We might be nicely settled into 2012, but that doesn’t mean there’s not room for one more Best of 2011 list, especially when that list comes from DJ Premier. Of course, like all vinyl junkies, Preemo doesn’t actually stick to the assigned 25. How many of these Premier-approved records did you check last year?
WeStoleTheShow spent some time with Hot 97 host and DJ Peter Rosenberg to ask him about how he got started in the industry, how the idea for “Generation Next” came about, what it was like to premier the Doom and Ghost Face track “Victory Laps” on the radio. Lastly Rosenberg touched on the experience of having Eminem and Jay-Z on podcast. For those interested in more on Rosenberg check out his site RosenbergRadio.com and follow him on twitter @Rosenbergradio .
Kanye West & Jay-Z
Watch The Throne
These days, expectations for albums such as Watch The Throne are hard to conjure. It is far too easy to know what is wanted...
Hip-hop titans and corporations have long flocked to each other for increased mutual brand recognition. Cristal painfully learned that you don’t piss off a major demographic, but for every cautionary tale, there are many more partnerships that actually work. Last night, URB checked out the launch of Qream, the latest partnership between liquor giant Diageo and Pharrell Williams, at the New York Public Library Cynics that we are, we were expecting a bottle stamped with the imprimatur of Williams; the type of deal where name means more than brain and the rapper can quickly snag the easiest check of the year. What we got was an impassioned speech by Williams, who is either the most invested producer in liquor or the greatest BS artist ever. …MORE
First off, HA! Ha to that disingenuous explanation that this video isn’t misogynistic or anything. As if comparing women to bloodsucking monsters out to get you who are then hung and killed can just be taken as some flippant “art piece”. But that is neither here nor there, once again Nicky Minaj kills it. Can you say effort? I mean Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Kanye just stand there while Nicki completely “brings” it. Everyone in this set brought something! This reminds me of when my sister had her Quinceañera and all the guys were “too cool” to do anything besides standing there in sunglasses looking mad. Newsflash, that gets old. Honestly, I did like the video but let’s be real and take it for what it is.



























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