The difference in hungry artists with apparent chemistry convening on the track is glaring compared to associates e-mailing verses in on wax. The general pop usually doesn’t notice until one smacks them upside the face but it does happen every so often. In this instance, Peedi Peedi and Young Chris give Meek Millz the ‘ole 76er alley-oop. Read the rest of this entry »

Candyland

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Of course there was no alcohol. Not at 3 a.m. Not around cushy velvet chairs and a marble stage polished to a high gloss, second only to the brass pole in the middle. Not at this wholly protested strip club down the street from my apartment. This establishment tucked beneath the Los Angeles highway, and that was city-council flounced with my crunchy granola friend.

But there were women. And there were tiny costumes covering the bits the audience would surely see once the songs came on and the girls took the high-gloss stage to climb and twirl the brass pole. And there was a thick stack of ones placed in my hand with a “have fun” from my roommate.

“How?” I wondered. “How do I have fun here?” Not because I didn’t think fun was possible, but because I was a rookie of epic and gender-specific proportions.

The sugar and spice of R&B came on for Candy, who took off what small scraps lay between her and God, and I placed a few neatly creased Washingtons on side of the stage. Read the rest of this entry »

Though, you won’t hear his name being glorified amongst the ranks of a Rakim or DJ Kool Herc, Lil Jon deserves to be recognized as a pioneering author in Hip-Hop’s chapters of culture expansion all the same. Through his seemingly limitless array of chart-topping production combined with an unequivocal charisma, the Atlanta wildman all but invented the Crunk subgenre as he made it into a lucrative and undeniable phenom. Read the rest of this entry »

…neither one are strangers to the fists of a woman scorned. Velvet Sky’s the name. Oh, you mad that she’s stylin’ on you, Pete? Read the rest of this entry »

You don’t hear the Dungeon Family’s Backbone come up in many conversations anymore but with the unearthing of his career, we can all assume he’s been buckin’ like “Five, Deuce, Four, Tre” this entire time. Read the rest of this entry »

“LIFE IS FICTION, competition and contradiction
Petty perceptions, window dressing for misdirection
Love is a lotto, I know-I know you know what I know
Hope is so hollow, that’s why winos follow the bottle Read the rest of this entry »

Continuing the chain of coke rap that’s hit the inbox this Monday, Pusha Ton comes with a track dedicated to those who’ve reached kingpin status, partially inspired by the recent news activity surrounding Jamaican badman Christopher “Dudus” Coke.

Pusha T – “Dearly Beloved” | Download

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Who says country boys are slow? K.R.I.T. sports an impressive fast-paced, crook letter flow over “Know The Ledge.” Read the rest of this entry »

GTRG! Bang bang bang! MADE Entertainment *shrugs*Jonesy’s back with “I’m Str8,” an ode to his street plug. The track comes from his upcoming series of leaks titled “No Expiration Date,” which will serve as the preamble to his long-awaited mixtape WhySLJones?. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re going back to Frazier Homes, only this time Big Boi isn’t our tour guide. It is, instead, his Uncle Darnell. Perhaps you’ll remember him from the title track “ATLiens.”

“And I try, to warn you not to test but you don’t listen/Givin’ the shout out to my Uncle Darnell locked up in prison…” Read the rest of this entry »

Pet Peeves: left-lane-hang-out highway drivers; folks who think that if you open a candy wrapper slower, it’s quieter; great emcees who don’t put out music.

Here’s a man with amazing flow and talent abound, who hasn’t even nicked the surface of what the industry could be to and for him. Read the rest of this entry »

The trip to the P.O. Box was good yesterday as it turned up a cassette copy of Rhymefest’s El Che, released on dN|Be Entertainment. Since I’m one of the last Mohicans with a tape player (I have one in the daily beater, still using it periodically) this could actually be used but I doubt it. I like it more as a keepsake, especially since they were a limited release. Read the rest of this entry »

After last night’s EBT Awards, it looks like Black America* has a decision to make. After blackballing Chris Brown during last year’s Michael Jackson tribute, the network allowed him on stage for a singing and dancing medley of his hero’s hits. And he nailed it.

And with that, Black folks forgot all about Rihanna’s beatdown. Read the rest of this entry »

Weeks ago, I mentioned on Twitter that Plies’ presence only served to tarnish Jeezy’s “Lose My Mind.” Therefore, I want to thank Jeezy for the decision to rearrange the track & throw Drake into the lineup. Read the rest of this entry »