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Ibime: she certainly is. She's what mainstream music needs right now. She is intelligent, And i find her hot!!! damn, she is fine.

I'd rather stick my nads in a live socket and put my nuts in a fridge then slam the door on it really hard than watch the Twilight crap,



30 Days of Night and Bram Stoker's Dracula are brillliant vampire movies!!! If i hear one more mention of R.Patz and his broad Kristen , whatever her name is, i'll punch myself in the back of the head!!!

WTF?! call the coroner, HipHop is officially dead!!! I haven't got the album yet but judging by the mixed reviews, i may have to sit on the fence on this one.

Mr Yobo,
I will suggest your team takes the approach taken by the US team. Sheer determination, resilience, effective communication, discipline, humility and playing as a team, like the US, will guarantee success.
And in the mean time, shut the f*&% up!!

Na today? We always knew some coppers in Niaja were dodgy

Guys, please support real Hiphop, i hate hate phony and wack rappers and there are a lot of them these days. I am looking forward to buying The Roots latest EP How I Got Over
Real MCs never get any airplay

Track Listing:

1. Suite II Overture

2. Dance Or Die (featuring Saul Williams)

3. Faster

4. Locked Inside

5. Sir Greendown

6. Cold War

7. Tightrope (featuring Big Boi) 

8. Neon Gumbo

9. Oh, Maker

10. Come Alive (The War of The Roses)

11. Mushrooms & Roses

12. Suite III Overture

13. Neon Valley Street

14. Make The Bus (featuring Of Montreal)

15. Wondaland

16. 57821 (featuring Deep Cotton)

17. Say You’ll Go

18. BabopbyeYa

I have been a fan of Janelle Monae since The Metropolis album. Some have described this charismatic, eccentric and energetic black lady as the biggest signing on Bad Boy Records since Notorious B.I.G.
It makes me laugh with all the fuss and hype surrounding Lady Gaga, Janelle Monae has more talent and her new album The Archandroid proves it yet again.

Janelle Monáe’s full-length debut arrives with the weight of contemporary Black Artistry on its shoulders. She’s been praised by major artist, she’s on Bad Boy, and has an inclination towards the odd and eccentric, or so we’re made to believe. The ArchAndroid follows last year Metropolis EP, which introduced listeners to Cindi Mayweather, a robot running from a fascist state in the future, and searching for her humanity. From the print other taste-makers have already put to page, The ArchAndroid will be making heavy appearances on best of 2010 lists. Most of the writing has Janelle being the next best thing since the last savior of music; whoever you can recall that being. Yet, what the album delivers is just plain good music.

The ArchAndroid unconsciously forgoes much of the high-minded concept that really just distracted from her talent and music on Metropolis and gets shit crackin’. After the mostly “rapped” electro-tribal “Dance or Die”, featuring Saul Williams doing his typical life, light, and art shtick, the album transitions wonderfully into “Faster”. A soaring composition so full of confidence and contemporary funk, one must truly have a dead soul to not want to shake their ass to such a danceable groove and Janelle’s lush vocal cadences. The momentum is effortlessly moved into “Locked Inside”, a song that mightily channels the King of Pop’s Off The Wall spirit and will bewilder me if it’s not released as a single and booms out of speakers in all places American. This funktafied-disco spirit is also found in the first single “Tightrope”, which is the epitome of an honest modern swagger and cool.

Yet, The ArchAndroid flourishes most brightly when things are slowed down and the experimental impulses are restrained and used effectively. “Oh, Maker” elucidates such an exotic and unique musical language it traps listeners within its “newness.” Vacillating between a psychedelic British folk and the best of Neo-Soul, the ballad dumps buckets of thick emotional paint into ones ears. This shimmering sonic eros continues with “Neon Valley Street”, a voluptuous horn-laden voyage that Monáe half sings-half raps into unforgettable territory. This exceptional sound is also found on “Say You’ll Go”, “Sir Greendown”, and the epic “BoBopByeYa”.

