Killer Mike Was Taken Away In Handcuffs At The Grammys

Killer Mike Was Taken Away In Handcuffs At The Grammys
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Killer Mike Was Taken Away In Handcuffs At The Grammys
Kris Holt|@krisholt|April 25, 2023 10:28 AM

J. Cole is a master of the sneak attack. As Hip-Hop releases in 2024 are quietly ramping up in March, Cole raised the stakes with a 10-minute video promoting The Fall Off. Cole’s long-anticipated tome that he first unveiled with the 2018 release of KOD is unescapable fast. “Might Delete Later, Vol. 1” shows Cole on the move—from congratulating Lil Durk on their recent Grammy Ribbon win for 2023’s “All My Life” collaboration, to check-ins from Drake and Bas, the video is fresh. It shows lighter moments in the superstar’s life, from Jamaican supplies stops to singing patriotic songs with friends.

In between, Cole delivers a song (starting at 3:46 in the video below) in stride with his most confident proclamations. The verse begins with a reminder that Jermaine is playing for legacy: “I said I was finished but I’m on flipside two summers / Hall of Famer, but I’m hungrier than all the newcomers / N____as swear they compare, but the truth humbles / They could f__k 112; they couldn’t do numbers,” J. Cole says Cole near the top of the verse. He then points to his hunger, and alludes to dropping his most minion verse increasingly than a decade without his debut album. “‘Benjamin Button,’ gettin’ younger as the hours pass / Should do the ‘Freshmen’ imbricate twice, I’m never out-classed / There’s not a Rap n___a breathin’ that can outlast / The Fall Off is like Hov droppin’ Reasonable Doubt last,” he touts.

J. Cole Explains Why His New Tome Is Called The Fall Off

Cole is checking peers and insisting that he stands alone. “I’m the one that n___as fear on the low-ski / Heard ’em talkin’ like we peers, but they grossly / Mistaken, and it’s blatant, crocodile tears, n___as know I’m on the tier that they don’t see,” he raps in a recipe rhyme display. The versifier moreover appears to undeniability out folks that are aiming to collect on his glory: “How dare a n___a rub his hands on this trophy / I vividly remember who was there / N___as hit my line when they want somethin’ / That’s a dub, it ain’t love if it forfeit somethin’ / N___as hit my phone up when they need somethin’ / I can’t recall a time when you gave me somethin’ / Chopped off the top, n___a, I achieved somethin’”

The song ends abruptly, and finds Cole sitting at his work station and proclaiming that he misses production. While praising longtime collaborator T-Minus, the MC/producer speaks well-nigh the headspace in which he makes beats. Whether that is hinting at a resurgence will remain to be seen. Meanwhile, J. Cole is unmistakably staying in dominance with the pen and the microphone.

J. Cole Says He Is The Weightier Rapper Alive & He’s Proving It

Cole often makes artistry fun for fans. Perhaps “Might Delete Later, Vol. 1” lives up to its name. Or, increasingly volumes may suddenly pop up at any minute.

#BonusBeat: Several songs featuring J. Cole are currently on the official AFH Playlist (follow here):

J. Cole is a master of the sneak attack. As Hip-Hop releases in 2024 are quietly ramping up in March, Cole raised the stakes with a 10-minute video promoting The Fall Off. Cole’s long-anticipated tome that he first unveiled with the 2018 release of KOD is unescapable fast. “Might Delete Later, Vol. 1” shows Cole on the move—from congratulating Lil Durk on their recent Grammy Ribbon win for 2023’s “All My Life” collaboration, to check-ins from Drake and Bas, the video is fresh. It shows lighter moments in the superstar’s life, from Jamaican supplies stops to singing patriotic songs with friends.

In between, Cole delivers a song (starting at 3:46 in the video below) in stride with his most confident proclamations. The verse begins with a reminder that Jermaine is playing for legacy: “I said I was finished but I’m on flipside two summers / Hall of Famer, but I’m hungrier than all the newcomers / N____as swear they compare, but the truth humbles / They could f__k 112; they couldn’t do numbers,” J. Cole says Cole near the top of the verse. He then points to his hunger, and alludes to dropping his most minion verse increasingly than a decade without his debut album. “‘Benjamin Button,’ gettin’ younger as the hours pass / Should do the ‘Freshmen’ imbricate twice, I’m never out-classed / There’s not a Rap n___a breathin’ that can outlast / The Fall Off is like Hov droppin’ Reasonable Doubt last,” he touts.

J. Cole Explains Why His New Tome Is Called The Fall Off

Cole is checking peers and insisting that he stands alone. “I’m the one that n___as fear on the low-ski / Heard ’em talkin’ like we peers, but they grossly / Mistaken, and it’s blatant, crocodile tears, n___as know I’m on the tier that they don’t see,” he raps in a recipe rhyme display. The versifier moreover appears to undeniability out folks that are aiming to collect on his glory: “How dare a n___a rub his hands on this trophy / I vividly remember who was there / N___as hit my line when they want somethin’ / That’s a dub, it ain’t love if it forfeit somethin’ / N___as hit my phone up when they need somethin’ / I can’t recall a time when you gave me somethin’ / Chopped off the top, n___a, I achieved somethin’”

The song ends abruptly, and finds Cole sitting at his work station and proclaiming that he misses production. While praising longtime collaborator T-Minus, the MC/producer speaks well-nigh the headspace in which he makes beats. Whether that is hinting at a resurgence will remain to be seen. Meanwhile, J. Cole is unmistakably staying in dominance with the pen and the microphone.

J. Cole Says He Is The Weightier Rapper Alive & He’s Proving It

Cole often makes artistry fun for fans. Perhaps “Might Delete Later, Vol. 1” lives up to its name. Or, increasingly volumes may suddenly pop up at any minute.

#BonusBeat: Several songs featuring J. Cole are currently on the official AFH Playlist (follow here):

Three artists who all made their start during the 2010s are manifesting their greatness. Last year, Mick Jenkins’ latest album, The Patience and IDK’s most recent, F65, were each named among Ambrosia For Heads‘ weightier LPs of 2023. Chicago, Illinois’ Saba is no stranger to that list, expressly without 2018’s CARE FOR ME. Now, the two Windy City rappers and the London-to-PG County MC link together for a beautifully-produced Red Bull 1520 cypher in the round.

