How Ya Like Me Now? Hip-Hop Honors 07

Welcome, y’all. We’re finally rolling on our big show and want you to participate by blasting off comments on all the action. Who’s rocking? Who’s looking sharp? Who’s dropping the ball? Where were you when you first heard that track? What MCs are you listening to these days? Stake your claim in the comments section and pass the ball around.
IM a pal right now and get on it, we’re about to start.
10:01: Connecting the dots between Paid in Full and “Laffy Taffy.” Not bad, TM.
10:07: Holla! Guess will.i.am did the best “ra-ta-ta-ta,” but that whole spray of Missy imitators was sweet. Flipping it and reversing it…and what about Missy’s Prince shirt?
10:13: What are Missy’s hippest tracks? And what’s Tweet been up to?
10:15: Wonder if Eve does look like a Halle Berry poster?
10:18: Nelly F. definitely learned a thing or two from her time spent at Timbaland U.
10:20: I’m thinking Mary J’s Chevy tune is hipper than T.I.’s Chevy tune.
10:24: Diddy rocking Teddy. If you think he’s red-zoning, punch up “My Prerogative” and pretend you’re back in the Arsenio era.
10:30: Dude, when’s Doug E. Fresh getting his day in the sun?
10:30: Let us know if you have Superhead’s number in yr celly.
10:40: How many of you guys are downloading “No Diggity” right now?
10:44: Looks like Virginia has been good to Teddy Riley. Zoom Zoom.
10:47: When Busta’s adrenaline is up in the trillions, we got trouble. Guess that Tribe salute is going to rock.
10: 50: Anyone here ever mix that wild style mess that Tracy just talked about? Ketchup?
10:59: Lots of old school everything in the Wild Style nod, but leave it to KRS-One to bring Jena 6 into the action.
11:07: Brooklyn is in the house. What’s the cooler WHODINI joint, “Friends” or “Freaks”?
11:11: How many Mr. Magic fans out there? Give mom a call and find out what the story is.
11:13: “If you need a beat, take one of mine” - THAT’S how they shared back then.
11:19: Could these dances have come out out of ATL?
11:22: Keitel rhyming - guess hip-hop has gone into weird places.
11:25: The first disc Snoop bought was “Ring My Bell.” What’s the first one you bought?
11: 28: Quick vote: Does Ice-T still have it?
11:35: That’s some major bling on Snoop’s mic hand. They got a safe in the green room?
11:51: No one’s got a voice like Q-Tip.
11:56: Lots on energy going down here. Just about time for some label to swoop in and kick a new disc by Tribe, yes?
11:59: And we out. Who’s up for the Gotti story? Talk amongst yourselves…







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