Pictures of Rap Songs: Biggie Smalls Dedication
Today marks the anniversary of the death of Biggie Smalls, so I thought it would only be right to dedicate an installment of “Pictures of Rap Songs” to one of the Greatest Rappers of All Time. Sing along if you know the words people. Let’s do it big for B.I.G.!

Rest in Peace B.I.G.

I hope you guys liked this special dedication installment of “Pictures of Rap Songs” and I better not see any motherfuckers biting this idea. Or else I’m gonna start doing “Pictures of Battle Rap Songs”. lmao.

Love&Respect as usual,
be.

Pictures of Rap Songs: Installment 1

This goes out to:

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Yo, I’m:

This is my first installment of “Pictures of Rap Songs”. Name the artist, song title AND write the referenced line out and I’ll give you daps next time I see you.

I’m guilty of it. I’m sure you are too. But honestly, driving drunk is something that we all need to just stop doing altogether. This video needs to be seen by as many people as possible and taken seriously by everyone that chooses to drive while under the influence. I know it’s become routine for a lot of us, but it’s completely unfair and absolutely ignorant to put the lives of others at stake for the sake of conveniently getting somewhere.

Watch the video through to the end. With friends, family, alone. I don’t really care. Just watch it all.

Please post this link on your twitter to share it with your followers: http://bit.ly/an4gdP
I think it’s very important that this is seen. Maybe it’s my guilty conscience.

Thanks to my boy Phil for sharing this with me.

(Minus the R.Kelly ad libs, this is the shit…)

At Your Best (You Are Love)
Aaliyah (R.I.P.)

When I feel what I feel
Sometimes it’s hard to tell you so.
You may not be in the mood to learn
What you think you know.

There are times when I find
You want to keep yourself from me.
When I don’t have the strength
I’m just a mirror of what I see.

But at your best you are love.
You’re a positive motivating force within my life.
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why,
Let me know, let me know…

When you feel what you feel
How hard for me to understand.
Oh so many things have taken place
Before this love affair began.

But if you feel like I feel
Confusion can give way to doubt.
For there are times when I fall short of what I say,
What I say I’m all about.

At your best you are love.
You’re a positive motivating force within my life.
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why,
Let me know, let me know, let me know…

If you’re wondering,
You gotta let me know, baby.
Gotta let me know.
You don’t have to worry.

If you’re wondering,
You gotta let me know, baby.
Gotta let me know.
You don’t have to worry.

Let me know.
You don’t have to worry.

The other morning I woke up to a text message from my lil bro in California saying I gotta see this Lo Hecho Esta Hecho video by Shakira. Normally I’d be pissed off waking up to anything involving Shakira since I think she’s terribly unattractive and listening to her voice is like having your genitals massaged with sandpaper and bathed in rubbing alcohol, but he said Cloud was in the video, so I had to check it out.

Pretty dope choreography makes something ridiculously annoying pretty bearable.
Shout out to Cloud and Skill Methodz. First Madonna, now Shakira. Homey’s been doing his thing. Maybe one day I’ll show the illustration I did of him in high school.

Previously: Cloud

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Michael Jackson – Starlight (Thriller Demo)

I might be totally late on this, but I don’t care. I was told about this original demo version of Thriller in September by my big sister Zaki Ibrahim, but didn’t search for it until today. It gives the song a completely new feel and it’s interesting to think that the impact of Thriller may have been totally different, potentially not as great, had he gone with this version of the song.

I like it, but not as much as Thriller. Whatchu think?

Miss you, z.

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There are a lot of songs that make me feel less alone in my own head. This has always been one of them. Read the lyrics… Billy is a beast.

Holla if you hear me.

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Saukrates – Wednesday

Respect to @TallBoy86 on Twitter for sending this to me. This is just a sample of why Saukrates is one of my all-time favorite artists and why Toronto has always had reason to be proud of the artists we’ve got. Hopefully this is from an upcoming album that so many of us have been waiting for since Underground Tapes dropped fuck knows how many years ago.

I’m still in need of the O.G. version of Still Kaught Up, so all you out there telling me on twitter that you got it, email it to info@thelegendsleague.com.

Check the lyrics. Sauks is beasting right now.

“I’m sippin’ on a Wednesday,
So hard to get over.
Took a breath and soldier up.
When livin’ ain’t plenty enough
It’s hard to get over.
I don’t wanna sober up.

