DJ Drama

July 31, 2008 By Hip-Hop 51,766 Comments

Born and raised between West Philadelphia and the city’s Germantown sections, DJ Drama became a fan of DJ culture since copping his very first mixtape. It was DJ S&S’s Old School Part 2- after a trip to New York City with his older sister. But it wasn’t until being captivated by Omar Epps’ character DJ Gee Q in classic hip hop film Juice would he step behind the ones and twos himself.

Early on, DJ Drama created a local buzz selling Hip-Hop mixtapes in his high school and deejaying at house parties. After graduation, he moved down south to attend college at Clark Atlanta University and brought his hustle game along with him. He began peddling mixtapes on campus with a catalog that included a reggae series, instrumental series and neo-soul series. But his bread and butter came when he dropped his first southern-based tape Jim Crow Laws, his fastest-selling tape to date.

DJ Drama

DJ Drama Mixtapes
Quickly recognizing the demand for southern mixes, he renamed the series to Gangsta Grillz and asked then-upcoming crunk king Lil Jon to host. It was an instant hit. Before long, Drama got a call from Grand Hustle co-CEO Jason Jeter, who wanted DJ Drama to do something that had never been done before- compile an album-like mix tape with only artists from the label’s group Pimp $quad Click. And classic mix tapes from many of the rap game’s top players came back to back.

“The brand has been the success of many careers- myself included. It’s helped Young Jeezy’s career; it’s helped DJ Don Cannon’s career. It’s helped the Aphiliates’ career; it’s helped T.I.’s career. It’s helped the streets,” Drama insists.

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Ballgreezy

July 25, 2008 By Hip-Hop 33,289 Comments

Throughout the ups and downs of the turbulent world of Hip-Hop, Iconz recording artist Kinta Cox professionally known as Ballgreezy or “Greezy” has managed to make his mark in the game. His melodic and captivating single entitled “Shone”, produced by Gorilla Tek, is hypnotizing the streets and setting off major label alarms everywhere!

Ballgreezy \"I\'m Da Shit\"

Ballgreezy comes from one of Miami’s fierce neighborhoods referred to as Little Haiti with his seven siblings. As a teenager, Greezy attended Miami Edison Senior High School, where he honed a natural talent for football and discovered his potential to succeed as an athlete. However, Greezy knew that his maximum potential was greater than sports. “The coaches wanted me to play on the team as the quarterback but I was into bringing quarters back”, Greezy says sarcastically. Subsequently, his life took a different stage. He turned to the life of the streets and was solely driven by the love for money; determined to do whatever it took to get it. Quickly discovering that the street life was not the answer, Ballgreezy then capitalized on the guidance of his older brother and discovered his genuine ability to rap. “If I wasn’t rappin’ I’d be trappin’”, he says in a swaggering manner. “When the block got hot I would jump in the studio with my brother. Then I got addicted to goin’ there and I promised him I would blow in this rap game”.

In 2001 Ballgreezy began transiting into a true master of the microphone and made several guest appearances on local rap artists’ music compilations. In 2003, Ballgreezy put out his debut mix CD entitled “Straight Drop” causing mass hysteria throughout his hood in Little Haiti. By 2005, Ballgreezy’s local popularity led to a recording contract with Iconz Music. He has since shared the stage with numerous A-list, platinum recording artists such as Lil’ Wayne, Trick Daddy, Scarface, Trina and G-Unit.

Presently, Ballgreezy’s hit single “Shone,” is hypnotizing the airways and has mapped him in the industry as a force to be reckoned with. The song has a very mainstream appeal as intended by Ballgreezy. “I’m on a grown and sexy vibe right now; making music for the ladies,” said Greezy. The word “Shone” is a widely used slang term for “action” when making reference to singles chasing a little ‘ak-shone’ after the club.

Ballgreezy’s innate lyrical abilities and melodic inclinations serve as platforms for greatness in the music industry. He is currently in the studio working with various producers and recording artists putting together what he calls “a classic Greezy album” for release in the Spring of 2009.

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Tech N9ne Everready

July 6, 2008 By Hip-Hop 347 Comments

Sometimes it takes a while for trendsetters, for artists ahead of their time and for genius to be appreciated by the masses. Tech N9ne is on the verge of bucking these bromides.

The Kansas City rap king has sold more than 500,000 albums independently, performed in front of more than half a million people in the last three years and established himself as one of underground rap’s most respected artists. With the impending release of his third national album, the monumental Everready (The Religion), Tech N9ne is poised to graduate from one of rap’s best-kept secrets to a major international superstar.

