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The Making of Nas’ It Ain’t Hard to Tell Video as told by Video Music Box’s Ralph McDaniels

Here’s an incredible article on the making of Nas’ It Ain’t Hard to Tell video.  It features in-depth input from Ralph McDaniels, founder and host of NYC’s Video Music Box,


The Making of Nas’ It Ain’t Hard to Tell Video as told by Video Music Box’s Ralph McDaniels

?uestlove writes a heartfelt tribute to the legacy of Don Cornelius

Here’s a moving piece from ?uestlove about the cultural impact of Don Cornelius and Soul Train. An excerpt is below and you can read the full article here. “you guys


February 2, 2012 Food for Thought No comments
?uestlove writes a heartfelt tribute to the legacy of Don Cornelius

J. Cole: In the Zone (Article)

Here’s an in-depth article chronicling the long journey for J. Cole from his beginnings to dropping his first album for commercial release, as the first rapper signed to be signed


September 27, 2011 Food for Thought No comments
J. Cole:  In the Zone (Article)

It looks like Watch the Throne will actually drop before the end of the Summer.

Jay-Z  had a listening session for the album last night.  Complex has posted a compilation of the reviews.  You can check out the articles and a summary below. From Complex:


It looks like Watch the Throne will actually drop before the end of the Summer.

Complex did an INCREDIBLE feature a few months ago where DJ Premier broke down the stories behind many of his classic tracks. Here’s their newest installment of the series and it features none other than Pete Rock.

In a pure coincidence, we also chose Primo and Pete Rock as the first 2 installments of our Producer Series playlists.  Click here for the Pete Rock playlist and here


Complex did an INCREDIBLE feature a few months ago where DJ Premier broke down the stories behind many of his classic tracks.  Here’s their newest installment of the series and it features none other than Pete Rock.

Believe it or not, it has been 16 years since Mobb Deep released The Infamous…

To commemorate the anniversary of the release of that landmark album, the good folks over at Complex just did an article detailing the making of The Infamous. Here’s the intro:


April 25, 2011 Food for Thought 1 comment
Believe it or not, it has been 16 years since Mobb Deep released The Infamous…

Missed this dope article Complex did on the Top 25 Kanye West verses of 2010 but it’s worth posting late.

It includes a breakdown of each verse along with an audio snippet. It’s a must for all Kanye fans. Big props to Complex for this.  Click here for the article. 


January 17, 2011 Food for Thought 1 comment
Missed this dope article Complex did on the Top 25 Kanye West verses of 2010 but it’s worth posting late.

Will Jay-Z be hip-hop's first billionaire? Check out his one-on-one with billionaire Warren Buffet in Forbes.

Here’s the full interview between hip-hop’s richest entertainer and Warren Buffet, one of the wealthiest people in the world (click the picture below): Click here to read the article.


September 23, 2010 Food for Thought, Video 2 comments
Will Jay-Z be hip-hop's first billionaire?  Check out his one-on-one with billionaire Warren Buffet in Forbes.