Husband, Dad, Hip Hop Connoisseur, Producer, Ralph Lauren Aficionado, Sneakerhead, Vinyl Junkie, Sixers Fanatic, Cheesesteak Guru & Host of Apt 5B Podcast
I was having a convo with my bro about how
#Philly
buls are built different & I thought about Malik’s line in Clones & when I heard this sample I knew I had to cook up something! So check out this jawn I call “Ain’t Nothing Sweet or Soft!” If you’re feeling it, bless me with some
Today’s Nay’s 17th birthday & she’s been wanting this Steve Lacy vinyl but can’t find it when we’re diggin’ & it goes for $200-$400 online! So I got my hands on it & surprised her by making her think she was pulling vinyl for me to finish a beat! Love her more than ANYTHING!❤️❤️
The pic on the left was taken 14 years ago. The pic on the right was taken 5 days ago. The moral? Some things will NEVER change! The only difference is before I was dragging her to go diggin & now she’s dragging me lol! Teach ‘em young ya’ll!
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This is the smile of a
#Philly
bul who didn't think he would live past 18 & just turned FIFTY today! Words can't express how grateful I am to STILL be here because I've lost A LOT of friends who didn't reach 50, so it's NOTHING but a blessing that God chose me to get here!🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
This is a PERFECT example of how me & other buls speak two TOTALLY languages when it comes to hip hop. There's not one word in this entire rant about lyrics, bars, quotables, nothing. EVERYTHING is said is about album sales & popularity which has NOTHING to do with the culture.
I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since Tay was murdered. Just walking to the store to get a soda on a Sunday & never came back. I miss our talks when I would cut him. I miss out jokes. I miss him. After I cut his hair in that casket I had to out the clippers down, it just wasn’t
Everyone’s praising Nas for being dope as hell this far in his career & he mos def deserves his flowers but can we give Busta some love too? Cause this ELE2 dropped damn near THIRTY years after his debut with LONS and this jawn was a CERTIFIED BANGER!
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The wackest part of this song is Swizz “produced” this jawn! Bul ain’t do nothing but throw on the instrumental of Ain’t No which was nothing but EPMD’s It’s My Thing so in reality Erick & P should be getting all the credit but nah…it goes to Swizz smdh.🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Let me explain something to ya’ll…I need ya’ll to stay on top of your health and your doctor visits cause 90% of these doctors out here don’t give a F$&K about us! The bulk of these doctors are only good for giving us a prescription & throwing us on meds instead of trying to
Sooooooo my young bul Jerrod wants to make an album to show that people with autism can do anything they put their mind to has been calling me 781 times a day to get in the studio. I told him to meet me at 5pm & I walk in & this bul is already in here RECORDING HIMSELF!🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Nay’s getting inducted to the national honor society tonight for her school and then AGAIN on Monday for her architect program! Sooooooooooooooo proud of my baby!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
There's absolutely NO WAY I can believe it's been TWENTY THREE YEARS since I said "I do!" I ALWAYS tell folk that marriage is the hardest thing you will EVER do. But it's also the most rewarding thing God can bless you with! For all my couples out there who are on the
To keep it a buck with ya’ll the past 2 months have been a struggle for me turning 50. On one hand it’s dope cause I didn’t think I’d live past 18. On the flip…I’m old. And I still wanna be seen as that fly young bul! But God help me see that the 50+ crowd is us being in our 3rd
I honestly think this is the album I've played the most in my lifetime! EVERYONE gives Rakim ALL the credit for changing how MC's rhymed but KRS deserves A LOT of props for that too cause NO ONE was rhyming the way he was on Poetry! Soooooo many BANGERS on here! The Bridge Is
About a year ago one of my board members told me that Prince’s (yes THAT Prince) non profit was gonna build a studio at my teen center & I didn’t believe them. Welp…for the past two weeks I’ve been buying & building & we’re JUST about done! This is gonna be HUGE for my kids!
Guess who got their drivers license today and then came home to find out she got accepted into University of Maryland’s HONOR’S PROGRAM?!?? Maaaaaaaaan word’s can’t express how proud I am of my shorty! Now it’s down to Howard’s honor program, Towson’s honor program and UMD’s
"I woke up early on my born day I'm FORTY SEVEN, it's a blessing, the essence of adolescence leaves my body, now I'm fresh & my physical frame is celebrated ‘cause I made it..." Yuppo...I made it! I'm just a bul from Philly who didn't think I'd live past 18 so THIS is a blessing!