Ultimately my biggest gripe with The ArchAndroid is that someone just threw too much shit into this gumbo. Parts R&B, parts funk and disco, parts glam rock, parts electro-pop, parts punk-pop, and parts rap, this long player just comes off like Monae trying too many hats at once. “Make The Bus” featuring Indy faves Of Montreal is a bad attempt to grab that audience; “Cold War” comes off like a Gnarls Barkley rip-off; and “Mushrooms and Roses” takes pysch rock down an over-filtered, boringly sparse escapade into nothingness. The ArchAndroid shows where Janelle sounds best and most comfortable right now in her career. There was no need to run through all of her influences on one record. Some quality control really would have made this what some are calling “a game changer”. In the end, the young woman blessed with a voice as soothing and strong as coastal winds is all that is needed with as funky backing beat. She doesn’t need to “change the game” or “save music” from shit. All she needs to do is to continue to grow and make music that is true to her. The magic and audience will follow.


By Francisco McCurry on 6/13/10 in Album Reviews

For me, it'll be the following MCs:
Talib Kweli.
Dead Prez.
Little Brother - apparently the group is now defunct.
The Roots.
Mos Def.
Mad Villian aka Victor Vaughn aka MF Doom

Far from the tightly controlled media messaging and burly security guards of Microsoft’s E3 showcase, an Italian press advert has just revealed what appears to be the angular shape and multi-functionality of a new ‘slim’ Xbox 360. Check it out.

The games industry has been awash with rumours of just such a unit ever since Sony launched the PS3 Slim and sales started catching up on the Xbox 360. Earlier reports even showed what was supposed to be the compact innards of the device too, while others speculated about what it would do. Microsoft remained resolutely silent throughout, though.

They’re still keeping quiet at the E3 too, where yesterday’s big Kinect expo was locked down tighter than gnat’s chuff. Fortunately no such measures have prevented Microsoft Italy from spilling all the beans. Here we go then,

Assuming that all of this is not some kind of giant wind-up, the New Xbox 360 is both more slender and more angular than any of its predecessors. It’s new form has a slightly menacing air about it, in fact. Otherwise the Italian ad confirms that it has all the bits inside that should have been included all along – a whopping 250GB hard drive and built-in Wi-Fi compatibility included. Needless to say it’s fully compatible with ‘Kinect’ too.

Beyond that we’re as much in the dark about price/release date as we are with Kinect itself.

SOURCE www.yahoo.com

@ Innit4dmoni, well said.

Seconded, no more trolling. More reviews, tip and tricks, how to unlock achievements and game parties/chats.

Mona Lisa - from Menace II Society soundtrack.
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A Tribe Called Quest - One of the best HipHop groups. Q-Tip,Phife and Ahmad.

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Diagble Planets
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She's highly over rated.

All i see is a tiger. And a tiger is a beast, right? for f@*& sakes!!!

MC Eiht - from Menace II Society Soundtrack. Remember this?
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Regulate. Warren G and Nate Dogg. classic
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Joy by Blackstreet. This was the song to our first dance at my wedding.  Not this version though.
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SWV. This is a classic. Right Here - Human Nature Mix. This was produced by Teddy Riley.
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Fugees. Lauryn Hill, Pras and Wyclef. This was taken of their debut album. Lauryn's verse was fire.
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Nas - This is a certified classic. Nas is a brilliant lyricist. This was from his  debut album. Classic
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Jade - Another female R&B group.
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Zhane - These girls were very soulful.
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Chante Moore. I love my soulful grooves.
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Alright by Janet Jackson ft Heavy D.
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Hi - Five: Kissing Game
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Alfonzo Hunter - That's The Way Players play.
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Yo, lost generation, fast pace nation
World population confront their frustration
The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken
It's all contractual, and about money making
Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know their limitations
Exact replication and false representation
You wanna be a man, then stand your own
To MC requires skills, I demand some shown
I let the frauds keep frontin
And roam like a celluar phone far from home,

