The Whole Delivery

The Flashback Fridays is back for another year. And starting off 2017 Flashbacks is this classic from a decade ago at this time. It served as the best start any artist could ever dream of, with your first single being the #1 song in the country. That was the case for M.I.M.S, who had a perfect song that represented Washington Heights/Uptown Manhattan, but gave a nod to everywhere else in the nation. And after that great start, that was....the rest of his career right there. It is why this Blackout Movement-produced track is memorable, showing how far MIMS fell off. So for your first Flashback Friday choice of 2007, it's the long forgotten M.I.M.S with "This is Why I'm Hot." More to come from The Whole Delivery, in this new year. Stay tuned. 

(Viewer and listener discretion is advised, especially if you aren't black and/or lived in an American hood). A song near and dear to my heart, since it was filmed in my neighborhood 15 years ago. It's the crowning moment of M.O.P's respectable career (and before they went the disastrous G-Unit route). It's the North Brooklyn hood classic that gave so much energy to Tompkins Park when they shot the video in the area during that 2000 summer. It's the unapologetic  "Ante Up," your first Flashback Friday video of the day. More to come from TWD Friday, stay tuned. 

A special song captures by an even more special video. Easily one of the most underrated tracks of all time in any music, as well as music videos history. I mean, it only has 4 million views on Youtube. So sad.

Bobby Ray has to find a way to return to this music to make himself a standout artist instead of becoming another talented rapper who tried to do the "club route" and lose his fans and momentum.  Clearly his best song to date. It's "Don't Let Me Fall," the lead track to his solo debut. One of the best opening songs on an album.