Everready Album by Tech N9ne

Tech N9ne Everready Album

After experiencing a number of professional setbacks while promoting his critically acclaimed Anghellic and Absolute Power albums, Tech N9ne felt that Everready (The Religion) was an affirmation of his staying power. “I wanted to name it Everready because if you look at the old Eveready batteries, their logo included nine lives,” Tech explains. “That album title symbolizes nine lives, another life after death. I’ve had a lot of deaths in the music industry and there’s still life after all that. The Religion, the reason I subtitled it that is because I want this album to be something that’s being studied or praised. It’s like calling it a doctrine.”

Such a mandate is a natural conclusion after listening to Everready (The Religion). The album teams with blockbuster songs and stellar production. “Jellysickle,” for instance, features Bay Area rap legend E-40 and a thumping, addictive club-ready beat from superproducer Rick Rock (Jay-Z, Fabolous). Despite the track’s freshness, it made Tech N9ne think back to his early material.

“It reminded me of an old Tech N9ne, like ‘Mitch Bade,’” he reveals. “It’s like a 2006 ‘Mitch Bade,’ so I had to talk about the same thing: jealous people, stupid people. Kansas City is a place where hatred is at an all-time high. I thought it would capture that persona of the ghetto.”

As Tech N9ne has emerged as one of rap’s most innovative, creatively fearless artists, there has been a segment of his fans who feel that he’s abandoned his hardcore background. Tech addresses the situation on the aggressive yet elegantly produced “Come Gangsta.” “After all these years of people telling me that my music was for white people, that I needed to come with gangster stuff,” Tech says. “Music is supposed to inspire and evolve. Andre 3000 isn’t still doing ‘Player’s Ball.’ He evolved. That was always on my mind, that people were always telling me to come gangster. When it comes to it, my one gangster song can demolish their whole CD. I was inspired to write about the type of people that were telling me to come gangster.”

Tech N9ne delivers more high-energy heat on “Welcome To The Midwest” with Big Krizz Kaliko. He continues his harder edge on the macabre “My World,” with Brotha Lynch Hung, and the warped “In My Head.” On these two tunes he raps about mad and sad topics, things that pain him. He expresses a similar sentiment on “The Rain,” a touching ode to his wife and children. Much like Tech N9ne’s classic “This Ring,” “The Rain” features Tech N9ne giving his fans an intimate look into his life and his career, a look made all the more personal because the song features his two daughters rapping about how much they miss their father.

“Any man with a kid that’s on the road a lot can relate to that, whether you’re a musician, a doctor, a director,” Tech explains. “A lot of people are not to be there for their family in the flesh, and they’re hurting because they miss their loved ones.”

People of all backgrounds can also relate to friction in their relationships. Tech N9ne conceptualized the riveting “My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl” during a low point in his marriage. “At the time I wrote that song, me and my wife were doing really bad,” he reveals. “I wrote that song in my bitter stage, when I was saying whatever I wanted to say. ‘(My wife) don’t like me/(My bitch) gets hyphy/(My girl) might knife me twice just to spite me.’ That’s how I had the balls to write it. I didn’t care anymore. I just wanted to release it.”

Tech N9ne then talks about his breast fetish on the sinister “Flash” and about his crew’s road adventures on the heavy “Groupie.” But touring hasn’t been all fun and games for Tech N9ne. On the rock-influenced “Riot Maker,” he details some of the problems he’s had while trying to perform for his fans. “At the time, we were going through a lot of things,” Tech says. “I wasn’t able to go to Hawaii because the promoters said my music incites riots. At the same time, this girl was trying to sue me for $100,000 for cracking her own skull at my show and I wasn’t even in the building yet.”

An explosive recording artist, Tech N9ne has long earned praise from his fans because of his ability to deliver mind-blowing raps about his struggle to navigate through life’s pitfalls. His willingness to shed his ego and allow his followers to look at the high and low points of his experience has earned Tech N9ne a rabid, dedicated following.

“A lot of people when they come up to me, they say, ‘The reason why I like you Tech is that you say what you feel and you’re not afraid to say anything,’” Tech says. “That’s so tight because so many use discretion. I think I’ve inspired people to say what they feel because I’ve opened my life up for people to see.”

With such powerful music, it should come as no surprise that Tech N9ne’s reach continues expanding. Several of his songs are featured in the forthcoming Alpha Dog film, which stars Justin Timberlake and Sharon Stone. His music also appears on the latest edition of the fan favorite Madden NFL video game series, as well as the action video game 25 to Life. He also appears as a playable character on the latter.

