Off the classic “Mecca and the Soul Brother” album, T.R.O.Y. is one of the best hip hop songs ever made. It’s probably one of the best songs ever made. Since much has been written about it, and you only need to listen to the song to know what’s up, I’m not going to go into detail about it. Despite the brags and the boasting, maybe even because of it, hip hop used to, in its own way, be one of the most honest forms of musical expression the world has ever heard,and T.R.O.Y. is honest, raw and true. Go listen to it and you’ll know exactly what I mean.

People are always saying that “T.R.O.Y.” isn’t about a girl, it’s about hip hop. I’ve listened to this song countless times and I’ve never heard it. Common’s “I Used to Love H.E.R.” is obviously about hip hop, as are a scores of other odes to hip hop masquerading as love songs. Sometimes I wish rappers would man up and ...READ MORE

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In today’s edition of Song o the Day, we pose, and answer that age old question: if this southern rap song was a French cathedral what would it be?

The song in question is “Kentucky Mud” by the Nappy Roots, off their first major label album “Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz”.

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1. vital titles my boss Besides Damjan Denoble, who’s got time for...

On a lighter note, the songs of the day both riff on the Eurythmics classic ‘Sweet Dreams’. A classic dance jam if there ever was one. Much has already been made of the merits of that song so we’ll ...READ MORE