Saba kicks things off. The self-proclaimed “West Side Wizard” wears a fitting hat, and works his magic. “All I wanted in this life was a few thou’ a month / Just unbearable to get by, feed two mouths and a son / To move somewhere with the views of African sun / And not have to squint over my shoulder like showering drunk / But the reality is, I was asking too much,” he begins, with finance of his life and tested wisdom. The Pivot Gang leader raises his voice for accent as he describes going from a polite dreamer to an unruly achiever.

Here’s The Story Behind The All-Star Cypher That Ended The Arsenio Hall Show

Mick Jenkins seamlessly follows. The MC stays moving while rapping well-nigh aspects of nature he sees in himself and the weft of others. “What’s the tea? No Queen Latifah / Got no savor / Herbal Essence, since n___as Happy and highly favored / When in my Jansport, see mad men, no ‘Draper’ / ‘Nuff paper, no stapler,” he spits in a verse filled with double and triple meanings.

IDK raps last, and for nearly twice as long as his cohorts. “I’m on my catch-a-case s__t, dodgin’ fake s__t / I’m runnin’ into buildings, I’d really rather take s__t / I’m smokin’ everybody, got me trippin’ like I laced it / They say I ain’t the one, yet nobody replaced him / I been through many eras of this Rap s__t / 2015, I was on my Sub-Trap s__t / 2016, they was on they Trap Soul s__t / They wanted my soul, but b___h, I never sold it / Never got the deal, but still I got to own it,” raps the versifier who has previously worked with MF DOOM, Jay Electronica, and Westside Gunn.

Souls Of Mischief Freestyle New Verses To 93 Til Infinity

The self-confident MC goes on to tout his greatness with a tweedle on his shoulder. IDK holds the mic with a rhinestone glove and a sizable ring. He carries himself with star power, while whereas that his numbers do not equate his skill-set. “That’s G.O.A.T. status / I requite a n___a smoke from the static / Like the wire unprotected fire in the attic,” surpassing demonstrating a sharp spritz while referencing Tupac and Eminem, and whereas that critics say he say sounds like Kanye West and recalling whinge with Logic. He then weaves in peers such as JID, Cordae, and Smino to his lyrics—while boldly showing why IDK stands alone.

While Mick and IDK happy 2023, Saba’s most recent tome was 2022’s Few Good Things.

IDK’s Freestyle Delivers Knowledge With Some Humor & Ignorance Too (Video)

#BonusBeat: New music from Mick Jenkins is currently on the official AFH Playlist (follow here):

Three artists who all made their start during the 2010s are manifesting their greatness. Last year, Mick Jenkins’ latest album, The Patience and IDK’s most recent, F65, were each named among Ambrosia For Heads‘ weightier LPs of 2023. Chicago, Illinois’ Saba is no stranger to that list, expressly without 2018’s CARE FOR ME. Now, the two Windy City rappers and the London-to-PG County MC link together for a beautifully-produced Red Bull 1520 cypher in the round.

Saba kicks things off. The self-proclaimed “West Side Wizard” wears a fitting hat, and works his magic. “All I wanted in this life was a few thou’ a month / Just unbearable to get by, feed two mouths and a son / To move somewhere with the views of African sun / And not have to squint over my shoulder like showering drunk / But the reality is, I was asking too much,” he begins, with finance of his life and tested wisdom. The Pivot Gang leader raises his voice for accent as he describes going from a polite dreamer to an unruly achiever.

Here’s The Story Behind The All-Star Cypher That Ended The Arsenio Hall Show

Mick Jenkins seamlessly follows. The MC stays moving while rapping well-nigh aspects of nature he sees in himself and the weft of others. “What’s the tea? No Queen Latifah / Got no savor / Herbal Essence, since n___as Happy and highly favored / When in my Jansport, see mad men, no ‘Draper’ / ‘Nuff paper, no stapler,” he spits in a verse filled with double and triple meanings.

IDK raps last, and for nearly twice as long as his cohorts. “I’m on my catch-a-case s__t, dodgin’ fake s__t / I’m runnin’ into buildings, I’d really rather take s__t / I’m smokin’ everybody, got me trippin’ like I laced it / They say I ain’t the one, yet nobody replaced him / I been through many eras of this Rap s__t / 2015, I was on my Sub-Trap s__t / 2016, they was on they Trap Soul s__t / They wanted my soul, but b___h, I never sold it / Never got the deal, but still I got to own it,” raps the versifier who has previously worked with MF DOOM, Jay Electronica, and Westside Gunn.

Souls Of Mischief Freestyle New Verses To 93 Til Infinity

The self-confident MC goes on to tout his greatness with a tweedle on his shoulder. IDK holds the mic with a rhinestone glove and a sizable ring. He carries himself with star power, while whereas that his numbers do not equate his skill-set. “That’s G.O.A.T. status / I requite a n___a smoke from the static / Like the wire unprotected fire in the attic,” surpassing demonstrating a sharp spritz while referencing Tupac and Eminem, and whereas that critics say he say sounds like Kanye West and recalling whinge with Logic. He then weaves in peers such as JID, Cordae, and Smino to his lyrics—while boldly showing why IDK stands alone.

While Mick and IDK happy 2023, Saba’s most recent tome was 2022’s Few Good Things.

IDK’s Freestyle Delivers Knowledge With Some Humor & Ignorance Too (Video)

#BonusBeat: New music from Mick Jenkins is currently on the official AFH Playlist (follow here):

In the late 1980s, Dr. Dre and N.W.A. led a movement that put Compton, California on the map for Rap fans. Dre and his hairdo described a place with vivid detail—from its hard-nosed reputation to the perils of life in the street. That movement ultimately propped the door for artists like DJ Quik, The Game, and some years later—Kendrick Lamar. Thirty years later, Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher brought Buffalo, New York into new perspective. Three talented MCs from Western New York rapped finance of life in the unprepossessed streets where hustling comes with taking life-or-death chances. This Griselda Records movement gave shine to a plethora of deserving MCs from the region, who got recognition from powerful association.

