Emilio Sparks gets paid to be a professional cretin.

As if his dream job isn’t great enough, he mostly likely has your favorite rapper on speed dial for prank calls because he’s the spontaneous type. While you can catch the shameless disc jockey weekly on WSIA 88.9FM and his iTunes podcast, “The Emilio Experience,” he’s contributing to Hip-Hop in a major way with his 2nd compilation of beats-n-rhymes in Scumbino’s Way. Read the rest of this entry »

One of my favorite episodes of Everybody Hates Chris was when he made the wrestling team. Long story short, he did so because he believed having a letterman jacket would allow him to experience a different world socially. The same can be said, somewhat, about the DMV’s own Phil Adé. Read the rest of this entry »

“Wiz turned the kids into some grass hypes
Only thing higher is the gas price
Can’t blame ‘em, rest of us preaching ave life
As if niggas on the ave really have life (really) Read the rest of this entry »

The term “finding yourself” usually evokes imagery of recent well-to-do college graduates, backpacking through Europe on mommy and daddy’s dime in search of some elusive sense of self-awareness. South Central Los Angeles doesn’t afford its residents the same opportunities for leisurely strolls toward adulthood. Devoid of empathy from outsiders and cold with the harsh realities of poverty and blight, the young men and women of South Central find themselves growing up extremely fast. Read the rest of this entry »

The other day, I was rolling around solo style. Windows down. Stocks turned all the way up. The track enacting my fool at that point in time happened to be “Feelin’ Myself” by the minister of Thizz, Mac Dre. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Rob invokes an old playerism as the title for his latest leak off Game Test, Streets Approved. Read the rest of this entry »

As her press run for the album 4 continues, Beyoncé appears on the front cover of Complex Mag’s next issue and she drops a heap of praise on her husband Jay-Z.

“Jay’s music is more than music,” the “Run The World” singer shared. “His lyrics have fathered generations. Read the rest of this entry »

With the increasing convenience and widespread improvement in music-making technology, the old-school method of live instrumentation has quickly become a waning art. But The Shotgun Wedding Quintet has made their name priding themselves in the lost skill. Read the rest of this entry »

On Saturday, YMCB and Maybach Music representatives Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Meek and Wale invaded DC’s Love nightclub for the “I Am Still Music Tour” afterparty sponsored by Ciroc. Read the rest of this entry »

DD172 just released the best 15 minute time-waster we’ll probably run across today since it features an extensive listen to what looks to be Ski’s Karate School Pt. 2 Read the rest of this entry »

All City Records releases the final installment of their impressive LA 10″ x 10 series, a bonus 10″ for LA #0 this time featuring two thirds of SA-RA, Shafiq Husayn and Om’Mas Keith. Read the rest of this entry »

So what do you do when there’s two artists on tour together, who have recorded songs together in the past and found a sliver of free time? Besides smoking and drinking, you shoot a video, of course. And that’s exactly what Smoke DZA and Big K.R.I.T. happened to do. Read the rest of this entry »

Consider the following bits of information PSA’s and our way of showing support to other sites we like and love the fact they’re taking part of their online energy and using it for good offline. Read the rest of this entry »

Royce calls on the drummer Travis Barker to assist on the intro for Success Is Certain, titled “Legendary.” Read the rest of this entry »

Memory Lane: Penny Hardaway’s Signature Sneakers [Eastbay]

Antonio “L.A.” Reid Officially Head Of Epic Records [Reuters]

2011 Women’s World Cup in Pictures [With Leather]

Why Compliments Are A Man’s Kryptonite [VSB] Read the rest of this entry »