So it's 22 in '22 huh? I can't believe I've been married for TWENTY TWO YEARS! I hit Tee when I was in Harlem at the OG
#Apt5B
like you DO know we've been married longer than you lived here before you went to college? That's CRAZY but here's to another 22!❤️❤️❤️
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I wanna thank EVERYONE who put up prayers for my grandmother Rose, checked on me & continued to ask daily how she was doing. She passed away today and even though I’m heartbroken I know she’s now with my grandfather and I have another angel watching over me. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Bruh Pharrell got $2,700 in songwriting royalties from 43 MILLION plays of Happy. You get that? 43 MILLION PLAYS got you $2,700. Happy was EVERYWHERE and he only got $2,700! So what is 50K monthly plays gonna get you. Streaming don't pay NOBODY nothing.
@checktherhyme1_
@Kil889
It does if you got 50k to 100k monthly listeners, just depends on how you marketing. Most of the money is made touring but streaming is the way now. People don’t buy albums like that anymore
Someone just told me Shook Ones would’ve been JUST as crazy if it DIDN’T have drums. I think I’m gonna have to take a 48 hour fast from hip hop twitter cause ya’ll mofos done lost ya’ll mofo minds smdh.
I was raised that you become a “certified digger” once you invest $100+ into your vinyl collection. Well welcome Nay to the fam cause she just spent $160 of her OWN money on two
@tylerthecreator
&
@Thundercat
pieces! I’m crying tears of joy ya’ll lol!
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I don't have words to express how dope this album is, how much I LOVE this album & how this album pushed me to be a doper producer! This is Jay Dee at his dopest IMO & I KNOW buls front on T3 & Baatin but I thought they fit Jay's beats PERFECT! Fave song? Either Players or
#PaidInFull
is EASILY one of the GOAT
#hiphop
albums EVER & another example of how
#hiphop
DID NOT start with Illmatic! Everytime I'd hear a Rakim song I'd think he couldn't make a doper one but then he did & kept doing it! This jawn is BEYOND 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
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Today’s a national holiday ya’ll cause it’s my baby’s 18th birthday!!!! I honestly can’t believe my shorty has been in my life for 18th years! A lot of folk don’t know when Tee was preggo I was REAL sick & no one knew what was wrong with me & the docs thought I had lupus. Now
Ya’ll see this BIG ASS smile on my face? That’s cause my BABY came to see me today! If you’ve been following long enough you KNOW my baby Brashae! When she was in 4th grade she was like BIG “a public school terror” & one day we hung out & I asked her why she was so damn bad & she
I KNEW when I posted that pic of me playing spades with the cops there was gonna be some folk talking ish but let me breakdown exactly why I invited the cops out to my teen center. Also if you’re not out here…doing the work I’M doing…I gonna need you to shut the fuck up!🤷🏾♂️
For all of my praying folk out there I have to get a new procedure done on my back today to help with my scoliosis and I won't hold ya'll...I'm shook. So if you could throw up some prayers for your fave Philly bul...I appreciate it!
As much as I love hip hop, I’ve also cared how it was made & who was behind the scenes! So Ive been hearing
@DanteRoss
name for YEARS! From signing Brand Nubians, LONS & De La to KMD, Latifah to Pete & CL! Not to mention being part of the Stimulated Dummies production crew! So it
Jalen should pay for men to pay $100 for a cut cause $100 is a nut ass price for the regular joe to pay for a cut. I'm from Philly where the BEST barbers are from & I've never paid more than $50. Jalen pays $100+ cause there's more paint in his hair than a NYC Subway car in '82!
