Rap Gems Uncut

Well, it's time. XXL has launched its annual 10th freshman spot voting for their top ten freshman list and I'm pretty amped. This is, in my mind the best way to discover new rap talent and get your favorite rappers some recognition they deserve. When I was in high school, this issue was like a bible to me and the magazine that Kendrick, Based God and Mac Miller was read so much that it was damn near falling apart. In recent years, these covers have been...hit or miss to say the least. It's starting to feel like the turn over rate for these rappers being hot to flop is rising pretty quickly (Where's Chief Keef? Jon Conor? Iggy Azalea?). This year, I think the candidates are amazing - and these rap names are starting to get insane. Who the fuck names themselves Azchike, $not or BigKlit? I absolutely love it. There are some heavy hitters on this list: Lil Tecca, Duke Duece, Don Toliver and Key Glock are all solid artists.  I  genuinely like Abby Jasmine, Chi...

photo courtesy of MeatTalk Today it was announced that the NFL plans to simulcast one playoff game on Nickelodeon this season. The hope is to introduce a new generation to the sport in hopes to gain more viewership. This is a fantastic idea because they can also get used to how awful of a commissioner Roger Goodell is. That way when they're older, they won't bitch and whine and moan about how shitty the league has become like I do every day of the week during the regular season. It's his own version of creating Hitler youths. I mean, here's the latest example of mein chancellor being a total dick to league owners: “As you know, we have been reviewing and addressing all aspects of our off-season operations, including the Draft, in light of current public health conditions. Earlier today, the CEC [NFL Management Council Executive Committee] discussed the issues relating to the Draft. The Committee was unanimous and unequivocal that the Draft should go forwar...

The Track: Aunt Jemima The Artist: Saint Lyor I'm going to need y'all to blast this and wake your old ass neighbors up.  I don’t care if you live in a duplex, a trailer or in your grandma’s basement. This track is an absolute banger and the music video's energy matches everything about it. I found Saint Lyor around the same time Jay Electronica released his debut album and every day it was a battle between these dudes for who would get the most stereo time in my car as I drove to work. I just have one question: Lyor, what the fuck does making my girls pussy look like Aunt Jemima mean? Signed. The Fat Asher Roth of the rap blog world.

Welp, since the orange man in office, extended the lovely quarantine that's left most of us to hunker down in our homes, I've been one of the lucky few that's managed to transition from working in the office to working from home. However, now that I'm working from the couch in front of my T.V. that's currently playing re-runs of The League, the rest of my time has been spent trying to figure out what in the hell to do with the rest of my time. Which got me thinking: What in the hell are rappers doing in their spare time while this pandemic goes on? Well, I've got you covered. Tonight we're going to throw on our favorite hip-hop album and we Eminem: Marshall Mathers has been holed up somewhere in a worn-down bunker in Detroit supplied with nothing but McDonald's , Faygo and high-speed internet. Here, a room he has confidently referred to as his "war -room," Em has spent the majority of his time arguing with trolls on the intern...

The Track: Brooklyn Zoo The Artist Ol' Dirty Bastard In honor of his debut album, Return to the 36 Chambers being released on March 28, 1995, today's track of the day highlights how potent ODB was back in the 90s. If his style of rap could be compared to a fighting style it would be the drunken master's - dude was a legend without even trying. Rest in peace.

Just Blaze trumpets blast. ALLOW ME TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF MY NAME IS: Alex. Hi. First things first: welcome to the new new, that hot off the internet presses blog that's going to (eventually) take the world by storm. Welcome to The Daily Hamilton. The blog draws its name from two blogs run by rappers I grew up listening to in highschool Asher Roth (thedailykush.com) and Charles Hamilton (itscharleshamilton.blogspot.com). Here we'll cover everything from rap to video games and even some sports sprinkled in there. As long as we can make fun of it we'll have it. A little about me: I am a white kid from the tough suburb of Strongsville, Ohio where at most the toughest thing I had to worry about was my highschool cafeteria taking away cookie dough. Early on I tried to get my foot in the hip-hop industry as a rapper (a serious one too, not like Lil Dicky which really should have been my goal if I was serious). If I can find my old mixtapes, I will post them here ...

The Track: Public Service Announcement by Jay-Z I felt like this was an appropriate song for the return of the undisputed king of starting multiple projects and then dropping them to start new ones. Anyway, the blog is back with a new name (of a blog I had started previously and dropped) - more on that later though. From the Black Album, all these years later this song still slaps, enjoy.