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Maino Makes Liberal Use of “Vagina” Insult; Gynecologists Offended Everywhere

seven3zero — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:54:49 +0000

Really hoping that @jealouscloud isn’t a real-life gynecologist. I have to preface “gynecologist” with “real-life” because I remember Blackout (HHG heads from ’04 know who I’m talking about) spitting once that he was the “hood gynecologist,” which didn’t sound like he was running a fully-licensed practice. Has Maino ever gone with a girl to an OB/GYN and told the dude he was a “vagina for worrying about a bitch’s p****”? I think it’s safe to say that Maino is waging a one-man war against male vaginas everywhere, whatever that may be.

Maino Buys Groceries on Land Completely Surrounded by Water

seven3zero — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:46:24 +0000

“If u going to the market I wanna b in the same Isle” haha, which one of u beautiful ladies can I use that line on? Lolless than a minute ago via ÜberSocial Favorite Retweet ReplyMaino
mainohustlehard

We knew “Hi Hater” did all right for the guy, but geez, we didn’t know it did this well!

Ace Hood Jacks Maino’s Swagger Then Puts Him On Remix

JPizzle — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:26:51 +0000

Ace Hood is no Maino but he’s got good taste for recruiting him for this new joint. Its quite dope and everyone does their thing with Maino (of course) stealing the show.

ACE HOOD ft OBIE TRICE, SWIZZ BEATS & MAINO – HUSTLE HARD **B.M.E. REMIX**

Fuck Yeah, Maino!!

JPizzle — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:46:13 +0000

For those who are not up on Maino, get schooled. He’s one of my personal favorites so you know that means he must be ill (yes, I am a raging narcissist.) Anyway, here is a dope best of 2010 Maino mixtape for everyone to enjoy.

DJ SUSS-ONE Presents:
MAINO – BEST OF 2010

JPizzle’s Top 10 Albums Of 2009 In No Particular Order

JPizzle — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:39:03 +0000

Tame One and Del the Funky Homosapien- Parallel Uni-Verses- My hip hop awakening in the early 90’s heavily revolved around both Hieroglyphics and Artifacts so when it goes without saying that when I saw Tame and Del were making a collaborative album I was excited beyond belief. The album does not disappoint. Both Tame and Del are bugged dudes with bugged out rhyme styles so the chemistry is definitely there and Parallel thought does his thing on beats bringing traditional beats to ground the two mc’s when their stream consciousness rhymes could get away from the listener.

Raekwon- Built Only for Cuban Linx II- The triumphant return of a legend! If anyone doubted Raekwon as one of the nicest in the game or his ability to produce another classic after 95, they were silenced by this beast of an album. Insane production, Rae’s trade mark criminology raps and ridiculous features from Ghostface make this a must in any discerning listener’s top 10 for the 09.

Wu-Tang Chamber Music- Pure uncut Wu greatness! All of the Clan shows up along with guests such as Masta Ace, Cormega, Sean P and AZ to combine over some ill vintage Wu styled production. This one is for the true heads. Plus RZA drops mad knowledge throughout. Bonus!

Cormega- Born and Raised- My favorite MC hands down released his long long awaited new joint and it was beyond worth the wait. Production from legends like DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Havoc and DR Period combine with Cormega’s poetic brilliance to create by far one of the nicest albums of the millennium thus far. If you haven’t copped this do so immediately.

Maino- If Tomorrow Comes- Hi Haters! Say what you will about Maino but homie brings mad intensity and emotion to his raps and for an album on a major label, his debut conveyed surprising depth. Yeah I know, he stays squarely within the bounds of traditional thugged out conventions but I think he does it with a style and flair severely lacking. Plus he will cap a mahfucka for disagreeing!

Souls of Mischief- Montezuma’s Revenge- I’ve admitted I’m a Hiero Stan so it’s no surprise so see Souls of Mischief’s Prince Paul assisted new joint on my list. Classic Hiero style is here with that 2K9 twist. Souls once again prove that they have possibly the best chemistry as a group in hip hop. They kill it hard body style without question.

Kurious- II- Call it pure nostalgia, but it brought a tear to my eye to hear Kurious’ new album after his classic (in my book) 93 debut. Kurious definitely still has it with his rhymes and his style and flow is old school in a perfect way and stands out from most other MCs these days. Dope guest appearances from MF Doom and MC Search make this a perfect album for any true school head.

