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29/12/2025

THIS WEEK’S ESSENTIAL ALBUM:
JEFFERY
by Young Thug (2016)

This is Young Thug at his most fearless. This album wasn’t made to fit hip-hop – it forced hip-hop to expand.

One of the most interesting things about JEFFERY is the track naming. Every song is named after someone who played a role in Thug’s life or career – Wyclef Jean, Rihanna (RiRi), Kanye West, Gucci Mane, Future, Harambe, and others. Instead of features, the names act like tributes or energy references, showing how influence can exist beyond a verse.

Why It Matters

Creative freedom: No rules in structure, melodies, or delivery.
Fashion & identity: The iconic dress cover challenged hip-hop’s ideas of masculinity and style.
Emotion & chaos: Vulnerability, aggression, love, and confidence all collide.
Sound influence: Helped shape the wave that influenced Playboi Carti, Lil U*i Vert, and modern melodic rap.

Standout Moments

Wyclef Jean – unfiltered chaos, pure instinct
Harambe – raw, aggressive, almost primal
Pick Up the Phone – mainstream success without compromise
RiRi – melodic, emotional, vulnerable

🧠 Final Take

JEFFERY proved that being different is a skill, not a risk.
It’s not just an album – it’s Young Thug turning his life, influences, and imagination into sound.

29/12/2025

Kanye West shares his bucket list 👀

29/12/2025

Out now on all DSPs
by Thee Monument

ThEE Monument · compilation · 2025 · 3 songs

28/12/2025

DJ Screw (Robert Earl Davis Jr.) is more than a DJ – he’s the architect of the chopped & screwed sound, a movement that reshaped hip-hop forever.

Born in Chicago but raised in Houston, Texas, Screw created a sound that slowed rap down, pitched it lower, and turned the music into a feeling – heavy, hypnotic, and raw. What started as cassette mixes in his house became a whole cultural wave.

🔩 The Screw Movement

Founder of the legendary Screwed Up Click (S.U.C.)
Pioneered chopped & screwed: slowing tempos + repeating bars
Made mixtapes a serious cultural force before the streaming era

🌍 Cultural Impact

DJ Screw put Houston on the global hip-hop map. His influence can be heard in:

Southern rap culture
Modern trap & cloud rap
Artists like UGK, Three 6 Mafia, A$AP Rocky, Drake, Travis Scott, and many more

🕊️ Legacy

DJ Screw passed away in 2000 at just 29, but his sound never died.
Every slowed-down remix, every pitched-down hook – that’s Screw talking.

🖤 Long Live DJ Screw

28/12/2025

Slicky Licky teases new music.
▫️And it's outta this world, as usual 🐐

25/12/2025

MLAZI MILANO
by Okmalumkoolkat
Hardest song on the album?

24/12/2025

🎤 LYRIC OF THE DAY

“She thinking Bonnie and Clyde
But I’m thinking Adam and Eve”
– A-Reece

🧠 Contextual Breakdown:

Bonnie & Clyde

A real-life couple from 1930s America, known for armed robbery and running from the law. Their love story is often romanticized, but it ended in violence, betrayal, and death. They symbolize:

• Reckless passion
• Crime-as-bonding
• Love driven by adrenaline and rebellion
• A short-lived, destructive legacy

Adam & Eve

Biblical figures representing the first union, the beginning of humanity. Their story is about:

• Creation and origin (S*x)
• Building a life from nothing (S*x)
• Responsibility, consequence, and growth
• A partnership tied to legacy and continuation

What A-Reece is saying:

She wants a ride-or-die fantasy — chaos dressed as loyalty.
He wants a foundational partnership — growth, purpose, and legacy.

It’s not just about love styles, it’s about direction:

• Bonnie & Clyde move fast and burn out.
• Adam & Eve move slow and build something that lasts.

This bar separates romanticized destruction from intentional creation — and that’s why it hits so hard.

23/12/2025

THIS WEEK’S ESSENTIAL ALBUM:

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
by Ms. Lauryn Hill (1998)

A timeless masterpiece that blurred the lines between hip-hop, soul, reggae & R&B.
Lauryn didn’t just rap – she taught, healed, and challenged the culture. From love and heartbreak to faith, self-worth, and Black womanhood, this album spoke truth with elegance and power.

