"Clearing Out My Mind"

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/562387072200244280/ Ask most people with any level of knowledge or credibility within the Hip-Hop world and they'll probably have Jay Z's verse on "What's Free" as Rap verse of the year for 2018. Or at least within their top 5. And they would be correct to do so. Go even deeper and you could make the argument that Meek Mill's verse on that track was one of, if not, the best verses on his long-awaited return home album "Championships" .  However, at least in my circles, what seems to go unspoken and untouched is Rick Ross' verse on this track.  Furthermore, i t feels like we've received a criminally low musical output than what we usually expect from Rozay. Additionally, we're nearly halfway through 2019 and we are only now seeing signs of life on the Rick Ross music front; with all sign pointing toward an imminent release of the long, LONG, awaited "Port of Miami 2" . And as I ponder on th...

Between the Golden State Warriors, Lebron James in the Finals and of course Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, what’s clear is that within modern youth society we have a love-hate relationship with the idea of dynasties. If you’re a fan of that player or team, you love to see it. If you’re almost anyone else with a vested interest in the field, we typically search for any excuse to diminish, shun, or ultimately break-up such dynasties. Rather than celebrating the fruits of hard work and greatness we more often see both overt as well as covert attempts to undermine the success. This same dynamic is beginning to play out in the world of hip-hop and specifically in the world of raps “Middle Child”, Jermaine Lamar Cole (J. Cole). Think about it over the past 5 years all we’ve heard is that the Warriors’ dominance is bad for business. The Patriots in the Superbowl every year is boring or that Lebron was only in the Finals every year cause the competition was weak. Haven’t we seen the...