The founder of Cookies and Vibes Papers Berner sat down with music icon Erykah Badu to discuss their newest strain collaboration “That Badu”. It is a Limoncello cross-bred by Bret from Lemonnade and grown by Mad Cow Genetics. Berner and Badu also discussed mushroom tea and how the different strains affect people when they smoke them.
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On this day in Hip-Hop history, Nas released his sixth studio album, God’s Son, in 2002. This may be Nas’ most emotional album coming at a rough time in his personal life. With the passing of his mother and his bout with fellow New York rapper Jay-Z at its height, Nas catered his lyricism to be more introspective in relation to his own trials and tribulations. Nas crowned himself “God’s Son” in tribute to his mother’s legacy and to point out a self-acclaimed likeness to Jesus Christ.
The production Nas collected for this project was astounding. Working with The Alchemist, Salaam Remi, Eminem, and even Alicia Keys helped to create a sound true to New York Hip-Hop with its own modern twist. Salaam Remi produced the bulk of the album and in a time when rap was something for the club and a Neptunes’ beat was a signature this soulfully classic sound was refreshing. The beats alone were critically acclaimed being mentioned in Vibe and Stylus Magazine and by countless critics.
Lyrically, Nas went in the opposite direction of what was popular at the time. As always, there was a true and necessary message behind everything that was said on the album, not to mention his flow and delivery were impeccable. The content was also deeply connected to what was going on in his own life. His references on songs like “Warrior” and “Last Real N***** Alive” were in reverence of his recent past mother. He even dedicated the track “Dance” to his mom. There were also a lot of Christian undertones throughout the album. Whether it be through titles of a song or metaphorically in bars spat, Nas’s religious views were intertwined with the majority of this album. Some of the other lyricists featured on the album were Alicia Keys and Nas’s ex-wife Kelis.
Commercially, this album was successful as well. It was certified platinum on January 14, 2003, and peaked at #18 on the US Billboard 200 chart. It also claimed the #1 spot on the Billboard Hip Hop/ R&B chart. The singles from this album, “Made You Look”, “I Can”, and “Get Down,” were also hits. Two of the Three released claimed spots on the Billboard Hot 100. “Made You Look” peaked at #32 and “I Can” peaked at #12. “I Can” has become a timeless song in Hip Hop over the years being an anthem of lifelong success for children in the black community.
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Today, Sleep Soul, a fresh R&B-inspired take on the traditional baby sleep music genre presented by Jhené Aiko, unveils its newest project entitled “Sleep Soul Relaxing R&B Baby Sleep Music Vol.2 Presented by Jhené Aiko.” Listen to Sleep Soul Volume II – HERE.
The 20-song collection perfects Sleep Soul’s signature fusion of translucent and soothing R&B melodies with white, pink, and brown noise soundscapes perfectly crafted to lull you and your baby into sleep for the night. Each track was also executive produced by multiplatinum R&B trailblazer Jhené Aiko, a proud mom herself. In regards to Sleep Soul, Aiko noted, “I’m super excited to partner with Sleep Soul to share this R&B lullaby album. As a mom of a newborn, I can really appreciate anything that helps me and my baby boy get to sleep. These R&B lullaby tracks help soothe and relax Mom, Dad and baby. Being a part of a project like this is important to me because I believe sleep is essential for the well being of both parent and child.”
In March 2022, Sleep Soul released Sleep Soul Volume 1, but since the release of Volume 1, Sleep Soul has partnered with the #1 app for sleep and meditation, Calm. The app featured the album prominently, as well as on Calm’s Instagram with over 2.9 million followers. The app will also feature “Sleep Soul Relaxing R&B Baby Sleep Music Vol.2 Presented by Jhené Aiko” where it will go live on December 15 on its homepage and new music releases section as well as in their newsletter to 1M+ subscribers.
The Sleep Soul team is currently working to seed out branded Sleep Soul packages for the holidays. Stay tuned for more to come from Sleep Soul.
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Straight from the mouth of Mr. Tony Starks aka Ironman aka Ghostface Killah as he introduces his long awaited Killah Christmas website, which features exclusive Ghost music and merch that will only be available for a limited time. It’s drops today and is just in time for the holiday season!
Here’s a few words straight from the Wallabee Champ about Killah Christmas:
Yeah people the Time has Come and The 6 Joint Direct to Download Only Is Here !!!!
The Only place to Access these limited edition Items are Available only at www.officialghostfacekillah.com
NO DIGITAL PLATFORMS NO STREAMING ……
There is Many Bundles and Swag to Choose from But Don’t sleep This is a Limited Run So It will Be Taken Down and Unavailable After Some Time .
6 Fresh joints Out The stash
Holiday Schemin Feat. Nizzle Man (Yapp City )
Figure it Out
CL30
Sweet Violence ( Bob James ) Feat. Raekwon the Chef
Murder Murder Mery X-Mas
The Clean Up Feat. Billy Ski-Mask & Reek Da Villian
Each Vinyl will come with 1 of 5 different 8X10 photos from the exclusive photo shoot for the album.