Maaaaaaaaaaaaan one of my peoples from the hood and who attends my men's group just came through my center to tell me Amtrak just hired him on the spot! Bul was like he started crying! There's absolutely NOTHING doper than seeing men who are REALLY trying to succeed...actually
This past weekend my gig had our annual fundraiser & they kept it a secret from me that one of my mentees was the key note speaker! He shouted me out for teaching him perseverance because when he was 10 I would beat the living hell outta him EVERYDAY in checkers but he never gave
If you KNOW me then you KNOW I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE collecting action figures just as much as I love collecting Lo, kicks, vinyl, etc. And there was no F$&KING way on any alternate earth that I wasn’t copping these Eric B & Rakim
#PaidInFull
figures! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Got one of my top 10 dopest
#hiphop
albums EVER on tap this morning with Eric B & Ra's
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I remember hearing My Melody & thinking they can't make a song doper than this. Then I heard Eric B Is Pres & thinking they can't make a song doper than this. Then I hear I Ain't No
Nay told me that she wanted Minnie Riperton’s “Adventures In Paradise” for her birthday in 2 weeks! So after I cried a quick tear…I told her “you DO know I have that along with a rack of her other albums in the studio right?” I don’t think Nay understands that she literally has
I know most buls have Muddy or Dare as their fave
@therealredman
album but this jawn right here is EASILY my fave! This 5 mic classic dropped my freshman year at Morgan & this is ALL we played! Time 4 Sum Aksion, Watch Yo Nuggets & Blow Your Mind?!?!?
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Been out in these DC streets since 9am giving away turkeys and sides to ANY & EVERYBODY in the community making sure EVERYBODY eats this
#Thanksgiving
If ya’ll ever wanna help change some lives, invest in some kids and plant some seeds for the future…get at me!
One of my fave
@PUSHA_T
bars is “Mildred's in the Bahamas for the month, she's probably sitting in her pajamas having lunch” cause it made me work even harder to make sure I could take my mom on every family vacay we go on. Kathy’s only in Jamaica for the week but the smile on
My mentee is autistic. When he graduated & came home from college he told me he wanted to start rapping & make an album to show people that he could do anything he put his mind to. We just finished his album produced by yours truly & he was doing the 50/50 split in distrokid & I
Twitter…I’d like to introduce you to a Mama’s Pizzeria cheesesteak. Do ya’ll see the size of this jawn?!?! Do ya’ll see how the cheese is literally melted into the meat so that the two become one?!?! There shouldn’t be ONE question about why this jawn is my
#2
spot in
#Philly
On Sept 29 1998 Jay, Tribe, Kast, Brand Nubians & THIS album dropped on the same day which was CRAZY! What's CRAZIER is THIS is my 2nd fave album outta those 5! Mos & Kwe dropped a 5 mic classic that STILL sounds JUST as DOPE now as it did 25 years ago!
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There aren't enough words in the english vocab to break down how much I LOVE this 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
@Jeruthedamaja
#classic
There's not ONE song on this jawn I don't absolutely LOVE! I know most buls say Group Home is Preem's dopest produced album (outside of GangStarr) but for ME it's
People think I'm playing when I say that Nay's been diggin with me since she could walk but...she REALLY has been diggin with me since she could walk! This is EASILY one of my fave pics & me & my shorty! STILL can't believe she'll be going away to college this year!
This album right here is a top 20
#hiphop
album EVER for me! From the way is sets off with Return of the G to ending with Chonkyfire when I think about a PERFECT album this jawn ALWAYS comes to mind! What's your fave song on this 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️ classic?!?!?
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I wanna thank EVERYONE for their prayers! My grandmother has been off the respirator for 3 hours and she’s breathing on her own! The doc didn’t think she would last more than 10 minutes but she’s STILL rumbling & fighting!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I agree 100% with Shan! The second...and boy do I mean the SECOND I find out you have ghostwriters you're disqualified from being an MC in MY book! Anytime I quote a Drake rhyme I ALWAYS credit him...and whoever REALLY wrote it! Also it KILLS me to see Shan like this smdh.
The other day my young bul was like whenever we're out in the hood everybody knows you and shows love & he was like WTF?!? And I was like it's simple bruh...I'm just nice to everyone and he was like "nah it's GOTTA be more than that" & I'm like we're living in a world where
I apologize…is Andre Cymone in MY studio tuning my bass while
@DemontPinder
is painting a mural in the background?!?! And then Andre asked ME if I could teach HIM the
#maschine
?!?! BTW if you CLAIM to be a Prince & don’t know who Andre Cymone is PLEASE do your homework!
🤯🤯🤯🤯
When I tell ya'll that hosting 88.9 was some of the DOPEST years of my life I REALLY mean that! I STILL remember this day at the Gavin seminar in '98 when I met my F&$KING idol
@REALDJPREMIER
Ya'll can see the smile on my face & ya'll see the Lo lol!
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Ya’ll miss the old Kanye I miss the old Common. I didn’t know how Com was gonna follow up One Day but damnit he did with LWFC! There’s SOOOOOO many GREAT songs on this jawn! Plus this very well maybe Dilla at his finest! 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 classic EASY for me!
