If this song were wine it would need to breathe for hours after you uncorked it. It would need time to settle on your eardrums and brainwaves before you could pick out the intricacies of its flavor. And oh does it ever have flavor.

Kings Go Forth is deeply rooted in the greats: overriding tones of Curtis, an earthy start with Isaac and a clean finish with Marvin. What’s the vintage? Oh, I’d say a 1970, ’71 California blend. Ah but no, we’re talking about Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Jason Hortillas

Sucio Smash’s High Water Music does it again! I just posted the Fresh Daily joint last week and now Read the rest of this entry »

Assorted random thoughts that we’ll alternatively title “Tweet-ering”

– The pains & pleasures of love. Between this & the vocal gymnastics displayed between her & Bilal on “Best Friend,” Tweet will always have my full adulation. And that’s even though she didn’t shout out Kool’s. Read the rest of this entry »

We get it Common. You’re aim is to get money from all angles. But where do we draw the “this is overkill” line? I was with you when you started hawking Zune’s for Microsoft. Software clothing, I assume that was a part of a package deal. Now your “Only The Brave” fragrance for men with Diesel?

Survey says this eau de toilette is bound to be a K-Mart blue light special. If Puff’s candy ass can’t sell cologne, I highly doubt anyone will take the leap of faith to buy the Common x Diesel collabo that most likely smells like a spicy version of Jovan. And if he breakdances in the cologne’s commercial spots, I’ll be leading a protest march on Stoney Island.

But no resentment over here; he should collect his checks. My only advice would be careful in choosing endorsements & space them out, lest backlash begin.

Common & Diesel: Only The Brave Men’s Fragrance [Pro Hip-Hop]

Previously Posted — Common x Bill Gates = Cha-Ching!

Straight outta right field, The Game’s set-trippin’ in Auto-Tune. Read the rest of this entry »

Previously Posted — Mick Boogie Presents Fly.Union – Close Doors. Open Windows

With camera in tow, the original homie Retro Inspired trooped to the Key Club last week for The Chef Vs. The Chemist show and brought back some performance footage. Above, Shallah Raekwon performing “Glacierz Of Ice” and “Staten We Go Hard.” Below the break, footage of the other name on the bill, the almighty Alchemist, spitting “Hold You Down,” as well as additional footage of Rae doing a Wu-medley of “Criminology” & “Can It All Be So Simple.” Take that with your morning cup of joe. Read the rest of this entry »

Muy Bueno Monday’s Maria Millions

Amazon De-Tanks So-Called Adult Books, Including National Book Award Winner [LAT]

Hip-Hop Tracks In Top 100 Most Likely To Get iTunes Price Hike [Billboard]

8 Year Old Girl Marriage To A 47 Year Old Man Deemed Legal [Afrojacks]

DOOM: Shadows On The Sun [HHDX]

The Pink Lavalamp: Original Samples [Kevin Nottingham]

Is Gay The New Black: Newsweek Documentary [Womanist Musings]

Denny’s: Where The Food Is Free, and Drunks Can Pee [Time]

Amazon Price Cuts PS3 Game Titles [Punch Jump]

How To Build A Spy Camera [Ugolog]

Ad Supported P2P Qtrax Launches…Again [Hypebot]

The Tax Capital of the World [WSJ]

Reasons Why Marilyn Manson Is Cool [Gunaxin]

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Words by Landon A.

With the stoner sanctioned festivities of 4.20 10 days out, it’s about time for participants to hit the local grocery joint for the necessary munchables, stock up on Visine and Axe spray if you’re planning on going to work/school and of course hit up your local herbal retailer before his stock goes bone dry like Tickle Me Elmo’s at Toys-R-Us circa 1996.

Now I’m not going to deny or confirm my participation in said day’s festivities, however I know or have heard that it’s imperative to have that perfect array of songs to spark to. Here’s my contribution, the flagship single Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Prop Jay

As a new edition to the Crew, Gotty™ asked me to find a track that hits home to serve as an introduction. Immediately, I had Jay’s “Can’t Knock The Hustle” up on Sharebee. Then I realized that readers here are smarter than that and the choice simply wasn’t going to cut it.

So instead I give you a track by Jah Cure and Fantan Mojah. I imagine that both of these guys Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Jesse H.

I try my hardest not to be one of those folks who endlessly cries foul about the state of pop music. But sometimes on old jam comes on and you find yourself wondering where all the effort went in modern pop records.

Case and point — one of the catchiest pop songs of the year, Kanye’s “Paranoid” seems to have all of the essential elements of a good pop tune; instantly catchy, extremely danceable and sing-alongability to the stars. I’ll take a wild guess and say “Paranoid” probably took Kanye a few hours, maximum, to create. It’s a simple melody with a minimal loop of repeating synth chords and some whipping drums. Add Auto-Tune and that’s about it.

Now compare the thin weave of “Paranoid” to the density of a song like Michael Jackon’s “Girlfriend.” Listen to the way Read the rest of this entry »

French Montana Feat. Dame Grease – “Mac With Da Cheese”

While I can quite pinpoint what exactly makes French Montana so damn entertaining, there is something there that makes him worth checking for. There’s more cocaina leftover Read the rest of this entry »

I keep seeing different screenshots from the South Park episode but none funnier than this one. Not even Kanye’s humble concession post can stop Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Prop Jay

Buck’s new tape is out and it’s entirely produced by The Future. Obviously David is trying to step his hustle up, maybe win back a few fans & put himself in a position to make some cake by getting back on the scene. Hit the jump for the track list & link. Read the rest of this entry »