Podcasts about queensbridge projects

Steve Stoute and Shannon Sharpe embark on their journey to Queensbridge Projects in New York, unearthing tales that led to the legendary careers of Nas and Steve. The episode kicks off with a hilarious FaceTime call to Nas from the very projects that shaped he and Steve's lives, sharing laughs and memories with the neighborhood crew. Steve then guides Shannon through a tour of his office, dropping gems about the time Men In Black sunglasses overshadowed Will Smith's album and revealing the untold story of Kobe Bryant living with him at 18. The anecdotes keep rolling as Steve spills the beans on being behind LeBron infamously rejecting a $10 million check while in high school, Allen Iverson's elusive Reebok commercial appearance and the transformative impact of hip-hop on Reebok's brand image thanks to Jay-Z and 50 Cent. The episode delves deep into Steve's entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing equity, ownership, and the ethos behind starting United Masters. From the rich hip-hop history of Queens to the intricacies of legendary rap beefs, Steve Stoute shares his insights with wit, wisdom, and a touch of humor, making this first half a rollercoaster ride through the iconic tales of the music and sports industry. Don't miss out on the laughter, lessons, and legendary stories that unfold in Part 2 of the conversation with the one and only Steve Stoute. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Stoute and Shannon Sharpe embark on their journey to Queensbridge Projects in New York, unearthing tales that led to the legendary careers of Nas and Steve. The episode kicks off with a hilarious FaceTime call to Nas from the very projects that shaped he and Steve's lives, sharing laughs and memories with the neighborhood crew. Steve then guides Shannon through a tour of his office, dropping gems about the time Men In Black sunglasses overshadowed Will Smith's album and revealing the untold story of Kobe Bryant living with him at 18. The anecdotes keep rolling as Steve spills the beans on being behind LeBron infamously rejecting a $10 million check while in high school, Allen Iverson's elusive Reebok commercial appearance and the transformative impact of hip-hop on Reebok's brand image thanks to Jay-Z and 50 Cent. The episode delves deep into Steve's entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing equity, ownership, and the ethos behind starting United Masters. From the rich hip-hop history of Queens to the intricacies of legendary rap beefs, Steve Stoute shares his insights with wit, wisdom, and a touch of humor, making this first half a rollercoaster ride through the iconic tales of the music and sports industry. Don't miss out on the laughter, lessons, and legendary stories that unfold in Part 2 of the conversation with the one and only Steve Stoute. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 35 I talk to Birdapres about Roxanne Shanté. Born and raised in the Queensbridge Projects of Queens, New York City, Shante first gained attention through the Roxanne Wars and was part of the Juice Crew. The 2017 film, Roxanne Roxanne, is a dramatization of Shante's life.

This week to distract myself from how fucked our lives are, I spent some time diving into Nas' 1994 classic 'Illmatic'. The album was huge for me when I discovered it in my teens, but this week I dug into some old reviews and interviews from when the album came out, and also went back and watched 'Wild Style', the 1982 movie sampled in the opening track of the album. That led me onto 'Style Wars' from 1983, and I feel like with those two, and a bit more knowledge of Nas' life growing up in the Queensbridge Projects in NYC in the 70s and 80s, I have a new understanding of where this album came from. I never really thought about it too much, I just knew I loved it, so it was cool to dig in a little.

Listen to this inspiring story of how two young men from Queensbridge Projects, Kyle Alston and Davon Davis, came together to build an establishment that employs people from their community, gives back and is known for having the best Seafood in New York City. Join us for the 1yr anniversary celebration this Saturday, December 8th from 12pm-10pm at the infamous Something Catchy NYC location at 23-14 36th ave. Astoria, NY. Be there!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackmenworking/support

