Walking back from a shooting in Harlem, we bumped into Stretch Armstrong, right in front of WCKR. That’s the station where he started – in 1990 – what would later become the “Stretch and Bobbito Show”, which many consider the best show ever.
The guy NORE used to call “the albino ostrige” recalls a number of great moments and a greater number of (then) unsigned rappers who blazed the show : cats like Jay-Z, Eminem, Big Pun, ODB, Big L, Biggie, and also a 16 y.o kid in shorts called Nasir…
I went up to Eminem’s Shade 45 on Sirius Satalite yesterday at 5 p.m. to do what I thought was going to be a standard hip-hop interview to promote my new Legendary Classics Vol.1—a two-disc collection album (which in case you haven’t heard hit stores this week)—but the interview started becoming about boxing. I explained how I thought Floyd Mayweather was a great fighter but he needs to stop fucking around and start fighting the best fighters in his own weight class. When Mayweather was young and hungry he fought some of the baddest dudes he could get his hands on and I was a true fan, but after he fought Deigo Corroles in the early 2000’s he started taking fights more for money than legacy and actually began avoiding the tougher challenges. – R.A. the Rugged Man [via XXL]
As many of you (should) know, P’s latest mixtape is available now. Here’s a track off the maxi-single that should help entice you to grab a copy (if you haven’t already)
Ryan Leslie’s sophomore album Transition hits stores this Tuesday (my bornday bitches) and imeem was nice enough to offer it up for stream. Hit the jump to check it out.
If I remember correctly, this was the track Shake was most anticipating so it’s only right I drop it during his shittyday. Off Wale’s Attention: Deficit, dropping November 10th.
