One of the seemingly forgotten aspects of hip hop is the role that the DJ plays in a song. In the early days of hip hop, it was not just rapping, but break-dancing, tagging, and probably most importantly, DJ-ing, that made up the culture that was hip hop. In fact, in the late […]

With his platinum-selling debut album, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, Atlanta- based rapper Young Jeezy (Jay Jenkins) showed the world that there was still a place for an artist who filled albums with metaphors, ad-libs, and numerous odes to guns, drugs, cars, money, and women. The success of Young Jeezy’s debut album lead many […]

With his debut album, Already Platinum, Houston-based rapper Slim Thug proved that he had the ability to be the next big thing out of Texas. While the album fell slightly short of the platinum mark, it was a strong selling record that had a few hits and cemented Slim Thug as someone to keep an […]