MC Esoteric- Saving Seamus Ryan- To be honest I was never much of an Esoteric fan until this album. This is dope storytelling in the vein of Masta Ace where the whole album forms a cohesive narrative. Unlike many rappers where they aim to make sure you fear them, Esoteric comes off like a cool dude going through the trials and tribulations of the average person. The production is ill and handled by Esoteric so it fits perfectly with his steez.

Slaughterhouse- Slaughterhouse- The super group of Royce Da 5”9, Joe Budden, Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz came with an album of nothing but furiously ill shit talking and witty rhymes. Most of the tracks are non-conceptual battle tracks and boy are they great! The production compliments the group by not drawing too much attention away from the rhymes. And by the way, Crooked I maybe MC of the year based upon his performances on the album. He mutilates the mic every single time.

Foreign Exchange- Leave It All Behind- Not a hip hop album per se, but Leave It All Behind is by far the “romance your girl” album of the year. Phonte of Little Brother dips into his smooth talking R&B persona and combined with Nicolay’s sublime production and dope guest spots produced one of the best albums of the year. It’s definitely a break from the first Foreign Exchange album but one pulled off brilliantly.

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Even Thugs Need Love

JPizzle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:57:50 +0000

Maino, Papoose, and Red Cafe document how thugs need love too. This is actually dope as far as R&B tinged hip hop tracks are concerned.

DJ Kay Slay feat. Ray J, Maino, Papoose, and Red Cafe- Thug Love

Wylcef and Maino Encourage Agoraphobia

JPizzle — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:34:50 +0000

On second thought, maybe its just because of all of the shooting that Maino and Uncle Murda and doing. Anyway, any day with new Maino music is a happy one!

Wyclef feat. Maino- You Don’t Want To Go Outside

Maino Makes My Day

JPizzle — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:28:06 +0000

As an unabashed Maino fan any day with new Maino music is a good day. Go get your thug on for the day with Maino, PUSH! and Mouse as your inspirations!

Maino-I’m A Soldier Remix feat. Mouse and PUSH! Montana

Maino Is Just Like Me!!

JPizzle — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:30:36 +0000

Maino IF TOMORROW COMES… Album Trailer (In Stores 6/30)

Wow, this gets me amped for the album! I’ve always wanted to be down with Maino, the man with the illest scar in the game (hold up, Rock from Heltah Skeltah begs to differ?) and his Hustle Hard Crew and now that I’ve seen this video I realize I’m closer than I thought. See, despite our different upbringings (think the Alchemist/Big Twins track “Different Worlds” and guess which one I am,) we’re not that different. He gets out of bed, I get out bed. He brushes his teeth, I brush my teeth, he eats cereal, I eat cereal (soy milk for me, however), and we both utter daily affirmations (shouts to Stuart Smalley, aka the presumptive Senator from the state of Minnesota and if you don’t know the reference step ya old school Saturday Night Live game up!) upon arising in the morning. I’m mad excited to cop the album when it drops so I can see what else we have in common. I’m sure it’s plenty.

Your Ears Have Every Reason To Be Scared

seven3zero — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:07:56 +0000

If there are two people more feared by certain groups of people that are not named Maino or Chris Brown, I’d like to know who they are. Maino is feared by the population of humans armed with the knowledge that he could basically do anything he wants with them whenever he wants and the Bang Bang Anywhere Gang will make sure everything goes according to plan, even if they do drink funny looking alcohol. And Chris Brown is feared by the population of women that are smaller, don’t weigh much and are basically defenseless against his killer jabs and body shots. Fellas, there’s no need to be afraid of Chris Brown. He only punches women.

Anyway, these two collab’ing is probably the worst idea I’ve heard since a certain rapper collab’ed with Just Blaze and T-Pain. The title of this mess is “Don’t Be Scared,” but what’s really scary is the lack of chemistry right here.

Chris Brown whines about not being scared while Maino complains that some girl he likes has friends who are haters. Wait a minute, didn’t Maino already have something to say about haters? He’ll go on to say that even though he’s ‘hood, he’s a good guy. The second verse is pretty similar, where he talks about how his pants sag and he’s a thug who’s trying to do right by his lady even though the girl’s friends are still hating and he wears a bandanna. The third verse has Maino going from complaining to using reverse psychology, which may work, as he tells the girl that “all the haters want to see” her doubt him and to “tell me you don’t want me/Look me in my face, say you’re never gonna call me/Tell me you don’t wanna open up and give me all that/Feel on my tattoos, touch where I’m scarred at/I guess I’m trying just a bit much/You care what other people think so I’ma give it up.”

