come Thru (James Blake Remix)

POP THA MOLLY I'M SWEATIN'

For real tho... this track will get your serotonin pumpin' and your body winding.  It's instant good mood.  

It combines the best parts of Drake's original song with the sexy electronic beat of James Blake, an electronic music producer/singer/songwriter from London.  Blake is also known as Harmonimix and is a total badass.  Check out his stuff, you won't be disappointed. 

Here are the lyrics so you can sing along with this shhheeeeetttt.  You're welcome. 

Watch me, going out of the way When I should've went home Only time of the day I get to spend on my own I was trippin' off how I used to sleep at ya crib, Should drive by right where you live, and pick you up on the way We ain't spoke in so long, probably put me in the past I can still get you wet and I can still make you laugh You should call into work if that ain't too much to ask I could pour you up a drink and we can burn something Come thru... come thru... come thru... come thru... Girl you know we got thangs to do Girl you know we got thangs to do, so get your ass in that car and come thru Come thru... come thru... come thru... come thru... Girl you know we got thangs to do Girl you know we got thangs to do, so get your ass in that car and come thru Last night I brought DOA to the studio They already had a stage and a booty pole Its supposed to be a lot of hard working going on But who the fuck can focus with this twerkin' going on Someone put a order in for a chicken Told my girl to order in, I need the kitchen Yeah they know I got the hook-up, they just wait on me to cook up Baby I heat up the stove, you do the dishes ya know? Rap game, Crack game, ain't that different ya know? Last album had it booming something vicious ya know? And ya know I need ya back in my life Girl ya know ya got that, know ya got that thing that I like Girl you got that thing forreal When I was on a mission to make it Who used to sleep on the floor with you when you lived in the basement? Who else got all the things you need at 4am when it's late? I always pour you up a drink and let you burn something

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HOLD UP! Who's down for some good ol' fashion acapella freestyling?

Everyone duh. 

No doubt to spark excitement over the SHADYXV (out Nov. 24th), Eminem and his crew have put together a video showcasing their flow game in their home city. 

Let's check out these up and comers: 

Crooked I - "east side Long Beach, California"

This mofo is scary for several reasons.  He's smart, calculated, smooth, and creepy as hell.  He is quick whited and very deliberate in what he says.  He's got the annunciation skills of Twista and the sincerity of Tupac in Hail Mary.  He's made it clear that he's a killer - so don't push him.  Check this murderous flow:

"You die quicker than Darren Wilson walking through Ferguson dressed like the grand dragon of the klan passin' niggas with they pants saggin' and their hand on a black magnum to clap him backwards so they last words is "saggin nmad med kcuf" thats backwards for "fuck dem damn niggas."

P.S. - All that was in one breath.  

Joe Budden from Jersey City, New Jearsey 

"If I ain't the bomb at least I'm in the blast radius." 

This man's voice is a selling point.  It reminds me of Trae in that it immediately sounds raw and gritty, but confident.  I already know this man knows wtf he's talking about.  

This guy isn't rapping about the normal materialism, gang bangin' foolishness ("F*@k metaphors and witty sh*t").  This man is rapping about terminal disease, missing family members, and funeral planning - you know - REAL SH*T.  He talks about living in the "viking era" and how this rap game makes you put all that aside when the beat is on, how no one cares what you're going through - they just need what they need from you. "Not how do I feel, not how that I deal, if that's life nigga then how is it real?" This line holds so much weight.  Why is so much of this mainstream rap game a front when so much of it stems from the rawness of life?

Yelawolf - Gadsden, Alabama 

I first discovered this country boy on Big Boi's Sir Luscious Left Foot album.  I was down with him then, and I am down with him now.  I enjoy seeing guys like him succeed in the rap game.  Not that it isn't hard for everyone, but I do think that hip hop is JUST NOW appreciating caucasian rappers. 

Yelawolf definitely has a distinct sound to him.  It's like Kid Rock and Eminem had a baby.  Basically a country bumpkin with the attitude of a lazy thug.  

