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Memphis Bleek

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Radio Hits One: Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, And Young Money Bring Crew Love Back To Rap Radio

    If you've listened to much urban radio lately, or even a little, you may have noticed that Lil Wayne and his Young Money Entertainment labelmates, particularly Drake and Nicki MInaj, are quite popular. You may have also noticed the same thing in 2011. And in 2010. And 2009. But perhaps nothing under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Live: Smoke DZA & SPACEGHOSTPURRP Headline Highline, But A$AP Mob Steals The Show

    Smoke DZA/SPACEGHOSTPURRP Highline Ballroom Monday, January 23 Better than: Emphysema, among many other things. Monday night's show was originally Smoke DZA's: the poster for the Highline Ballroom said so, even. He walked across the stage with hands extended, resplendent in his bubbly yellow Polo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Live: J. Cole Brings His Stardust To The Bowery Ballroom

    J. Cole Bowery Ballroom Tuesday, August 9 Better than: Listening to "Headlines" on repeat. (Or even once.) It's not easy being J. Cole. Great expectations have been dumped on him, a steaming pile of hope and hype and hoopla on his shoulders. Bossman Jay-Z shoved him into the spotlight on "A Star ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Download a Two-Part Tribute To Underappreciated Jay-Z Sidekick Memphis Bleek

    Bleek, doing what he does best. Photo via MySpace​He's probably the best rap hypeman ever to do it, short of maybe Flavor Flav. He's clearly a loyal and self-deprecating friend. He puts more talented people's interests above his own, always. And yet, no one cares. Jay-Z and Memphis Bleek met i ... More >>

  • Music

    November 17, 2010

    Decoding Jay-Z's Decoded

    Why the rapper's memoir is definitely not Shawn Carter's

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Q&A: Tanya Morgan's Von Pea Shares His High School Memories of Fabolous, Biggie, and Jay-Z

    ​Boys & Girls High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn--once home to both the Notorious B.I.G. and Fabolous--has long since become a legendary spot for New York hip-hop. Von Pea, one third of the indie rap group Tanya Morgan, also attended its hallowed halls--a move which inspired his new b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Live: Jay-Z And Eminem Bring Out Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Swizz Beatz, And Chris Martin (??!!) At Yankee Stadium

    This actually happened Jay-Z/Eminem Yankee Stadium Monday, September 13 Better than: The shows in Detroit, I have to think. Sorry, Detroit. So let's start somewhere in the middle: Chris Martin! The dude from Coldplay! Seriously! Out he shuffles roughly halfway through Jay-Z's n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Jay-Z And Eminem Will Probably Be Bringing A Shit-Ton Of Famous People With Them To Yankee Stadium

    ​Jay-Z and Eminem began their triumphant two-city, four-show run last night at Detroit's Comerica Park, and if that show's any indication, when they show up at Yankee Stadium September 13 and 14, they'll be bringing along every famous rapper they (or you) can think of.

  • Music

    July 20, 2010

    Damon Dash Resurrected

    Cast out of Jay-Z's kingdom, a notorious hip-hop mogul takes a kinder, gentler, hipper approach to reinvention

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Interview: Just Blaze Talks Baseline Studios, From the Making of Jay-Z's The Blueprint to the End of an Era

    "For The Blueprint, Jay-Z literally just walked into the studio one day and was like, 'Anybody got some beats?'" Kanye mourns, 1.30.10.​Last Thursday, when producer Justin "Just Blaze" Smith announced he was closing shop at Baseline Studios, longtime recording homebase for Roc-A-Fella Records ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2009

    Live: Jay-Z Celebrates Life, Death, and The Blueprint 3 at Madison Square Garden

    Jay-Z and Madison Square Garden have a little history between them. In 2003, on the occasion of his retirement, Jay-Z recorded his MSG farewell concert on 35MM film. That footage became Fade To Black, the single best concert film of the decade. In 2009, on the occasion of the eight year anniversar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Live: Jay-Z Battles Bourgie Malcontents At Blender Theater

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Live: Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige Come Home

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Is Roc-A-Fella Coming Back?

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    Live: Twista and Black Moon Rap for Olde English

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2007

    Pharrell and Twista Discover Baltimore Club

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2006

    Jay-Z is Afraid to Fight

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2006

    Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt Anniversary Show at Radio City: Really That Good

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2006

    D12 Rapper Proof Murdered in Detroit This Morning

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2005

    Who Will Jay-Z Attack Tonight?

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2005

    Status Ain't Hood Analyzes Jay-Z's Declaration of War

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Film

    October 26, 2004

    Rapper-Mogul Fulfills Prophecies, Enjoys Early Retirement

    Jay-Z Blender Theater at Gramercy Wednesday, Sept. 9 Man it's a lot of fun standing in a mob of people angrily chanting "Fuck T-Pain!" Yes, Jay played a "secret" MySpace/DJ Hero show 48 hours before a slightly more publicized Madison Square Garden charity gig, but, Auh!, that's just the sort of ... More >>

  • Music

    March 16, 2004

    Fast and Folliclous

    One of the rapidest guest-rappers around thinks as slow as he helps everybody else jam

  • Music

    October 7, 2003

    Pro-Life Hip-Hop

    Western positivists bring tablets down from the mountain

  • Music

    January 14, 2003

    Fuckin' Wit Da Best

    Face From the Block

  • News

    July 17, 2001

    Ladies First

    Female DJs Got a Foot Through the Door, Ain't Goin' Nowhere

  • Music

    January 16, 2001

    Dub for Dummies

    Female DJs Got a Foot Through the Door, Ain't Goin' Nowhere

  • News

    January 2, 2001

    Daddy Under the Gun

    Publicly, Rap Mogul Won’t Beg; Quietly, He Pleads

  • Music

    December 19, 2000

    Sobs, Static, and Sweat

    Publicly, Rap Mogul Won’t Beg; Quietly, He Pleads

  • Music

    November 21, 2000

    Music

    Publicly, Rap Mogul Won’t Beg; Quietly, He Pleads

  • Music

    July 4, 2000

    Three Degrees Celsius and Rising

    Canadian Hip-Hop Thaws Out

  • Music

    April 18, 2000

    True to Their Schools?

    Canadian Hip-Hop Thaws Out

  • Home

    February 15, 2000

    Rev That Azz Up

    Nervous Rhythms, Chopped-Up Language, Thumping Slapstick Pop

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