30 for 30 is by R&B artist SZA and Hip Hop artist Kendrick Lamar. It was released as the third track from Lana. Continue reading
Category: Rap
10/30/24 Wildin Out Wednesday: Obama raps Eminem’s Lose Yourself
During the Detriot Harris-Walz rally former president Barack Obama raps Enimem‘s iconic Lose Yourself. Continue reading
9/13/24 O&A NYC DIVO ALERT: Murdergram Deux- LL Cool J- ft. Eminem
LL Cool J’s Murdergram Duex a bass-heavy track off of his latest album The Force, marked the rapper’s first collaboration with Eminem. The rap legends have now teamed up again for the single’s music video, which incorporates LL Cool J’s and Big Daddy Kane’s iconic album art into the backdrop. Continue reading
8/22/24 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: LL Cool J- Jingling Baby
Jingling Baby is the final single released from LL Cool J’s third album, Walking with a Panther. It was released on January 8, 1990 for Def Jam Records and was produced by LL Cool J and Dwayne Simon. Continue reading
1/17/24 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: That’s Ludacris!
We all understand that Donald
Chump Trump, the former president , is not known to waste time on spell check. And rapper/actor Ludacris sets the record straight. But this is ludicrous! Continue reading
3/27/23 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: De La Soul ft. Estelle and Pete Rock – Memory Of Us
De La Soul is a Hip Hop group formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island, NewYork.They are best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics and contributions to the evolution of the Jazz Rap and Alternative Hip Hop subgenres. Continue reading
2/9/22 O&A NYC WaleStylez HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: RUN DMC – Walk This Way ft. Aerosmith
Aerosmith manager Tim Collins answered his phone one day in early 1986, he was, at first, confused. The voice on the other end belonged to Rick Rubin, the 22-year-old hip-hop producer and entrepreneur behind Gef Jam. He wanted to talk to Collins about the idea of remaking his charges’ 1975 single Walk This Way with RUN DMC, a rap group on his roster. Before Rubin could go into any further detail, Collins cut him off to request a little clarification: “What’s rap?” Continue reading
1/4/22 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Lil Nas X on Montero
Lil Nas X had a hit with his breakout single Old Town Road, about a horse-loving hip hop cowboy. But for his debut album, Lil Nas X wrote songs about his real life as a gay man, and called the album by his real first name, Montero. The multiple-Grammy-nominee talked with correspondent Tracy Smith about reinventing himself, as his true self. Continue reading
12/29/21 WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Charlie Clips vs Chess | Hosted By Chris Brown | URLTV
Ultimate Rap League linked with Idris Elba and Jonathan Majors to set up a battle between Charlie Clips and Chess, hosted at Chris Brown’s mansion.Idris Elba and Jonathan Major join the list of celebrities who have recently collaborated with the Ultimate Rap League. Continue reading
8/24/20 O&A NYC DANCE… AND MORE: Peace One Love- Bringing Brooklyn Together
By Walter Rutledge
Dance has always been a catalyst for change. In 1936 Martha Graham created her masterwork Chronicles as a weapon against the rising menace of fascism in Germany. In 1959 Donald McKayle’s Rainbow Round My Shoulder evoked the hopelessness and inequality of Black men on a southern prison chain gang. On Saturday August 29 Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn (also known as Creative Outlet or just C.O.) will also use the power of dance to heal a community with Peace One Love, an afternoon of the arts celebrating the spirit of the now internationally recognized Black Lives Matter movement. Continue reading