The authorities have long been listening to rap bars. Jadakiss appeared on The Adam Friedland Show and revealed his George Bush bar on “Why,” sparked some interest in his music by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Why do niggas push pounds and powder? Why did Bush knock down the towers? Why you around them cowards?
“Once I rung [Bill] O’Reilly’s bell it was like a celebration,” Kiss said in the interview. “I was a little nervous, though. I felt like people was on me. Homeland Security was behind me.”
September 11th (9/11) changed United States history forever. The memory of the many lives that were lost is cemented. From the employees of the World Trade Center to the first responders, the country pauses each year in its memory. Take a look at 5 tracks that memorialize September 11.
Jay-Z’s strong connection to 9/11 remains forever. He released his classic album, The Blueprint, on the same day as the attack. 8 years later, he teamed up with Alicia Keys to give a legendary ode to their beloved home of New York City.
Long Live The World Trade
The memory of the World Trade continues to live on to Brooklyn’s finest.
Jadakiss’ track took a more conscious approach than many of his previous records. In the Anthony Hamilton assisted song, the Yonkers natives question several issues or daily occurrences he has experienced firsthand or witnessed from afar.
One of those witnesses was September 11th. Kiss questioned,
Why did Bush knock down the Towers?
In 2001, former President George Bush was 9 months into his first presidential term.
These two Hip-Hop albums dropped on one of the worst days in American history, September 11, 2001.
We can all seemingly remember where we were exactly when the news hit of two planes crashing into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. We will never forget and always remember the lives lost on that day 20 years ago.
With music as the soundtrack to our lives, we look back at a few projects that were released the same day as the world changed for many of us.
Fabolous dropped Ghetto Fabolous, capturing the No. 4 spot on the Billboard 200 chart after the album’s first week release.
This was Fab’s first debut studio album with production from DJ Clue, Just Blaze, The Neptunes, and Timbaland. The Brooklyn native’s street but smooth flow was introduced delivering hits like “Can’t Deny It,” “Trade It All,” and “Young’n (Holla Back).”
Fabolous shared his thoughts in a previous interview. “I remember that morning I woke up and got a phone call saying that all of our promo plans for the album were canceled and I didn’t know why. Jay-Z dropped The Blueprint album the same day, so I was like, “Ahhh Jay-Z sabotaged us.” But it was the 9/11 tragedy.”
The same day, Jay-Z had everyone anticipating his sixth offering with The Blueprint. Hov sold 420,000 copies in his first week despite the news of the horrific terror attacks.
With production from a young Kanye West on five tracks, also giving him his first major break in the music industry. Add Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Timbaland, and Trackmasters to the mix and Hip-Hop was serving a new sound.
Arguably one of Jay’s best albums to date with fans and critics alike. The Blueprint knew the assignment with “Izzo” to “Girls Girls Girls,” and “Song Cry.” Additionally “The Takeover” aimed at Nas, Jay-Z’s nemesis at the time helped rank the MC as Goat for many.
Where do these two Hip-Hop albums rank today? Did they help us mentally escape an uncertain future ahead?
On possibly the world’s most tragic day in recent history (9/11), Hip Hop mogul Jay-Z released one of his best LPs, The Blueprint, on his own Roc-A-Fella Records imprint. The fall of the World Trade Center obviously overshadowed the release on that date, however, before the end of 2001, The Blueprint introduced Jay-Z as the head honcho of the game that we see today.
With a full-scale battle brewing between him and Queensbridge legend Nas, Jay utilized this spotlight to showcase his versatility, his ability to make mainstream hits as well as take on an MC or two that think he’s not qualified to sword fight on the mic. Even though it was polled in NYC by Hip-Hop radio station HOT 97 that Nas defeated Jigga on wax 58% to 42%, however, with Hov’s acquisition of the presidential position at Def Jam just a few years later, it sort of ended up being a draw with Nas as one of Jay’s artists.
Some of the memorable tracks from the album’s theme were “The Takeover”, the initial blow threw at Nas, the romanticized “Song Cry”, the sinfully soulful “Heart Of The City” and the epic “Renegade” track featuring Eminem.
Shout out to Jay and the entire staff at Roc-A-Fella for this timeless Hip-Hop classic!
Spike Lee is set to release his upcoming HBO documentary series, New York Epicenters: 9/11-2021½.
The Do The Right Thing director admitted that he doesn’t believe “official explanations” about the terrorist attacks that devastated New York City 20 years ago.
The project features Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Chuck Schumer, front-line workers, and conspiracy theorists who believe that jet fuel can’t melt metal beams.
“I mean, I got questions — and I hope that maybe the legacy of this documentary is that Congress holds a hearing, a congressional hearing about 9/11,” Lee said while speaking to the New York Times.
The revolutionary filmmaker was called out for featuring members of the conspiracy group Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth in his series, who believe that the government was involved.
“The amount of heat that it takes to make steel melt, that temperature’s not reached,” Lee said. “And then the juxtaposition of the way Building 7 fell to the ground — when you put it next to other building collapses that were demolitions, it’s like you’re looking at the same thing.”
He continued, “But people going to make up their own mind. My approach is put the information in the movie and let people decide for themselves. I respect the intelligence of the audience.”
Spike Lee addressed why encourages the public to question 9/11 but not COVID conspiracies or 2020 voter fraud.
“People are going to think what they think, regardless. I’m not dancing around your question. People are going to think what they think,” he said. “People have called me a racist for ‘Do the Right Thing.’ People said in ‘Mo’ Better Blues’ I was anti-Semitic. ‘She’s Gotta Have It,’ that was misogynist. People are going to just think what they think. And you know what? I’m still here, going on four decades of filmmaking.”
On possibly the world’s most tragic day in recent history (9/11), Hip Hop mogul Jay-Z released one of his best LPs, The Blueprint, on his own Roc-A-Fella Records imprint. The fall of the World Trade Center obviously overshadowed the release on that date, however, before the end of 2001, The Blueprint introduced Jay-Z as the head honcho of the game that we see today.
With a full-scale battle brewing between him and Queensbridge legend Nas, Jay utilized this spotlight to showcase his versatility, his ability to make mainstream hits as well as take on an MC or two that think he’s not qualified to sword fight on the mic. Even though it was polled in NYC by Hip-Hop radio station HOT 97 that Nas defeated Jigga on wax 58% to 42%, however, with Hov’s acquisition of the presidential position at Def Jam just a few years later, it sort of ended up being a draw with Nas as one of Jay’s artists.
Some of the memorable tracks from the album’s theme were “The Takeover”, the initial blow threw at Nas, the romanticized “Song Cry”, the sinfully soulful “Heart Of The City” and the epic “Renegade” track featuring Eminem.
Shout out to Jay and the entire staff at Roc-A-Fella for this timeless Hip-Hop classic!
