Hip hop history

Back at it! This week we have the west coast super group Westside Connection on deck. Arguably three of Cali’s best MC’s joined forces and formed like Voltron in 1994. Consisting of Ice Cube, W.C. And Mac 10 aka The Gangster, The Killa and The Dope Dealer. Westside Connection have released two albums as group, […]

Welcome back kids, it’s the hip-hop professor Flex Diamonds aka Too Built For Cuban Linx aka Young Bladez, back again to supply the fiends. This week we got The Chef Raekwon on deck, with a lesson in Criminology. Corey Woods aka Raekwon is one of the original members of the hip-hop super group The Wu-Tang

Back again for the weekly dose of essential hip-hop classics to fuel your workouts. This week is a shout out, to one of my loyal readers and good homies, Dope Boy Sanchez aka D-boy. This week we got one of the west coast OG’s on deck: DJ Quik, one of Compton, CA’s finest. Quik was

Young Bladez back again serving up these essential gym beats for all you heads. This week we have an obscure group from Hotlanta aka The A aka Atlanta, Georgia. Only the trillest of the trill (T Wheezy knows what’s up) will remember this group: Crime Mob. This American hip-hop group consisting of 6 members is

It’s the Trapadonna aka The Blizzard Don aka Young Bladez here to take you on another musical journey. This Flashback Flyday we got OutKast on deck, one of THE funkiest groups in hip-hop history. Hailing from East Point, Atlanta, Georgia, OutKast consists of two MC’s: Big Boi and Andre 3000. Orginally formed in 1992 the

Welcome BACK to another edition of Flashback Flyday with your boy Prof. Young Bladez, I took a short hiatus during the swolliday season. This Flyday we are taking it back to ’87, I’m going to get real nostalgic on this one, because this was THE first rap album I ever purchased: West Coast pioneer and

Welcome! Welcome! Young Bladez aka Rayzer Tha Don aka Bobby Boulder Shoulders here again to take you on Hip-Hop journey. This Flashback Flyday we are taking it to BROOKLYN circa ’98 and the dynamic duo Black Star, consisting of Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Talib Kweli. Black Star assembled like Voltron in 1997 and

Ya boy Young Bladez back at it again for another Flashback Flyday. This week we got Gang Starr on deck, a duo consisting of Guru and DJ Premier, who packed a one-two punch rivalled by few, and a prolific career spanning across three decades. Although Gang Starr embodies the rugged New York sound, neither Guru

Back again for your weekly dose of hip hop to keep you moving through those grinding training sessions. This Flyday we are headed back 1998 and the release of 2Pac’s greatest hits album. Tupac Amaru Shakur is an actor and rapper, arguably one of the greatest artists of all time. Whether or not you think

  This Flashback Flyday we’re throwing back to the year of ’88, when the rap legend Big Daddy Kane was solidifying his mark in the hip-hop game and Young Bladez was given the gift of life. Big Daddy Kane is regarded as one of the most influential MC’s from the golden age of rap, and consistently