Guy Fieri turning up with the Hot Boys, 2 Chainz, Fat Joe, DJ Khaled and more at Wayne's NBA All Star afterparty last night - HipHop

Album of the year so far and without a doubt Roc's best work. Only a few beats need getting used to like Thread Count for me off Reloaded but damn is this project cohesive and pimpish.

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Delta Passenger Calls Cops on Mykki Blanco Just for Sitting Beside Him

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 09:53 AM PST

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The original version of Never Let Me Down by Kanye West

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 07:39 PM PST

Does anyone know where I can find the original version of this song? The difference was in the beginning Kanye says something like "Yeah grandmama. Told you I wasn't gonna let you down. Told you I wouldn't let this rap game change me." And there is a slight variation in the beat towards the beginning.

That's my favorite version of that track and I can't find it anywhere. It used to be on Youtube a few years ago but now it's not there. Help me!

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Best Beats 2.0, Week 30 - Havoc

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 03:33 PM PST

The 41st side's very own Havoc is this week's best Beats!

Background: Havoc is from the New York City housing project Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens; his mother is from Brooklyn, NY. Havoc is the lead producer of Mobb Deep he has produced songs for MCs such as Eminem, Nas, Foxy Brown, Onyx, The Notorious B.I.G., Jadakiss, Styles P, Method Man, Game, Diddy, LL Cool J, La The Darkman, Rohff, Big Noyd, Termanology, Per Vers, O.G.C., Tragedy Khadafi, Capone-N-Noreaga, and his own partner Prodigy on his solo work. In the spring of 2005, Mobb Deep was signed to fellow Queens rapper 50 Cent's record label G-Unit Records. In late 2009 50 Cent dropped the duo from the label.

Havoc is renowned among serious hip-hop fans as one of the prominent figures during the mid-1990s for his hard-hitting and stripped-down beats complementary to the RZA's work on Wu-Tang Clan projects. Following The Infamous, he tweaked his skills and transitioned to a more atmospheric production style that incorporated samples from classical music, most notably visible on the 1996 album Hell on Earth. As an MC, he is known for his hardcore lyricism and consistent flow. He also contributed background vocals and a verse on Black Moon's debut album Enta da Stage in 1993.

In July 2009, Havoc was featured alongside Raekwon in J Dilla's music video for "24K Rap" off of the Jay Stay Paid album, the video was directed by Derek Pike. In 2010, Havoc produced a beat for Eminem which resulted in a song called "Untitled" which is a hidden track on Eminem's album Recovery and contributed to the iTunes bonus track to Raekwon's album Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang & Bad Meets Evil's Hell: The Sequel EP. He revealed that he plans on recording a new Mobb album with Nas. His third studio album 13 was released on May 7, 2013.

Havoc worked with Kavinsky on his 2013 album OutRun. He wrote the lyrics and sang the vocals for, "Suburbia", the 6th track on the album. In 2016, Havoc produced "Real Friends" and "Famous", two tracks on Kanye West's album The Life of Pablo.

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Past 20 Week Results:

Week 9 - DJ Premier - "Royce da 5'9 - Boom"
Week 10 - Zaytoven - "Future - Oooooh"
Week 11 - The Alchemist - "Mac Miller - Red Dot Music"
Week 12 - Mike Will Made It - "Future - Move That Dope"
Week 13 - DJ Dahi - "Kendrick Lamar - Money Trees"
Week 14 - Knxwledge - "Kendrick Lamar - Momma"
Week 15 - Timbaland - "JAY Z - Big Pimpin'"
Week 16 - Swizz Beatz - "DMX - Ruff Ryders Anthem"
Week 17 - Flying Lotus - "Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me"
Week 18 - Hit-Boy - "JAY Z & Kanye West - Niggas in Paris"
Week 19 - Pete Rock - "Pete Rock & CL Smoth - T.R.O.Y."
Week 20 - 9th Wonder - "Anderson .Paak - The Season/Carry Me"
Week 21 - El-P - "Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy"
Week 22 - Boi-1da - "Drake - Pound Cake"
Week 23 - 2016 - "Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny"
Week 24 - Q-Tip - "Nas - One Love"
Week 25 - No I.D. - "Big Sean - Control"
Week 26 - Clams Casino - "Lil B - I'm God"
Week 27 - DJ Shadow - "DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World"
Week 28 - MF DOOM - "MF DOOM - Hoe Cakes"
Week 29 - Nujabes - "Nujabes - Feather"

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