From 2000-2010, fresh new talent took the game to the hip with their skills, swagger, and music. They define what a rapper is in the 21st century. The one thing that is the same is wanting to be the greatest. Here is my personal top ten list of the 10 best rappers of the last […]
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When it comes to originality – and history – there are only a few guests who can claim to be responsible for creating an entirely new genre. However, Mary J. Blige, the undisputed “Queen of R&B,” has done exactly that in a career that is fast approaching two decades in the music industry. Four Belgian […]
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Rappers: They’re obnoxious, lascivious, politically incorrect and their teeth never seem to be in good shape, but damn, they really know how to turn a bad kid on. Whether the belligerence is too cool or the raw, unbridled sexuality, wherever the half-foot man goes to spit rhymes, it’s like Pavlov and his canine mouth starts […]
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One of North County San Diego’s best kept secrets is a beach tucked away on the west side of I-5 on Camp Pendleton. Del Mar Beach is a clean, quiet, relaxing beach with plenty of sand and surf for a day of fun or a peaceful evening stroll. Del Mar Beach is open to the […]
The rapper known as DMX may be facing his share of legal trouples but during his career he’s amassed a discography that ranks up there with hip-hop’s elite. Here, in no particular order are the top ten DMX songs. Get At Me Dog, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, 1998 The first single from DMX’s […]
Rap has taken the music world by storm since it’s debut. The following are the top ten superstars and powerhouses of 1990’s rap music. • Salt-n-Peppa • Originated in the late 1980’s as the first all-female rap group. • Cheryl ‘Salt’ James and Sandy ‘Pepa’ Denton worked at Sears in Queens, New York when they […]
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Since the 2003 release of his debut album, “Get Rich or Die Tryin,” 50 Cent has basically run the rap game, single-handedly destroying the careers of lesser rappers like Ja Rule, racking up multiple #1 hits and garnering 11 Grammy nominations. If you want to understand 50’s appeal, look at his album covers. He appears […]
Rapper/actor Ja Rule (real name Jeffrey Atkins) had several top ten hits in the early 2000s. He was one of the first artists to successfully mix hip hop and R&B;, which helped to catapult him to superstardom, before his fall from the charts in 2005. While he has been around for a fairly short time, […]
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The easiest and most profound way I can describe the character of Mary J. Blige is to me what Aretha Franklin was to my mother. Just as Aretha was the voice of black-women”>black-women empowerment in the 1960’s and 70’s, Maria J Blige did the same for women achieved by my generation. In her career, Ms. […]