16X20 Signed Prints will also be available …… Go check it Out
Much Love and Respect
Mr. G.F.K
Ghostface Killah
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On this date in 1958, internationally renowned graffiti legend Jeff Brown, better known as KASE 2(or CASE 2) was born in Harlem, New York. KASE 2 is one of the pioneers of the art form known as graffiti that was birthed and popularized in the streets of the South Bronx. KASE would’ve been 64 years old if he were still alive.
The self proclaimed “King of Style” began his bombing career in the early 70s, having completed his first handball court piece in 1973. Even though KASE only had one arm due to a subway accident when he was only 10, the southpaw still managed to complete over 100 pieces on the NYC subway system before 1980. He’s also appeared in the 1982 graff culture flick Wild Style alongside graff king DEZ aka the late DJ Kay Slay.
KASE passed away on August 15, 2011 from complications due to lung cancer, but his work and artistic influence lives on in today’s graff artists who will forever recognize KASE as a true legend of the game.
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One of our favorite seasons is the Christmas Holiday songs and we love a good Christmas song. R&B singer Ciara just dropped the remix to her single ‘Better Thangs’.
“I really don’t need much. But if a girl could dream… I would dream a little something like this” is how Ciara opens her take on a holiday classic.
And with the Instagram caption “Hey Santa Zaddy”, Ciara and her Santa inspired cowboy hat just gave us another holiday jingle that would make Mariah blush.
What’s your favorite holiday song?
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs announces the surprise birth of his sixth child.
Not much is known about other than the baby is named—Love Sean Combs, and that she was born in October.
The hip-hop mogul announced the arrival of a new addition to his family via Twitter and mentioned his family. His other five children are Justin Dior, 28, King, 24, Chance Combs, 16, and his 15-year-old twins: D’Lila Star and Jessie James andson Quincy Taylor Brown, 31, who he adopted with Kim Porter.
“I’m so blessed to welcome my baby girl, Love Sean Combs to the world,” wrote Combs, who did not share the identity of the baby’s mother. “Mama Combs, Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie and myself all love you so much! God is the Greatest!”
Many fans speculated what his single girlfriend rapper Yung Miami thought about the surprise announcement. She recently told XXL about her complicated love life. “We are dating. We single, but we’re dating,” she explained to us. “People don’t know what dating means. He’s single, I’m single, but we’re dating. That’s what I mean when I say we go together. When we’re together, we’re together. We’re having the time of our lives, but we’re still single.”
“He see other people outside of me and I see people outside of him,” she added. “I’m young. I’m dating. I’m, you know, having fun. I’m doing me. He’s doing the same thing. I can’t speak for exactly what he doing or who he seeing, but we single and we dating.”
“I think it just went over people’s heads, you know?” she concluded. “People just like to take whatever they wanna take from.”
What do you think about the new way single people date?
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Master P and Snoop Dogg have given an update on their independent cereal brand “Snoop Loopz” and they’re now saying that their competitors are pushing to ban their new cereal from stores.
In the caption, Snoop said, “So they don’t want us to use Snoop Loopz on our cereal box even though that’s my name. We’ve built a national brand and disrupted the cereal industry, we did it with hard work and integrity. I know they’re uncomfortable and scared.”
Snoop spoke on their company’s mission, saying, “P has been out there touching these kids, making sure that they got lots of food, making sure that these homes and these people that deal with the homeless and getting them back on their feet have access to this, so we doing a good thing.”
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This past weekend, legendary singer Patti LaBelle was performing for a capacity crowd in Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater when she was suddenly whisked away by security due to an unforeseen bomb threat at the venue.
Ms. LaBelle was talking and mingling with fans when her security came to her while on stage and promptly rushed her backstage and eventually out of the building to safety. Ms. LaBelle didn’t understand what was happening, as she could be heard telling the security, “Hold up, wait!!!” as she was being rushed away.
The building was eventually evacuated and the rest of the performance was cancelled. Milwaukee Police are still investigating the origin of the bomb threat, which turned out to be a false alarm..
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One of the biggest albums of the year was just released as disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly and the content of the album leans towards a lot of the allegations that Kelly is currently fighting in federal court.
The 13-track album isn’t even an official album, but with its seductive title, I Admit It, many of his fans and critics want to hear about Kelly’s dark past as well as investigate to see if there are any more clues as to whether or not he’s guilty of the crimes he’s currently on trial for.
There is a three-part series on the album called “I Admit it (I Did It)”, which hit SoundCloud four years ago, but just made its way to Apple Music and Spotify this time around. R. Kelly confronts the allegations head on as the tracks play, saying, “They’re brainwashed, really? Kidnapped, really? Can’t eat, really? Real talk, that s*** sound silly.”
Kelly even goes as far as saying one of the parents of his alleged victims introduced them, singing, “And if you really, really wanna know. Her father dropped her off at my show. And told this boy to put her on the stage. I admit that she was overage.”
An update has now reported that Spotify and Apple Music have both pulled the album from their platforms, with Spotify reinforcing their 2018 prohibition of Kelly’s music when the sex cult allegations originally surfaced.
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