Convincing Mr. Blue Slide Park to burn anything other than Mary Jane was probably a daunting task but Phil Adé, the 301 representer, was successful in his efforts, giving the rap game something different for the moment. Their laid-back vocals are right at home over the record’s spacey production, but there’s no shortage of flexibility in the approach just because the tempo was lulled a bit. Read the rest of this entry »

“Okay, I know that metaphor wasn’t great/but I’m man enough to admit it/and that sh*t makes me great.”

Actually it doesn’t. It makes you a bad rapper. Yes, knowing one’s limitations can be a strength, and I’m sure Russell W. is a man of great character, but he probably should leave the emceeing to the pros. Read the rest of this entry »

“She suck a d*ck while rollin’ blunts/She keep the bossman bustin’ nuts…”

Prior to Nicki becoming an insanely triumphant crossover success, she was a hoodrat. And that’s meant in the nicest and most respectful way possible. Read the rest of this entry »

To Tiffany Torrence-Davis, Natalie Nunn and all the other foul-mouthed princesses of the Oxygen channel, the former and current members of Roc Nation would like to present you with a proper anthem. For the first leak off Wale’s upcoming sophomore album, Ambition, the MMG lieutenant switches his tone from aiming at the pretty ones to the girls with a skanky side. Read the rest of this entry »

DD172 unevils the cover & tracklisting to Ski’s next long-player, 24 Hour Karate School Pt. 2. Set to drop on August 9th, the album will be packed with frequent collaborators from the dojo as well as new features including STS, L.E.P Bogus Boys, Freddie Gibbs, Stat Quo, Stalley and more. Read the rest of this entry »

Bronx MC Godchild sings songs of survival over production by The Kickdrums. Read the rest of this entry »

Mell Music tapped House Shoes for The Official Daily Bread Mixtape, a 45 minute original mix is the jump off for Apollo Brown & Hassaan Mackey’s new album Daily Bread Read the rest of this entry »

John Wall’s first appearance around these parts nearly two years ago saw him give Jerry Stackhouse his most relevant basketball moment in years at the North Carolina Pro-Am. Life always has a way of coming full circle and the 2010 #1 overall pick found himself in the same event, only this time against Julius Hodge (#12 in picture above). Read the rest of this entry »

Comedy, Auto-Tune and The Office are not necessarily the first things that come to mind when one thinks of our favorite Left Coast freedom fighter, Bambu, but they combine like Voltron on “Rashida Jones,” the latest release off his new collaborative project with Geo of the Blue Scholars, Prometheus Brown And Bambu Walk Into A Bar. Read the rest of this entry »

Screw a publicist or management. Drake took to Twitter and dropped the status update seen above with the series of numbers “10242011.” Read the rest of this entry »

After beating her most recent court case on Tuesday, July 12th, Foxy Brown has plans to sue the city for $100M, accusing the city’s DA of malicious prosecution. The Brooklyn Supreme Court dropped mooning charges (yes, mooning) after the plaintiff, Arlene Raymond, refused to testify. Read the rest of this entry »

Call Toro Y Moi’s “Saturday Love” whatever you want: “chillwave,” “indie,” or “hipster baby-making music.” However, one thing’s for sure: the man behind the moniker, Chazwick Bundick, makes some of the snazziest synth tunes this side of the ’80s. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite leaking nearly a month before its release date, Beyoncé’s new album 4 stands atop the Billboard charts and will officially have reached gold status by next week and platinum at some point this fall, because that’s what all of her albums do. Read the rest of this entry »

“Darryl Strawberry, you can sniff it like Bobby.”

New new visuals from Moruf’s GSOM: Ready To Live project. Read the rest of this entry »

As these long, cold lockout-tainted days drift by, I really want to think about on-the-court NBA basketball, which is difficult since those sort of stories are few-and-far amid off-court tales and alternate summer vacation plans surrounding the lockout. That stuff is cool and I enjoy reading and writing about it, but it’s in no way related to the actual game. So when I heard that Don Nelson, the NBA’s all-time coaching wins leader, was interested in coaching the Minnesota Timberwolves next season, my mind immediately began contemplating the possibilities. Read the rest of this entry »