The Blueprint 3 media storm is picking up steam. As with any album release, artists are compelled to do countless interviews & give their answers to the questions fan want to know. Jay skipped across the pond to London to sit for an interview with Tim Westwood for Radio One. And Westwood asked Jay some of the key ones. Read the rest of this entry »

Unless you reside under a mossy rock, everyone in the U.S. knows that Cali is facing a massive budget deficit that affects each city in the state. The city of Oakland is doing their part to alleviate some of that financial burden by taking the legislative first steps to impose a tax on marijuana. Read the rest of this entry »

Potential problems on the horizon. Not so much for you, as these problems may affect your wallet. Read the rest of this entry »

Meet Ms. Wet, Jessica Arlette.

In the Wrestling Ring with Ric Flair, Where ‘Evil is the Natural Climate’ [Pop Matters]

Ben Roethlisberger Sued For Sexual Assault [The Big Lead]

K-Fed and Girlfriend Plan Chaotic 2.0 [E! Online]

John Calipari Is Officially The Best Dad Ever! [SbS]

Pot-Growing ‘Potter’ Actor Gets Community Service [AP]

5 Worst NBA Free Agent Signings of All-time [Hoop Doctors]

If NFL Players Were Characters From Pulp Fiction [Fan-Sided]

Why Do Bad Dates Happen to Good People? [NWSO]

Man Bursts Into Flames After Taser Shock [CNN]

Coach Drexler? [Slam]

MLB Was Not A Fan Of Obama’s Sox Jacket [With Leather]

Hugh Hefner’s Long List Of Girlfriends [Yep Yep]

Research Says It’s Okay To Pull And Pray [Don Chavez]

Olympic Pole Dancing: Campaign Launched to Make ‘Verticle Pole’ An Official Sport [Trend Hunter]

With only the second entry in this iPod Shuffle thing (did you see the first?), I don’t want to spoil you. I have no intentions of writing a piece to accompany every song that we post with this. Actually, the not writing aspect was the whole draw for me. Give you a dope song & K.I.M.

With this Brad Jordan joint, it’s different. Read the rest of this entry »

Need some new iPod fodder? Monsters Ink hopes to tattoo their sound into your brain with their Ink Made Me A Monster Mixtape which is hosted and mixed by the TPPS’s Mick Boogie & Terry Urban. Featuring collabos with Little Brother, U-N-I, Freeway and production from 9th Wonder, Illmind and Streetrunner, the credentials alone make this one worth checking out. Read the rest of this entry »

A category F5 twister is impossible to predict. Though many storms can hit a landscape promising damaging winds, they rarely come through with the anticipated ferocity. After a few storms in Twista’s catalogue that produced little more than a few forgettable showers, the Chi-town spitter is back and unleashing his patented double-time flow the likes of which we haven’t heard since since his breakout LP Kamikaze for his latest tempest of an album Category F5. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you ready for a long play of “Back Like That,” “Never Be The Same Again,” “Wildflower” “Love Sessions?” You better be because GFK’s Wizard Of Poetry is dropping this Septemeber to get you ready for Sweetest Day with his sweetest taboos. Remember, Ghost hasn’t shot anybody in a couple of years so it’s time for him to switch game.

This entire album’s bout to smell like Impulse. Read the rest of this entry »

O.K. so we got the “Halle Berry,” the “Kim Kardashian” and now the “Keyshia Cole?” But while the previous two cuts were obviously odes to the baddest chick in the club, this one is alluding to something else.

“The inside of my ride smell like Keyshia Cole and the color purple…”

Um, what!?!? Read the rest of this entry »

In this case, pushing an album back will likely prove itself as beneficial. I’m sure Trey wanted that August 4 release date (8/04…the area code which he and I both claim), but a September 1 date should be more than enough time to properly promote his third LP, Ready. Meanwhile, Songz continues to pump out music at a blinding pace and on this particular effort he tackles what, when it’s all said and done, may possibly go down as the summer anthem of 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Amerie’s always easy on the eyes, but how the hell did Rawse get into the mix of this one? Read the rest of this entry »

Remember the sense of euphoria you had when you first heard Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity?” It was like aural air conditioning complete with flying robots that served you lattes complete with a floating saucer. Now imagine all that futuristic fury harnessed into a more urban intonation without losing its chic. And there you have Jet Audio’s Stand Alone Complex.

Featuring a vast array of NYC artists (Mickey Factz, Outasight, Amanda Diva, Che Grand, etc.,) producer Jet Audio conducts his latest project like a maestro prepared to take the artform into the next millennium. Innovation awaits you. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re not hip to Mr. ChiCity, I’m not gonna waste time to explain. Google him & his video commentaries. If you have ten minutes to effectively waste (actually eleven minutes & change but are you really counting?) but want to be entertained, watch & listen to him put Keri Hilson on blast. Read the rest of this entry »

MiLB teams run some interesting & sometimes obnoxious marketing campaigns in order to lure fans to the stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t forget to enter the From Queensbridge To Brooklynati To Portland: Test Your Hip-Hop Geography contest. Today’s the last day so get your submission on…pause.