Nas and Wu-Tang Clan: Wu-Tang Affiliate
Nas after a pop-up show to showcase his recently released album Nasir had a sit down with radio personality Angie Martinez. At the 16:30 mark of the interview Nas reveals a new album is on the way that was already in the works prior to Nasir. He mentions that the...
N.O.R.E. and Fat Joe: Still Bringing the Boom Bap
Nore’s 5E project set to drop this Friday July 27th through Nas’s Mass Appeal Records looks very promising. The track listing is impressive with features including Fabolous, Pharrell, Wyclef, and Jadakiss. However what stands out is that Fat Joe is on two tracks,...
N.O.R.E and Nas: Working Together Again
Last week Nas announced that he would be releasing N.O.R.E’s 5E project through his Mass Appeal record label on July 27th. This will mark the first time the two working together since 2000. The track “With Me” off of the duo Capone-N-Noreaga’s (C-N-N) 2010 album The...
The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac: Before the Fallout
Recently on a Rap Radar podcast J. Prince, CEO of longtime record label Rap-A-Lot Records revealed his original vision of Scarface’s biggest hit “Smile”. The song featured one of the last verses that 2Pac recorded before he passed away. J. Prince reached out to the...
Jay-Z: Early Memorable Guest Appearances
Just over a month ago Jay-Z released his collaborative album Everything Is Love with his wife Beyonce under the moniker "The Carters". They made a big splash just dropping the album unannounced. The power couple have built up such a large brand that they were...
LL Cool J: Crossroads 1993-1995
After releasing four projects in a row that all sold at least a million copies, James Todd Smith aka LL Cool J in 1993 found his career at a crossroads. It was the era where harder edged “gangster rap” was moving units. Even artists like Hammer looked at the...
Warren G and 2Pac: Bridge between Death Row and Def Jam
Warren G recently sat down with legendary radio personality Big Boy in conjunction with the recently released G-Funk documentary. Over the course of an hour Warren G and Big Boy covered discussed many topics. Something that caught my attention was the time period...
Eminem: Finding The Right Home
Before Eminem ended up signing his major label deal with Dr Dre’s Aftermath/Jimmy Iovine Interscope in 1998 he had been in touch with other labels that ultimately did not sign him. Some of the labels just completely ignored them while others recognized his talent but...
Warren G: G-Funk at Its Finest
Warren G’s “G-Funk “documentary premiered today on YouTube Premium. The documentary covers the origins and history of the West Coast hip hop genre that had made such a splash on the music soundscape starting in the early 90’s. Taking the sounds from 70’s funk groups...
Busta Rhymes: The Golden Age Years
9th Wonder, one of the most well respected and critically acclaimed hip hop producers shared with fans that he had just listened to Busta Rhymes forthcoming album. He put it out a resounding endorsement that it might be one of the best albums of the year. 9th Wonder...
Redman and Erick Sermon: About To Blow Your Mind
Earlier this year it was announced that Erick Sermon, one half of the legendary group EPMD would be executive producer for Redman's much anticipated album Muddy Waters Too. A sequel to his 1996 album Muddy Waters which many consider to be his best work. The project...
Rakim and Dr Dre: What Could Have Been
It has been an eventful year for Rakim. He recently with his cohort Eric B, wrapped up their reunion tour “Sweat The Technique”, an ode to their fourth album. In addition to making an appearance on the popular Netflix show Marvel's Luke Cage. Dropping the new song...
Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown: Impactful (Late 90’s – Early 00’s)
Through the years Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown have been supportive and shared their admiration for each other. It had been announced back in May that Foxy Brown would be appearing on Nicki’s forthcoming album Queen. Should be interesting to see what sort of track they...
Nas and Swizz Beatz: Unreleased Completed Project
In doing promo for his next project Poison, hip hop producer extraordinaire Swizz Beatz revealed that he had a completed a full-length album with Nas back in 2016 within a week’s time. Hence on DJ Khaled’s 2016 album Major Key a track was released featuring Nas titled...
LL Cool J and 50 Cent: Missed Opportunity
In 2006 LL Cool J dropped the album Todd Smith through his longtime record label Def Jam. Other than sharing his frustration with the label for the handling of his album 14 Shots to The Dome back in 1993 at least publicly he was content with the label. Todd Smith came...
Royce da 5’9”: The Blessing in Disguise
Royce da 5’9” has been a very prolific artist in recent years. His most recent project Book of Ryan dropped in May . Once again delivering a high caliber pure hip hop album. Prior to that his collaboration album PRhyme 2 with legendary producer DJ Premier came out...
DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9”: Two Turntables and a Mic
DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9” formed the duo PRhyme back in 2014. They have released two projects to date that have both received high praise and critical acclaim within the hip hop community. They have also embarked on two tours together. Well before the formation...
Ja Rule and Ashanti: Collaborative Album in the Works
In the early 2000’s Ja Rule and Ashanti ruled the charts. They had 5 songs that they worked together become top ten hits. Over the last few years they have been touring together. It was only a matter of time before conversation would start up again concerning the...
