Macklemore stopped by the Ebro in the Morning show — on New York City’s radio station Hot 97…

One of the more innovative groups in Hip Hop history… Das EFX… burst on the scene in 92-93 doing what had never been done before…  “Nursery Rhyming” over Hip Hop tracks… making Hip Hop music “They Want EFX”…  that eventually became hit records and changed the rap game… Skoob (the books in reverse) and Krazy Drazy saw their style copied by many during that time period…  Why not… the style was crazy and set the world a blaze… What many wondered however…  was… How long can that style last?  What  may have hurt the group more was the fact that so many at that time bit their style eventually turning Das into ordinary rappers with a slight hint of their former selves on their follow up album “Straight Up Sewaside”… You began to hear less and less of the “Iggidy Riggidy” on records and more traditional flows… The funny thing is they were nice rappers no matter what flow they had…  Das EFX put a style out there that worked… their look and energy carried them to the pinnacle of Hip Hop for a moment…

RapUpTV interviewed L.L. – “I got a lot of young gunners on this album,” he told RapUpTV. “People that are hungry and want to make the best music. It’s about the beats and the bars and the rhymes. It’s about being current and fresh and riveting — not a bunch of old tired 95 nugget ring bullshit. It’s newness.”

The album will feature T.I. and Eminem for starters…

Ludacris, who’s real name is Chris Bridges, gets engaged to Eudoxie Agnan.  He did it by getting a private jet and projecting “Eudoxie Will You Marry Me” in vibrant blue lettering on the ground below.  According to Luda on social media… “She didn’t say yes. She said HELL YES!”

Nicki Minaj takes the top spot from J. Cole, who comes in at #2 on Rap Albums chart…

Love this topic… Can talk about this forever… however… Everyone’s list will be different… So here we go… 5) had a hard time with this one because everyone else gets left out… Tupac  4) Style changer with maybe the most celebrated Hip Hop album “Illmatic” Nas 3) A real Hip Hop star and his label owner knew how to make the magic work Biggie 2) He’s still doing it and as nice as any artist out today… Jay Z and #1) Game changer… he changed the sound and style for future artist to come… Rakim

Side note… My man broke it down… LL Cool J is the best 6th man of all time… and Jadakiss is your street ball legend…

Christmas Eve throwback… Giving Dr. Dre love here with “Still D.R.E.” Remember the name Hype Williams… At one time he was the most notable dude making videos… Hype set the bar for all videos to follow…

Dre had an incredible year with sale of Beats that made him oodles of money…