Music 5 O’Clock Shuffle: Jeezy, Mr. Hudson, Juelz, Wyclef & More

Left To Right: Young Jeezy, Mr. Hudson, Juelz Santana, Wyclef Jean, Cory Gunz

Each day Complex scours the music blogs for 5 fresh songs that you should listen to in our 5 O’Clock Shuffle post. Instead of going crazy trying to keep up with your RSS feeds everyday, just head over to Complex.com to stay up-to-date on important leaks and releases.

As much as we like to discover new artists, sometimes it’s best to stick with what you know. Sure, we deliver quality tracks everyday with our Shuffle, but they’re not always by people that you’re familiar with. That’s not the case today. This mix is packed with some of our favorite artists and songs by them that you probably haven’t heard yet. Start listening and downloading after the jump. Your tired ass playlists will thank you…

Music The Unauthorized History Of Rapper Threats Against The Media

So apparently a little blog we did ruffled the feathers of a few rappers who got mentioned therein. Some found it “100% disrespectful” and others just thought we weren’t funny. We didn’t feel we were shitting down anyone’s throat, and we are, in fact, fans of all the rappers mentioned. However some of the young rappers’ feelings got hurt, and for that we apologize. That said, we would hope these rappers accept that in their pursuit of being professional artists, they offer their work and persona up for public consumption, making opinions inevitable.

Unfortunately it seems KiD CuDi'a personal fav of Complex'is not yet comfortable with this. In an interview with rapradar.com CuDi proposes beating the ass of our writer as an appropriate response to our gentle ribbing (we felt like turning his blog Stans against us was enough, but whatever…). Thankfully, CuDi explains he’d never stoop to violence (phew!), though others would (uh oh!). While we appreciate the warning, CuDi should know that most of the Complex staff has been writing about hip hop since the pre-blogging days, when writers had to interact with their subjects in the flesh. So we’re well aware of what happens when rappers get frustrated at people who own both opinions and computers. For all those who aren’t, lets take a stroll down memory lane with a history of Rappers Who’ve Physically Threatened Violence On The Media…