AZ preps new release
With his 6th album, "Undeniable", being scheduled to be released, veteran rapper AZ, will once again be back on the hip-hop scene.
The album, which will be released on Koch Records, is slated for an April 1st launch date. The Brooklyn MC's tracks will contain production by Large Professor, Fame, Nottz and Street Radio for this latest venture. There will also be some collaborations on the album with several artists including Ray J, Styles P and Jay Rush.
AZ made his first appearance on wax alongside long-time collaborator Nas on the classic Illmatic track "Life's A B*tch." Since then, he's released a few noteworthy albums including his 1995 debut disc Doe Or Die and later releases Pieces Of A Man and Aziatic.
Lil Wayne's "The Leak" Hits Top Digital Albums Chart
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In other news, controversy proofs useful once again as Lil Wayne's "The Leak" has finally entered the digital charts at number 5 in only 3 weeks after the release.
The rapper, who was arrested last week when a police inspection of his tour bus turned up drugs and an illegal firearm, quietly released the digital LP on Christmas Day last year.
"The Leak" serves as a prelude to Wayne's "Carter III", which is scheduled for release on March 18th.
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I guess Wayne has a fanbase bigger than what ppl thawt, its a good look for Him, AZ sick wit it,im jus not loyal enough, but he does his thang, aint hating
i knew wayne had a huge fan base pretty much everyone i know is a fan of him
AZ a real M.C, c'mon AZ, SIT EM BACK SLOW!!!!
Can't wait for the AZ album to drop...
word son AZ is so underated by tese bum nggas today AZ hands down is one of da best M.C. in da game STILL shit is gunna be hot no doubt ! if it aint a good albm ill say lil wayne is nice!! lol which isnt true garbage
AZ go be that deal 4sho.........
most underrated
deeee-troit
Underrated by whom?
underrated by who? wen hav u ever seen a top 10 list on TV or whatever that had AZ listed.....gonna cop that album for sure
AZ's verse on Life's a bitch says it all. He's an underrated MC
Az can spit his ass off but his hooks have no flavor, which is why he's always been overlooked by the casual Hip Hop fan. The casual fan dont really care how well you can spit. they just wanna hear somethin they can have fun with.
He's one of the best that ever did it. Again, underrated by WHOM? Damn sure not TRUE hip-hop heads... AND WHO puts out Top 10 lists on tv????
he is considered most underrated though matic
when people bicker about they're top 10 lists az is almost never mentioned in the discussion it takes a TRUE hip-hop FANATIC to really see how special AZ was to the 90's hip-hop scene and take him as being one of the goat
underrated by MOST todays SO called "hip hop" fans,thats WHOM im speaking on...LOL calm down fam,
i like how they said ''veteran rapper AZ'' damn right he is !
The Leak is that heat !!!
AZ BEEN PUTTIN IT IN FOR YEARS PUTTIN OUT PLENTY OF QUALITY MATERIAL, NEW ALBUM GON B A GOOD LOOK...
BUT THIS IS HIS 7TH JOINT, NOT 6TH.
My man AZ bout to drop anuva classic fa sho. I'm definitely going to have to cop one in the commemorative case and one that I can nod out to. U know AZ makes that raw crack music. Just listen to "So Serious" if you don't know about AZ already.
I guess controversy sells
What about
Talib Kweli
Lupe Fiasco
Common (he did fairly well)
Wu-Tang Clan (individually and collective)
Freeway
Who else had a good album and flopped?
Albums I purchased last year and their TO DATE sales:
[1] The Score - The Fugees; '96 *** SOLD: 18,000,000+ Worldwide (WW)
[2] The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick; '88 *** SOLD: One of the first hip hop records to go Platinum.
##################### ALL APPROXIMATE FIGURES!
* Back To Black - Amy Winehouse *** SOLD: 1.48 MILLION US; 6.3 WW
* Frank - Amy Winehouse *** SOLD: c. 600,000 WW
* As I Am - Alicia Keys *** SOLD: 2.8 MILLION (3x)
* Fergie - The Dutchess *** SOLD: 3.35 MILLION (3x)
* B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story - Cassidy *** SOLD: 127,689
* Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae *** SOLD: 1.68 MILLION U.S.; 3.5 MILLION WW
* I Am - Chrisette Michelle *** SOLD: c. 290,000
* Rap-Murr-Phobia: The Fear of Real Hip-Hop - Keith Murray *** SOLD: c. 180,000
* Red Gone Wild - Redman *** SOLD: c. 206,400
* T.I. Vs. T.I.P. - T.I. *** SOLD: c. 1.2 MILLION
* American Gangster - Jay-Z *** SOLD: 941,200 (certified Platinum)
* Finding Forever - Common *** SOLD: c. 514,812 (certified Gold)
* Just Like You - Keyshia Cole *** SOLD: 980,000 (certified Platinum)
* Free At Last - Freeway *** SOLD: 36,000 FIRST WEEK.
