Pill spits the lines & Court Dunn does the directing for the most recent installment of HHDX’s 16 Bars series.

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Looking to provide charge to their system, Evisu Jeans commissioned Common Projects for Fall/Winter 2010. Favored for their simple approach, Common Projects sneakers consist of nothing more than quality leather, rubber soles and their signature small foil imprint on the heel. But thankfully that’s more than enough because that’s more time spent making sure each pair is constructed nearly to perfection. The navy pair pictured below is slick business but pair any of these with jeans and welcome to your weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Mz Winter

The 10 Worst Things About “We Are The World 25″ [Broken Cool]

Coco Finds New Ways to Show Us Her Junk [TRU]

Teenage Mutant Reservoir Dogs [Heavy]

Track Not At Fault In Luge Accident [With Leather]

Raptors’ Mascot Devours Cheerleader [The Big Lead] Read the rest of this entry »

As fan for a minute, I can honestly say this is the Mistah F.A.B. album I have wanted to hear for some time now. In the past, he’s succeeded with a calculated balance on each album. Countering every street/Hyphy song there was always a joint where he flipped the dialog and spit from the heart. Don’t get it twisted, I’ll ride for “Super Sic Wit It” and “Sideshow” as much as the next, but his talent was so abundant it was clear he was capable of something impactful beyond the club.

With Prince Of The Coast, we get just that. The stories are vast and descriptive, the truths he speaks on are engaging and filled with emotion, and on the Rap tip I don’t think many people can fuck with him lyrically. All substance, not filler on this one so clear any preconceived ideas of what F.A.B. is or what Bay Area Hip-Hop sounds like and enjoy it for everything it is.

Download — Mistah F.A.B. – Prince Of The Coast Mixtape | Alt. Link

Stray Shots

Mae Day – Cherish The Day Mixtape

Oh Word Presents 31 Flavors of Love For Sensitive Thugs And Their Shorties (The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Hip-Hop Mix)

Sex4YourEars.com – The Ultimate Sextape

YC The Cynic – You’re Welcome

QuESt – How Thoughtful

Maverik – Pregame

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DJ Delz & Joell Ortiz – Jackin’ For Beats

Termanology – 50 Bodies 3

8Ball-Almost_Famous-2001

MJG-No_More_Glory-1997

PUSH! Montana – The 5 Heart Beats: 1st Trimester

Substantial & Dub MD Present WINK – Something Substantial

ADaD x Black Milk – – Unbenounced Mixtape

Eulorhythmics – Extended Play EP

Slim Thug – Welcome To Texas: The Mixtape

Stray Shots

A few key cats I know from the A been buzzin’ Alley Boy’s name for a few months now so I’ve been waiting on this one. Purposely skipped all the hype and the majority of the leaked tracks, all because I wanted to hear it as a whole. Read the rest of this entry »

For the most part everyone’s week started on the same note.  We watched Brees & the Saints prevail down in Miami and Peyton Manning, walk off the field dejected. But come Monday morning, the world went back to work while New Orleans kept partying.  Brees may have been MVP, but I can rest in solace thanks to Tracy Porter making my prediction ring true. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday was my niece’s birthday so, naturally went to Chuck E. Cheese’s. You know, where a kid can be a kid. Evidently, it is also where a kid can aspire to drop out of school, one coin insertion at a time.

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Most hearts pump red & pink on V-Day, but da man with the sax, Terrace Martin, has blue blood in his veins all year round. The gift that keeps on giving in Hip-Hop is free music and T. Mart along with Snoop Dogg and several other Locke High representers have sealed their love for the game in a neatly wrapped package on The EP: Vol. 2 (Lovers Edition). Read the rest of this entry »

NBA heads rejoice! All-Star Weekend is upon us and we’re in for three days of top-tier basketball with some throwaway events in between. The kid likes basketball more than Kurtis Blow so you know I’ll be glued to the tube for the festivities. I decided to switch things up in anticipation for the weekend by cooking up some quick picks for the bigger events. We’re not counting filler like the Celebrity game or the WNBA/NBA/old fogy parity shootout either. Read the rest of this entry »

“I’MA STREET LIFER, always harassed by the C-Ciphers
Chief-like, Geronimo with his peace pipe
I emerged from the street life
This for the homies who relate, know what it be like
My QB life
Taken and turned to the Louie XIII® light Read the rest of this entry »

Photo by Lee Starnes

As a culture, we’ve come a long way since Kool Herc was spinnin’ records in the park. And, oh those kookie Atlantans keep pushing the envelope. First Big links with the Atlanta Dance Company and manages to work Hip-Hop into the dance circuit. Now, CNN features SMKA & A.Leon’s work with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

“This is a very special and unique collaboration between Hip-Hop and Classic that is truly the first of its kind. SMKA was commissioned by The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to remix a piece for their “Concerts for Young People” series. The song 808 Blake created is called “Music is My Life” produced by SMKA, and it is written and performed by Aleon Craft. Additionally, Parker Smith played the guitar and Brand Dorfman scored the peice. It has been performed 20 times since October 2009. CNN covered the collaboration last week and aired the special today.”

Three x dope. Imagine telling your mom or lady,”Nah I gotta go play with the orchestra tonight. CNN’s filming the performance and I got an interview with them after.”

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Ms. Erykah’s fifth studio album, New Amerykah Part II: Return Of The Ankh, will be in stores on March 30th. And while “Window Seat” is the official first single, getting Wayne on “Jump…” as a web-only bonus and going viral with a video isn’t a bad move @ all.

Seven years ago, iTunes made buying MP3′s cool.  Much like many of things Apple does, they weren’t the first to do it, but they made it easier & accessible.  What once seemed strange, has become common place and is here to stay.  So much that they’re coming up on their 10 billionth download and are in the mood to celebrate.
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New Shallah Rae shit for your Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

See, Diplo and I hear Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” differently. He apparently heard the similarities between Ri-Ri’s track and M.I.A.’s 2007 smash “Boyz” so he mashed the two together (and it creates a hectic yet rousing good listen). But when I hear “Rude Boy,” all I can hear is a hot sixteen appearance by an adolescent Lil Vicious. Read the rest of this entry »