![]() We also break down what this may all mean for his future, why the NFL presented the tryout the way they did, plus so much more. Today on The Ave Podcast, I invite the SSA Family Members as we discuss the Colic Kaepernick NFL tryout, and the fiasco that came from it. This entry was posted in Music, Golden Era, South Shore Ave Radio, Culture and tagged Classic Albums, Classic Hip Hop, Ether, hip hop, Illmatic, Jay-Z, Nas, Podcast, South Shore Ave, Stillmatic, Takeover on Decemby Cal Cee. To subscribe to South Shore Ave, click onto the Follow button, and enter your email address, or click onto the RSS Feed. To download the podcast, feel free to click the logo below: The Ave Podcast with Cal Cee // Episode 181 You can check out South Shore Ave on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn and Alexa, the South Shore Ave YouTube Channel, as well as wherever else you listen to podcasts. *** *** Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast and the blog below. Ether and what it meant for Hip Hop share our Top 3 songs from the album and much more. I’m joined by Justis from Beats By Bruises, DJ/Producer DJ Keo, and SSA Family Member Shawn Adonis, as we discuss how important this album was for Nas’ career Takeover vs. ![]() Among other accolades, it also achieved one of the highest honours bestowed on an Hip Hop artist’s work: It achieved the mythical 5 Mics status in The Source Magazine. The album re-solidified Nas’ name as one of the true Kings of the genre, going on to sell over two million records based off the success. 18, 2001, in the midst of the middle of one of the biggest Hip Hop beefs ever, you know when they say, the Rose that grew from the concrete? Well, through the back & forth beef with Jay-Z, as well as beefing with Rocafella Records (Jay-Z’s record label), and the critics turning on him, Nas ended up creating the acclaimed Stillmatic, his 4th studio album. On the latest edition of The Ave Podcast, we break down one of the greatest albums of the 21st Century (for the culture). Episode 181: 20th Anniversary of Stillmatic But until he drops that truly jaw-dropping album - or falls victim to his own hubris - this will certainly do.The Ave Podcast with Cal Cee. And though he very well could be the rightful successor to the Biggie- Jigga- Nas triptych, Get Rich isn't quite the masterpiece 50 seems capable of, impressive or not. Dre (who does four) credit for laying out the red carpet here, and also give 50 credit for reveling brilliantly in his much-documented mystique - from his gun fetish to his witty swagger, 50 has the makings of a street legend, and it's no secret. Give Em (who produces two tracks) and Dr. After all, when co-executive producer Eminem raps, "Take some Big and some Pac/And you mix them up in a pot/Sprinkle a little Big L on top/What the f*ck do you got?" you know the answer. In sum, Get Rich is an incredibly calculated album, albeit an amazing one. That debate aside, however, Get Rich plays like a blueprint rap debut should: there's a tense, suspenseful intro ("What Up Gangsta"), an ethos-establishing tag-team spar with Eminem ("Patiently Waiting"), a street-cred appeal ("Many Men "), a tailor-made mass-market good-time single ("In da Club"), a multifaceted tread through somber ghetto drama (from "High All the Time" to "Gotta Make It to Heaven"), and finally three bonus tracks that reprise 50's previously released hits ("Wanksta," "U Not Like Me," "Life's on the Line") - in that precise order. The thing, though, is that 50 isn't exactly a rookie, and it's debatable as to whether or not Get Rich can be considered a true debut (see the unreleased Power of the Dollar and the Guess Who's Back? compilation ). ![]() Even so, Get Rich is indeed an impressive debut, not quite on the level of such landmark debuts as the aforementioned ones by Snoop or Nas - or those by Biggie, Wu-Tang, or DMX either - but impressive nonetheless, definitely ushering in 50 as one of the truly eminent rappers of his era. In fact, the expectations were so massive that they overshadowed the music itself - 50 becoming more of a phenomenon than simply a rapper - so massive that you had to be skeptical, particularly given the marketing-savvy nature of the rap world. Probably the most hyped debut album by a rap artist in about a decade, most likely since Snoop's Doggystyle (1993) or perhaps Nas' Illmatic (1994), 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' certainly arrived amid massive expectations.
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