#EXCLUSIVES
The people have spoken, and Barack Obama will be the President of the United States for one more term! On Nov. 6th, Americans casted their votes and proved that Obama deserved another shot in the White House. Many artists have been supporting President Obama ever since his inauguration back in 2008, so in honor of… Read on »
#EXCLUSIVES
Hip-hop forerunner Nas is back with a simply-titled album Life Is Good, and with it came a track featuring the late Amy Winehouse by the (appropriately-titled) name of “Cherry Wine“. Rumor has it that the pair was romantically involved at one point, and it’s beautiful to see Nas featured on one of Amy’s tracks, “Like… Read on »
#NEWS
We’ve got a newsflash for y’all: apparently, rappers are all about spelling their names in their hit songs. Not much of a surprise, right? The Slacktory blog took notice to this epidemic and put together a little rapping spelling bee YouTube video, which totally made us LOL. We never realized how many rappers are stoked… Read on »
Mama SAID knock you out, but the artists in X102.3 list of Top 10 Hip Hop Fights actually followed through. Highlighting the best…errr—well, knuckle sandwich smorgasbords in the hip hop world, the roster boasts names like Jay-Z, R. Kelly, Usher, and our personal favorites, Ne-Yo and Jim Jones (whose scuffle involved a Prada stiletto being held to… Read on »
Everyone knows that Beethoven was deaf and rocked a killer blowout (even Pauly D rocks the Beethoven)…. But did you know he was an Original Gangsta? He was actually going to change his name to Beats-hoven but his mom wouldn’t let him. True story. Anyway, “Fur Elise” was clearly composed with Nas in mind, since… Read on »
It’s finally happening! It’s really, truly, finally happening! After much postponage and a “Sorry 4 The Wait” mixtape, the actual, physical manifestation of Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV” is officially in sight. Weezy posted the full tracklist of the album today complete with all the featurings (save the… Read on »
Since 2011 is essentially half over (which really weirds us out), the MetroLyricsLoves contributors decided to each pick our top tune that’s come out this year. Here’s our 5 overall awesome songs of 2011 … at least, so far: AH: I remember how excited I was when I first heard this song online. I’m all… Read on »