Then Chris Brown whines some more. Horrible. With every leak I’m anticipating If Tomorrow Comes less and less.

And Maino claims his life is a movie for the 2,347 time.

Maino feat. Lady Hitter – Don’t Be Scared

Tracklist Review – Maino’s If Tomorrow Comes

seven3zero — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:15:58 +0000

*Disclaimer – Tracklist reviews are exactly that – a review of the tracklist. Anything we say about these songs (except for the ones that leaked already) is pure speculation because we haven’t heard it! This is merely an uneducated guess about what the album might sound like.

Maino’s If Tomorrow Comes tracklist

1. Million Bucks feat. Swizz Beatz
2. Scene 1: If Tomorrow Comes
3. Back to Life feat. Push! Montana
4. Remember My Name
5. Gangsta feat. B.G.
6. Scene 2: The Meeting
7. All the Above feat. T-Pain
8. Here Comes Trouble
9. Scene 3: The Hating
10. Hi Hater
11. Let’s Make a Movie
12. Kill You
13. Scene 4: Contemplating
14. Runaway Slave
15. Soldier
16. Hood Love feat. Trey Songz
17. Floating
18. Scene 5: The Phone Call
19. Celebrate

At this point Maino must feel like he’s Phil from Groundhog Day, waiting for tomorrow to come. Like Phil, Maino has to do all the right things in order for that next day, or debut album, to finally come. If everything goes as planned for the hater slapper, tomorrow should be coming at the end of the month. Let’s get into the album.

Things immediately get started off on the right foot with Swizz Beatz on “Million Bucks.” The two take a three-day weekend in the woods to stage their own little deer massacre. Going in with nothing but hope and enough ammo to wipe out the Dakotas, Maino and Swizzie wreak havoc on any and all bucks unlucky enough to be enjoying the nice day. Maino even traces his pure hate towards deer back to a tragic childhood event in his signature raspy voice where you can’t tell if he’s been screaming at people all day or just eating sandpaper:

“Call me Rambo, my bitch is Rambi/
I always hated that motherf***ing movie Bambi.”

Maino dedicates the last verse to how he likes to cover himself in the blood of a fresh kill, don the fur and make sweet, sweet love to his girl, who has to don camo with the signature bright orange hunter’s cap. Huntinnnnng hard!

The album is divided into four parts, which plays like a movie, complete with skits for your listening enjoyment, because rappers and skits go together like oatmeal and ketchup. “Scene 1″ has our protagonist wondering if tomorrow really will come. Apparently the diner scene in Groundhog Day wasn’t good enough. “Back to Life” has Maino and Push! Montana getting their vampire on as they expound on the ills of living the street life. “Remember My Name” is really just three minutes of Maino shouting out “Maino” at the top of his lungs while nimbly weaving in punchlines about bullets and illegal narcotics.

B.G. makes an appearance on the obligatory southern cut. “Gangsta” has Maino and B. Gizzle trading verses about how they have lived the life most, including us, can only dream of living. They also let us know that our street credibility is nothing compared to theirs and any type of challenge we present to them will automatically be eliminated. Not the best song ever made, but it’s enough to convince me to never mess with Maino or B.G. Ever.

Now it’s starting to get even more interesting. “The Meeting” takes place, where Maino gets a promotion. All those days of putting in extra hours are finally paying off! It’s time to celebrate, and everyone knows any celebration worth its salt has to have a robot, which explains the Just Blaze beat T-Pain appearance on “All the Above” (not to be confused with Beanie Sigel’s “All of the Above”). How is the song, you ask? Being that it’s one I actually heard, no comment.

“Here Comes Trouble” serves as yet another reminder to not mess with the one they call Maino. Yep, you guessed it, the trouble is Maino and he’s fucking shit up. He’ll watch you play Monopoly for three days and then smack the s*** outta the board the minute you get up to relieve yourself. He’ll scratch your deluxe edition of Dumb and Dumber just so you can’t see if Lloyd ever gets the girl (’cause he has to at some point, right?). Is that you and your girl going out on a date? And is that your girl in the white blouse? Maino’ll pop up behind the dumpster and squirt ketchup on her, just because he can.

With any success comes trouble, hence the necessary skit “Haters,” which features more hate than Rush Limbaugh expounding on our President. Why can’t people just be happy for Maino? Why?