Standout joints:
• Doo W*p (That Thing)
• Ex-Factor
• Everything Is Everything
• Lost Ones

Why it’s essential:
• First hip-hop album by a woman to win Album of the Year (Grammys)
• Proved lyricism, vulnerability, and femininity can coexist in rap
• Still relevant decades later – no skips, no aging

This isn’t just an album.
It’s a lesson. A mirror. A movement.

23/12/2025

🕊️ ON THIS DAY: CAPITAL STEEZ

Capital STEEZ wasn’t here long – but he shook the culture heavy.

Born July 7, 1993, Brooklyn.
Co-founder of Pro Era.
Part of Beast Coast.

A kid with a mind way older than his age. At just 19 years old, on December 23, 2012, Capital STEEZ died by su***de.

📀 Why He Mattered • Dropped 'AmeriKKKan Korruption' in 2012 – a mixtape that didn’t chase radio, but challenged systems

• Rapped about racism, control, spirituality, mental freedom
• Heavy symbolism, triple meanings, bars you had to sit with

🧠 More Than Rap
STEEZ wasn’t just making songs – he was questioning reality.
He spoke openly about:

• Mental health
• Feeling misunderstood
• The weight of society
• Trying to wake people up while still being a teenager himself
That pressure is real.

🌱 Impact
• Helped build Pro Era from the ground up
• Played a major role in launching Joey Bada$$
• Became a blueprint for conscious underground rap
• Proved you don’t need a long career to leave a deep mark

🕯️ Reality Check Capital STEEZ was brilliant.
Capital STEEZ was struggling.
Both can be true.
He left at 19, but his words are still being decoded today.
Rest in power to a young king who carried too much too early.

22/12/2025

🎤 LYRIC OF THE DAY

Don Gustavo – “BIG PIMP” (feat. Thee Monument , Carlos Hathcock )
Prod. Slicky Licky
(Unreleased / leaked on SoundCloud)

“A bitch is a pet but a dawg is a friend.”
– Don Gustavo

🧠 LYRIC ANALYSIS

At face value, the line sounds provocative–but that’s exactly the point. In classic hip-hop fashion, Don Gustavo is using street-coded language to talk about loyalty, hierarchy, and authenticity.

“A bitch is a pet”

This symbolizes relationships built on control, convenience, or surface-level benefit. A pet obeys, follows commands, and exists within limits set by the owner. In pimp/street rap language, this reflects transactional connections–people around you for status, money, or clout.

“But a dawg is a friend”

A dawg in hip-hop culture is someone who’s loyal, solid, and present when things get rough. A dawg walks with you, protects you, and doesn’t need ownership to stay down. This is about brotherhood over possession.

🏁 THE DEEPER MESSAGE

Don Gustavo is drawing a clear line between:

▫️Ownership vs loyalty
▫️Control vs respect
▫️Temporary pleasure vs real companionship

In a song titled “BIG PIMP”, the irony hits harder. Instead of glorifying shallow power, he subtly exposes its limits–true value doesn’t come from who you can control, but who chooses to stand with you.

22/12/2025

HIP-HOP CULTURE POST

Malcolm X’s voice didn’t die – it echoed through hip-hop. Rappers didn’t just admire him, they quoted him, studied him, and became extensions of his ideas.

🎤 Public Enemy
“I’m the M-A-L-C-O-L-M, keep the mic hot like the sun”
Public Enemy turned Malcolm X into sound, image, and ideology. Rap as resistance.

🎤 2Pac
“Malcolm X or Bobby Hutton died for nothing”
Pac carried Malcolm’s rage, growth, and love for Black people – raw and unapologetic.

🎤 Nas
“I’m a Malcolm X fan, see the world through a different plan”
Nas referenced Malcolm as a symbol of thought, strategy, and Black intellect.

🎤 Rakim
“I drop science like a scientist, Malcolm X the definition”
Discipline. Knowledge. Sharp-minded lyricism – Malcolm energy.

🎤 KRS-One
“Malcolm X was a prophet, I’m just a student”
Hip-hop as education. MC as teacher.

FINAL WORD:
Malcolm X didn’t just influence hip-hop –
he programmed its consciousness.

22/12/2025

On this day: 22 Dec '98 DMX released 'Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood'

Just months after It’s 'Dark and Hell Is Hot', DMX doubled back with another raw classic.
Dark beats, pain, prayer, rage – X was unstoppable.

Debuted #1 on Billboard 200, proving DMX wasn’t a moment… he was a movement

Standout joints:
• Slippin’
• No Love 4 Me
• Blackout
Ruff Ryders era. Real street gospel.