Despite bilateral connections to Eminem, the Grisela hairdo has yet to release music produced by Dre. However, their longtime unite Big Ghost Ltd imagined a world where Conway and his cohorts can rap over G-Funk production. Speshal Machinery: The Gronic Edition (Big Ghost Ltd. Version) takes 2023’s collaboration EP by Conway and Rochester, New York MC/producer 38 Spesh, and gives it a 1990s West Coast makeover. Several of these new songs are currently on the Ambrosia For Heads playlist (follow it here).

Benny, Conway & 38 Spesh Rewrite A Page Out Of Scarface’s Diary (Audio Premiere)

“Goodfellas,” the first song on the playlist, features Conway, Benny, and 38 Spesh. The distorted sounds heard on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic (which the new project moreover pays homage to in its artwork) make a return here. Notably, Spesh’s verse works in Snoop Dogg’s zone code: “I had to work s__t when from the 213 / No losses, I had a 22-month streak / When I took my first L, I ain’t lose much sleep / Disappeared and came when like two front teeth / Now who wanna see the switch on my big weapon? / When I ask, ‘Who want beef?’ It’s a trick question.” Conway raps next, surpassing Benny closes up shop with lines like: “You really gotta know the difference from suckers and real steppers / And ones who handle that whinge first like a meal prepper / My beats harder, my whip newer, my deal largest / And my wall statements six pages long like a jail letter.”

“Been Through” has that early ’90s G-Funk sound, expressly in the nonflexible drums and synthesizers. This song features longtime Black Soprano Family unite Elcamino. Conway raps, “Look, so far, it’s been a solid year / I told my n___as, ‘Let’s alimony doin’ s__t that got us here’  / Yeah, VVS, the big solitaires / Twenty bands for one earring and I got the pair / Neck lookin’ like I sell a lot of squares / These other n___as’ jewelry kit cannot compare / They say, ‘Machine, since you got in, s__t has not been fair’ / Said, ‘I’ma run this s__t until I’m in my rocking chair’ / I’m from Buffalo, New York, ain’t had too many options there / Trap house kitchens, just a couple dirty pots in there / N___as get out of pocket, then you shot the pearly / And if you lose, you come when later and the woodcut get aired.”

Conway The Machine Gives Funkmaster Flex 2023’s Weightier Freestyle

The “Gronic” remix to the title track has a laid when finger to it, increasingly in step with the G-Funk heard on Masta Ace Incorporated than perhaps what some would socialize with early Death Row. Nevertheless, this song flaunts razor sharp lyricism from Spesh and Conway.

Previously Big Ghost Ltd. made 2015’s Griselda Ghost project, withal with collaboration albums with Ransom, CRIMEAPPLE, Che Noi, and others.

Ghostface & Big Daddy Kane Have United To Take Hip-Hop When (Audio)

The AFH playlist (follow it here) moreover includes selections from Benny’s Everybody Can’t Go, Conway and Conductor Williams’ CONDUCTOR MACHINE, Elcamino’s They Spit On Jesus, and Westside Gunn’s And They You Pray For Me.

#BonusBeat: AFH‘s 2019 interview with Griselda:

In the late 1980s, Dr. Dre and N.W.A. led a movement that put Compton, California on the map for Rap fans. Dre and his hairdo described a place with vivid detail—from its hard-nosed reputation to the perils of life in the street. That movement ultimately propped the door for artists like DJ Quik, The Game, and some years later—Kendrick Lamar. Thirty years later, Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher brought Buffalo, New York into new perspective. Three talented MCs from Western New York rapped finance of life in the unprepossessed streets where hustling comes with taking life-or-death chances. This Griselda Records movement gave shine to a plethora of deserving MCs from the region, who got recognition from powerful association.

Despite bilateral connections to Eminem, the Grisela hairdo has yet to release music produced by Dre. However, their longtime unite Big Ghost Ltd imagined a world where Conway and his cohorts can rap over G-Funk production. Speshal Machinery: The Gronic Edition (Big Ghost Ltd. Version) takes 2023’s collaboration EP by Conway and Rochester, New York MC/producer 38 Spesh, and gives it a 1990s West Coast makeover. Several of these new songs are currently on the Ambrosia For Heads playlist (follow it here).

Benny, Conway & 38 Spesh Rewrite A Page Out Of Scarface’s Diary (Audio Premiere)

“Goodfellas,” the first song on the playlist, features Conway, Benny, and 38 Spesh. The distorted sounds heard on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic (which the new project moreover pays homage to in its artwork) make a return here. Notably, Spesh’s verse works in Snoop Dogg’s zone code: “I had to work s__t when from the 213 / No losses, I had a 22-month streak / When I took my first L, I ain’t lose much sleep / Disappeared and came when like two front teeth / Now who wanna see the switch on my big weapon? / When I ask, ‘Who want beef?’ It’s a trick question.” Conway raps next, surpassing Benny closes up shop with lines like: “You really gotta know the difference from suckers and real steppers / And ones who handle that whinge first like a meal prepper / My beats harder, my whip newer, my deal largest / And my wall statements six pages long like a jail letter.”

“Been Through” has that early ’90s G-Funk sound, expressly in the nonflexible drums and synthesizers. This song features longtime Black Soprano Family unite Elcamino. Conway raps, “Look, so far, it’s been a solid year / I told my n___as, ‘Let’s alimony doin’ s__t that got us here’  / Yeah, VVS, the big solitaires / Twenty bands for one earring and I got the pair / Neck lookin’ like I sell a lot of squares / These other n___as’ jewelry kit cannot compare / They say, ‘Machine, since you got in, s__t has not been fair’ / Said, ‘I’ma run this s__t until I’m in my rocking chair’ / I’m from Buffalo, New York, ain’t had too many options there / Trap house kitchens, just a couple dirty pots in there / N___as get out of pocket, then you shot the pearly / And if you lose, you come when later and the woodcut get aired.”

