Imagine yourself and an equally educated Hip-Hop head on the blacktop, picking out a three-man, Westcoast posse cut with every notable Golden State MC from the past five years standing directly in front of the two of you. You’ve got a limited budget, so any one of the eight-figure hitters like Cube and Doc Dre need not be contemplated. Read the rest of this entry »

Complex posted a breakdown/preview of Curren$y’s Pilot Talk after a couple of their writers attended the DD172 listening last week. The track description that caught my eye was “Seat Change” featuring Snoop Dogg. Last time I saw Spitta in person, this song was still in the works and he spoke Read the rest of this entry »

The tape that told you it would be there in five minutes, only to arrive five months later is finally here to rock, rap and rollout in disorderly fashion. Donnis basks in the glory as the guest of honor and Clinton Sparks, DJ Ill Will & Rockstar all share hosting duties for Fashionably Late: The Mixtape. To all you Donnis doubters, he wants this to be his show-n-prove moment. Read the rest of this entry »

They wrote this for a purpose, which was to give your summer days a chill ass vibe while making you sweat in the process. Who else but N*E*R*D (and Shay) would intentionally tamper with your body’s temperature settings like that? And whenever Pharrell’s around, there’s women. And plenty of skin. This clip excels in both. Read the rest of this entry »

…Well, give or take roughly 40,000 scans.

But with a 1st week tally of 462,989, I’m sure nobody is holding that against him. We all can thank 50 Cent for this meaningless accumulation of facts being so revered. The opening seven days is merely a fistfight compared to the year-long battle an album usually fends for to stay in the spotlight. Read the rest of this entry »

This is ’bout as real as it gets, no Kathryn Bigelow. The X-man cometh and he bring all fury with him to reign upon thy weak minions with MMX. Read the rest of this entry »

And here I was thinking “crunk music” was toe-tagged forever. In 2010, it may not have the nationwide appeal as it did during the glory days of Three 6 Mafia or Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, but Waka Flocka is definitely doing his part to resuscitate the style. Read the rest of this entry »

With filesharing services like Napster and Limewire out of the way, it looks like the recording industry is taking aim at its next big target: Google.

Britain’s biggest recording industry association, the BPI, has sent a cease-and-desist order to Google, asking the search engine to take down links to nine “one-click hosting” sites, each of which hosts thousands of illegal songs. Read the rest of this entry »

When Gotty™ hit me a few months ago about being extremely impressed after hitting a Phoenix show out in Tennessee, I was doubly jealous due to the fact that I skipped their gig in Santa Cruz the week before for a measly six hours of work. The French band seriously hit their stride with their latest album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Read the rest of this entry »

Never heard of the Spanish parties that commissioned these kicks nor the events surrounding the San Fermin festival (except that there’s a bull run). All that aside I still doff my hat to the involved groups and Asics. Read the rest of this entry »

In the “It Seems Like They Don’t Like Each Other” department, there’s a blog battle brewing between Young H of Potholes In My Blog (“Why Popular Bloggers Are Bad For Hip-Hop”) and targeted members of the New Music Cartel, who I’m not even sure if they know they’re “involved” at this point. If you’re too lazy to read it all, Ivan summed it all up with “Blog Thugs-No-Harmony” and provided his .02 as well. Read the rest of this entry »

On the fence about downloading this one? Give a listen to “Take Over,” dp’s coup over Drake’s “Over.” Read the rest of this entry »

Saying how dope Recovery is to all your homeboys is not the same as supporting Eminem so quit lying to yourself. You’re well aware of the album’s superiority to any other release so far this year, because you’ve burned twelve copies for your crew and gave one to your dad for Father’s Day. Read the rest of this entry »

Well well, Looks like the heat is still rising courtesy of Harlem’s latest best duo, teaming this time with Busta for “Rubberband Stacks.” A whole lot of charisma and character chopped up into a little over three minutes of music. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mel B. Has Sex With Her Husband Five Times A Day [F-Listed]

Wifey Hall of Fame: Jada Pinkett Smith [Complex] Read the rest of this entry »