Your friendly neighborhood Homeboy Sandman is dropping in with brain food as he prepares for his personal takeover in 2K10. Reflective and visual, this first offering from The Good Sun weighs in heavily on the various anomalies human nature can give us. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been waiting on a slow news day so we could post this. Why? No reason whatsoever except for the giggles. Blame it on Sinclair™ for the find.

Preparing your listening materials for the 24-72 hours? Let me help you out a little. That DV One mix was intended to be the first assist with Mick & Terry’s tape thrown in as an extra log on the fire for newer material. This compilation should allow you to check off the “old school” segment of your playlist. Released in 2003, J. Period on the mix while Kane plays the host as his material is played. Two of the best @ what they do. Read the rest of this entry »

The head nod couple KRS-One & Buckshot link back up with director Todd Angkasuwan for another video full of digital landscapes to keep fans’ interests peaked. Making funky clips is a must.

Check out your Survival Skills table of contents below. Read the rest of this entry »

Much in the same vein as “I’ll Be In The Sky,” Bob The Great brings an engaging musical element to the radio unlike the rest of his peers. With his Atlantic Records debut album nearing its approach date, the entire planet is soon to get a welcomed dose of this kid’s genuis. Read the rest of this entry »

Passing through delivering the dope (music), this time in the form of Mick Boogie and Terry Urban’s host of friends gathering together to pay tribute to the legendary Strong Island trio, De La Soul.

Just in time to give thanks to some Hip-Hop legends, Mick Boogie and Terry Urban present LE DA SOUL: 20 Years Of De La Soul!

Inspired by 20 years of greatness from hip-hop’s most consistent group (and our personal favorite), De La Soul, this project unites the cream of the crop in Hip-Hop, Read the rest of this entry »

Even though it feels like I’ve heard this before, I’m fairly sure the CDQ hasn’t. No matter because when it showed up @ my e-doorstep like the morning news, I knew it was going up as a perfect compliment to the picture. Rich x Rico x Jonsin’ makin’ magic. Read the rest of this entry »

Every good superhero should have a well-constructed but dapper pair of winter boots. Enter Ronnie Fieg to the rescue. Just when it seemed his collaborations could soar no higher, he scored a coup, linking with Polo and convincing them to douse the Cookies grey, which he proclaimed as the color for the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Nola Darling, one of the pleasant surprises of Perfect Attendance, debut their video for their song “Step To Me.”  Although we haven’t heard much about this group which is part of the AOK Collective, Alex & Jaq have already made fans outta the Crew contingent who made it down to Atlanta (albeit the same & varying reasons).  Read the rest of this entry »

Kelly Doll, Carnal Inspiration

Zoe Saldana In Details Magazine [The Cutie Blog]

House Drops “Mike Tomlin” Reference [With Leather]

Advice From Yourself At All Ages [College Humor]

Boy With Asperger’s Syndrome Rode Subway For 11 Days Straight [Black Book]

LAPD Finds Pot Growing 25 Feet From Police Station [HMJ]

Nine Myths About Thanksgiving [Gunaxin]

Google Takes Out Ad Space To Defend Racist Image Of Michelle Obama [Sandra Rose]

Black Unemployment Reaches “Great Depression Proportions” [The Awl]

Michael Jordan Wears Mom Pants [Dustin Calin] Read the rest of this entry »

As my main man Van gets ready to re-release Megatron Majorz (you snoozed!) in January, he sent over an appetizer before the meal is served. Play it once, listen close & then rewind. You slept the first time; don’t make the same mistake twice in life. Read the rest of this entry »

Ras Kass checking in from Miami with a short PSA thanking you internuts for your financial support on the Quarterly. If you haven’t downloaded it, do that. If you have and you enjoyed it, send a few digital dineros in that direction. As things evolve, this “pay what you like” model may be the only way our artists will have to eat off their art. Read the rest of this entry »

Even the toughest little first graders are shook of taking the field on the opposite side of little six-year-old Nyrel Sevilla. Lil scrap’s knocking the other kids so hard they’re shartin’ in their Scooby Doo Underoos. Read the rest of this entry »

Wyclef Jean – “Born A Shotta” Video

‘Clef and DJ Drama are making damn sure you appreciate the work he put into Touissant St. Jean: From The Hut To The Projects To The Mansions. If the videos were any grittier*, he’d be gangbanging.

Wyclef Jean Feat. Maino – “You Don’t Wanna Go Outside” Video

Download — DJ Drama Presents Wyclef – Toussaint St. Jean (From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion)

*Oops, I meant “grainier.”

Whaaa!?! An “Empire State Of Mind Pt. 2″…without Jay-Z? Well, let’s be frank for a minute. You really didn’t think this song popped because of Jigga’s incoherent verses now did you? She’s taking the NYC magic and running with it for her own benefit. Read the rest of this entry »