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Eminem and Tony Touch just released a snippet of Slim Shady's new song "Symphony in H" off of the upcoming mixtape "The Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MCs." And fans totally dig the new rap beats... because Slim Shady and his quick, witty rhymes are officially back! Fellow rappers/Hip-Hop moguls Kanye West and J. Cole recently released new albums of their own... and first week sale projections are now in. Details surrounding Eminem's highly-anticipated 2013 album still remain a mystery... but could Shady make hip-hop history by out-selling "Yeezus" and "Born Sinner" when the release date is finally revealed? Read More »
The week of June 18th was a big week in hip-hop. J.Cole, Kanye West, and Mac Miller all released their albums on the same day igniting one of the most talked about rap album battles of this era. Read More »
Several organizations are criticizing Kanye West for distastefully referencing Parkinson's Disease in his track "On Sight." Read More »
J. Cole 'Born Sinner' Projections Cause 'Power Trip' Rapper To Go On Anti-Critic Twitter Rant Read More »
J. Cole is a Born Sinner, and as he repents on his sophomore album, the rap God's took note and welcomed the North Carolina MC into the pearly gates. Cole's New York influence is woven throughout the 21-track (Delux Album) soon to be classic hip-hop album, while his southern upbringing peeks out like a suit under a cap and grown. Read More »
While Yeezus, the new album from Kanye West, has been on the internet since Friday (and reviewed ad nauseum by late Friday), we still didn't know much about how the album got made. While we can point out contributions from Justin Vernon, Chief Keef and the like (and Babylon Cartel pretty accurately pointed out all the samples with this mixtape), we still didn't know exactly how many chefs had their hands on this angry, messy dish. (The answer is an effload.) Read More »
Kanye West has gone from crate-digging, pink polo everyman to the screaming, ultra-personal anti-Louis Vuitton don. However, Yeezus still features a tiny flash of what made us like Kanye in the first place, namely creatively used samples. The gracious folks of Babylon Cartel have put together an awesome mixtape of all the samples used on Yeezy's new album. Read More »
Kanye West has never been one to shy away from controversy, particularly in his lyrics. With the release of his new album Yeezus comes a whole new crop of rhymes from the rapper, and there is some troubling treatment of women on the record, which has some feminists raising their eyebrows. Read More »
Kanye West's sixth album, has received critical acclaim from fans and music insiders alike, however his controversial and racy lyrics on Yeezus did not sit well with everyone. Yeezy was recently called out for a Parkinson's Disease pun hit made on the album opener track, "On Sight," featuring French electronic duo Daft Punk. Read More »
One of Kanye West's new songs off of his 2013 album "Yeezus" includes these lyrics - "A monster about to come alive again / Soon as I pull up and park the Benz / We get this bitch shaking like Parkinson's." Now, the controversial track "On Sight" is being slammed as "ignorant" and "distasteful" by several fans... including members of the American Parkinson Disease Association. Do Mstars readers find Yeezy's references to Parkinson's upsetting? Read More »
Christ has resurrected in Kanye West's heart with the release of the Grammy Award winning rapper's sixth album, Yeezus, named after his "jesus name." West's highly anticipated documented evolution arrives at a time when the future of rap is in question, as generation gaps and the heavy influence of southern rap subsequently divided the hip-hop community. Read More »
Charlamagne Tha God goes off on Kanye West being a contradiction with his new song, "New Slave" where the rapper says he tired of being too famous on his new album "Yeezus," and blames his relationship with Kim Kardashian for his paparazzi meltdowns. Read More »
After months of anticipation and rumors and the now-inevitable leak last Friday (June 14), Kanye West's eighth studio album Yeezus was officially released today (June 18). The album features only one billed guest artist, and He's a big one. Read More »
