10 Movies That Made Me Love Hip Hop:

Why use words when you can use pictures?

Video: The Making Of DJ Khalil’s “Kinda Like A Big Deal”

When I Can't Sleep I Play This:

On My Retro Ish!!!! : Ewing Sneakers

Honestly. Honestly. What can I say? I've been looking for a deadstock pair for years!!! Pardon the exclamation points but I have to stress that my search for these joints has been serious. I remember cats getting straight jacked for their Ewings. You were either throwing up a two piece or you found yourself walking home in your socks (TRUE STORY) With a re-emergence of all things retro don't you think it would be a good idea to bring them back ? (Hint, Hint) All My deadstock heads need to get at me. I need a pair in size 12 like yesterday.

Uno

Quote of the Day: Struggle

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning.”

- Frederick Douglass
American Abolitionist, Lecturer, Author and Slave (1817-1895)

Who Sampled??? : Don Blackman

Jay-Z Covers XXL (October)

HIS STANDING IN THE GAME:

“But when I say I’m the best, I don’t say that outta my ass. I say that with all my stats behind me. I put that against anybody. I mean anybody. I really believe that… I believe in a lot of things. 
I believe that ‘SportsCenter’ is the best thing on TV. I shouldn’t have to prove it. But I do have these stats to prove it. I’m talking about real run. I’m not talking about years off. I’m talking about straight—boom, boom, boom—back to back. We’re not talking about heritage acts either. We’re not talking about respect what I’ve done. I’m talking No. 1 [albums] 10 times. The Beatles is the only one [to have more 
No. 1 albums]. They got 19, and if I get a surge of creativity, I could make nine albums next year.”

CRITICISM OF “D.O.A.”:

“I’m not hating on young people. Like, when people say that, I’m like, What are you talking about? It’s just stupid. I’m not hating on young people… I’m not Bill Russell, [saying] Michael Jordan ain’t shit. I’m saying Lil Wayne and Kanye are like LeBron and Kobe. My job as someone at the forefront of the game is to leave it in a better position than when I came in. Same way that Russell [Simmons] left it to me. ’Cause this thing saved my life. Literally. So I have a responsibility to it karmically. And after that it’s on you. I did my part. I made ‘D.O.A.’ I said it. I made the statement. I made the push. Here, y’all take it from here.”

HIS LEGACY AS FORMER DEF JAM RECORDS PRESIDENT:

“So if you ask me to grade my performance as the president, I’d say A-plus. No one can bat a 100. It’s impossible. I mean, everyone is looking at my shit. But if we really looked under the hood [of] every single [record exec] and the acts they put out in that time, I’d be comparable to anyone.”

- XXL