Before your week speedballs out of control and drags the holidays and the remainder of 2009 with it, stop & smell the roses. Allow room for Toby Fresh tell his own story.

“This week’s mix is a collective of newer Hip-Hop joints. I haven’t done a Hip-Hop mix like this in awhile, so this one is probably long overdue. Listen, enjoy and as always, feel free to pass it along. Have a great holiday week. Be sure to take time out of every day to give thanks.” Read the rest of this entry »

Orchestrated by DJ’s Whoo Kid, Skee & Scream alongside RadioPlanet.TV, it apparently takes more than two (blunts) for Snoop to make the I Wanna Rock Mixtape go right. Nevertheless, the project consists of exclusive familiar material from Tha Doggfather’s upcoming album Malice N Wonderland as well as input from fellow West Coasters such as Ice Cube and Nipsey Hussle. Read the rest of this entry »

It was bound to happen. A Black man would take center stage in the urban spotlight to represent the nation’s capital. Yeah, President Obama has the entire country’s eyes on his executive position, but Olubawale Folarin or Wale as he’s much better known, has become D.C.’s Hip-Hop voice as he’s risen to become the city’s most recognizable representative in the particular branch. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes.

Finally.

I feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life for this video. Read the rest of this entry »

“…tsunami it out.”

Gotty™ v. LC debates are frequent, but rarely heated. He pushes me toward levels of thought I would believe to run perpendicular to my own, but indeed often run parallel on a different plane. But one thing we will never agree on is public radio. Read the rest of this entry »

Oh, the joy! The highly anticipated post-slavery Mason Betha mixtape is finally here! And I for one am excited! I mean, look at all the exclamation marks!!!!

Mr. Betha already announced that he would be dropping five mixtapes internationally to quell the obscenely huge buzz he has right now and appease his ravenously antsy fans and stans across the globe. Really, it’s just the same tracks hosted by five different DJ’s, but still, how exciting is that? Read the rest of this entry »

I was just working towards telling you how good of a listen Tenn-A-Keyan 3 was. Really. The sprinkling basketball references mixed with street talk littered throughout “Adios” (“Dropped the price down, damn near gave the Hardaway for Pennies…Got the white and the green O’s, Leon Powe, I started as freshman, Brian Collins on that hoe.”) and playful descriptions of the nightlife on the aforementioned “Run This Town” (“We was playing ring around the Rose, you was drinking beer…Police pulled me over, couldn’t tell you why, Had to eat 10 bars now I’m Michael Jackson high…”). I spent the better part of last week riding to it, enjoying it and set my mind to write to it on Friday. Procrastinated through Sunday. Come Monday night, Tupacian work ethic that Star’s adapted be damned, this man’s dropped another new track.

“Better Believe It” is a Starstyle that will be featured on Tenn-A-Keyan 3.5, dropping on Turkey Day. Under normal circumstances, I’d say too much material from one artist at once. But as long as Lito stays on his A-game, keep moving @ this clip homie.

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Download — All Star – “Better Believe It” (Starstyle)

RMF: Grind Hard Online

Timbaland’s latest video (maybe) takes its inspiration from the “Twilight” phenomenon as we see Timb partying with a hoard of vampires.

Shock Value II in stores on 12.4.09.

DJ Smallz sent this one around last night while I slumbered, an unreleased chune, the featuring Wayne, the incomparable Tity Boi & supposedly produced by Kanye. Off of Smallz’s upcoming Follow Me mixtape, which will be hosted by Lil Boosie. Read the rest of this entry »

Keyera, Bodacious x 3

Former Atlanta Hawk Cheerleader Makes Porn [Don Chavez]

Brandy Continues Her Bathroom Tour [The Life Files]

Facebook Just Cost Somebody Their Benefits [The Life Files]

Bengals’ Uniforms No Longer Look Stupid Now That Team Is Good [The Onion]

Robin Thicke Speaks On Giving Jay-Z The Stanky Face [Global Grind]

How To Make Hash In Less Than 10 Minutes [HMJ] Read the rest of this entry »

Much as I despise Puffy’s adlibs and Diddy‘s singing, Lupe’s penmanship and cadence save this track for me. Lately the kid’s been spazzing on beats in a good way. This only a few hours after the lyricist in question dropped this news. Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome back, class.

If you recall, the last installment of the Literary Corner featured a comparison between the almighty Ghost Deini and Gerard Manley Hopkins. This time we’ll look at works through the generations that are two sides of the same coin: the works of English Romantic poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge along with Atlanta lyricists Big Boi and Andre 3000, collectively known as Outkast. Read the rest of this entry »

You can almost catch a contact by looking @ the photograph of these two hermanos. Wiz’s Deal Or No Deal is available on iTunes and many other fine fine retailers. Do your duty. Read the rest of this entry »

Say this for Elucid, he delivers exactly what he promises. The Sub Bass Diet pounds your inner ears for 14 tracks. The menu is bass, witty rhymes and a mix of the man’s humor and social commentary. And more bass.

“My Mayor Is A Billionaire” epitomizes Elucid’s potential and the album’s overall vibe. He’s a comfortable and intelligent MC whose shows his Brooklyn roots with an appropriate mix of swagger and wry irony. Still in up and comer mode, he’s more about exposing injustices and imbalances than celebrating the good life.

The album has plenty of missteps and those accustomed to more poppy efforts may be turned off by the constant aural punishment. But some music’s supposed to be dirty.

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Download — Elucid – “My Mayor Is A Billionaire”

Download — Elucid – The Sub Bass Diet

There’s a short list of wretched women I’d like to see get hit with a ham: a couple of exes, my 8th grade English teacher and Paula Deen.

Well Jesus is in the gift-giving mood this season as I am now able to cross one woman off of that list. Read the rest of this entry »