Last heard on his collaborative EP with Gilbere, Sean Rose stands alone and does well over a cascading Earth, Wind & Fire sample for the track “Beautiful.” Read the rest of this entry »

You can travel all across the globe but in time, you’ll find there’s no place like home. Rapsody isn’t exactly from Kansas; she hails from the top Carolina and is damn proud of it. Not since Bubba Sparxxx has a rapper kicked top notch game from a cornfield and Raps takes it back to her roots with her parents in tow for some heartfelt, down home cookin’. Read the rest of this entry »

Deriding an artist is easy since most do dumb things along the way. But we must also give praise when it’s warranted and Lupe Fiasco’s participation in an initiative to feed the hungry deserves a bit of credit. Read the rest of this entry »

By now, Bow Wow’s probably well aware what most of you think of his rap career. It’s fabricated. It’s the gift of networking at a young age. It’s long past its prime. That’s all well and dandy, but Shad’s not quitting his day job and looks to silence a few critics with his newly liberated Greenlight 4 mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

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Did Lil Wayne Steal The Beat For “She Will”? [The Urban Daily]

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Starbucks CEO: Stop Giving Money to Politicians [Moneyland]

Kimbo Slice Hilariously Murders White Nobody [With Leather] Read the rest of this entry »

Do listen before panning “Martians…” and “Good Girls…” off as just big name features for Game’s R.E.D. Album. Read the rest of this entry »

As expected, the dubya’s keep piling up for Jeezy as he’s easing into the final lap as the TM103 race continues. The Real came back and now we have another Decatur Dan-treated visual to support the movement. To be considered yourself a winner, you have to surround yourself with some and alongside the entire USDA, Read the rest of this entry »

Action Bronson’s Dr. Lecter LP featured production by Tommy Mas, a little-known NYC-based producer. Each beat on that album was laced with instrumentation that sounded almost live, but had classic boom-bap at their root. Today, on the other hand, Bronsalino’s trying his hand at something from the opposite-end of the spectrum. Read the rest of this entry »

Not really sure how “Amen” went from being a Jeezy track to Pusha and Kanye bogarting it but it works. Read the rest of this entry »

Game, why would you do this? You just dropped a banger and you follow that up with a limp-wristed, 20-something minute Watch The Throne swagger jack? Read the rest of this entry »

Harlem has a new swag, wave and steez and its name is ASAP Rocky. The hardened youngster doesn’t sport the traditional delivery or melodies old heads will be accustomed to coming from Uptown yet that’s just part of the appeal of Lenox Ave’s latest gangsta practitioner in Hip-Hop. Read the rest of this entry »

Some time ago, a video surfaced with Khaled and Ace Hood in the studio previewing a T-Pain assisted-song which would later end up on the former’s new album Blood, Sweat & Tears. From what I could hear, the record seemed promising and one I hoped would get some push behind it once the time came. Well, fast forward a few months and the time is now. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to rap, the kitchen is normally associated with the d-boy sector, where the baking soda is cooked up for the ultimate fix. Ash Roth (along with Cool Kid Chuck) are whipping up their own brand of dope with a different take on everybody’s favorite room in the house. Read the rest of this entry »

New music from the TDE camp as K. Dot and Jay Rock get together for “My People.” Tags for now but the song should be on iTunes later this week and be featured on the Bastards Of The Party soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »

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There isn’t an official guidebook on what a woman should look like at age 45, but Halle Berry has done her part in blurring the lines of the standard and reality. She hasn’t done a movie in forever but when she hits the beach in a bikini, the entire world tunes in as a testament to her increasing MILF status. Read the rest of this entry »