The young NYC hustlers and dreamchasers are back in a quick preview clip for season two of HBO’s How To Make It In America, featuring an upcoming single from none other than Theophilus London, titled “I Stand Alone,” playing in the back. Read the rest of this entry »

Ja’ziriah

Oprah Winfrey Denies O.J. Simpson Murder Confession Reports [GOT]

Nets Owner Elected Head of Russian Party [The Daily Beast]

Rare Billy The Kid Fetches $2.3M [CNN]

Barry Bonds Visits Children’s Hospital, World Redemption Tour Continues [LBS] Read the rest of this entry »

Award shows have never been my strong suit. They come on and I immediately get distracted or feign a feeble excuse not to watch. Thanks to the zippy speed at which the Internet works, watching the full fish fry that is the BET Awards will never be an issue. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the better programs during Black Entertainment Television’s glory days was the Def Comedy Jam meets cable TV crossbreed Comic View. The show itself acted as part of the introduction in the mid-90s to my love for (quality) stand up comedy and Arnez J proved to be one of the more popular comedians who would put on the show on center stage. Read the rest of this entry »

Yeah, as predicted, the BTS preview was more engaging than the actual video for “I’m On One.” Still, the song itself owns summer right now. Read the rest of this entry »

If you were old enough to change the channel to MTV in the 90s, then you’ll most likely remember Sublime for making some of the freshest ska music until their lead singer, Bradley Nowell, fulfilled his obligation to Rock ‘n Roll martyrdom just like a few of his peers at the time. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s honorable that Da Brat, unlike Shyne and Mystikal, hopped right back into the studio after a lengthy bid in the slammer. But Life After Death, though? Yung Joc recently had bouts with Biggie slander, and now Shawntae is trying to steal a chunk of Christopher’s Google searches. But we’re here for the music as previously stated, Chicago’s own is still serious about calling her rap time a career.

Assisting with the Brat resurrection is Twista, Jadakiss, Brandon Hines and your host, DJ Greg Street. The name may be borrowed but make no mistake that Da B-R-A-T is the original platinum female MC.

Download – Da Brat – Life After Death Mixtape

01. “Intro – Life After Death”
02. “It’s Brat (Tupac Back Remix)”
03. “West Side”
04. “Get It Get It” (Feat. Jadakiss & Brandon Hines)
05. “Racks (Remix)”
06. “Sure Thing (Remix)”
07. “Second Chance”
08. “Fab 5 Freddy”
09. “Dumb Stupid Crazy” (Feat. Twista)
10. “Motivation (Remix)”
11. “Look at Me Now (Remix)”

Download – Da Brat – Life After Death Mixtape

Though Earl Sweatshirt gets all the hype in the “Can You Believe He’s Only __ Years Old?” category, there’s been another young emcee spitting serious bars beyond his years as of late: Detroit’s Fowl. Way back on Boogie Bang 13, I laced him with slot on the tracklisting when he was only around age 15. He hasn’t yet reached the age to buy liquor legally, but he has won the 2010 Red Bull Emcee challenge, Read the rest of this entry »

Riding a hype train that seems to be gaining momentum by the day, Cleveland product Machine Gun Kelly drops a music video for “I Know,” one of the better tracks off of his most recent mixtape, Lace Up! The latest EST project showcases Kelly at his signature best, rattling off bar after bar Read the rest of this entry »

While fans are celebrating the second anniversary of the King Of Pop’s death, Katy Perry is quietly making her way towards dethroning one of his crowning achievements. Her latest Teenage Dream single, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” is moving up the charts, jumping from #27 to #4 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Read the rest of this entry »

“Yeah, I’m handsome, but the money made me gorgeous…”

Early ’90s windbreaker music and one of the soundtracks to my high school years. Read the rest of this entry »

Watching Cee-Lo’s stock continuing to rise as a judge of The Voice, I thought we’d lost another rapper to other interests. However, the do-everything-guy recently told The Source that he has full intentions of rapping again and that a new Goodie album is in the works. Green shared that both it and a Gnarls Barkley LP are on the horizon but he would be “completing a Goodie Mob album first.” When asked if he missed rapping, he replied “Yeah I actually I really do…Goodie Mob is here to stay and so is Hip Hop. And we as a community need help, and I’m apart of the community, so I believe doing another Goodie Mob Album is doing a civil service, if you will.”

Now, if only another famed Atlanta MC would do his Hip-Hop civic duty.

[The Source]

Previously: Cee-Lo Green Pays Homage To Buddy Holly On “Baby, I Don’t Care”

“My fiber rich like Metamucil, make better music, You can’t compare, that’s like sizing a toothpick with a poolstick…”

Despite my penchant for passing on punchline-heavy rap tracks as of late, Ketchpraze caught my attention with his Peace Of Mind-produced “Keep On Steppin.” Read the rest of this entry »

A postcard from creator Alan Ball

One of Louisiana’s best fictional products returns to the air tonight as True Blood’s Season 4 is set to kick off at 9pm on HBO. Witches, fairies, vamps, wolves and Sookie (plus her boobies) are all key components in what has proven to be one of HBO’s better series since they took The Wire from us. Read the rest of this entry »

2011 has been a year Jimmy “Henchmen” Rosemond would likely wish never happened if he had a genie in a bottle. Thinking back to happier times, Rosemond was in Hurricane Game’s when he scored 5X platinum with The Documentary in 2005. While out in Los Angeles, Hot97′s Angie Martinez recently asked the Red Nation leader about his thoughts on his former manager’s current allegations. Read the rest of this entry »