HIP HOP Underground Presents EPMD Live in DC

The Last Kiss by Jadakiss Debuts at #3 on the Billboard Charts

AHSI gives this album 4.5 eyeballs. This is the first great Hip Hop Album for 2009.

Tracks

1
Pain & Torture
2
Can’t Stop Me featuring Ayanna Irish
3
Who's Real featuring Swizz Beatz & OJ Da Juiceman
4
Grind Hard featuring Mary J. Blige
5
Something Else featuring Young Jeezy
6
One More Step featuring Styles P
7
Stress Ya
8
What If featuring Nas
9
Things I've Been Through
10
I Tried featuring Avery Storm
11
Rocking With The Best featuring Pharrell
12
Smoking Gun featuring Jazmine Sullivan
13
Cartel Gathering featuring Ghostface Killah & Raekwon
14
Come And Get Me featuring S.I. & Sheek Louch
15
By My Side featuring Ne-Yo
16
BONUS: Letter To B.I.G. featuring Faith Evans
17
BONUS: Something Else Remix featuring Young Jeezy, Snyp Life, Bully, AP, Boo Rossini & Blood Raw
18
BONUS: Death Wish featuring Lil' Wayne

Young Jeezy the Recession

AHSI - Young Jeezy is definitely one of Def Jams heavy hitters. His new album debuted at #1 on the charts. The Recession has slipped down to #6 on the billboard chart, in its third week on chart. He collaborates with Nas, Anthony Hamilton, Kanye West and Trey Songs on this album contributing songs that relate to everyday hood life. Jeezy is definitely getting better with each album and he is emerging as one of the best rappers from DOWN SOUTH. It seems as if the hot rappers from the south are all affiliated with Jay-z. Rick Ross and Ludacris are the other rappers from the South that I am talking about. I give The Recession 4 eyeballs.

NAS Untitled Becomes His 5th #1 Album

AHSI.......Nas takes the top spot from Lil Wayne the week ending July 26th becoming Esco's fifth number one album. I finally bought Nas's album yesterday and it was as good, if not better than the N@#$% Mixtape with DJ Green Lantern. I would say only three songs were on both Cd's and he gives you fifteen songs on the LP. Esco shows off his talent by making the listener think about all of the different views given to us by the media. He explains why he did not name the album N@#$% and shows us how our society is very hypocritical regarding the N word and the use of it. Nas shows us why people use it and will continue to use it, through his metaphors, how now it is perceived as cool in other races to be referred to as a N word. He is making a political statement by endorsing Barrack Obama, and the tongue lashing that he gives Fox News and some of their personnel on Sly Foxx makes you think about the issues we face in our society.
AHSI gives Nas's album 5 eyeballs.

Rick Ross Debuts at #1 On The Billboard Chart

AHSI.......Rick Ross beat out Snoop's "Ego Trippin" and Fat Joe's "Elephant In The Sand" the week ending March 22, 2008. "Trilla" features a lot of collaborations and I think that played a factor with him beating out the other two artists. Maybach Music featuring Jay-Z, The Boss featuring T-Pain are my two favorites. Rick has something for everybody, a unique voice, a down south flow with the wit of a Northerner. The mixture of slow beats, hard beats and mellow beats gives listeners a variety of something to listen to. I give Trilla 3.5 eyeballs.

ASSI – Rick Ross solicited Mannie Fresh, T-Pain, R. Kelly, Eboni Love, Trey Songz, Nelly, Avery Storm, Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, Young Jeezy, Trick Daddy, Triple C, Brisco, and Rodney to join forces on his Sophomore album “Trilla.” Ross seems to lack the poetic lyrical content of header hitters like Jay-Z, DMX, and Ludacris who are able to paint pictures that match the beat. Rick has hot beats but he is without lyrical content. If you want to get your dance on “Trilla” is the album for you. “Speedin” featuring R. Kelly sounds like a lot of noise with lyrics shouted at you, but I have to give him credit for securing bomb beats. Even the commercial bubble gum song “Money Make Me Come” that could serve as a female anthem is just to raunchy for Eboni Love for this record to have appeal, he should have solicited Lil’ Kim to give it street creditability.

Lil’ Kim would have spit some super freaky lyrics for this beat that is really hot. The intros are even whack. “Here I Am” caught my attention from the onset, the hook is off the chain, and Nelly and Avery Storm make this track. If you title a song “Maybach Music” you must call in the King of the Maybach, Jay-Z, and even with Jay the track is weak. When Jay spits, the Maybach is bananas peel back is the best line on the track. “Luxury Tax” is radio friendly track that will receive air play just because it features Lil’ Wayne, Jeezy, and Trick Daddy. The last track Ross “I’m Only Human” sounds like Fat Joe but the lack of meaningful lyrics made me pause, but again the hook is appealing enough for radio. As I see it “Trilla” is laced with heavy hitters, catchy hooks, and hot-ass-beats but lyrically missed the boat. I give “Trilla” 2.5 blinks.