Sometimes it has to be deeper than rap. Deeper than what’s on the surface of the lyrical context that puts things into an elevated creative space. Warner Bros. is welcoming Common into the mix with open arms and a blank checkbook so that The Dreamer, The Believer can be everything we want it to be. Read the rest of this entry »

Beyonce’s video for the remixed version of “Party,” featuring J. Cole, makes its 106 & Park debut, not long after the song itself appeared a few days ago. At this point, Bey’s clocked six videos in support of 4 Read the rest of this entry »

Mary J. Blige goes looking for “Mr. Wrong” with Drake in tow for a track set to be featured on the Queen’s My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act I), releasing on November 21st. Read the rest of this entry »

Conceptually speaking, the World Series is the closest thing in sports to Thanksgiving dinner. The spread takes forever to prepare. So many hands are involved in the process, yet when the meal is finally prepared and laid across the table, the end result all seems worth the wait. Unless your one auntie is allowed to cook the turkey which turns out dryer than the Sahara (in this case a four game sweep) thus ruining the exhilaration which is the “Fall Classic.” Read the rest of this entry »

The sinister mind behind Broken Cool debuted his “Top 10 Hip-Hop Blogs” list yesterday, as a loose follow-up to Vibe’s “Top 50″ originally published in 2009. TSS ranked pretty high on the list but click here to check it for yourself and read the criteria and rankings. But don’t go off reading the list and thinking this blogging stuff is easy Read the rest of this entry »

Guess who’s REALLY focused on promoting their album this year? Teddy Penderassover strikes back with the powers of Grayskull and forces of hyphy, boosted by the powerful vehicle of YouTube. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re gonna’ dedicate a track to one female, “Christina Applegate” is a quality choice. As most guys with good taste already know, the former Married With Children starlet ages in reverse and could make a British Guard pee his pants from laughter. So, it’s only right that the extremely classy Sonny Bonoho and his homie Playboy Tre re-imagined Tribe Called Quest’s “Bonita Applebum” Read the rest of this entry »

Has-Lo’s somber, composed, controlled. No matter the track, no matter his subject matter, the man lets bar-after-bar slip out without stress or hesitation, like he’s just sharing a few thoughts with the listener. “Never Was Yours” first met the world as “Everything Is,” a reflective, smooth track off In Case I Don’t Make It Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s face it, there are plenty of reasons why Kyle Lucas is humming his new tune, “Cut Me Down.” As the lead singer of alternative band Vonnegut and solo rapper in his own right, the Marietta, GA artist has undoubtedly received some flack for going back and forth between roles. Read the rest of this entry »

He just wants you to know he’s still got it. He wants to prove to you that he can still make an impact on a NFL team. As it stands, nobody’s buying anything that Terrell Owens is selling. Halfway into the season, he held a workout in Calabasas, CA to prove that his most recent knee surgery was not career-ending. Read the rest of this entry »

In case no one bothered to notice, Big K.R.I.T. has been on a serious run the since end of the summer. Live From The Underground may be put on ice until the new year but Mississippi’s most talked about entertainer has done his part to keep his sound fresh and name relevant. Read the rest of this entry »

Even though the weather is supposed to be warm and sunny here in the Midwest come Monday for Halloween, the forecast down in Satan’s part of the world is calling for uncharacteristically chilly temperatures. Blame it on Gangsta Gibbs. Read the rest of this entry »

As if he already couldn’t taste the hate with every ounce of 14kt he drapes his body in, Drake is The Source Magazine’s cover boy for the very first time and he’s putting his mouth where (some) of his money is. Read the rest of this entry »

Hip-Hop is pretty much past its stages of sporadically “making it rain,” especially when the average rap Joe got a bank loan just to toss in front of some cameras and swiftly return it as soon as they shut off. When we have Capital One putting it in the commercials, you know the gag has ran stale. Lloyd Banks actually had it to blow back then but maturity has sent in and he’s preaching the opposite on “Make It Stack,” his latest leak from Cold Corner 2. Read the rest of this entry »

Equipped with the heavenly voice of Goapele, The Kid Daytona is looking towards the sky and giving thanks to that higher power that gave him his heartbeat and ability to stay on beats from Statik Selektah with clever lines. Not too many artists would usher in their new project from this angle but Daytona has always been an out-the-ordinary, extradionary talent. Read the rest of this entry »