Nick Ashford, one half of the songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson, passed away Monday in a New York hospital after succumbing to throat cancer. The husband and wife duo were the pens behind many of R&B’s bests, having written hits for Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan and, more recently, received co-writing credit on Amy Winehouse’s “Tears Dry On Their Own.” Read the rest of this entry »

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The NBA lockout drones on. But basketball, in and of itself, cannot be stopped by petty squabbles. Two notable street leagues, the Drew League and the Goodman League, joined up last night to hold a pickup game between some of their NBA regulars. Read the rest of this entry »

So, here’s the deal. Technically, this isn’t a “video,” but rather a movie trailer featuring a song from The-Dream. “Murderer” is slated to appear on both Terius’ new free project 1977 scheduled to drop next week and the upcoming Zoe Saldana flick Colombiana. Read the rest of this entry »

Nas and AZ together have made some of my favorite music. Ever. Straight up, these two on the same track are completely untouchable. In my ears, Anthony Cruz was always one of the few who lyrically kept stride on regular basis with Nasir Jones and the two were a cohesive unit on records together. Read the rest of this entry »

Sorry fellas. Jhené’s new video isn’t another beach photoshoot or some clichéd early morning clip where she giggles and takes Polaroids over herself in a wife beater and panties. In fact she’s not even in the presentation to begin with. The scenery you are witnessing is from the Japanese anime shows, Black Lagoon and Cowboy Bebop which you can catch the latter on [adult swim] occasionally. I guess you’ll just have to settle for listening to the music, which is great by the way. Read the rest of this entry »

NBA 2K11 is easily one of the very best sports games to ever grace a gaming console. The realism was off the charts and the “Jordan Challenge” was a great addition. It’s got to be a daunting task to follow up the video game equivalent of Illmatic, but the Visual Concepts people are sure giving it a shot with NBA 2K12. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s no way of telling who would be in the good graces of ‘Pac if he were alive today. Yet, if forced to pick names, one would have to believe Kendrick Lamar would be an artist who would. Stopping by Bootleg Kev’s show, the West Coast’s rising star was courteous enough to grant a quick freestyle over one of Hip Hop’s most distinguishable beats, “Hail Mary.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Rock The Bells happened and Childish Gambino performed, having a great set according to many firsthand accounts. We absolutely love the guy and his music. Read the rest of this entry »

YN’s never been one to shy away from bold proclamations and he makes a lofty statement on the cover of RESPECT, declaring Jay-Z and Kanye’s latest as “the most important album in Hip-Hop history.” Read the rest of this entry »

Keepin’ it simple yet oh so thorough, adidas releases a clean Gazelle model in maroon made up of suede, contrasting signature stripes in white and resting atop a chalk-colored sole. Read the rest of this entry »

On Sunday night, I went to bed feeling pretty smug after a successful weekend of eBaying old crap from my closet paired with a weird, but welcome influx of Karmaloop sales boosting my account there. But my come-up felt minor once I heard Eminem reportedly made $3 million for a weekend’s work at the V Festival in England. Read the rest of this entry »

This morning had Terrelle Pryor pegged as a surefire fifth or sixth round pick. Pundits were even predicting that he would be better off as a tight end instead of trying to haul passes to receivers as his accuracy left a lot to be desired. Of course, none of these experts accounted for the wildcard: the looney, half-dead owner of the Raiders, Al Davis. Read the rest of this entry »

After spending nearly a year in prison, Mister Mister Scarface finally finds himself on the right side of the razor-wire fences. According to HHW, Brad Jordan was finally released from the Harris County Jail where he was being held over child support payments totaling over $100K. Read the rest of this entry »

Lil Jon can’t leave the club and alcohol life and apparently neither can LMFAO. The wild boys already gave the Girls Gone Wild a fitting theme in the bottoms-up promoting “Shots” and here’s part two of the hangover with “Drink.” Who needs an album when you can just keep creating Spring Break singles on an impromptu basis? Read the rest of this entry »

After dropping a project with Sean Rose and numerous guest verses for others, Gilbere Forte is getting back to his solo business with “I Be On My Chill,” the second track from his upcoming release 87 Dreams 2 Reality mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »