Posts Tagged ‘Hot 97’
Pusha T Has ‘A Story To Tell’… On How Beef With Drake Got Started (Video)
June 7, 2018
So let’s get into it: What made Pusha T go at Drake to start this whole beef thing? Funk Flex gets the 4-1 on that (and more) in this talk. And for those who wonder if business plays into this…
I’m sure [Drake] is gonna put out an album that does numbers, so on and so forth. Great. But it’s not gonna be better than “Daytona.”
– Pusha T
So, yeah. It’s music biz. Industry involved, but still PRIDE involved, too.
– @ojones1
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J. Prince Speaks On His Book, Ending The Drake & Pusha T Beef, And Some Classic Stories (Video)
June 6, 2018
Dope interview. J. Prince is an O.G. and the definition of a ‘finisher’… apparently having put an end to the Pusha T vs. Drake beef. Check out this sit down.
Legend of Hip-Hop, Rap-A-Lot Records founder J. Prince stepped up to Ebro in the Morning to recount some classic stories.
He reveals how he founded the record company and gave stories behind cooling off some of the most classic beefs in history.
Prince speaks on how his son Jas Prince found Drake, how he cooled off Pimp C vs Master P beef, why he called off the Drake/Pusha T beef, his own problems with Cash Money, and much more.
His book The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir available now.
– HOT 97
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Don Q | A1 | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #094 (Video)
April 26, 2018
Okay, word, worrrd! Soooo, first I want to apologize for getting the Freestyles on Flex out of order (skipped this one). But that don’t make it any less dope, right?
(Yeah, I’m right. But play this Don Q & A1 freestyle session to see how right.)
– @ojones1
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Philly Freeway | Pain in Da Ass | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #097 (Video)
April 19, 2018
Philly Freeway & Pain in Da Ass taking the hits and still moving forward… ’cause THAT’S HOW WINNING IS DONE!! Life after The Roc got tough – health problems and such – but Allah blessed! See proof right here in the form of divine flows (but first a magnificent, tone-setting intro by P.I.T.A.)!
OKAY! HERE COMES THE PAIN!!!
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Freestyle #097, Freestyle097, Freestyles on Flex, Funk Flex, Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97, Pain In Da Ass, Philly Freeway | No Comments »
Nipsey Hussle | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #089 (Video)
April 10, 2018
What? Neighborhood Nip did a Funk Flex Freestyle??? Neighborrrrr!! Check him out, once again, being nothing like them other “Rap N!ggas” #Facts
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Freestyle #089, Freestyle089, Freestyles on Flex, Funk Flex, Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97, Nipsey Hussle | No Comments »
Remembering Craig Mack (Video)
March 17, 2018
Damn. Even though he wasn’t making music for the masses, we’re gonna miss him. For real, the Hip-Hop Nation is going to miss our funk futuristic boyyyy Craig Mack. The man who brought of “Flava In Ya Ear” has passed. He was 46 years young.
#RIPCraigMack
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Watch This Sit-Down With “Black Panther” Director & ‘Man Of The Hour’ Ryan Coogler (Video)
March 5, 2018
Let’s not forget the young man behind the camera when we holler #WakandaForever #RealPowerBehindTheThrone #BlackHollywood
Ryan Coogler Breaks Down The Making Of ‘Black Panther,’ Black Girl Power, & Building Wakanda
– Hot 97
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Matt Barnes Talks About His Past, How He Was Presented [On Reality TV] And The Future (Video)
March 2, 2018
Barnes the former pro baller, to supporting actor, to reality TV’er… er… One might wonder why. But table that, at least long enough to find out why he is up at the station for the sit-down.
Matt Barnes Keeps It Real On Derek Fisher, Austin Rivers, & Huey Newton Movie.
– Hot 97
Okay. Interesting to watch actually. Check it out!
Posted in Celebrity, Interview, Radio, Relationships, Series, Videos | Tags: Ebro, Ebro in the Morning, Hot 97, Hot 97 Morning Show, Laura Stylez, Matt Barnes, PETER ROSENBERG, Rosenberg | No Comments »
Fat Joe And Dre Talk About Coming Up With ‘All The Way Up’ And What Else They Have Going Down (Video)
February 5, 2018
So, this year’s Summer Jam could feature all kinds of ‘squashed beef’ on the menu… Fat Joe, 50 Cent, and Ja Rule all getting along and doing Hip-Hop. The beat goes on. Joe and Dre talk about that and more in this sit-down.
Fat Joe and Dre (from Cool & Dre) stop by Ebro In The Morning to talk their new album, possibly having a feature with Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Ja Rule at Summer Jam TOGETHER and being the greatest rapper ever.
– Hot 97
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Up Early In The Morning, On-Air In The Studio, CyHi The Prynce Puts In Promo Work… Because “No Dope On Sundays”… That’s Why! (Video)
January 4, 2018
“No Dope On Sundays” is out now. Looking for the dope stories, the beats & bars, the Hip-Hop inspiration?? This LP, this CyHi… Yeah. And He showed up on Ebro In The Morning to talk about it!
CyHi The Prynce stops by to clear out rumors about what took the album so long, talk about the return of the Old Kanye, and drop some bars!
– Hot 97
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Black Thought | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #087 (Video)
December 14, 2017
Funk Flex got Black Thought of The Roots to fall through and freestyle, too?? MANDATORY watching… this is not up for discussion. Tariq is that BEAST emcee that your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper is not trying to see!!
But you don’t have to take my word for it. Watch Thought do just like how you thought he’d do on here. Mic. Left. SMOKED!
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Black Thought, Freestyles on Flex, Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97 | 3 Comments »
Iman Shumpert | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #085 (Video)
November 15, 2017
Yoooooo! NBA players out here rapping better than many of the mainstream mumblers. Iman Shumpert is doing the work on that mic though, spitting flames like the old NBA Jams video game… He’s on FIIIIIIRE!
Small forward, Iman Shumpert makes it very clear that he’s more than just a ball player! Reppin’ Oak Park, IL, Iman comes through Funk Flex with some bars!
– Hot 97
And, yeah, he got BARZ!
– @ojones1
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Mysonne Speaks On It: Meek Mill’s Going Back To Jail Is ‘Bigger Than Meek’ (Video)
November 14, 2017
Okay, everybody believes in justice. But, when it comes to fitting the punishment to the crime, how far is too far? Interesting and compelling discussion here. Mysonne & Carmen Perez speak on the pending Meek Mill jail bid as an example and jumpoff point for extended discussion on a trend of unusual punishment, the scales of justice being unfairly tipped and more.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Politics, Videos | Tags: Carmen Perez, Ebro, Ebro in the Morning, Hot 97, Mysonne, PETER ROSENBERG | No Comments »
CyHi The Prynce Lyrically Murders This Flex Freestyle In 84 Ways (Video)
November 13, 2017
If you ever wondered if CyHi had the pedigree to run in the rap circles he does, no you know! And if you needed MORE proof that he is so A-T-L… dude said he had it locked from Douglasville to Conyers!!
You know how when Fred The Godson said that ‘to stay true’ is ‘the right thing’ in his freestyle? Well, on this The Prynce is doing the right thing for damn sure. Click play now. Let’s GO!
– @ojones1
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Taking The Knee: If Terry Crews Was Still In The League, He Would Kneel (Video)
October 3, 2017
Damn. The preview clip. Crews popped! Got a point though. Football, as we know it in The States, is pretty much just “American football”… The world doesn’t play it that way. We are ‘playing ourselves’ if we think the world gives a good van DAM about the Sunday games or whether we boycott them.
BUT… He does talk some real talk about what everyone in the WORLD would care about… human lives, liberty, love… or the lack thereof. The U.S. nor the NFL, really not loving Black people.
All that and more. Plus Terry with a great perspective on your worth as a HUMAN BEING.
Watch!
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Fred The Godson | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #072 (Video)
September 20, 2017
Hard to contain myself. Know what? I’d heard that Fred The Godson was a beast, but I was not ready for him to get on with Flex and snap this hard! Let me put it this way: When heads talk about how they wish Jay-Z would go back to rapping like this or that… What they really wanna say is they want Hov to step his bars UP to Godson’s level. That’s right. Godson > Hov. Yeah, that’s today’s math! Watch.
(Shot to Jaquae for amping things up and doing the most with the hook.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Fred The Godson, Freestyles on Flex, Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97, Jaquae | 1 Comment »
Niatia Speaks On Her Growth, Beyond ‘Lil Mama’ And Past The ‘Jay-Z MTV Video Music Awards’ Moment (Video)
August 29, 2017
Betcha that if there was no title on this post you’d be looking at the video above like… “Hmmm, who’s the Honey?” Answer: Ohhh, that’s Lil Mama? Well, it was Lil Mama. She’s claiming her ‘grown woman’ now. Call her Niatia.
Lil Mama came to visit Ebro in the Morning to have a personal conversation that touched on the backlash from the infamous VMA incident, being an internet meme, defending Chris Brown, changing her name & her new journey as an actress.
Whoa! Niatia is gonna be a stripper in an upcoming movie? Wowzerrrrs!
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Interview, Radio, Videos | Tags: Ebro, Ebro in the Morning, Her New Journey, Hot 97, Laura Stylez, Lil’ Mama, Niatia, Niatia Kirkland | 1 Comment »
Sean Price’s Wife Bernadette & Dru Ha Talk About Sean P. And “Imperius Rex” (Video)
August 11, 2017
Who doesn’t love how Boot Camp and Bernadette are keeping Sean P. alive through the music and shows nowadays? We see the on stage and hear the audio releases, but now we get a chance to hear from the Clik’s honcho Dru Ha and Mrs. Price. On point, off stage, and outside the booth.
Get the whole enchilada: How Sean and Bernadette met, how the contributions to “Imperius Rex” fell into place so wonderfully and more. Too much to even preview. Plus why ruin the watch. I will tell you that you want to know how Jay-Z, Eminem and others are tied into all this.
(Remembering the Prices’ daughter’s name… Shaun Price… Plus Bernadette said Sean ‘guided her’ from above on this project. Dammit. There go the tears again!)
#RIPSEANPRICE
SEAN PRICE – IMPERIUS REX (ALBUM)
– @ojones1
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Meek Mill Speaks About Being In The Middle Of Several Beefs, Making Amends And Moving On To Being Grown (Video)
July 21, 2017
Alright. I’ll fess up: I barely listen to Meek Mill’s music. Got sucked into the non-rap related beefs & bullsh!t he was in and wasn’t even really a fan of any of that. But this interview… He sounds like a man who has been through some things, learned something from it, and will likely go through a little less of them. He mentions being 30 years of age, but I can tell you: The passage of years has nothing to do with attaining the wisdom they should give you. How to focus ‘thug’ energy on standing firm in the face of adversity (esp. that which you brought on yourself). Having realized that sometimes it is best to stay low instead of high posting all the damn time. Wisdom!
Of course, Meek is still about with the sh!ts. He starts the interview with some of that. But there’s less of it around to smell up the joint. Good interview!
– @ojones1
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Action Bronson | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #065 (Video)
July 17, 2017
LOL! Somebody let Bronson the bucking bull loose in the Funk Flex fine china shop, and dude cracked and stomped on all the best dishes. Can’t tell you what this is – all this – but you gotta see it. Dope!
(Flex didn’t know WTF was happening, but he was hanging on for the ride. Haahahaaa! Lights, camera, Action Bronson!)
– @ojones1
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