Way down in the jungle deep, lies a little known place known as Brooklynanda where Hip-Hop sprouts from the pores of trees and nourishes all its inhabitants. The current governor, Talib Kweli and his lieutenant Marco Polo want the following message to sink into your skull: Read the rest of this entry »

Just consider this Week 12 of our Smokin’ Dro series

I have officially placed P.O.L.O. alongside Gotti’s Live From The Kitchen and Dre’s Detox in the “projects I’d love to hear within the next year, but I don’t want to upset myself” category. Still though, I’m gullible. Read the rest of this entry »

Hollywood is a copycat little village. When one film does well, you can expect a bunch of different movie studios trying to replicate the success with their own version of basically the same thing. It happened when there were 10 asteroid/end of the world movies a decade ago and it happened when comic book adaptations started taking over the world. It looks like the comic explosion is hitting the small screen now, too. Read the rest of this entry »

Now, it wouldn’t be kosher to only cover Lil B when he’s in one of his lowbrow moments. He actually does have a thriving music career, complete with sold out shows and fanatical Twitter followers. And if you can get past the shelved No Limit artist cover for his newest rap submission Evil Red Flame, there’s a package deal of brand spankin’ Lil B music waiting patiently on your perusal. Read the rest of this entry »

Most wearers don’t actually need boots, outside of those who live in heavy snow regions or terrains where rugged outsoles are a requirement. Let’s face it, many of us opt to do it more for fashion than function by why sacrifice comfort in exchange for looking the part? My closet will always contain a pair of 6″ Timbs, but they’re more for when I have to do actual outside work in winter than footwear I choose to wear while going to a basketball game or sitting in Starbucks. Read the rest of this entry »

The DTE hustler known as Alley Boy preps to release his Purgatory mixtape and signals its upcoming arrival with “Gangsta, Hustla.” He also declares to have ran the “futuristic sh*t” out of Atlanta’s music scene and we’re quite okay with that since the city’s rap scene needed a little reverse gentrification of sorts. Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps the best track of the L.A. brood’s Rise Up gets the video treatment. The streets of New York provide the backdrop, perhaps in homage to the Pete Rock beat. Heavy on the live action shots, “Light Up” proves Cypress still has quite the rambunctious energy, an accompanying following and a continuing love for cannabis, despite Prop 19’s failures. Read the rest of this entry »

Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice? Not so easy. The last time I neglected to give Spitta’s attempt at attacking an industry instrumental a listen I was forced to apologize. Knowing now what I wish I knew then, the opportunity to right my wrongs presented itself yesterday and was immediately perched atop the priority list. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s examine the factors here.

Nesby’s dope song title paired with the N’awlins drawl? Ski’s immaculate beat conceptions which make every rapper sound like a gifted wordsmith? My infinite attraction to Trainer SC’s as one of the greatest sneakers of all-time? Read the rest of this entry »

Nicky Price

Oprah Winfrey Says She and Gayle King are Not Lesbian Lovers [GOT]

Christina Aguilera Naked Pictures Leak Online? [Amy Grindhouse]

Did Nas’ “Nastradamus” Predictions Come True? [Complex]

Aretha Franklin Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer [TUD] Read the rest of this entry »

First things first and before we get into this video, credit to the word “swag” for having a shelf life longer than anyone could have ever predicted. The more people claim that it’s dead, the more the term is actually used – in the same vein as a word I honestly despise, “flow,” i.e. ‘work flow’ or ‘gym flow’ or ‘study flow.’ Moving on, however, remember when Read the rest of this entry »

We’re a long way removed from “What Means…” making early appearances on Clue? tapes. Still, can’t help but feel a certain way when the bouncing bassline comes through the speakers, making Sting even have to move his shoulders while listening the way “Roxanne” got freaked. Read the rest of this entry »

As if NOLA didn’t suffer a slight yesterday with D’s Jordan fiasco, now they’re doing this? Read the rest of this entry »

The “Blu, O brother where art thou?” references will no longer be needed now that our favorite Lost Angelean is on the go. Carefully plotting his next maneuvers on the hush, the untapped prodigy in Blu recently tested out some new material for a crowd out close to Nikeville at The Fix. Originally produced by the ying to his yang, Exile, his live support—The NoYork Band seemingly does “EaseYourMind” justice as it is the liquid Hip-Hop his fans have grown accustomed to. Read the rest of this entry »

Software release versions are supposed to signal some sort of advancement or rebirth, perhaps new features or capabilities that weren’t present in older, simpler versions. Such is not the case with Nelly’s 5.0, an alleged “upgrade” completely devoid of innovation, growth or risk-taking from the former platinum superstar. Happy enough calling in favors from old friends and cranking out attempted club hits, 5.0 plays like a last gasp from an artist who has seen the game move beyond what he’s capable of. Read the rest of this entry »