Looking at this clip, doesn’t it kind of make you wonder if anyone from Black Flag, and not Jeff Gillooly, was behind the attack? Or if Jeff Gillooly and Tanya Harding are part of Black Flag? Anyway, we all know Maino shuts down all them haters with the help of Jimmy Spicer. Maino puts his director’s hat on with “Let’s Make a Movie,” a freaky tale about about his desire to create pornographic material with an attractive female, maple syrup and a whole bunch of pancakes. We don’t actually know how many females applied for the co-starring role, but it sounds like this tale is going to be a straight-to-DVD joint anyway.

Wait, what did you just say? You don’t want to make a movie with Maino? Then listen to “Kill You.” You heard that? Glad you changed your mind. It would have been really easy for Maino to talk even more about his street cred and how much tougher he is than you, me and every other human on the planet, but instead he eschews all the gangsta cliches to “Kill You” with kindness. “Kill You” finds Maino holding doors for the elderly, getting cats down from trees and remodeling homes of people who have been struck by hardship (he also probably should have paid more attention in shop class). The bodies keep stacking up due to Maino’s kind words and warm-hearted deeds. This touching tale will have kids of all backgrounds rushing to their nearest Boys and Girls Club or ASPCA to see how many fatalities they can cause with their kindness. Score one for the good guys!

“Contemplating” has Maino doing just that. Contemplating his next move. Contemplating what to do about all these haters. Contemplating about why that house he just built collapsed on the single mother with five adopted children. Stop thinking and start rapping!

Well, Maino must have heard me because as soon as the skit stopped, Maino started rapping again, this time channelling his inner Frederick Douglass on “Runaway Slave.” Maino takes us back to the 1800′s, diction and all, to let us know what a runaway slave, who could be shot on sight, must have felt. King George III and the Proclamation of 1763 are not spared from Maino’s verbal bullets, as he dreams of the day he can lose the whips and chains to rap in order to buy whips and chains.

“Soldier” has Maino transforming from a “Runaway Slave” into a battle-hardened soldier who has seen his comrades fall and never get back up, like Bubba in Forrest Gump. Although he was never enlisted in the armed forces, Maino lets us know that he’s seen plenty of wars right out there in that crazy borough they call Brooklyn. And also on Call of Duty.

“Hood Love” is Maino’s ode to sweatshirts with that little extra something. Trey Songz comes along for this ride because let’s face it, what are you supposed to do when it’s kind of chilly outside but it’s too warm for a jacket? You gotta get your “Hood Love” on. Maino also lets us know that Snuggies are no substitute for a quality fleece equipped with a hood:

“My neck is warm, it’s feeling lovely/
F*** your mom and f*** a Snuggie.”

That’ll teach all those blue and maroon freaks out there.

Throughout If Tomorrow Comes, Maino has defied the police, haters, fake rappers, women who said he couldn’t get any and anyone else foolish enough to stand in his way. At this point in the album, what else is there that’s left to defy? I can only think of one thing – gravity. Hence we have the sleeper hit “Floating.” One second Maino’s just standing there, talking to his longtime friends. Then when they turn around to throw eggs at an approaching police car, bam, Maino’s 10 feet above them. This supernatural ability comes in handy when our hero who hustles hard wants to peep into windows that Dirty Harry and Blutarsky could only dream of. Score one for the perverts!

Maino then gets a “Phone Call,” which is probably telling him to go to some location for something vague, because the person telling him this doesn’t want to tip him off that a surprise party is being held in his honor, hence the next track “Celebrate,” which brings out all the party streamers and kazoos. Let’s face it, what isn’t there to celebrate? Maino can levitate, escape slavery, perform good deeds purely for the euphoric rush of helping a friend in need, engage in his own little deer holocaust and make pornos with chicks. If we were able to do all that today, why would we even want tomorrow to come?

Maino DVD showing life after “fun in the streets”

seven3zero — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:07:53 +0000

Our guy Littles is dropping a DVD with Maino, appropriately titled Unstoppable. Because let’s face it, jail, haters and a T-Pain track have not been enough to stop this guy. An excerpt from the press release:

“Nickel and dimes eventually turned into handling weight and Maino’s fun in the streets was cut short when he was convicted of a drug related kidnapping and sentenced to 10 years in prison.“

Getting busted for kidnapping has that kind of downer effect. Check the DVD. You might just want to sleep with the lights on after watching it though. And we can’t promise if there’s any footage of Maino flames Foxy Brown or Lil’ Kim or Lil’ Cease (not to be confused with a Maino flame) getting disciplined by Maino. Although we are pretty sure Jamal Woolard isn’t making any cameos.