Roxanne Shanté is a hip-hop pioneer, becoming the first female rapper to have a hit single. Known for her razor-sharp disses, she started the Roxanne Wars in the mid 80s and was the only female member of the hip-hop collective, the Juice Crew.SynopsisWith her distinctive raspy-squeaky voice and fearless gloves-up delivery, Roxanne Shanté cut an idiosyncratic dash through the male-dominated world of 1980s hip hop. She was first female rapper to have a record — and sparked the first ever hip-hop beef, the Roxanne Wars. Shanté courted controversy in 2009, when her claim to possess an undergraduate degree and a PhD was disputed by the Slate writer Ben Scheffner. But she could never be accused of being boring, or having nothing to say — hence the eagerly awaited biopic of her life and music, Roxanne Roxanne, produced by Pharrell Williams and Forest Whitaker, which premiered in January 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival.Kid Battle Rapper from the ProjectsThe First Lady of Rap was born Lolita Shanté Gooden on November 9, 1969, and raised in the Queensbridge Projects — the largest public-housing development in north America and one of the epicenters of hip-hop culture. Shanté told the website Jezebel.com that her mom entered her in a local rap battle when she was just 10 years old — and Shanté won $50. "It just grew from there," she said. "I was already a great little battle rapper." Soon she was taking on all-comers on street corners — wiping the floor with older teenage boys from across the projects.In 1984 when Shanté was 15, her neighbor Marlon Williams — aka producer Marley Marl — asked her to rhyme over a track he was making using the beats from an early hip-hop record, Roxanne Roxanne by U.T.F.O. The eponymous Roxanne in the song was dissed by U.T.F.O. for spurning their advances, so Lolita Shanté Gooden rechristened herself Roxanne Shanté — and fired off a profanity-laden rhyme from the girl's point of view that mocked U.T.F.O. as lecherous losers.The track caused a sensation on the radio, and when Marl recorded it with a new beat (to avoid legal issues) and released it as "Roxanne's Revenge," it sold 250,000 copies in New York alone.Beat Diss: the Roxanne Wars"Roxanne's Revenge" sparked a tranche of response records — estimates range from 30 to 100. In today's terms, Roxanne became a meme. U.T.F.O. went as far as enlisting a female rap character of their own — The Real Roxanne, voiced first by the rapper Elease Jack, and later by Adelaida Martinez — to embark on a series of brutal tit-for-tat diss records with Shanté. Meanwhile Ralph Rolle called Shanté's gender into question on "Roxanne's A Man;" The Potato Chips contributed "Roxanne's Real Fat;" there was even a release by Gigolo Tony and Lace Lacey, purporting to be "The Parents of Roxanne."During this time Shanté became a mother at 15 to her son, Kareem, but still found the wherewithal to fire off combative replies, including 1985's "Bite This," on which she baited Run DMC and LL Cool J. "The boldness was startling," noted the journalist Dan Wilkinson on Redbull.com.Roxanne vs KRS OneAs the only female member of Marley Marl's Juice Crew, Shanté was soon embroiled in another legendary hip hop beef — the Bridge Wars, between Queensbridge and the South Bronx, whose talisman, KRS-One of Boogie Down Productions, she dissed on "Have a Nice Day" in 1987 with "Now KRS One, you should go on vacation/With that name sounding like a wack radio station." KRS-One responded directly in rather more vulgar fashion on "The Bridge Is Over" the same year.Shanté Releases Two Albums, Then Retires at 25Shanté toured extensively through the second half of the 1980s, releasing a string of singles including, notably, "Go on Girl" in 1988, "Independent Woman" in 1990 and "Big Mama" in 1992 — on which she called out other female rappers including Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and Monie Love. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Ted Hicks, Dr. Michele Reed and Rich Valdez as they moderate the #LNPShow that discusses the latest trends and game changers in parenting, technology, education, sports & product reviews. Allison Johnson - (BET) joins us for our rapid fire segment: Queensbridge Projects 1yr anniversary New York Knicks vs Charles Oakley Are you watching the Grammys or The Walking Dead? Featured Guest: Dionne DeGourville has completed 15 marathons, 1 ultra marathon (50k) & 3 Iron-man races. Dionne is a personal trainer, Founder of DDFitspiration and Detective for the Hempstead Police Department and a Mother. We discuss her amazing story from dealing with health issues to becoming a fitness guru. We discuss Dr Michele's #GoRED initiative for Healthy Heart month. Rich answers the question "Is Apple over"?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LEGENDARY NEW YORK RAPPER CAPONE RETURNS WITH SECOND ALBUM ON Pain,Time,Glory Entertprises "Menace II Society" HITS THE STREETS 2006 Album features Scarface and Norega New York, NY--After 5 years away from the game, Capone is back with a vengeance. Five years after the Capone-n-Noriega Reunion album (2000), Capone is set to release his second solo record on Pain, Time, and Glory Enterprises. "Menace II Society" will be released in 2006, and features Scarface and , Norega,The album also features some hot producers, including the Heatmakerz, Twinz, Screwface, Nexxus Entertainment, Reefa, Dub Z and DJ Absolut. I am definitely excited about this album; it's time for the game to see what I've been doing. I want to dedicate this album to the hood because the hood kept me afloat all these years. Every song on this album is real whether party or pain, it's time for the PTG experience," says Capone. Capone was one-half of the Queens based powerhouse Capone-N-Noreaga, a duo which sold over 1 million albums in their short-lived career. The pair met at the Collins Correctional Facility in New York, quickly hitting it off. Capone was from the Queensbridge Projects and Noreaga was from Lefrak City. Shortly before finishing the recording of their debut album, War Report (1997), Capone was sent to prison for breaking parole on a weapons charge, but War Report became an underground hit and went gold. Noreaga released two solo albums while Capone was incarcerated, and upon his release, the duo released The Reunion, which also went gold. Fans who loved the duo CNN will not be disappointed with "Menace II Society". Older and much wiser, Capone has taken his past experiences and created an impressive album with club bangers and street anthems. The track listing is: 01-Intro 02-Words From A Menace 03-Aura 04-Interogation (skit) 05-Fire 06-Troublesome ft. NORE 07-Nowhere To Run-ft Scarface 08-Beat Down (skit) 09-F..@k Yo Set 10-Mac On Chill. 11-Drive By (skit) 12-Hand On My 9 ft. 1100 & Pinky Ring 13-Fallen Soldiers Capone will be releasing his solo-debut, "Menace II Society in 2006 on Pain, Time & Glory Enterprises Check Out Capone At MySpace http://www.myspace.com/caponefromcnn For more information, contact: A Team Entertainment ateamnexxusent@verizon.net Patrick Cornish at East Coast Digital Solutions at (860)-922-0558 or pmcornish@eastcoastfinest.com Album Available At Digital Music Stores Below Secury Cast Virgin FR Yanga Pure Tracks Titan iMusic Telecom Italia S.p.A. Liquid- Anderson Merchandisers Arvato Pick N Play AMPD Mobile Epsa iTunes Australia iTunes Austria iTunes Belgium iTunes Denmark iTunes EUR iTunes Finland iTunes France iTunes Germany iTunes Greece iTunes Ireland iTunes Italy iTunes Japan iTunes Luxembourg iTunes Netherlands iTunes Norway iTunes Portugal iTunes Spain iTunes Sweden iTunes Switzerland iTunes UK MusicNet UK Napster DE Napster UK Starbucks

