Hype Men Podcast Episode 7: Iron Solomon

Rapper and battle titan Iron Solomon joins the Hype Men to discuss battling E. Ness + working with Talib Kweli + transitioning from battling to original songwriting + Will.I.Am vs. Xzibit at David Faustino’s club + West Coast rap on the East Coast + Cross Colours + free Beats by Dre headphones + the most underrated rappers + Paul Barman + Jim Jones’ ad-libs + more!

Joell Ortiz x Sean Price x Troy Ave Perform At S.O.B.’s

One reason why I wish I lived in NYC: everyday there’s a rap show. Here’s one…from Dallas Penn:

Joell Ortiz hosted a legendary night of underground Hip-Hop at the classic NYC nightclub SOBs. Sean Price tore it down. JuJu from the Beatnuts did his thing. Up and coming underground emcee Troy Ave caught wreck. Mostly it was just a dope night with Brooklyn’s best rappers keeping Hip-Hop from the streets alive.

T.I. Has Seriously Screwed Himself Again, Part 4

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When T.I. gets out of jail, his probation is going to further bend-end (new word) his career. From TMZ:

According to the docs, T.I. won’t be allowed to leave the Northern District of Georgia — Atlanta, Gainesville, Rome and Newnan — unless he can prove it’s for “verified employment within the United States.” That means he can’t leave the country.

T.I. is also banned from leaving northern Georgia for more than seven calendar days per month or for more than seven days in a row.

And that’s not all … as long as T.I. is on probation, he can’t drive a vehicle, can’t own “any firearm, dangerous weapon, or other destructive device,” and must participate in a drug/alcohol testing and treatment program.

 
I’ll say this, if T.I. and his career can survive this (and I mean really survive, as good or better than how his situation was before he entered jail in the first place), then he gets my vote for quite possibly the greatest businessman in Hip-Hop.
 
Seriously.
 
We saw that he wasn’t exactly back on top when we heard music from Fuck A Mixtape & King Unleashed (which was a pretty ridiculous name to begin with), and if it wasn’t for Takers, I don’t know if his name would really be in the forefront like it was.
 
Anyways, let’s hope he can…because honestly, I really do believe that, due to his actions, the pinnacle of his career has officially come and gone. Sorry, Tip.