Like most, I first came across Tyga via his single “Coconut Juice”(pause) early last year. The video was lavish, and as he was/is signed to Young Money/Decaydence – it featured cameos from Lil Wayne, Fallout boy’s Pete Wentz and his cousin Travis from Gym Class heroes. The song was admittedly rather cheese, but no more so than everything else which was going on at the time. Combined with the star power cosigning him I figured hearing much more of that song and him would be a no brainer.
It was not to be though, and until Jordan showed me this a couple months back I thought he’d disappeared off the planet. “Live Forever” caught me offguard, with Tyga’s flow sounding reminiscent of some mid 90′s New York shit. In fact his get up even looks like something Shyheim woulda worn.
Now he’s back with a new vid, and he seems to be distancing himself even further from the pop lane they initially tried to carve out for him. Still goin hard, but the content and video is L.A all day on this one. Mean shit, don’t write him off just yet.
Ok, we’ve all seen the photos – if you haven’t… your internets is pretty weak. I don’t really have anything to say on the matter, this is a matter of public opinion. Cast your votes and weigh in with the comments.
This joint is far from my cup of tea, however I was intrigued after reading Kirk’s one word review of the video, “BLING!”. Here’s my attempt at a one word review beginning with B… “BEWBZ”. Peep the vid and let us know your thoughts…
The long awaited Percieve video has finally surfaced.. and it’s pretty fucken impressive in my humble opinion. Salute to everyone involved, song is available now from iTunes.
“I used to roll exactly like a fulla, act like a fulla… and yeah, get down dirty like a fulla too”
Girls in the hood was a piece about girl gangs that ran on TV3′s 60 Minutes last night. It was full of gem’s like the above quote. For all its laughs though it is kinda sad that these girls feel that they have to play tough guy role to get by. The full piece has been uploaded to TV3′s TV On Demand and you can peep it here. Check it out, and discuss…
New video from Vince Harder, what you think? I’m not impressed by his painting skills eh, if I had a house I wouldn’t let this guy near it with a paint can.
Drake’s buzz seems to be reaching deafening proportions. His So Far Gone mixtape continues to convert male and female alike, and it’s remarkable to see a new act with followers as devout as in this vid. Song ain’t even got a video and they’re reciting every word – fucken mean. I been playing Drake’s material to the Mrs and she remarked how nice it was to hear someone new that could “rap good” again. I understood what she was getting at.
Hindsight is 20/20 and all that, but after seeing a good portion of the acts highlighted in XXL’s top 10 freshman list in the flesh, gotta say the list is looking a bit patchy right about now. haha
I wanted to post this Wiz Khalifa song the moment I saw this video for it pop up, however after seeing him explain that the video was not meant to go public and that the director had gone ahead and dropped it without his approval I had to digress.
Personally I didn’t mind the vid. Though it definitely appeared unfinished, his reciting of the above line, followed by his Macauley Culkin action in the vid actually made me LOL. Plus, I liked the song so much I didn’t really need much visual accompaniment. His new mixtape dropped yesterday and on first impression it isn’t what I’d hoped for after hearing “Take Away” - but it was a must d/l strictly so I could get my hands on an mp3 of this song. This is the one if you like your sounds smooth.
