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We really hope you didn’t miss this but nonetheless we’re bringing you Hov’s ‘Takeover’ as todays throwback track. What sits pretty as track number two from Jay’s The Blueprint (which dropped 14 years ago), ‘Takeover’ is a three verse tirade aimed at Nas and Mobb Deep. The Brooklynite goes in over a Kanye beat in classic Hov fashion dropping sharp jabs…

Easily one of the hardest beats produced by The Neptunes, Noreaga’s ‘Superthug’ is todays throwback Thursday track. N.O.R.E. or Noreaga, depending on the year you started listening to this cat, dropped his debut solo album N.O.R.E. in ’98. Though this track was his lead single, it was out shined by his follow up single ‘Nothin’. Recently featured in the Entourage movie the…

Today, we’re throwing it back to a time where a couple cats from Harlem were kings in the game. The Diplomats consisting of Cam’ron, Juelz Santana and Jim Jones once ran Roc-A-Fella records and it was mainly due to tracks like this. ‘Dipset Anthem’ comes from the double disc album Diplomatic Immunity that was released back in 2003 and twelve years…

By now you have probably heard about the choice words Jay Elect had for Drake and labelmate J.Cole. Though we’re not big on the gossip we thought it would only be right to look back at one of his tracks. For today’s throwback we’re looking at the track that Jay Electronica used to send out the message of his signing.…

Four years ago now, Jay Z and Kanye West came together to drop one of the dopest collaborative albums in hip hop. The “Watch the Throne” album featured the two rappers trading bars over amazing production provided by a plethora of beatmakers. Today, we’re featuring their first single ‘Otis’ which went on to be the albums biggest hit second to…

If you had some kind of internet connectivity this week then you probably read about the fuckery that happened between Meek Mill and Drake. We’re not really about all that back and forth but we’ll give you a quick breakdown. Philly rapper Meek Mill claimed via Twitter that Drake doesn’t write his own lyrics and as soon as this happened the…

With a family of rappers, Puff Daddy put together easily one of the illest posse cuts in time. Back in ’97 when rappers Jadakiss and Sheek Louch were in the mix with Diddy, and when Kim was still rocking with Bad Boy, ‘It’s All About the Benjamins’ was featured on Puff’s No Way Out album. Over a beat produced by…

In 2010, Roc Nation’s J.Cole dropped a body of work widely known to be his best. Friday Night Lights was simply a mixtape, produced by Cole, but it definitely sounded like an album. Soon after his debut album dropped I found myself having a discussion about FNL versus Cole World and which one of them should have been the real…

Earlier this week (Monday June 15th to be exact) Drizzy’s debut album Thank Me Later turned 5. Five years ago, the Toronto rapper released his first major lablel release as a follow up to 2009’s So Far Gone. Though that was a mixtape it definitely sounded like an album, nevertheless TML is his first full length LP. The debut rounded off…

This isn’t an official track but this freestyle is mean, just as Funk Flex says. The Penn State native goes in over the Mobb Deep classic ‘Survival of the Fittest’. Easily flowing over the dark beat, Miller throws fast paced bars and multi’s while Funk Flex enjoys the display. This dropped before his last album Watching Movies with the Sound Off hit…