Conway The Machine Gives Funkmaster Flex 2023’s Weightier Freestyle

The “Gronic” remix to the title track has a laid when finger to it, increasingly in step with the G-Funk heard on Masta Ace Incorporated than perhaps what some would socialize with early Death Row. Nevertheless, this song flaunts razor sharp lyricism from Spesh and Conway.

Previously Big Ghost Ltd. made 2015’s Griselda Ghost project, withal with collaboration albums with Ransom, CRIMEAPPLE, Che Noi, and others.

Ghostface & Big Daddy Kane Have United To Take Hip-Hop When (Audio)

The AFH playlist (follow it here) moreover includes selections from Benny’s Everybody Can’t Go, Conway and Conductor Williams’ CONDUCTOR MACHINE, Elcamino’s They Spit On Jesus, and Westside Gunn’s And They You Pray For Me.

#BonusBeat: AFH‘s 2019 interview with Griselda:

Kevin Durant is an NBA MVP who does increasingly than just ball. The two-time champion and current Phoenix Suns forward has publicly shared his music before. In 2012, KD appeared on “Some Winners” slantingly Taylor Gang versifier Chevy Woods and Philly MC Privaledge. A dozen years later, he teams with Rap veteran Stalley for a new song that goes nonflexible in the paint. “Scared Money” is currently featured atop the Ambrosia For Heads playlist (follow it here).

Following Stalley’s first verse, Durant raps his life. “I finger like Randy Moss when he was on the Raiders / Man, they love to hate us / This woman so fine, I requite her mazuma payments / Baby, I’m just so glued to the nuts / I wanted increasingly room, so I copped a crib sittin’ adjacent, uh / In this hoop world, I’m ‘Freddy,’ ‘Jason’ / I’m sittin’ in the places of great, but never smug / Yeah, baby, I’m a stoner / Yeah, I took that long walk up the hill that made me a loner / And nah, baby, I don’t like bein’ humble, I hang with mongrels / Gotta pay attention, it’s a god sittin’ amongst you and you know it.”

Kevin Durant Has Inspired His Roc Nation Brother Jay Electronica To Release Music (Audio)

The football comparison to Randy Moss is interesting, given the six-time Pro Bowler’s public displeasure with the then-Oakland-based team. Moss is largest remembered for lengthier tenures with the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots. Durant joined the Suns last year without storied runs with Seattle/Oklahoma City, Golden State, and Brooklyn.

For his part, Stalley raps well-nigh taking chances and earning. “The hustle don’t stop, it’s ’round the clock here / When it comes to gettin’ paper, we denounce fear / I know that’s a big word, very cavalier / Big wheels on the curb, we park it right there / Spark the tree in front of NYPD / It’s legal now, f__k they gon’ do to me?”

Lil Dicky Has Made An Epic Music Video…That Forfeit Almost No Money (Video)

In 2021, Stalley & Apollo Brown released Blacklight. That Mello Music Group tome was named among AFH‘s weightier that year. The Ohio native has dropped a series of singles over the last year. This weekend, Kevin Durant will participate in his 14th NBA All-Star game selection in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The AFH playlist (follow it here) moreover includes new music by Apollo Brown, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA, among many others.

#BonusBeat: A recent AFH IG post asking fans who the weightier rapping NBA player of all time is:

Kevin Durant is an NBA MVP who does increasingly than just ball. The two-time champion and current Phoenix Suns forward has publicly shared his music before. In 2012, KD appeared on “Some Winners” slantingly Taylor Gang versifier Chevy Woods and Philly MC Privaledge. A dozen years later, he teams with Rap veteran Stalley for a new song that goes nonflexible in the paint. “Scared Money” is currently featured atop the Ambrosia For Heads playlist (follow it here).

Following Stalley’s first verse, Durant raps his life. “I finger like Randy Moss when he was on the Raiders / Man, they love to hate us / This woman so fine, I requite her mazuma payments / Baby, I’m just so glued to the nuts / I wanted increasingly room, so I copped a crib sittin’ adjacent, uh / In this hoop world, I’m ‘Freddy,’ ‘Jason’ / I’m sittin’ in the places of great, but never smug / Yeah, baby, I’m a stoner / Yeah, I took that long walk up the hill that made me a loner / And nah, baby, I don’t like bein’ humble, I hang with mongrels / Gotta pay attention, it’s a god sittin’ amongst you and you know it.”

Kevin Durant Has Inspired His Roc Nation Brother Jay Electronica To Release Music (Audio)

The football comparison to Randy Moss is interesting, given the six-time Pro Bowler’s public displeasure with the then-Oakland-based team. Moss is largest remembered for lengthier tenures with the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots. Durant joined the Suns last year without storied runs with Seattle/Oklahoma City, Golden State, and Brooklyn.

For his part, Stalley raps well-nigh taking chances and earning. “The hustle don’t stop, it’s ’round the clock here / When it comes to gettin’ paper, we denounce fear / I know that’s a big word, very cavalier / Big wheels on the curb, we park it right there / Spark the tree in front of NYPD / It’s legal now, f__k they gon’ do to me?”

Lil Dicky Has Made An Epic Music Video…That Forfeit Almost No Money (Video)

In 2021, Stalley & Apollo Brown released Blacklight. That Mello Music Group tome was named among AFH‘s weightier that year. The Ohio native has dropped a series of singles over the last year. This weekend, Kevin Durant will participate in his 14th NBA All-Star game selection in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The AFH playlist (follow it here) moreover includes new music by Apollo Brown, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA, among many others.

#BonusBeat: A recent AFH IG post asking fans who the weightier rapping NBA player of all time is:

A quarter-century ago, Slum Village was in the process of pursuit up their Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) debut. That underground tome became a calling vellum for a new sound coming out of Detroit, Michigan — and three artists bringing the change. T3, J Dilla, and Baatin were in the process of pursuit up and making good on flipside tome worthy of its name, Fan-Tas-Tic, Volume 2.

