I’ve been trying to think of the right word to describe the hip-hop audience, because fickle doesn’t seem to quite cover it any more. With new mixtapes, albums, street albums, radio singles, street singles, buzz singles, “people-didn’t-like-it-so-now-it’s-not-really-the-single” singles dropping daily, fan loyalty is about as shaky as Amy Winehouse in Serbia last weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Reks is known as a fearsome emcee, with a taste for chewing up and spitting out lesser rappers. So, it may come as a surprise that “Kill ‘Em” is firmly tongue-in-cheek. While Reks threatens a long hit list of the underground’s best, he also verbally takes out his own crew, and in the end, offs himself. Read the rest of this entry »

Turn that frown upside down, crack a Corona (obviously with lime) and join Mr. Roth as we celebrate the rebirth of everybody’s favorite season: It’s officially summer, b*tches. With an assist from Quan, Asher’s latest, “Summertime,” pays homage to everything that we love about June, July and August. Read the rest of this entry »

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‘Jackass’ Star Ryan Dunn Autopsy Released [MTV]

Vanilla Ice Opens Real Estate Advice Website [Rolling Stone]

How To Pass A Drug Test [Jezebel]

Bad Meets Evil Score #1 Album On Billboard [HHNM] Read the rest of this entry »

It won’t be long now. True, there is still plenty of intangibles, press spots, leaks, plugs and all the other rigmarole associated with a 2011 album releases lying ahead. Yet, J. Cole was at least able to get one monkey off his back.

His Roc Nation/Sony Music debut finally has a concrete release date. Read the rest of this entry »

Taking a trip to Atlanta for a brief moment, Decatur Dan rounds up those specializing in trap rap à la Alley Boy, Young Jeezy and everyone with a slight affiliation with Duct Tape or CTE for the “Four” visual. Those who gave The Real Is Back a listen will remember only Alley and Young appeared on the song. Calls were made, favors were placed and the result ended up being John’s country cousin, Yo, as the third brick flipper. Read the rest of this entry »

Frank151′s latest chapter is dedicated to the hardened and proud culture of the Philippines and Bambu gladly stepped in to be their musical ambassador this go ’round. His personalized dissertation, “Fish,” finds the Native Gunner giving a rawer-than-sushi report on the harsh realities swept under the rug by your local news channel. Read the rest of this entry »

Jay Rock has been performing this cut from his debut album, Follow Me Home, for a minute now, and it’s refreshing to hear the recorded, mastered version instead of random YouTube clips floating around. The Watts emcee has endured a long and bumpy road to score a definitive release date and judging from the fact that it’s available for pre-order most likely means July 26th is set in stone. Read the rest of this entry »

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If there is one thing that brings me utmost joy, it’s seeing high end companies get themselves involved for the betterment of Hip-Hop. Anyone who experienced one of Scion’s tours a couple years ago can attest to the fact that free shows, courtesy of the right sponsors, can boost morale as well as increase the awareness of noteworthy music. Read the rest of this entry »

Is there a better way to signify the official start of the warmest season than with new music by Openmic? On “First Day Of Summer”, ‘Mic teams with fellow Tennessean Melvin Thomas to craft a summer jam. Read the rest of this entry »

June 2011 has been the month Satan cooked up with homemade spices for Jimmy Henchman. First, Dexter Issac dropped quite possibly the biggest bombshell in Hip Hop in over a decade with his confession of him (allegedly) being Tupac’s first shooter in 1994 behind the orders of Jimmy. Next, two of his hired goons Read the rest of this entry »

By simple numbers, “Last Name London” may invariably be my feelgood summer jammy jam that gets the most plays in the whip. To help the track continue to gain momentum for non-Stans like myself, TL employs Boyce & Brown to create a visual, which includes basketball playing and two tantalizing twins. Read the rest of this entry »

If someone smiles at you and it comes out “yellow,” that’s generally not a good thing. But that’s not quite the hue correlation JoiStaRR is referring to. Symmetrically aligning herself with bright futures off the strength of her solid Broccoli & Noodles project, she’s singing to the sun in her latest visual directed by none other than Heavy Diddly-Diddly-Diddly-Dee. Read the rest of this entry »

As the re-release of Alicia’s classic Songs In A Minor draws near, the previously unreleased “Typewriter” makes its debut. “Typewriter” as well as a couple of other demos and remixes will get their shining moment packaged as a two disc Deluxe edition and three disc Collector’s Edition commemorating the 10th anniversary of Keys’ Songs In A Minor. Read the rest of this entry »

DZA invites in Odd Future member Domo Genesis for the remix of “Loaded,” the Lex Luger produced track off THC.

Smoke DZA Feat. Domo Genesis – “Loaded (Remix)”

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