Castro718's Blog – May 2011 Archive (2)

Dr. Dre's 'G Thang' Named Top Song of the '90s By XXL Mag

Many hip-hop enthusiasts consider the 1990s the genre’s best decade. With the music in full maturation, hip-hop expanded outside of New York, blew up in the west, and introduced us to new stars, styles and sounds. To celebrate the ’90s, on May 24 XXL Magazine will release a special one-off issue that ranks the Top 250 Greatest hip-hop songs from “Rap’s Best Decade Ever!”

At the top of the heap is Dr. Dre’s 1992 classic with Snoop Dogg, “Nothin’… Continue

Added by castro718 on May 22, 2011 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Nas Wins Emmy for ESPN Documentary

Brooklyn-born rapper Nas has never won a Grammy for his albums, but he just snagged a National Sports Emmy for his ESPN documentary "Survival 1." The film follows two amputee victims of the Liberian civil war who form a soccer team and eventually be came champions. Nas produced, directed and scored the music for the film. "After all these years of making music, I am honored to have this be the first award I ever won of this magnitude," he said of the win.… Continue

Added by castro718 on May 9, 2011 at 1:25pm — No Comments