A year before Volume 2, Slum supplied The Office Space soundtrack with a banger. 1999’s “Get Dis Money” became a hit for the trio—even without a music video. The 20th Century Fox/Interscope Records 12″ single is much worthier than a song well-nigh counting cash. The record, which later landed on 2000’s sophomore LP, showed three men on their creative ascent and holding one flipside to a higher standard artistically. It is the first song of a new Ambrosia For Heads throwback playlist (follow here) that currently celebrates indelible Hip-Hop from the end of the 1990s into the mid-2000s.

Slum Village, J Dilla & Bilal Know What Love Is…It’s Hip-Hop (Video)

This week, AFH spoke to Slum Village’s co-founder T3 as well as Young RJ‚ who evolved and blossomed from a J Dilla production pupil to an SV producer in the early 2000s to a full-fledged group member and Grammy-nominated versifier over the last 15-plus years. In an audio montage from the conversation, Young RJ recalls sifting through a stack of DAT tapes on the SV manager’s sedentary without school. He was astonished when he heard the megacosm that became “Get Dis Money.” “I was like, ‘This is crazy; this definitely gotta go on the album—[and] this was surpassing there was three verses to the song. Just seeing it go from the demo process to the completed version was wondrous to me. It’s a archetype song, plane to this day.”

Following their self-made debut, T3 describes a new process for Slum Village. “We had to well-spoken that sample,” he begins. “Even surpassing that—when we heard [the beat], we thought it was incredible, with the vocoder and all of that. And then Dilla made a archetype write-up out of it.” RJ adds, “Not only that, Herbie Hancock didn’t plane know that was his sample.” T3 picks up, “So when we went to go well-spoken it, Herbie Hancock said, ‘Where is the sample at?’ We was like, ‘It’s the whole damn record; what is you talkin’ about?’ It didn’t make no sense; that ways we could’ve gotten yonder with it,” T3 says with a laugh.

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“Get Dis Money” samples the Jazz legend’s 1978 song “Come Running To Me.” However, the Grammy Ribbon winner could not place his sonnet within the Slum Village creation, considering of how creatively Dilla flipped it.

Slum Village’s surviving co-founder moreover describes the environment. “We was definitely in the vault at Dilla’s crib. And usually, with records, the set-off was either me or Dilla settin’ it off,” says the versifier with the song’s first verse. “Then we’d end up goin’ to get Baatin and finish it up. That’s usually how we did record—I’d say a good 70% of the joints.” He adds, “Something well-nigh ‘Get Dis Money’ that a lot of people don’t know is Baatin had to write his verse over like three times. So it’s at least two versions of two variegated verses of Baatin’s [part in the song]. Considering here’s the thing: we had a thing when we did songs, that Baatin would start off talking well-nigh the topic, and then he’ll go somewhere else. And that used to frustrate Dilla sometimes. And he was like, ‘Nah man, you gonna have to write something else; you’re gonna have to write flipside one. [Laughs] So Baatin ended up writing like two or three verses to ‘Get Dis Money.'” RJ notes, “And he still didn’t get it the way that Dilla wanted it. You know, he was just like, ‘Aight; we gotta turn it in, so this’ll do,’ which is why his verse kinda fades out at the end. As a producer, you can hear the record finished in your head. And sometimes, when it’s not exactly the way you hear it, you’re like ahh, but it’s still dope. It ain’t like Baatin gonna write no trash. It’s just, Baatin was the curveball, and sometimes he took a variegated approach—instead of just staying specifically on the topic.”

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In an era when the lines of demarcation between “commercial” and “underground” seemed like rigid boundaries, Slum Village deliberately voiceless the lines. “When people first heard us [and realized] that Dilla was doin’ the beats, they [were going to be reminded] of A Tribe Tabbed Quest. But our lyrics—we was like the gangsta version or the hood version of A Tribe Tabbed Quest. So, talking well-nigh money, yes—we was talkin’ well-nigh money. We talkin’ well-nigh women. We were talkin’ well-nigh what we had in our lives or what we wanted to strive to get at that time.”

The AFH Throwback Playlist (follow here) moreover features archetype songs by Madvillain, Prodigy, Common and Sadat X, Ghosttface Killah, sufferer prez, Little Brother, Twista, Da Eastsidaz, Devin The Dude, J-Live, and many, many more.

Also, to stay up on current Hip-Hop in the tradition of those unconfined artists, follow our weekly updated new music playlist. That playlist currently features recent releases from Masta Ace & Marco Polo, J. Cole, Evidence, Busta Rhymes, Rapsody, Coast Contra, Griselda, Big K.R.I.T., Che Noir, AZ, Joell Ortiz and many more.

Illa J Welcomes Listeners Into His & J Dilla’s Childhood Home (Video)

#BonusBeat: Over the last month, Slum Village released its latest single, “Request,” featuring Earlly Mac and Abstract Orchestra:

A quarter-century ago, Slum Village was in the process of pursuit up their Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) debut. That underground tome became a calling vellum for a new sound coming out of Detroit, Michigan — and three artists bringing the change. T3, J Dilla, and Baatin were in the process of pursuit up and making good on flipside tome worthy of its name, Fan-Tas-Tic, Volume 2.

A year before Volume 2, Slum supplied The Office Space soundtrack with a banger. 1999’s “Get Dis Money” became a hit for the trio—even without a music video. The 20th Century Fox/Interscope Records 12″ single is much worthier than a song well-nigh counting cash. The record, which later landed on 2000’s sophomore LP, showed three men on their creative ascent and holding one flipside to a higher standard artistically. It is the first song of a new Ambrosia For Heads throwback playlist (follow here) that currently celebrates indelible Hip-Hop from the end of the 1990s into the mid-2000s.

Slum Village, J Dilla & Bilal Know What Love Is…It’s Hip-Hop (Video)

This week, AFH spoke to Slum Village’s co-founder T3 as well as Young RJ‚ who evolved and blossomed from a J Dilla production pupil to an SV producer in the early 2000s to a full-fledged group member and Grammy-nominated versifier over the last 15-plus years. In an audio montage from the conversation, Young RJ recalls sifting through a stack of DAT tapes on the SV manager’s sedentary without school. He was astonished when he heard the megacosm that became “Get Dis Money.” “I was like, ‘This is crazy; this definitely gotta go on the album—[and] this was surpassing there was three verses to the song. Just seeing it go from the demo process to the completed version was wondrous to me. It’s a archetype song, plane to this day.”