"I'm 33, I got 3 kids, and I just popped 3 pills.  I don't know which ones which or what it's for.  Safety ain't really a habit I've formed.  I still smoke to the cigarette butt, I still drink till I end up being that clutz, clumsy, self-destructive dummy stumbling over my words mumbling. I'll probably do it tonight. Leave the bar, leave the car, and pass out like a fetus with my feet to the stars."

Claiming immunity from the continuous beef that country stars and MC's have (which is news to me), this man knows he's in the middle of several genres of music, and continues to do his thang.  I can definitely appreciate that. 

Joell Ortiz - Brooklyn, New York 

This guy reminds me of Biggie Smalls in a way, not only because he's a little chubby but because there's a playful yet serious undertone to all of his rhymes.  Plus that New York accent makes me want him to talk sh*t to me all day. 

"I was someone how never needed favors to get on up, now they deem me a savor.  But to be honest I don't feel like that, I just really like rap."

"Hoes suckin' my drum dick they on my bandwagon"

"Y'all pushin' a lot of swag, I'm pushin' this big old hearse, don't get body bagged."

Royce Da 5'9 - Detroit, Michigan

This guy is my favorite of the bunch. Call me dense but this is the first I've heard of him and this guy is G as f*@k.  

"These new rappers be askin' me, why I don't be hangin' out where they be hangin' out.  I tell 'em, I say Look, lil nigga listen here, If I don't got no business there, I don't got no business there.  See there's a difference here, You hustlin' so you can be seen.  Nigga I'm grindin' so I can disappear." BOOM.  We all know real Gs move in silence like lasagna BUT IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME WE PUT SOME EMPHASIS ON THAT. 

Of this entire video, this guy's flow is the illest.  "I'm anti-social so relax when you step to me." I love that, mostly because I halfway hate the way people bow up when they are trying to prove a point.  It's obnoxious and it shows weakness so anyway of shutting that behavior down is a plus in my book.  Again, Lasagna. 

"We both got marketing plans.  Yours is to sell records and try to net more than you gross for mine is to punch you in your face if you ever disrespect me, and then go invest into a grocery store."

He's got nothing to lose but his privacy, and he's made it clear that he will die for it.  This fool is my new favorite artist to keep an eye on, so y'all should too.  

Eminem - "mf motor city bitch" (Detroit)

I have always had such mixed emotions when it comes to Em and his music.  I love Slim Shady because I find it real and hilarious.  He says everything we our immature self wants to say.  But his work as Eminem has always thrown me off.  His rhymes are good, his spit is fire, but it's the way he says it that rubs me the wrong way.  He sounds like a little boy in a tantrum and I just can't get over it.  However, I have always said that if he came out with a poetry book I'd buy it.  

What I do LOVE about em is that he literally gives zero f*@ks. I mean zero.  Here are some of my favs from his verse: 

"Play nice, bitch, I punch Lana del Rey right in the face twice like Ray Rice in broad daylight and in plain sight of the elevator surveillance till her head is banged on the railing then celebrate with the Ravens."

And how's this for zero f*@ks:

"But I still get the same respect as Jay if I came on stage in a fucking negliegee everyday and Liz Claiborne."

I doubt Jigga would have the balls to even threaten wearing Liz Claiborne on stage. 

And hows this for one breath:

"Existential detriments to a lesbian devil in the presence stench of an estrogen level that separatists like a Chechnian rebel, Impressionist with a pencil, A pessimist, with his lips pressed against the edge of this Red Bull, Pedal to the metal I'm rippin' this shit cause right away I'll give it to a bitch like a pedestrian, deadly as ever.  You see what kind of effects she has on the opposite sex when I push her flexible little sexy ass through a plate of plexiglass."

And breath....

As horribly violent as his lyrics can be, he ends on a note that we be OK with: 

"I'm an enemy to them and the epitome of an inconsiderate idiot, but they consider me equivalent to chlamydia, They tryna get rid of me gadzooks - But I stiggity stand for that figgity flag of the United States and the freedom, I distribute these raps through, and if I catch you doing anything hindering or prohibiting that after I give me that tattoo of your lips on my ass - imma be literally pickin' up and deliberately whippin' the Statue of Liberty at you - WOOOOOH!"

