Whereas talent tends to get its rightful consideration regarding an artist’s ability, the extra boost in one’s performance that confidence brings tends to get overlooked or sometimes, nary mention at all. When you’re zoning, you see words before they even hit your notepad; your entire outlook is in 3-D. It’s like that little star that begins to flash underneath a player in sports games. Read the rest of this entry »

Impeccable timing by the man they call Funeral Fab. Just yesterday, he released a teaser clip of the self-proclaimed sequel to “You Be Killin ‘Em” promising the record would be liberated in due time. Well, there’s no time like the present. Before we move on, however, it must be said the predecessor was easily one of the better club singles of late last year and the first four months of 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Back like they never left, Zion I and The Grouch are reunited from 2006′s Heroes In The City Of Dope for more affirmative action with Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation, their sophomore collaboration effort as an official unit. Five years is really forty-seven in rap years, Read the rest of this entry »

Until proven otherwise, I’m continuing to believe Maurice Garland is the most influential man in the Atlanta music scene. While “most influential” may be pushing it, the fact that he is highly respected by artists in that community (and outside of Atlanta’s stranglehold) is beyond evident. It’s why stories such as Mo’s run-in with P.K. (formerly known as Pretty Ken) is so damn intriguing. Read the rest of this entry »

I stumbled across Jill Scott’s new song and BV’s “Why We Need Jill Scott” at the same time earlier today.

“(T)here’s nothing all that extraordinary about ‘So In Love,’ which is the debut single from her forthcoming ‘Light of the Sun.’ Read the rest of this entry »

Jail derails the best laid plans of mice, men and young Black males. To this fact, Trouble can attest, seeing his rap dreams upended by a stint in the belly of the beast. Since his December 17th, 2010, the Atlanta scribe has been on a slow, but steady grind consisting of all street and concrete, no saccharine. Read the rest of this entry »

“Took some time off, had to get some life sh*t situated…”

After taking a rap sabbatical, today marks the return of Diz on the mic and co’d Moonshine on the boards. Read the rest of this entry »

Unlike several others in similar predicaments, Da Brat isn’t suffering from post-prison blues and immediately reunites with her “Funkdafied” stepbrother, Jermaine Dupri. Ms. Harris and Chris Breezy have a little more in common than being light-skinned linguists but we won’t even go there any further. Read the rest of this entry »

“I saw this coming,” said the blind man. But regardless, the valet LeBron’s mother laid fisticuffs to is looking to cash in on his invisible bumps and bruises. At this point, you should know TMZ’s society is bigger than the Illuminati and getting it on tape was to be expected. The kicker is, along with the battery charge, there was allegedly some hate speech involved.

“The attorney for the valet who is suing LeBron James’ mom tells TMZ … during the confrontation, Gloria James allegedly told the valet, “You don’t know who I am, you f**king n**ger.  Tomorrow, you won’t have a job” [TMZ]

Why it is doubtful she threw the “e-r” on the end of that, the entire ordeal sounds like a reenacted scene of one of Mammy Perry’s plays. Does anyone else find it comical that dude’s name is Rockefeller Sorel. He’s not suing because he’s under emotional duress. He’s suing for everybody who wasted entire 4th period class time making fun of his name.

Tsk-tsk, Gloria. Somebody needs their allowance taken until the playoffs are over.

Via TMZ

Let me know if I’m reaching, but does Jim Jones’ flow on this sound identical to everyone’s flow on the “Hustle Hard (Remix)”? It’s neither a beneficial or detrimental factor for Jones, who has never been confused for the next coming of Big L anyway, but an interesting tidbit as the song gets filed away. Read the rest of this entry »

Planet Asia could have been an architect or city planner in another life. His knack for investigative journalism combined with his vast knowledge of the urban scene makes him a real life GPS, before the device was even conceived. Just more examples why he’s able to bring you through the ghetto without riding ’round. Read the rest of this entry »

Bored with kicking the raw raps to the bricks out in Brooklyn, the ambidextrous Melo-X uproots his skills and delivers the flawless title track to his exceptional last project directly in front of the Eiffel Tower. Pardon his french but he’s spilling his soul over Ryan Leslie track in one his rawer moments just for you to fully see the range of his diversity. That is, in case you have been hitting the snooze button for this long. Read the rest of this entry »

Way over yonder, across the Georgia skyline, sits a manchild with the ability to mix up his own blend of dance on dance and lyrical sensibilities that should make the entire world adopt a southern’s charm, soon enough. If you see Donnis cooling out on a porch in the backwoods with his Ray-Bans on, just know he’s seeing the bigger picture through the Southern Lights. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Wolf never ceases to amaze, even after watching him perform at least a dozen times over the past few years and we just had him in Nashville a few months ago. I only carried my point and shoot camera last night, deciding to take in the show as a total fan. Of course, Catfish ripped it, whipping the crowd into a all-out whirl of flailing arms and verbatim repetition of rhymes and choruses. Read the rest of this entry »

Dave Dallas’ accent may be a little off-putting initially but do understand his music is rap with resolve and grit. His story has been told countless times here but I always find it admirable when someone makes big, calculated risks in order to snag even larger dreams from out of the stars. Read the rest of this entry »