Following their self-made debut, T3 describes a new process for Slum Village. “We had to well-spoken that sample,” he begins. “Even surpassing that—when we heard [the beat], we thought it was incredible, with the vocoder and all of that. And then Dilla made a archetype write-up out of it.” RJ adds, “Not only that, Herbie Hancock didn’t plane know that was his sample.” T3 picks up, “So when we went to go well-spoken it, Herbie Hancock said, ‘Where is the sample at?’ We was like, ‘It’s the whole damn record; what is you talkin’ about?’ It didn’t make no sense; that ways we could’ve gotten yonder with it,” T3 says with a laugh.

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“Get Dis Money” samples the Jazz legend’s 1978 song “Come Running To Me.” However, the Grammy Ribbon winner could not place his sonnet within the Slum Village creation, considering of how creatively Dilla flipped it.

Slum Village’s surviving co-founder moreover describes the environment. “We was definitely in the vault at Dilla’s crib. And usually, with records, the set-off was either me or Dilla settin’ it off,” says the versifier with the song’s first verse. “Then we’d end up goin’ to get Baatin and finish it up. That’s usually how we did record—I’d say a good 70% of the joints.” He adds, “Something well-nigh ‘Get Dis Money’ that a lot of people don’t know is Baatin had to write his verse over like three times. So it’s at least two versions of two variegated verses of Baatin’s [part in the song]. Considering here’s the thing: we had a thing when we did songs, that Baatin would start off talking well-nigh the topic, and then he’ll go somewhere else. And that used to frustrate Dilla sometimes. And he was like, ‘Nah man, you gonna have to write something else; you’re gonna have to write flipside one. [Laughs] So Baatin ended up writing like two or three verses to ‘Get Dis Money.'” RJ notes, “And he still didn’t get it the way that Dilla wanted it. You know, he was just like, ‘Aight; we gotta turn it in, so this’ll do,’ which is why his verse kinda fades out at the end. As a producer, you can hear the record finished in your head. And sometimes, when it’s not exactly the way you hear it, you’re like ahh, but it’s still dope. It ain’t like Baatin gonna write no trash. It’s just, Baatin was the curveball, and sometimes he took a variegated approach—instead of just staying specifically on the topic.”

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In an era when the lines of demarcation between “commercial” and “underground” seemed like rigid boundaries, Slum Village deliberately voiceless the lines. “When people first heard us [and realized] that Dilla was doin’ the beats, they [were going to be reminded] of A Tribe Tabbed Quest. But our lyrics—we was like the gangsta version or the hood version of A Tribe Tabbed Quest. So, talking well-nigh money, yes—we was talkin’ well-nigh money. We talkin’ well-nigh women. We were talkin’ well-nigh what we had in our lives or what we wanted to strive to get at that time.”

The AFH Throwback Playlist (follow here) moreover features archetype songs by Madvillain, Prodigy, Common and Sadat X, Ghosttface Killah, sufferer prez, Little Brother, Twista, Da Eastsidaz, Devin The Dude, J-Live, and many, many more.

Also, to stay up on current Hip-Hop in the tradition of those unconfined artists, follow our weekly updated new music playlist. That playlist currently features recent releases from Masta Ace & Marco Polo, J. Cole, Evidence, Busta Rhymes, Rapsody, Coast Contra, Griselda, Big K.R.I.T., Che Noir, AZ, Joell Ortiz and many more.

Illa J Welcomes Listeners Into His & J Dilla’s Childhood Home (Video)

#BonusBeat: Over the last month, Slum Village released its latest single, “Request,” featuring Earlly Mac and Abstract Orchestra:

This weekend, Erick Sermon released the first single of a long-anticipated album, Dynamic Duos. On Friday (February 9), E-Double released “Back 2 The Party.” The song features a legendary duo, Salt-n-Pepa. Sermon orchestrates a song that is co-produced by his longtime Def Squad unite Rockwilder (with Erick). What’s more, the tome is said to be arriving in less than a month.

In October 2017, EPMD appeared on Drink Champs. There, Sermon said, “Right now, we have Capone-N-Noreaga, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Salt-n-Pepa, Black Star…Dynamic Duos is coming!” At the time, The Green-Eyed Bandit vowed the project was arriving on JAY-Z’s Roc Nation. PMD said at the time, “We’re working with groups on this album.” Erick added, “Only groups, Dynamic Duos: Big Business.” Although it now appears to be a solo album, the Salt-n-Pepa full-length actualized with “Back 2 The Party.” However, the lyrics quickly indicate that this year was recorded without the pandemic.

Erick Sermon Reveals The Real Reason Craig Mack Did Not Join The Bad Boy Reunion Tour

In 2019, Ambrosia For Heads interviewed Erick at his Long Island, New York studio. In wing to an interview with E-Double, Parrish Smith made a surprise visitation and sat for a second, unexpected interview with EPMD (embedded below). Both Sermon and Parrish Smith spoke of the album, while E-Double played some snippets in the video. Rockwilder was among the artists creating at the recording recipe that day.

The billing of Dynamic Duos now is when to an Erick Sermon solo endeavor—the latest release in a personal discography that dates when to 1993’s No Pressure. The first official single is inspired the parties of yesteryear, shouting out yesterday NYC clubs like The Fever and Rooftop. Salt raps first, then Pep. Notably, Erick does not rap on this one. Rockwilder and Erick have shared the boards on albums by Redman, JAY-Z, and more.

Redman Samples “Da Rockwilder” & M.O.P. Adlibs To Make A New Banger (Audio)

In 2024, Sermon claims he has secured an tome deal with 300 Entertainment/Warner Bros. Records. Ahead of this month’s Grammy Awards, Sermon, spoke with Ambrosia For Heads own Justin “The Company Man” Hunte. On the red carpet, E-Double says that Dynamic Duos will moreover full-length Redman & Method Man, Tha Dogg Pound, M.O.P., Mobb Deep, Cypress Hill, as well as individual artists like Lil Wayne, The Game, Snoop Dogg, and the late Nate Dogg. “People are gonna really enjoy this,” said the workaday multi-threat. It is unclear if the previously touted collaborations with Capone-N-Noreaga, Black Star, or Raekwon and Ghostface Killah materialized, or will make the final major label LP.