* Eardrum - Talib Kweli *** SOLD: 150,000 US; c. 200,000 WW
* The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Vol. 3 - Jill Scott *** SOLD: c. 469,256 (certified Gold)
* From Nothin' to Somethin' - Fabolous *** SOLD: c. 500,000 (certified Gold)
* Big Doe Rehab - Ghostface Killah *** SOLD: c. 75,164
* M.A.D.E. - Scarface *** SOLD: c. 139,406
* Growing Pains - Mary J. Blige *** SOLD: c. 1 MILLION
* Lupe Fiasco's The Cool - Lupe Fiasco *** SOLD: c. 230,000
* The Makings Of A Man - Jaheim *** SOLD: 260,000
* 8 Diagrams - Wu-Tang Clan *** SOLD: c. 135,000
* Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) Styles P *** SOLD: c. 62,000
* The Solution - Beanie Sigel *** SOLD: c. 84,100
AZ top 5
I CANNOT WAIT for A to drop that Fiyah... I recall a Source article from years ago, that basically said that A was fire but couldn't ever keep it 2gether for an entire album. I agree with that. A is in my Top 20 rappers of all time because HE IS NASTY. The dude is NOT NO GAME. But he always has some gay ass tracks on his joint that BLOW the album. I hate that; and I'M A TRUE fan so I'm allowed to say that. On the same token, again, I CAN'T WAIT FOR A TO DROP!! I'M DEFINITELY COPPIN' IT!
DOE OR DIE - I honestly never heard the entire thing. However, I know 6 of the 11 tracks pretty will and they're all fire.
PIECES OF A MAN - Whatever Happened (why the HELL did he put wack ass RZA on the track?), Trial of the Century (one of my few Foxy letdowns). This album COULD have been CLASSIC.
9 LIVES, AZIATIC, A.W.O.L., & The Format ALL have MULTIPLE TRACKS THAT BLOW THE ALBUM. It's frustrating. It's like, c'mon A, put 2gether a WHOLE DAMN ALBUM. Go harder. He should know if a song is wack or not. If we know a track is filler, he should know that too. I love him 2 death, but I want him to give me a cd I don't have to skip through.
even though Final Call never got released its still a dope album...best songs 'Omega', 'Talking Gangsta' and 'Side 2 Side'...AZ def in my top 20 rappers too
Yeah u summed dat shit up perfectly. I had a couple az albums. He always spit fire but after a awhile u just get tired of hearin them plain ass hooks. Lyrically he one of the best....but musically he just dont know what da fuck he's doin. He is da exact opposite of 50 cent. 50 can make hooks dat basically carry da whole but his lyrics are mostly garbage.
Can we not talk about wayne for just a couple of hours
how is this a hiphop website. az dropped the format in 2007. they just forgot about it. what up. and this is his 7th album for those who didnt know.
damn people went and got that leak shit ima weezy fan but i wont cop no shit with 8 songs that u can get on a mixtape im waiting for c3 though
AZ IS VERY UNDERRATED,I LOVE THE DOE OR DIE ALBUM TIL THIS DAY.
hell yeaa AZ dat nigggaa..so underrated
homeboy can spit real talk
AZ is a monster. I like all his albums and have bought every last one of them on their release date. He never dissapoints me. doe or die, 9 lives was jewels in my opinion. His verse on lifes a bitch kept up with nas' verse and thats saying alot. Mad niggas sleep on AZ and probably always will.
Im proud of babys boytoy lil wayne too. Looks like he sold enough digital tracks to get himself a good lawyer for his charges, maybe even enough to check into a good treatment center.
I cant believe big doe rehab aint even moved 100k yet. What a true example of the direction that hip-hop is moving in. Thats fuckin sad. That whole cd is amazing and in a few years I'll be calling it a classic. You dont even have to know of ghost or be a fan of the culture to appreciate a joint like that. Too bad the source fucked over itself and started selling mics in the record reports, you used to be able to count on them for a good review. I dont think I'll ever look at this culture with the love that I used to. Now its just a huge mess and I gotta sort through all the bullshit rap to find something I really like. And yall niggas wonder why I be on here talking shit. When shit like crank dat and wipe me down stay in business and niggas think they doing right by defending it because it sells, and callin other niggas haters. You little fucking wanna bes. Pray that you dont run into a real nigga while you out there wiping it down.
OH 4SHO^^....I hear you fam
Word..that album is a classic in every sense of the word..GFK did his thing...i got that shit in my cd player riiite nooow
GFK CLASSIC ALL DAY.......GO GET THT!!!!!