The Roots - "What They Do" from Illadelph halflife album

EPMD. Eric Sermon - tha green eyed bandit.
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Redman. This track in case any of you are searching for it, it is on Eric Sermon's compilation LP, will have to go through my collection to get the title of this album. Redman is an amazing rapper and quite funny too.
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Monica. Great debut album. A classic album.
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Bell Biv Devoe - shoutout to my FGC Warri peeps who loved this track They epitomized the fashion of the 90s. Remember doing the Running Man?
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New Edition without Bobby Brown. Check out the choreography lol. Boy!! This is a track my sister and i were singing along to and dancing to in my car recently. We just love it. Old school is the new school.
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Sensitivity by Ralph Tresvant- a classic. This is a great song. Another great song for the social nights in FGC Warri back then and the guys used to try to serenade the ladies to this song
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Lil Kim - Female protege and then mistress of the late Notorious B.I.G. This was before all the plastic surgery.
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Foxy Brown. This track is still the bizness
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Mary J. Blige - My favourite R&B singer. I have been down with her from her debut album until today. I own all her albums and she sings to me. Puff Daddy aka Diddy had a great roll call of a artistes with the likes of B.I.G, Craig Mack, 112 and to others on his roster. MJB is the queen of r&B
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Gheto Boys.
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Scarface - One of the greatest lyricists in HipHop, in my opinion and he is highly underated. Never Seen a Man Cry Till I See a Man Die = classic
Listen to this song.
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Jeru The Damaja remember him? i loved this guy's use of metaphors and word play. The beat is also slamming on this one.

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@ AkinW. I live in London and will take you up on your invitation, cheers.

T.R.O.Y by Pete Rock & Pete Rock. Pete Rock is a great DJ and producer. Back then it was vinyl and artistes looked like everyday people in their videos - no blings either. A tune that brings back memories growing up in Lagos and YO! MTV raps. My cousins and i used to risk life and limb, climbing a high concrete ladder to turn the cable dish so we could catch the programme

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These white boys could rap. This was way before Eminem. House of Pain - These American Irish lads deserve a place in hiphop history. Back then a friend of mine took his dad's car out for a drive(without permission of course ) and crashed it whilst jamming to this song. Memories. Play this in a pub and it is guaranteed to start a riot.

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Lady of Rage . A very good female MC and female of the Deathrow.

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Thanks for the compliments. My family and friends can attest to my love of music and my vast collection of original CDs - i own most of the albums or songs i have listed thus far. I have got more artistes or songs of the 90S to include on this list so please keep checking and bear with me.


Return of the Mack
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En Vogue
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Lords of The Underground - I love this group. This is HipHop i grew up with, not thrash and garbage one hears these days.  I still play this song.

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Aaliyah - R.i.P. I fell in love with her the first time i heard this song and saw this video.
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Honey Love by R.Kelly & Public Announcement. This is baby makin music y'all.
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Toni Braxton. She is hot and has an amazing voice.
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If I Ever Fall In Love - A timeless classic
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No Scrubs - The female anthem back in those days. this song annoyed the hell outta guys. I have posted the reply by a male group called Sporty Thievez below. TLC were one of the great female R&B groups.

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The Reply
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Steelo by 702 is a great track.
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Tupac Amaru Shakur - 2PAC. The greatest rapper/MC of all time.  His demise has not overshadowed his amazing body of work. One of the greatest posthumous selling artistes of all time. He is a poet, a prophet, a socially and politically conscious MC and some call him also a thug.

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Notorious B.I.G - The great rapper/MC of all time. It's so hard to pick one B.I.G and PAC. His album "Ready To Die" is a certified classic.
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Flava In Ya Ear by Craig Mack - Another great artiste under Bad Boy Records.
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Rakim. One of the great MCs. His wordplay, lyrics and delivery are outstanding.
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Monie Love - One of the few great female MCs.

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Queen Latifah - Queen Latifah is my all time favourite female MC.
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MC Lyte - A great female MC.
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Non Challant - 5 ' O Clock - conscious rap lyrics.
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