In wing to his yack with The Company Man, this week, Erick Sermon has moreover washed-up printing with The Bootleg Kev Podcast. The Def Squad co-founder said he and Kanye West are collaborating slantingly Ty Dolla Sign. Notably, Sermon moreover personal he earns nearly seven-figures off of a double-platinum song by Metro Boomin and The Weeknd, which released in 2022.

Erick Sermon Reveals The Source Of The Def Squad Tome Samples To Prince Paul (Video)

“The Weeknd is one of the most streamed artists in the world. So him and Metro Boomin [sampled Mario’s] ‘I Don’t Wanna Know’ which [samples] ‘You’re A Customer,’” Erick noted. “I only own 4% of [‘Creepin’’]. Every four months, guess how much it brings in… $240,000” — which amounts to $720,000 per year.”

Erick Sermon last released Vernia in 2019, featuring AZ, Raekwon, Devin The Dude, Too Short, Xzibit, and others. Salt-n-Pepa last dropped Brand New in 1997. EPMD’s latest LP was We Mean Business in 2008.

Redman Has Released A Series Of Freestyles Over Hip-Hop Classics

#BonusBeat: Ambrosia For Heads‘ 2019 conversation with EPMD:

This weekend, Erick Sermon released the first single of a long-anticipated album, Dynamic Duos. On Friday (February 9), E-Double released “Back 2 The Party.” The song features a legendary duo, Salt-n-Pepa. Sermon orchestrates a song that is co-produced by his longtime Def Squad unite Rockwilder (with Erick). What’s more, the tome is said to be arriving in less than a month.

In October 2017, EPMD appeared on Drink Champs. There, Sermon said, “Right now, we have Capone-N-Noreaga, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Salt-n-Pepa, Black Star…Dynamic Duos is coming!” At the time, The Green-Eyed Bandit vowed the project was arriving on JAY-Z’s Roc Nation. PMD said at the time, “We’re working with groups on this album.” Erick added, “Only groups, Dynamic Duos: Big Business.” Although it now appears to be a solo album, the Salt-n-Pepa full-length actualized with “Back 2 The Party.” However, the lyrics quickly indicate that this year was recorded without the pandemic.

Erick Sermon Reveals The Real Reason Craig Mack Did Not Join The Bad Boy Reunion Tour

In 2019, Ambrosia For Heads interviewed Erick at his Long Island, New York studio. In wing to an interview with E-Double, Parrish Smith made a surprise visitation and sat for a second, unexpected interview with EPMD (embedded below). Both Sermon and Parrish Smith spoke of the album, while E-Double played some snippets in the video. Rockwilder was among the artists creating at the recording recipe that day.

The billing of Dynamic Duos now is when to an Erick Sermon solo endeavor—the latest release in a personal discography that dates when to 1993’s No Pressure. The first official single is inspired the parties of yesteryear, shouting out yesterday NYC clubs like The Fever and Rooftop. Salt raps first, then Pep. Notably, Erick does not rap on this one. Rockwilder and Erick have shared the boards on albums by Redman, JAY-Z, and more.

Redman Samples “Da Rockwilder” & M.O.P. Adlibs To Make A New Banger (Audio)

In 2024, Sermon claims he has secured an tome deal with 300 Entertainment/Warner Bros. Records. Ahead of this month’s Grammy Awards, Sermon, spoke with Ambrosia For Heads own Justin “The Company Man” Hunte. On the red carpet, E-Double says that Dynamic Duos will moreover full-length Redman & Method Man, Tha Dogg Pound, M.O.P., Mobb Deep, Cypress Hill, as well as individual artists like Lil Wayne, The Game, Snoop Dogg, and the late Nate Dogg. “People are gonna really enjoy this,” said the workaday multi-threat. It is unclear if the previously touted collaborations with Capone-N-Noreaga, Black Star, or Raekwon and Ghostface Killah materialized, or will make the final major label LP.

In wing to his yack with The Company Man, this week, Erick Sermon has moreover washed-up printing with The Bootleg Kev Podcast. The Def Squad co-founder said he and Kanye West are collaborating slantingly Ty Dolla Sign. Notably, Sermon moreover personal he earns nearly seven-figures off of a double-platinum song by Metro Boomin and The Weeknd, which released in 2022.

Erick Sermon Reveals The Source Of The Def Squad Tome Samples To Prince Paul (Video)

“The Weeknd is one of the most streamed artists in the world. So him and Metro Boomin [sampled Mario’s] ‘I Don’t Wanna Know’ which [samples] ‘You’re A Customer,’” Erick noted. “I only own 4% of [‘Creepin’’]. Every four months, guess how much it brings in… $240,000” — which amounts to $720,000 per year.”

Erick Sermon last released Vernia in 2019, featuring AZ, Raekwon, Devin The Dude, Too Short, Xzibit, and others. Salt-n-Pepa last dropped Brand New in 1997. EPMD’s latest LP was We Mean Business in 2008.

Redman Has Released A Series Of Freestyles Over Hip-Hop Classics

#BonusBeat: Ambrosia For Heads‘ 2019 conversation with EPMD:

UPDATE #2: Killer Mike has spoken well-nigh last night’s situation for the first time. The Grammy-winning versifier tabbed into The Big Tigger Show. Although he did not elaborate, Mike said, “We hit a speed bump, and then we throne when to the party.” Based on that, it appears that the Run The Jewels MC’s detainment was short-lived.

However, video and photos of the situation became a major story for the public coming out of the 66th Grammy Awards. In his radio interview, Mike Bigga focused on the positive. “Three Grammys. Twenty years in the game. Forty-eight years old,” Mike self-reflected. “[I] write-up out everybody in the thing. He write-up the weightier of the best, so all you could say is, he one of the best. The weightier tome in the 50th year of Hip-Hop came from Atlanta, Georgia, from a man who will be 50 years old in three years.”

