Hip Hop Matters

Music for Trayvon Martin.

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:26:40 -0500

Music for Trayvon Martin.

Sorry 4 the wait

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:12:00 -0500

I just moved to Amsterdam two days ago, so I haven’t been tumbling like I should. But hiphopmatters will return.

Best music video I’ve seen in years.

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:35:05 -0500

Best music video I’ve seen in years.

"Uh, and I know it’s just a fantasy I cordially invite you to ask why can’t it be? Now we..."

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:31:05 -0500

“Uh, and I know it’s just a fantasy
I cordially invite you to ask why can’t it be?
Now we can do nothing bout the past
But we can do something about the future that we have”

- Lupe Fiasco - All Black Everything

Lasers

"Sophisticated ignorance, I write my curses in cursive."

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:26:54 -0500

“Sophisticated ignorance,
I write my curses in cursive.”

- Kanye West - Otis

Watch The Throne

Song of the Day #55 Big KRIT & Yelawolf - Happy Birthday Hip...

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:11:24 -0500

Song of the Day #55

Big KRIT & Yelawolf - Happy Birthday Hip Hop

"Yo, what becomes of a dream deferred that never makes it to the world to be seen or heard Do it..."

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:36:06 -0500

“Yo, what becomes of a dream deferred
that never makes it to the world to be seen or heard
Do it breathe? Do it got a heartbeat? Is it alive?
Do it leave, only to become a star in the sky?
I believe, no scratch that I know, this ain’t my full potential
Only usin 10 percent of my mental on instrumentals
But incidentally my, energy heavenly
Can he be so ill there ain’t no, pill or no remedy
The, maker of memories posess the recipe to your fate
Make no mistake there ain’t no escapin your destiny
Especially when, ‘til death do us part, like wedding rings
I’ll be here forever, put that on e’rything”

- Talib Kweli: Everything Man

Eardrum

"I get bored so fast that they wont last But girl you special like I met you in the slow class."

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:30:06 -0500

“I get bored so fast that they wont last
But girl you special like I met you in the slow class.”

- J. Cole - Higher

The Blow Up

"I be steady gettin paper, Call a nigga Dunder Mifflin."

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:49:31 -0500

“I be steady gettin paper,
Call a nigga Dunder Mifflin.”

- Childish Gambino - I Be On That

Culdesac

wheredastash: “Five Bucks(5 On It)” ft. Chip Tha Ripper and...

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:26:05 -0500

wheredastash:

“Five Bucks(5 On It)” ft. Chip Tha Ripper and Curren$y-Big Sean

SONG OF THE DAY, FEEL-Good

Video

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:10:05 -0500

summertime jamz

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:53:05 -0500

summertime jamz

Video

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:48:34 -0500

"Paint a picture and show the deaf what it’s like to listen, And speak the words and tell a..."

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:43:05 -0500

“Paint a picture and show the deaf what it’s like to listen,
And speak the words and tell a blind man what he missin.
For all my niggas doin’ time man up in prison,
Thought you had to resort to crime, man fuck the system.
We raisin’ babies up in hades where it ain’t’ no hope.
Ain’t no fathers don’t take no scholarship to slang no dope.
Politicians hollerin bout’ problems but I ain’t gon’ vote.
He talk bout change still we floatin in the same ol’ boat.
So tell me how I’m suppose to feel what the president spoke,
When he ain’t neva had to struggle ain’t neva been broke.
Ain’t even roll through the ghetto, ain’t neva been close.
Trusting this government like trusting the devil an oath.”

- J. Cole: I Get Up

The Warm Up

"Lil Joker gotta gun he bought on the street, To go and kill the niggas that beat him up last..."

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:35:05 -0500

“Lil Joker gotta gun he bought on the street,
To go and kill the niggas that beat him up last week,
Cuz he dont let go none of his past beef,
Bullets flyin out the window,
Shells landin on the seats.”

- Lupe Fiasco: Kids With Guns

Food & Liquor

California Soul …sick remix

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:10:39 -0500

California Soul

…sick remix

"Extra extra on the news stands, Black woman voted head of Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm Little dies as a old..."

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:30:05 -0500

“Extra extra on the news stands,
Black woman voted head of Ku Klux Klan.
Malcolm Little dies as a old man,
Martin Luther King reads the eulogy for him.
Followed by Bill O’Reilly who read from the Quran,
President Bush sends condolences from Iran.
Where FOX News reports live,
That Ahmadinejad wins the Mandela peace prize.”

- Lupe Fiasco - All Black Everything

Lasers

"You never see happy-hungry people that ain’t rational. They blasting through the gates and they..."

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:20:06 -0500

“You never see happy-hungry people that ain’t rational.
They blasting through the gates and they attack you at the capital.
Run up in your palace, find the heads of the state and crack a few.
Get a taste of power then, they become fascist too.”

- Talib Kweli - Ballad of the Black Gold

Reflection Eternal: RPM

"Do i ever come up in discussion over double pump lattes and low fat muffins, Do I. Or is missing..."

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:15:05 -0500

“Do i ever come up in discussion over double pump lattes and low fat muffins,
Do I. Or is missing what we had out of the question?”

- Drake - Thank Me Now

Thank Me Later

Song of the Day #54 Drake - Paris Morton Music

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:51:25 -0500

Song of the Day #54

Drake - Paris Morton Music