By Malice Intended
Enter The Dragon (1973)
Lee (Bruce Lee) is a martial arts master who has been invited to participate in a tournament being held on the island paradise of Han (Shih Kien), a former student …
By Fawn Renee
Trials and tribulations make you stronger. Those same elements power great albums, just ask Usher. His most popular album to date, and the second best-selling album of the last decade, the Grammy-award winning Confessions, was birthed from the drama between him and former TLC group member Chili. His musical style, tone, and content all shifted when he and married stylist and mother of his two children, Tameka Raymond. While Usher’s fifth studio album Here I Stand may have done well on the charts (largely due to the success of the debut single “Love In This Club,” the general consensus among fans and listeners was that the superstar had lost his edge.
In 2010, Usher has gotten rid of the baggage and is back with to his old self, gallivanting about town, seducing women, and topping the charts. Raymond vs. Raymond picks up where Confessions left off, with intermittent evidence of growth along the way, such as the album’s buzz single “Papers.” Read the whole story »
By A Negro And A Keyboard
I remember with almost photographic clarity the first time I heard 50 Cent’s, I Get Money, and contorted my face into a “Ni&&a, what the f**k?” expression …
By DJ Fusion
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By shelz.
The not so shocking truth is that the female form, dressed or otherwise, has been used to sell everything that is up for purchase. T&A has infiltrated the marketing schemes of all commodities from …
By Odeisel
Dame Dash and friends have been creating more than a few waves with the coming of the 24 hour Karate School. While rap continues to drift closer to the business end than the artistic …
By Malice Intended
Menace II Society (1993)
Caine Lawson (Tyrin Turner) is a high school graduate whose prospects are unbelievably bleak. While some of his friends move on to college, he opts to remain in the brutal …
By Malice Intended
Movies and rap music have more in common than people realize. Both are forms that sample and appropriate elements from other facets of popular culture. They swallow these elements whole and regurgitate them …
By Odeisel
Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.
Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.
Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they’re …
By Odeisel
Hip-Hop is preoccupied by death. An art form that began celebrating life and partying has become tethered to darkness. Whether that is coincidence or by design, I will leave to you to decide but …
By shelz.
We are all products of our decisions. The roads we travel are littered with forks and inevitably the side we choose is either cause for celebration or a reason to mourn missed opportunity. Sometimes …
By Odeisel
As its May7th release date approaches, Iron Man 2 is drumming up major momentum. The follow up to 2008’s box office smash finds Robert Downy Jr. back in the saddle as billionaire narcissist arms …
By Elianne Halbersberg
You’ve been there: in line at the grocery store, the waiting room in a doctor’s office, an afternoon matinee, Sunday service at church, a cross-country flight. One minute you’re minding your own business, …
By Odeisel
Good evening and welcome to today’s edition of Sick Sundays. It’s been a minute, I know, but we’ve had so many good things going on that I just got buried in it. But the …
Hot Rod! The Rowdy One
We’re back for another week of Out of Bounds here on Planet Ill. As always, we strive to give you the best from the world around. This week, the world of sports …
By Malice Intended
In the Borough of Brooklyn, three cops are fast approaching their breaking point. Detective Salvatore “Sal” Procida (Ethan Hawke) is a family man whose salary as a cop cannot cover his financial obligations. …
By shelz And Odeisel
Last week the beat heist pool shrunk to such a low level that the only freestyles I had to chose from were Snoop’s own remixes of his own song that had already …
By Odeisel
There Is No Competition 2 finds Fabolous returning to the streets on the vehicle that brought him to prominence: the mixtape. After a disappointing Loso’s Way, Fab finds himself recentering himself returning to the …
By Malice Intended
Friday: The Complete Animated Series chronicles the humorous misadventures of Craig and Smokey in their South Central Los Angeles neighborhood. As the two spend their days and nights meandering aimlessly about, they find …
By DJ Fusion
What’s the word Planet Ill?
It’s time during this first week of March 2010 (and happily, slowly getting closer to spring) to hit the masses again with another weekly installment of Indiesent Exposure.
For those …
By shelzp.
Growth is a problematic concept in the music industry. It’s tough to stray outside the path laid by the powers that be, particularly when your creativity pushes you much further than earthly boundaries set …
By Fawn Renee
After more than a year in the making, the seventh studio album from Atlanta rapper Ludacris, entitled Battle of the Sexes, is finally dropping. Originally due in 2009 and intended to be a …
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