The win notably came 21 years without Mike’s debut tome Monster.

UPDATE: Additional information well-nigh Killer Mike’s handcuffed exit from last night’s Grammy Awards has been released. TMZ had updated its report that last night’s three-Grammy Award-winner was apprehended and booked for shower during a confrontation that took place outside of Los Angeles, California’s Crypto.com Arena. The incident reportedly involves a citizen’s arrest.

TMZ obtained a video, embedded below, that shows Mike in a confrontation outside the venue, where it was raining Sunday. The one-minute video shows unveiled security trying to stop Mike and his entourage. “We’re told [Killer Mike] is accused of knocking lanugo a security officer without they did not get out of his way quick enough,” the publication writes. Killer Mike has yet to release a statement surrounding the incident. The versifier was zippy on social media pursuit his three wins, which took place during the webcast Grammy’s premiere event—ahead of the televised network broadcast.

Notably, Stephen E. Smith, the veteran sports journalist and pundit who commonly covers the intersection of sports and culture, made powerful commentary of the event—in unrelatedness to a massively high-profile 2022 incident that moreover took place at an L.A. awards event:

Ambrosia For Heads will update this story with information as it develops.

ORIGINAL FEBRUARY 4 STORY: Moments ago tonight (February 4), Killer Mike was taken out of Los Angeles, California’s Crypto.com Scene in handcuffs. He appeared to be escorted by members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The incident was documented on video by a The Hollywood Reporter staff member. It took place just hours after Mike won three Grammy Awards in the Rap music categories for his 2023 album MICHAEL and its single “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS.” The versifier won “Best Rap Album,” “Best Rap Song,” and “Best Rap Performance.”

TMZ reports that the event may be related to an so-called wrangling with a security guard. That report moreover says that Mike is currently stuff detained.

Killer Mike Has Swept The Major Rap Grammy Awards

In the developing story, no remoter information was provided. Notably, at the 66th Grammy Awards, the four Hip-Hop categories were not part of the CBS broadcast. Instead, the Rap portion of the night was misogynist exclusively on the webcast earlier. Killer Mike wonted all three of his awards, joined by members of his creative and management team, as well as MICHAEL producer DJ Paul, moreover of Three 6 Mafia. The other Rap winners, J. Cole and Lil Durk, were not in ubiety to receive their ribbon for “Best Melodic Rap Song.”

Killer Mike Has Made The Most Dangerous Show On Television (Video)

Twenty-one years ago, Killer Mike won his first Grammy Ribbon slantingly OutKast for “The Whole World.” Tonight, the 48-year-old Atlanta, Georgia MC and Run The Jewels co-founder spoke of his dreams and defied the notion that one can be too old at something.

UPDATE #2: Killer Mike has spoken well-nigh last night’s situation for the first time. The Grammy-winning versifier tabbed into The Big Tigger Show. Although he did not elaborate, Mike said, “We hit a speed bump, and then we throne when to the party.” Based on that, it appears that the Run The Jewels MC’s detainment was short-lived.

However, video and photos of the situation became a major story for the public coming out of the 66th Grammy Awards. In his radio interview, Mike Bigga focused on the positive. “Three Grammys. Twenty years in the game. Forty-eight years old,” Mike self-reflected. “[I] write-up out everybody in the thing. He write-up the weightier of the best, so all you could say is, he one of the best. The weightier tome in the 50th year of Hip-Hop came from Atlanta, Georgia, from a man who will be 50 years old in three years.”

The win notably came 21 years without Mike’s debut tome Monster.

UPDATE: Additional information well-nigh Killer Mike’s handcuffed exit from last night’s Grammy Awards has been released. TMZ had updated its report that last night’s three-Grammy Award-winner was apprehended and booked for shower during a confrontation that took place outside of Los Angeles, California’s Crypto.com Arena. The incident reportedly involves a citizen’s arrest.

TMZ obtained a video, embedded below, that shows Mike in a confrontation outside the venue, where it was raining Sunday. The one-minute video shows unveiled security trying to stop Mike and his entourage. “We’re told [Killer Mike] is accused of knocking lanugo a security officer without they did not get out of his way quick enough,” the publication writes. Killer Mike has yet to release a statement surrounding the incident. The versifier was zippy on social media pursuit his three wins, which took place during the webcast Grammy’s premiere event—ahead of the televised network broadcast.

Notably, Stephen E. Smith, the veteran sports journalist and pundit who commonly covers the intersection of sports and culture, made powerful commentary of the event—in unrelatedness to a massively high-profile 2022 incident that moreover took place at an L.A. awards event:

Ambrosia For Heads will update this story with information as it develops.

ORIGINAL FEBRUARY 4 STORY: Moments ago tonight (February 4), Killer Mike was taken out of Los Angeles, California’s Crypto.com Scene in handcuffs. He appeared to be escorted by members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The incident was documented on video by a The Hollywood Reporter staff member. It took place just hours after Mike won three Grammy Awards in the Rap music categories for his 2023 album MICHAEL and its single “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS.” The versifier won “Best Rap Album,” “Best Rap Song,” and “Best Rap Performance.”

TMZ reports that the event may be related to an so-called wrangling with a security guard. That report moreover says that Mike is currently stuff detained.

Killer Mike Has Swept The Major Rap Grammy Awards

In the developing story, no remoter information was provided. Notably, at the 66th Grammy Awards, the four Hip-Hop categories were not part of the CBS broadcast. Instead, the Rap portion of the night was misogynist exclusively on the webcast earlier. Killer Mike wonted all three of his awards, joined by members of his creative and management team, as well as MICHAEL producer DJ Paul, moreover of Three 6 Mafia. The other Rap winners, J. Cole and Lil Durk, were not in ubiety to receive their ribbon for “Best Melodic Rap Song.”

Killer Mike Has Made The Most Dangerous Show On Television (Video)

Twenty-one years ago, Killer Mike won his first Grammy Ribbon slantingly OutKast for “The Whole World.” Tonight, the 48-year-old Atlanta, Georgia MC and Run The Jewels co-founder spoke of his dreams and defied the notion that one can be too old at something.

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