![]() ![]() ![]() They belong to Demetrius Flenory, better known to most-including federal prosecutors, as it later turned out-as Big Meech. Before long, two more Maybachs pull up, only this time they aren’t ferrying famous music executives. Jay-Z, officially retired from music and in his first year as president of Def Jam, is there, too: he drove to the shoot in a sky-blue and champagne-colored Maybach. Lil Wayne showed up earlier in a red Ferrari Beanie Sigel was tapped for a cameo Cam’ron and Fabolous were hanging around, ready for close-ups. His debut album, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, leaked months before its street date Def Jam, the label that signed him when his local mixtape enterprise proved impossible to ignore, seems to be okay with that, since it forced the hit-song-averse Jeezy to keep the obvious smash on the final tracklisting.Īkon, who produced the song and sang on its hook, is milling around in a white tracksuit. This is the video shoot for “Soul Survivor,” a song designed to make Young Jeezy, a pudgy, baby-faced rapper with whispered-about ties to cocaine distributors, bankable beyond his native Atlanta, to New York radio and across the American West. Previously: #10 Mac Miller Blue Slide Park l #9 Young Jeezy TM103: Hustlerz Ambition l #8 Wale Ambition l #7 J.Cole Cole World: The Sideline Story l #6 Kendrick Lamar Section.Summer, 2005. You want a shot at the crown? Wait in the wing ’cause these guys are still doing their thing. Even the bonus cuts like the cinematic “Illest Motherfucker Alive” and triumphant “Primetime” are bonkers. The Roc Boys playfully trade bars back-and-forth on the hypnotic “Gotta Have It”, dub step their flow game up on “Who Gon Stop Me”, and share their moment of clarity on the prospect of raising children with “New Day”. ![]() Hovito unleashed the beast on the jolting “Welcome To The Jungle” while Ye agonized over the alarming murder stats of his Chi hometown on “Murder To Excellence”. Still it’s the two superstars who take centerstage. Hudson are also featured but it’s Frank Ocean who ceases the moment, nailing the choruses of the opener “No Church In The Wild” and the moving “Made In America”. Jay-Z and Kanye recorded their masterpiece across the globe with producers Hit-Boy, RZA, Pete Rock, Swizz Beatz, Q-Tip, and The Neptunes. ![]() What sounded like every rap fan’s dream on paper finally came true in early August. You are now watching the Throne-at the top of our list. ![]()
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