.....wassup AZ can spit but no world wide ....enough
his knowlegde...is A-Z though......
really when he spit ...you gotta eg the lips he's got..
that az shit is gonna be dope, the album sampler was fire... with waynes popularity he should do a mil in the first week, but he wont, i think he'll scan 423000 in the first week, who cares about digital sales its about the major release.....
I aint saying this to diss wayne (even though I dont have a problem with dissing him at all) but if the lil nigga dont give his fans the carter3 before summer there will be a new nigga in town and he will be yesterdays most popular rapper. I cant say he wont go plat cuz he got alot of fans but the industry is mad fucked up right now and he might not strike while the irons hot. Personally I dont think he'll do more than around 250,000 units his first week if he waits any longer than may. In the US anyway.
Royal Salute, AZ!!! Bring back that real rap, Fuck a hook, he's toooooooo talented to be singin any damn ways. If him and Nas can record a fire track togehter again.... HELL YEAH!!! The east coast is makin a comeback, the south swagger jacked it, now the east can take it back!! Now Wayne has everybody downloading his shit...track by track. GAY!!! NO one will buy his CD now, seriously is he gonna have any material we haven't heard yet. All his shit is on them 100 fuckin mixtapes he floodin the block with.
If you compare Weezy to AZ in weed terms it'd be
AZ: That purple kush 500$ an oz. shit- it's hard to come by but It is that fire when you do.
Wayne: James Brown Reggie- It's easy to get( Fuckin 100 mixtapes), and so much of it is out there that when you smoke it it gives you a buzz.
az is nasty but I'm just not feeling them peeps he callab with
This Aint Da Only News Out There Iz It???
AZ is the most underated rapper ever
^^co sign
SEE THIS wut im saying alot feel this way ...
without a doubt. The nigga is a beast and the MTV crowd dont even know who the fuck he is.
Like I said 08 Gon B that year fo/sho!!!!! Looking Forward to all that heat ,shyt it's a cold winter round here. as far as lil wayne goes i guess it's ummm.. good news shtyt i don't know man.... yall SCREAM AT ME 1 Yea Me Nigga
Shady will drop this year and go multi plat off rip. If 50 disses the shit out of wayne on that album or on a mixtape before wayne releases his carter it could be bad news for wayne. Hes really fuckin up by not getting that album done. All his stans are already bitching about not having it yet.
Nas is dropping too real soon.
The tempo in the rap game could shift this year.
But its not likely. Niggas love to sing along to timeless classics like chicken noodle soup and aye baybay.
I liked AZ's cameo in Belly... thats about it
ok AZ is underrated, no doubt bout that, bt he needs loads more exposure, people probably have forgotten who he is, dats y lyk dat article above they need to remind who he is n wt he dun (eg. illmatic) bt he needs to be down wid nas n dat again, end of da day if u dnt talk about him he aint guna b in da top 10, its when sum1 brings his name up n people lyk "oh yer yer AZ underrated rapper, yer def top 10"
Az is one of the most underrated mc's in the game. i hope that new album gives some more exposure to the Certified S.O.S.A
AZ is dat nigga even tho he doesnt get the shine he deserves he's still a beast and he has plaques so it isnt like he's always been overlooked but him and nas need to click back up for sum classic material one tyme!
4sho fam always gd to hear a nas and az track....
AZ is dat nigga even tho he doesnt get the shine he deserves he's still a beast and he has plaques so it isnt like he's always been overlooked but him and nas need to click back up for sum classic material one tyme!
Az is that dude..i cant front but hes def not top 10....i can def name 10 rappers right now who were better and are better..but i guess itsw all opinion...for the hell of it...no order
pac,Big,pun,big L,Shady,Methodman,Jadakiss,Ludacris,DMX,Nas
i can keep goin
AZ is better than methodman Darkman X and luda wat u talkin bout?
i agree wit u birdman take meth luda and dmx out....
AZ Feat Little Brother. Rise and Fall on The Format... HEAT!
SHUT YO BITCH ASS UP WITH THT B.S
AZ go hard as fuck. I remember grabbin A.W.O.L after bumpin Lifes a Bitch for hella years. When I was cruisin' blowin kush to the head, I heard that "Never Change" and turned around and copped all the other albums. On The Format, that last song where he kills 50, thats that shit! "If money makes the man, then on Iraq lands, Saddams statue would still stand on - top of the sand." Given Im a white boy just growin up in the 90's, hes definately underrated.
Yoooo, I've been sayin that for a little over a year now, how A MURDERED 50 and everybody's like, "I never heard that", hahahhaa! FINALLY, someone else one ups it!
I cant wait for AZ shit to drop and I just might listen to wayne shit. i aint really feelin that nigga like that
damnnnn
cant wait for AZ
hes sick wit it
i want weezys album to drop already
^^^weezyheads are among us ahhhhhhhhh...AZ shit should be hot....Imma buy the real album...no downloads.