“I drop the top & turn the car into a tanning booth…catch you makin’ bacon, and lay you down like the swine flu.”

As if the original wasn’t enough, The Clipse’s lastest offering receives Read the rest of this entry »

A Dangerously Thick Thursday With Maya Michelle Rew

Island 50: Chris Blackwell Picks His Favorite Island Albums [Mojo]

Is Music Writing Obsolete? [Fact]

Ozone Covers: Rick Ross x DJ Paul [Ozone]

Did a Date With Hugh Jackman Leave Oprah Too Tired to Tweet? [Vulture]

John Varvatos x Converse Interview [Hypebeast]

The Five Worst Films of Spring 2009 [Pop Matters]

Coke + Rap = cRap Music [Dallas Penn]

Breaking The Silence: Top 10 Drugs We Used as Kids [Ice Ice Babies]

10 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Videos That You’ll Certainly Enjoy [Uncoached]

Speed Read: Celtics/Bulls Series An Instant Classic [Sports By Brooks]

It’s something every Gang Starr fan must experience to realize it’s OVER…

No longer satisfied with working alongside one of Hip-Hop’s greatest soundmen, Guru 8.0 (as he’s constantly evolving and upgrading) collaborates exclusively with “Super-Producer” Solar and their latest creation has arrived in the form of…what else?

AUTO-TUNE. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve never really been too big on social networking sites, but for some reason Twitter’s got me in the fold.  Yeah I got a Facebook page, but that was more for navigating college as you had to have either that or MySpace.  I flipped a coin & Facebook won.

Even then I rarely mess with Facebook because your whole life can be put on blast there and Read the rest of this entry »

Usually, TC treats me like a mental patient. He “offers” to take over the reigns when it gets late and then posts little random shit while I’m off canoodling Read the rest of this entry »

An iTie. Of course, I could carry a pack of cigs in there too so…yeah. I’d get my money’s worth.

[iTie via Gizmodo]

Since the “No Homo/(||)” movement is at an all-time high on the Internet, maybe it’s best that you know the most pauseworthy song that’s actually still worth some burn. No it’s not Wayne’s “Lollipop” or any other saditty featuring a questionable Mr. Carter line (See: “All black Maybach/I’m sitting in the asshole from “Maybach Music 2″).

This one’s special. A little obscure for it appeared on what would be the first of several Bad Boy bombs this decade but it reigns supreme in “who-the-hell-greenlit-this-chorus” history.

I’ma do me/Until those hollow points…rip through me…

G-Dep + Shyne Po = Questionable Hip-Hop. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to Ludacris, DJ Drama and Trap-A-Holics, Nate Dogg is back in the booth.

Hopefully.

Seeing as this appearance alongside Luda and his homie Uncle Snoop Dogg merely made the new Disturbing Tha Peace mixtape, Disturbing Tha Trap, it might just be an old throwaway resurfacing into the circuit. Let’s hope it isn’t though, because we want to see the Ghetto Preacher make Read the rest of this entry »

If any of you so-called MCs thought you were writing hot-fiya to the beats of It’s A 6th Sense Beat Yo!, maybe you should fall back and listen how it was originally done.

Ranging from 7/11/06 to 1/7/09, here’s the original songs that made 6th Sense’s production even more compelling. No drops, no breaks, no bullshit. Appearances include Talib Kweli, U-N-I, Skyzoo and surprisingly Outasight. Read the rest of this entry »

As you can see from above, yesterday I made my obligatory stop by Best Buy.

Yup, I fought the temptation of acknowledging TC, his luring e-mail comment (“That new Tech leaked”) and paid my hard-earned cash to show support to the HHO Artist Of The Week. Halfway through my own personal listening session, I get to the first of two Nina solo tracks off this collaborative disc, “Blown Away,” and hear Mr. Fuck The Industry himself is throwing a few jabs at Keyshia Cole. By the time I realized they were referencing the situation that took place last summer at KPRS’s Summer Jam in his hometown of KC MO, the third verse of this mid-tempo mockumentary was underway and the face-painted patriarch of psycho music was taking shots at one of the most respected emcees to ever rock a mic.

“Rakim, get off your high hoooorse…”

After hearing the song, I’m not even going to get into why Read the rest of this entry »

The Mayer’s first video for his album A Strange Arrangement, coming out on Stones Throw.

That heart-shaped 45 vinyl. I’m not sayin, I’m just sayin… Read the rest of this entry »

Every rapper from any mid-sized town in America hopes to be the driving force behind putting their city on the Hip-Hop map, and Boaz is no different. Boaz’ base of operations is the cutting-edge cultural beacon of Pittsburgh, PA. Repping the Iron City and Boaz’ supposed Barksdaling of its street corners dominate the subject matter for the bulk of The Audio Biography.

Unfortunately there is no gimmick such as Houston’s “screwing and chopping,” or Miami’s dance-beat heritage to infuse The Audio Biography with a unique local flavor. Instead Boaz is forced to rely on an array of generic beats and his own presence to carry the album. Read the rest of this entry »

After many years & fourteen projects into the game, Del releases his new album for the free. With all but one song featuring Del’s production, Funk Man: The Stimulus Package is available now via Funnyman Entertainment.

Hit the break for the apples & oranges. Read the rest of this entry »

No Roxy sighting in this video. Instead Murs borrows his uncle’s suit to kick to the bollistics in yet another video for Murs For President. This has to be Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Prop Jay

Maybe after his last release, Sandman is able to find his game again and hit us with some fire. If this track is representative of what is coming it’s a good start. Read the rest of this entry »