I believe it was a Wednesday.
So hard to get over.
Took a breath and soldier up.
When livin’ ain’t plenty enough
It’s hard to get over.
I don’t wanna sober up.

Yeah, he hustlin’..
Wit his old ass.
Cus all he had to do was hold that and toe tap and stay back,
And stay strapped.
Too young.
At early ages, licked the wounds,
While dictators break the rules,
And break your bones when they make the move.
So niggas last like we in for 2.
It ain’t mines, but I pray for dude.
It seems the system is forsakin’ you.
Not takin’ 2 shots, and this hell could be breakin’ you.
Sober’s overrated,
Got half the neighbors hatin’ you.
We make ‘em all cry after makin’ loot.
Now feel the draft.
If it’s drastic I paint the background black,
High as an astronaut.
Return of the equinox.
I may never stop.
You whylin’.
I been
Livin’ stereotype,
Emcee profilin’.
It’s harder to smile when
You face a foe like, pshh.
Prayin’ on my O’s,
I’m Rogue, I guess.
Choose Your Own Adventure is on my list.
Yeah.
I get loose, I get loose.
Hot outta the pot,
Open your vein and pour the juice.
They would rather see me in a noose.
Dude, you crazy.
Crazy.

I’m sippin’ on a Wednesday,
So hard to get over.
Took a breath and soldier up.
When livin’ ain’t plenty enough
It’s hard to get over.
I don’t wanna sober up.

I believe it was a Wednesday.
So hard to get over.
Took a breath and soldier up.
When livin’ ain’t plenty enough
It’s hard to get over.

How you gon’ be a Megaman?
You ain’t even got a scar.
You ain’t unbreakable killa,
Show you who you are.
Me?
I’m 5 foot 8, fightin’ to reach the stars
And me?
I’m in that felon, I’m fightin’ for every yard.
I beg your pardon?
I asked a question.
You claim you hard and
Learned every lesson.
When I beg to differ,
You get to slitherin’,
Ey’body wondering why Harry Potter is killin’ em.
Respect my Eminem,
Like Dr. Dre.
Your ignorance is my venison…
Pray..
That your day stay shorter than a quarter in a video game,
My mane.
It’s less time to show the world that you lame and claim
The shit’ll never change.
I speak for the underdog.
When you speak you sound like you chasin’ a wonderwall.
I wonder why wack motherfuckers multiply.
Must be 85..
Percenters
I live and let die.
Paul McCartney, John Lennon.
I’m sending them bottles of AK47’s full of vodka
I’m a rock n’ roll opera hip-hoppa,
And cut from cloth of Bob Marley poppa.
I’m off to the bank.
Clank.

I’m sippin’ on a Wednesday,
So hard to get over.
Took a breath and soldier up.
When livin’ ain’t plenty enough
It’s hard to get over.
I don’t wanna sober up.

I believe it was a Wednesday.
So hard to get over.
Took a breath and soldier up.
When livin’ ain’t plenty enough
It’s hard to get over.
I don’t wanna sober up.”

Wow.

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Earl Klugh – A Time For Love
Sampled on Raekwon’s Ice Cream

The long sought after sample used on Raekwon’s “Ice Cream” was let out of the bag and into the hands (and ears) of the general, internet happy public yesterday, (call me late if it was before yesterday). And it was only right that I heard it first from my good homey JC from TheMeaningOfDope.com.

Now, as some of you may or may not know, I started a classic hip-hop blog with my dude JC, and my homies Kae Wonder and Ace Six of Barbecue & Boogaloo called The Meaning Of Dope. Unfortunately, I’ve been less than stellar with my contributions to the site, but thankfully, the three brothers I just mentioned have been holding down the fort. If you’re a hip-hop head or you’re into that classic, never seen before, heard before, uncut raw type hip-hop shit, add TheMeaningOfDope onto your RSS feed or visit the site daily and get schooled, youngin. If it’s your first visit there, I’d recommend you go right to the beginning of the archives and work your way backwards. There are gems upon gems in that joint. Real shit.

The photo above is of me with my copy of Raekwon’s Purple Tape. I hope you got yours..

Download the MP3 here

“Can it be I stayed away too long?
Did I leave your mind when I was gone?
It’s not my thing trying to get back,
But this time let me tell you where I’m at.
You don’t have to worry ’cause I’m coming
Back to where I should have always stayed.
And now I’ve heard the maybe to your story,
And it’s enough love for me to stay.”