We here at the Global Grind offices listen to a lot of music. So much that it’s sometimes hard to keep track and process it all. A lot of times we only get to listen to a song once. Certain songs, though, we can’t help but repeat over and over – they’re just that good. […]
Adlibs have always been a part of the emcees skillset, but it in recent years they’ve become an even bigger part of the game. Pretty much every major emcee has that signature adlib that announces their presence on a track. Their catchphrase, their mark. Some have become known more for their adlibs than their lyrical […]
Amidst the huge release of Kanye West’s ‘Monster’ featuring the biggest stars in hip-hop, there were a few other notable leaks on rap blogs this weekend. The first is Nas’, ‘Power, Paper, & Pussy’ freestyle on DJ Green Lantern’s Invasion Radio mixtape. It’s not a full song, but it is almost two minutes of proof […]
By the end of Wale’s headlining performance at New York City’s Highline Ballroom, the point was made. Hip-hop’s future is in safe hands and is no longer dictated by tired tropes such as where a rapper is from and where he represents. Wale, the MC from a city that’s a five hour drive down on […]
Greatness met greatness last night as Jay-Z and Michael Jordan were finally introduced to each other at the World Basketball Festival Tip Off Party. At Avenue, the scene was pretty live as other guests like Chris Paul, Rick Ross, Charles Oakley, and Fabolous joined the fun. I’m sure everyone there, all swagged out and sexy, enjoyed […]
For as long as hip-hop has been around it has been inextricably connected to the streets. After all, ‘the street’,or some romanticized notion thereof, is the essence of hip-hop. It’s where hip-hop originated from, where its style comes from, its stories and its aspirations. Any rapper worth his salt has to come up through the […]
Drake took a brief moment from taking care of his mother to perform at Toronto’s popular October’s Very Own (OVO) festival this past weekend. As the headliner for this year’s festival, Drake pulled out all stops inviting fellow emcees Jay-Z, Eminem, Young Jeezy, Bun B, Fabolous and Rick Ross to rock the crowd with him. […]
The preview to this video came out so long ago that we forgot the full video wasn’t released. These two joints coming off Fab’s successful mixtape ‘R.I.P. To The Competition’ are being featured in the same video. The video starts out with the record ‘Tonight’ Featuring Red Cafe & his artist Lorel. The song ‘Love […]
Fabolous is back with a heater! ‘Lights Out (I Don’t See Nobody)’ is one of two new tracks on Fab’s upcoming There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP. The track was produced by Lex Luger, who produced two of the biggest street records out at the moment – Rick Ross‘ anthemic ‘B.M.F. (Blowin’ […]
The sexy songstress Teairra Mari follows up from her hit record ‘Sponsor’ with her new single ‘My Lovin’. The singer and actress uses Drake‘s ‘Find Your Love’ for this new song. The video, which features Mari in a tub soaking in bubbles singing about how men want her lovin’ is sure to be popular among […]
Things are looking up for the rapper named Fabolous. He is officially down with Diddy’s new super group the Dream team. The group includes artist like Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Diddy & more. Heres a brand new freestyle coming from Fabolous titled ‘Mister Crocker’. This joint is coming off of Dj Haze’s up & coming […]
The NYPD are looking at surveillance video the night of up coming rapper Greg G-Baby Brown’s murder at Queens,NY club Amazura. The night of the shooting, sureveillance video showed Fabolous leaving the club then seconds later G-Baby being shot in the back. G-Baby, whose real name is Greg Brown was supposed to perform at Club […]