But for now, it is all about indoctrinating his fans to Everready (The Religion). “This is Anghellic, Absolute Power combined,” Tech says. “If I could have titled this album One Big Clusterfuck, I would have because I think it has everything. It has the personal stuff Anghellic had or the party stuff that Absolute Power had. I think this is my best work.” Believe it.

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Looking Boy Lyrics

July 4, 2008 By Hip-Hop 3,652 Comments

Hot Styles and Yung Joc in “Looking Boy”

Looking Boy Video and Lyrics

Weak lookin’ boy, you slow lookin’ boy,
Dirty white sock on your toe lookin’ boy,
You rat lookin’ boy, will you marry me, splat lookin’ boy,
Whoopi Goldberg black lip lookin’ boy,
Midnight train Gladys Knight lookin boy,
You poor lookin boy, Don Imus ol’ nappy headed ho lookin’ boy,
Diggin in your booty that smell lookin’ boy,
Do you run with the KY jelly lookin’ boy,
Getcha Riiiickkyy!! Morris Chestnut shot in ya back lookin’ boy,
Valtrex brand new gay lookin’ boy,
You in house L Cool J lookin’ boy,
Getchya No Mama! No Mama! Penny off good times big J.J. lookin’ boy,

(Hook) [X4]
Point Em’ Out

(Verse 2:)
Oh L.L. I need love lookin’ boy,
Fake I.D. can’t get in club lookin’ boy,
Remember me from school? Hell no you gets no love lookin’ boy,
Gangsta homo thug lookin’ boy,
Ring around yo tub lookin’ boy,
Oh it’s the first of the month, Bone Thug lookin’ boy,
Got yo hand off the chain lookin’ boy,
This yo brain on drugs lookin’ boy,
Jang-A-lang, Jang-A-lang, Jang-A-lang, Bernie Mac lookin’ boy,
No eyelids can’t blink lookin’ boy,
You are the weakest link lookin’ boy,
No Chris, no Chris, no! Raz B lookin’ boy,

(Hook) [X4]
Point Em’ Out
Get Em’

(Verse 3:)
You better getchya weak lookin’ boy,
Geek lookin’ boy, Pepe Le Pu you stink lookin’ boy,
You don’t do nothin’ but wash my feet lookin’ boy,
Bang, bang, bang, skeet, skeet, lookin’ boy,
Tight lookin’ boy, I fight lookin’ boy,
Had to retaliate, Mike lookin’ boy, you dike lookin’ boy,
Your momma so slow she can’t cook Minute Rice lookin’ Boy,
Flop lookin’ boy, Stop lookin’ boy,
Can’t take off her top lookin’ boy,
Women be shoppin, women be shoppin, black Chris Rock lookin’ boy,
Case lookin’ boy, Horse and carriage, Cam’ron and Mase lookin’ boy,
You ape lookin’ boy, Can I help you? Yea put 2 on eight lookin’ boy,

(Hook) [X4]
Point Em’ Out
Get Em’

(Verse 4:)
You’ze a broke lookin’ boy, joke lookin’ boy,
Let me clear my throat lookin’ boy,
Spongebob on your shirt lookin’ boy,
I play in dirt lookin’ boy,
All dirt K-Swiss lookin boy,
Brown dookie stains in drawers lookin’ boy,
Scooby Dooby-Dooby-Doooo!!! Mike Vick lookin’ boy,
I won’t need no rent lookin’ boy,
Lookin’ real ugly in the face lookin’ boy,
Jail lookin’ boy, weave lookin’ boy,
Need to brush yo teeth lookin’ boy,
Boot lookin’ boy, soup lookin’ boy,
Wearin’ green Joggin suit lookin’ boy,
Say it again! Say it again! Ol’ pinky lookin’ boy,

(Hook) [X4]
Point Em’ Out
Get Em’

(Verse 5:)
Just letchya soul gllloooowww!! Curl lookin’ boy,
I know you wanna leave me, David Ruffin lookin’ boy,

Anywhere you meet me goin’ down lookin’ boy,
Hot Stylz and Young Joc lookin’ boy,
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha tickle me Elmo lookin’ boy,

You’ze a brawl lookin’ boy,
If I was a little bit tall lookin’ boy,
(Sniff, Sniff, Sniff, Sniff) now that’s the smell of clean…ol’ Pine-Sol lookin’ boy,

This is the song that doesn’t end, lamb chop lookin’ boy,
Bang-bang, bang-bang, bang-bang, ol’ pops lookin’ boy,

(Hook) [X8]
Point Em’ Out
Get em’

(I look like I eat tuna casserole all day lookin’ boy)

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