ReyTheHussein Ret-Cons Hova.

And you better believe I’m gonna have an epic election post coming tomorrow or monday.
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No, seriously!

Okay, so, some of you might remember the epic, highly controversial “Alumnah’s March Maddness” series we did spanning March & April. Well, apparently those fuckers at Vibe Magazine decided to rip off our whole shit!

HipHopDX reported today that Vibe Magazine did a similar tournament, complete with brackets and junk, only instead of it spanning a buncha rappers from all time periods, they decided to have theirs be “Best Rapper Alive”.

I call bullshit.

Now I know that no idea is original, and while I presented our own tournament after thinking about The Source’s late 2001, early 2002 tourney, reading about this one just hit too danged close to home. So, having said that, PISS OFF, VIBE! If you want Alumnah.com content, cut me a fuckin’ check. Seriously. I could use the money, and one man’s “selling out” is another man’s “cashing in”.

Until then, I hope you all get the liquor shits.

Check out the thievery for yourself at: http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2008/10/the_best_rapper_alive_is/

Thanks for checking in,

–Rey.I.Is

Nobody wants to be like you, “Capo”.

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Mr. West’s Summer Heats Up!

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Or, Mr. West’s Life After Graduation.

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ReyTheHussein Presents VanCity & L.A.’s Own: WEB

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ReyTheHussein Salutes The Biggest Song of Summer 1994

Ah, Summer 1994, when Coolio was dominant, Beck was a loser, and I fell in love with Amy Jo Johnson.

 You know, the Pink Power Ranger, Kimberly?

Anyhoo, I remember this song coming on MTV and me sitting there turning the volume up as far as it could go, sangin’ along with Nate Dogg and the G-Child. Lemme tell you something, summer 1994 I was such the Death Row stan. I had every word of Doggystyle memorized, I had every word of The Chronic memorized. Sheeit, the Above the Rim soundtrack was probably the best soundtrack ever–honorable mention to SpaceJam tho’. I’ll put it this way: I was thinking to myself, “Oh my goodness, I can’t wait for The Dogg Pound’s album!”. (of course, when it came out I was firmly back on the NY side with “Brooklyn Zoo”, “Bring The Pain”, and “Juicy” being my tunes)

Sooo, yeah.. this song was just retarded awesome, and hella cool. Warren G samples Michael McDonald’s “I Keep Forgetting”, and this song has to be the biggest hit to not have a chorus. The beat just rode out, and you can tell they said, “Na loc, keep that shit just the beat, nigga. That shit’ll sound dope in the coar.” (or some west coast drivel like that)

If you haven’t clicked play yet, and you’re outrageously slow, I’m talking about the song that was featured not only on the Above the Rim soundtrack, but Warren G’s first solo album, Regulate…The G Funk Era, “Regulate”.

Enjoy.

–Rey.I.Is

PS– The higher quality videos had embedding disabled (douchebags) so you gotta turn the volume up to hear it.

In honor of Will’s $100M haul.

I’m tellin’ you, I love this song. It’s so much fun, and unlike the hip-pop of today, it’s fun without being insulting or annoying.

Seriously, if a new pop rapper dropped a song with this level of craftsmanship it’d be a big deal, even tho’ this was viewed as mostly corny by the sect of fans who still think Mobb Deep’s first album is awesome even tho’ their punk card has been pulled more times than the nickel slot lever at the Harrahs in Atlantic City.

In any event, if you haven’t clicked “play” yet, this is Will Smith’s 1997 opus, “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It”. G’on and sing along, you know you want to.

Alumnah na na na nana na,

–Rey.I.Is

And by “threesome” I mean “A 3 part blog that has zip to do with sex”

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Kanye West, Rhianna, N.E.R.D., and Lupe Fiasco Light Up The Garden

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