Upstate Radio Vol.3-Hosted By Capone From CNN 01. INTENSE - INTRO/FREESTYLE 02. BUMPS HOLLYWOOD - FREESTYLE 03. CAPONE - F.U. YOUR HONOR 04. JIM JONES - BRIGHT LIGHTS 05. TONY YAYO - GUNS IZ RAZORS 06. BEANIE SIGEL FEAT. JADAKISS - PROBLEM 07. BARS AND HOOKS - REALITY CHECK 08. INTENSE FEAT. KILLA BUSH AND DON NOTZ - LIFE (PRODUCED BY DON NOTZ FOR POP-OFF PRODUCTIONS) 09. MOBB DEEP - SO ILL 10. GRAVY - BROOKLYN SHIT 11. TERMANOLOGY FEAT. S.T.R.E.E.T.S - TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW 12. GHOSTFACE FEAT. KANYE WEST AND NE-YO - BACK LIKE THAT REMIX 13. CAPONE - INTERLUDE 14. BUSTA RHYMES FEAT. KRS-1 - NY SHIT (MARLEY MARL REMIX) 15. FREEWAY FEAT. 50 CENT - BANG BANG 16. PRINZ - GUN TALK 17. CAPONE - INTERLUDE 18. CAPONE - .38 SPECIAL 19. PETE ROCK FEAT. GRAP LUVA - REVENGE 20. CORMEGA FEAT. LAKE - THE OATH 21. LUPE FIASCO - HUSTLAZ SONG 22. METHOD MAN FEAT. LAURYN HILL - THINGS THEY SAY 23. CAPONE - OUTRO -=EAR 2 DA STREET=- 24. CROOK-MOB - WE GRINDIN' 25. BEZENT. - RENEGADES 26. BEST OUT - GO HEAD DADDY Capone was one-half of the Queens based powerhouse Capone-N-Noreaga, a duo which sold over 1 million albums in their short-lived career. The pair met at the Collins Correctional Facility in New York, quickly hitting it off. Capone was from the Queensbridge Projects and Noreaga was from Lefrak City. Shortly before finishing the recording of their debut album, War Report (1997), Capone was sent to prison for breaking parole on a weapons charge, but War Report became an underground hit and went gold. Noreaga released two solo albums while Capone was incarcerated, and upon his release, the duo released The Reunion, which also went gold. Fans who loved the duo CNN will not be disappointed with "Menace II Society". NEW ALBUM "MENACE II SOCIETY" AVAILABLE AT APPLE ITUNES STORE