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Broooooooooooooo...just...broooooooooooooooo one of the NASTIEST
#hiphop
songs F&$KING EVER!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Aiight y'all...my baby graduates high school on Friday and the blessing of being on twitter for almost 15 years is some of my day 1's have literally seen Nay grow up. So all week I'm gonna be posting some of my fave pics, moments, etc. This jawn right here is the day she was born
My grandmother has been in the hospital after getting covid & word just got to ear that she's not doing good & they're taking her off the respirator today so gotta jet up to Philly today so for my praying folk PLEASE put up some prayers for Rosemarie Kilpatrick.🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
When I talk about adult contemporary hip hop this
@phontigallo
5 mic album is the 1st thing that comes to mind! He’s talking about raising his kids, burying his father, speaking on having doper health all while spitting doper than your fave MC!
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There's SO much to say about this album IDK where to start. I guess just run down some songs. Mass Appeal, The Planet, FALA, Suckas Need Bodyguards, Speak Ya Clout, etc. EASILY a 5 classic & my 2nd fave GangStarr album!
@realdjpremier
was in his BAG!
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This is like the dad who comes back in your life when you're 25 talking about I'm sorry I wasn't there for the past TWENTY FIVE YEARS but I wanna teach you how to finally throw that football lmao!
I apologize good brother....did you JUST write and hit post behind saying "KRS was NEVER nice?!?!" Yeah I'm just gonna go ahead and block you now so that spirit you got on your soul doesn't jump on me.
I see why rappers say they don't F&$K with these industry ni$%as cause I just saw this clip up Un saying BIG broke down & cried like a "baby" when he heard Hit Em Up. Even if this was 100% true...why would you make that statement about someone who was your MAN?!?! You take
A LOOOOOONG time ago when I used to rock Hilfiger, didn't have a beard & hosted the dopest radio show in the DMV 88.9FM, I got a chance to hang out with one of the dopest groups EVER GangStarr! This pic is from when they took all of the DJ's out to Dave & Busters in Rockville and
People think I'm joking when I say Nay's been diggin with me since she could walk but here's the proof! And since we LOVE this pic SOOOOOOOOOO much we had to recreate it last year! Nay is mos def my PNC when it comes to diggin in the crates!
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Nay out here putting up MJ numbers like it Grammy night in ‘84 except Mike got eight jawns and Nay got NINE awards tonight! Her new nickname about to be
#Thriller
lol!
#ProudDad
#NaysGraduation
My pop was in the hospital last week & I was gonna fly home from LA but he told me to chill. He just got out so I'm going to Philly to hold him down for a sec. For all my praying folk out there if you could put up some prayers for Kendal Kilpatrick it would be appreciated!🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Who else ya’ll know out in these DC streets that can get MPD officers to come out & play spades in the hood?!?! We gotta build the relationship between the hoods & the police & I’m setting things off in my teen center!
This is EASILY a top 3
@REALDJPREMIER
produced BANGER I remember getting this in the mail at 88.9 & playing the whole album live on air! From the intro to Da Realness & EVERYTHING in between Preem was in his MOTHERF&$KING BAG! EASILY a 5 mic classic!
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To all my prayer warriors out there I'm asking for y'all to send up some for me today! I gotta get a colonoscopy done this morning & I've been stressing about it for weeks! Y'all already KNOW I appreciate it!🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I've NEVER in 50 years of walking the earth and breathing air felt the need to defend my fave MC's. I just don't get it. Y'all don't like Push? I don't give a fuck. Y'all don't think Dilla's the GOAT? I don't give a fuck. Don't think BIG is the GOAT MC? Guess what? I don't give a
The WORST part about this video is buls acting like Swizz is doing something crazy! This is what happens when you have a name and are rich cause if this was ME...doing THIS...buls would be throwing water bottles are me lol!
Maaaaaaaaaaan let me explain something to y’all…I’m literally holding back my tears cause my young bul who I’ve known since he was 6 just passed his ASVAB test to get into the military! If you’ve been following me long enough then you’ll remember me beating the brakes off him
At THIS point in the game I wanted to be down with BDP SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO F&$KING bad I would've given up a kidney to get down with them! And I wanted one of those BDP jackets SOOOOOOOOOOOO bad! If you were outside in '88 then you know EXACTLY why this pic & this crew was SOOOOOOOO