For whatever reason, Terrace Martin gets overlooked whenever the next generation of West Coast artists are mentioned. Since he doesn’t drop a song daily its easy for him to get lost in the shuffle. His Locke High Gangsta Grillz truthfully should’ve been a debut album, but as long he keeps putting out music like this I won’t complain. This multi-faceted artist can take all the time he needs as long as the final product remains dope as this. Read the rest of this entry »

Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede have more than their fair share of material, as evidenced by their pretty extensive discog. But if Read the rest of this entry »

Serve someone a knuckle sandwich & leave an imprint modeled after Akai’s legendary MPC samplers.

Seen via Geek Alerts

^ Swiped from HER

New verses from Wayne & Drake. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s face it: the kid Flo Rida could wrap syllables around the sounds of crickets chirping. His music may be more Pop than a twelve-pack of Pepsi®, but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t make you dance. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks in part to the Notorious movie, Hip-Hop has been fortunate to undergo a Biggie resurrection of sorts on the World Wide Web. The forgotten videos, unreleased music, the B.I.G. comadarie — all have been an invigorating compliment to a legend who basically batted 1.000 in his short but storied career. On this twelfth anniversary of his tragic assassination, some of rap’s active players such as Jean Grae, Emilio Rojas, Uncle Murda and Styles P. have linked up with DJ Drama and red-hot production trio Cookin Soul to revisit a handful of those Chris Wallace classics.

It’s unbelievable. After all this time, Frank White is “Still Notorious…” Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been a couple of days since I said “to hell with it” and caught the midnight showing of Watchmen on a school night. I sat through almost three hours of a flick that I knew would not be as good as the ground-breaking graphic novel. Still this belief hasn’t stopped me from jizzing in my pants every time I saw a Watchmen trailer.

Watchmen is a movie that seems absolutely impossible to make: A film adapted from a 12-issues series that is so full of emotion and important details that any omission can send a die-hard fan into a frenzy. So Zack Snyder decided to direct a near-verbatim translation of the movie full of some of the same dialogue, screen shots and plot points.

Visually, the movie bounces off the screen with bright colors and breath-taking precision. The setting—an alternative 1985 where Richard Nixon is President on the brink of nuclear holocaust—is straight from the pages of the graphic novel, with exact panels transcribed to the screen.

Anyone who saw Zach Snyder’s handling of Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Jason Hortillas

“My Favorite Things” by Substantial is a Hip-Hop take on the Jazz classic of the same name by John Coltrane. Produced by Maryland native Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Jada G.

In the age of the independent woman and odes to the girls who have their own, Musiq Soulchild offers a sultry ballad that celebrates femininity. By blending old school vocal chops a la Marvin Gaye with a new Read the rest of this entry »

Dear Christopher Frank White Wallace,

Yeah, it’s your boy Contra™, I just wanna holla. It’s been 12 years now since that fateful day and it’s mind-boggling that you’ve been gone so long. I’ll keep this brief because everything to say has been said or will be said by others closer to you. Read the rest of this entry »

Jessica Removed in favor of Our P.

U2 Tour Dates On the Horizon [The Lone Microphone]

Can You Dig It? Vol. 31: Noz [Heavy In The Streets]

A Detailed Analysis of Skateboard Company Sales Over Six Years [The Skateboarding Industry]

The Next Generation in Human Computer Interfaces [Singularity Hub]

Adult Webcam Site Hacks Twitter Accounts [Mashable]

Beyonce Got Alot of Hips [NB]

Format Interviews Kid Sister [Format]

Escapee Caught Creeping Into Jail [BBC]

Her Teen Committed Suicide Over ‘Sexting’ [MSNBC]

Featuring Ludacris, Rick Ross, Juelz Santana & Fabolous.

And a special guest appearance by DJ Khaled, who always deserves his own recognition.

I already miss this place, especially the cats in their car audio section. Last time I went, homeboy hooked me up with a 300 watt amp Read the rest of this entry »

Finally, clear pics of the Air Yeezy’s. Still a little to bulky around the padded collar for my tastes, even though I like the cement print, which isn’t cement @ all but actually Read the rest of this entry »

When you hear people speak of Gil Scott-Heron’s Pieces Of A Man, they often relish over the more politically charged “The Revolution…” and “Home Is Where The Hatred Is.” But Read the rest of this entry »