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Rich - Kirko Bangz ft. August Alsina

From the realism expressed in Kirko's lyrics to the smoothness of Alsina's ability to sing from the rawest depths of his soul, the production of this song is on point (shout out to Jevon Hill, Stanley Green and Rock City Productions).  

Materialism is no new topic in hip hop, in fact it's probably one of the most talked about themes in that genre of music.  But rarely is it spat in a way that makes consumerism and greed seem so shamelessly natural.

There is a real maturity to this song.  "I want a house on the hill and a boat by the lake, and most of all, I wanna get paid." Who the f*@k doesn't want the ability to have all that?  NO ONE.  

Kirko drops a bomb when talking about how detrimental - yet crucial - faking it till you make it is in this industry.

 "Got a full-time job but a nigga still can't afford shit, I been in the strip club throwing all this dough, when I leave here I ain't gonna have no more.  

Tired of fronting for these fake niggas, need a diamond chain to be a great nigga, I got one but I ain't great nigga.  What it takes for the rap game to notice me, I topped the charts for nine weeks but they still ain't notice me.  

Guess I gotta rob me a nigga, guess I gotta kill me a nigga, guess I gotta get up on the block, sell rocks to a nigga, guess I gotta slide me a nigga.... but that ain't me." 

Everyone wants to be successful, but it's not easy.  If it were, everyone would do it.  But there are some people in this life that things just come easy for them, and that is really frustrating for the rest of us.

When I hear real ass lyrics like this in a song, it makes me feel better.  It makes me realize that hip hop still has some young, up and coming poets within it.  Poets that strive to express the true grit of the world, and the lessons learned from it.  That is a rarity these days in mainstream hip hop.  Today's most influential music lacks reality more often than not, and that is a scary thing.  

This first verse is so damn relatable it slaps you in the face. 

"Am I wrong for wanting better?  Should I just settle forever? Oooh, I swear it feels like this is as good as it gets.  Am I wrong for wanting cheddar? Although they tell me that i'll never get out of here, I swear, I'm driving by a better life." 

Damn. That's the realest talk I've heard all day.

Next time you question where you are in existence, remember your goals and that good things come to those who hustle. Something WILL work out because IT HAS TO.  

Imma leave you with some words to live by, which also happen to be the concluding lyrics to this song: 

"Imma shine on these ho ass niggas like all day, Imma fuck any girl I want, drive every car you don't, rock anything I want, man, I wanna be rich."

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On Tha Real Tho....

The Atmosphere Pandora playlist is fire for rainy day workin'

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Die Antwoord - Ugly Boy

This video does not disappoint. 

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Lazy Legs spittin' fire y'all.  This will make your mf day. 

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Here's @TPAIN Singing Without Auto-Tune And It's...Great?

T-Pain shows off his natural singing voice for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series.

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Kendrick Lamar freestyles on LA's Big Boys Neighborhood (Power 106 - Los Angeles)

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I wake up in the morning with my bitch in the bed She don't like the police and she sure hate the FEDs I love my girl cos she give me what I want She ride in the trunk or either ride in the front She look like 22 but she's really 45 For some reason she done made a whole lot of niggas cry So bad that she made them all pull their money out Take it out their pockets and put int in my pouch Ah, gotta hate the way the girl do ya She always wanna wat take take take the moolah Gimme them pesos the cash and credit card Might be a problem but the limp hit ya hard You the police and we is the robbers You need more than them helicopters to stop us Excuse me let me introduce my lady Her name is Beretta and she's motherfucking crazy

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Paper Planes Diplo Remix

Super dope song if you don't already know it, I will probably review it soon. 

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Be still my beating heart.... 

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A$AP Rocky fist bumps a fan while taking a walk down SoHo in NYC

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King

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