The crack team at Serious Eats conducted a grape soda taste test involving nine different variations of carbonated beverages ranging from craft sodas to hood staples. Read the rest of this entry »

Music Ally:

“While Google continues to publicly row with labels over its cloud music service, the company has launched a new music videos chart on YouTube, designed to rank “official music videos, user-uploaded videos and viral debuts”. That means Lady Gaga duking it out with Rebecca Black, essentially. Read the rest of this entry »

Jesus H. Christ, I quit. Why in the holy hell is Ross seen in the “John” video standing at points and then sitting in a wheelchair for other parts? Read the rest of this entry »

Desiree Michelle

Chicago Prepares For Life Without Oprah Winfrey [AP]

Tiger Woods Leaves the Players Club [With Leather]

Vybz Kartel Got Hair Extensions, Looks Weirder Than Ever [Fader]

Austin Rivers Is Dime/2K Sports National High School Player Of The Year [Dime] Read the rest of this entry »

As a writer, I get to sit in front of the computer for hours at a time. To get me through it, I spend most of my day watching streaming movies on Netflix. Most of the time, I’m watching television shows like Archer or Parks and Recreation, but occasionally I stumble upon some gems that require immediate viewing and ridicule. Read the rest of this entry »

“I’m On One” is pretty tough, if you overlook Rawse and just check for Drake and Wayne. Read the rest of this entry »

Credit Jayceon for having a never-say-die attitude. It feels like buddy has been through a countless amount of leaks dubbed as “singles” that never seemed to stick. For what it’s worth, “Red Nation” with Weezy isn’t a bad track, but given the sanctions it should be interesting to see how much it actually catches on. Another new record from Game that surfaced was the cocky “Wanna Have My Baby” Read the rest of this entry »

This new single by Knoc-Turn’al is probably not a song he would’ve made five years ago while in the limelight. Club-ready with studio-tricks galore, the CyHi-assisted remix to “If You Wanna” seems tailor made specifically to apply to today’s radio standards – to which it does succeed in above average fashion. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, we received some slight flack for not addressing the highly toxic FOX News/Common/White House controversy. As has been stated before around these parts, none of us here are political wizards, so speaking on every quarrel to rear its head is something we do not, and will never, specialize in. That being said, their holy war against Com’s invite was nothing short of FOX attempting Read the rest of this entry »

Hashtag rap, courtesy of Curren$y. Fresh off Covert Coup, buddy’s already moving forward with his next musical endeavor, the street album Weekend At Burnie’s, set to drop on 6.28 via WBR and with “#JetsGo” now labeled as the first single. Obviously, the guy’s the hardest working stoner you know. Read the rest of this entry »

Fresh off the Grind & Hustle tour, Dee-1 hits the studio to drop off a new offering over production by Cracktracks. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re still a few months away from compiling our favorite songs of the halfway point of 2011, yet I feel confident in saying the remix to Ace Hood’s street/club/radio anthem has a spot already secured. Read the rest of this entry »

“Head & Shoulders” and Life Insurance still play hard. No, that is not Silkk in the photo, at least not to my knowledge. Read the rest of this entry »

Hate is a strong word, and the brother of Love. Hate is Cain. Hate is the vengeful, rumble-vision demon within us that clouds our judgement and makes us weaker versions of ourselves. I don’t like using the word “hate,” and I avoid it whenever possible. I choose Love.

But let me say, unequivocally, I hate Creed. Read the rest of this entry »

Some rappers think they’re Larry Hoover or Frank Lucas. From one glance of Grieves’ promotional visuals from his upcoming album Together/Apart, the Seattle Hip-Hopper seems to think he’s Darren Shan, the vampire’s assistant. His videos take on a decidedly morbid approach to convey his feelings with faded memories bolstered by funeral fantasies driving the cerebral montage. Read the rest of this entry »