The NBA’s return signifies the end of one of the more ugly work stoppages in recent memory and one that appeared to derail the entire season just one week ago. While everything remains “tentative” at the moment, the 2011-2012 season is being rushed to be pieced together in a matter of weeks. This means things will be slightly different this year in comparison to seasons past. Read the rest of this entry »

The game’s most beloved seasonal MC from Harlem, Cam’ron, pokes his head out to release the video for “Bang Bang,” set to be featured on Boss Of All Bosses 3 and available on iTunes come December 16th. Read the rest of this entry »

In an interview with KLIF radio in Dallas on Friday, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann shared that she still wasn’t pleased with NBC’s response to the “Lying Ass Bitch” controversy. The GOP candidate did receive a written apology from a higher-up at NBC – the senior vice president for special programs to be exact – but apparently the atonement wasn’t sufficient in Bachmann’s eyes. Read the rest of this entry »

Mac Miller is so much more than a rapper. He’s also an economist, a motivational speaker and a comedian. In this three and a half minutes skit by mun2, he presents a solution for the recession Read the rest of this entry »

Rugz D. Bewler releases By Any Means Necessary, the follow-up to last year’s spectacular but slept-on Save Bewler: The Memoirs of Muhammad Mc’Fly. Rugz created By Any Means Necessary with a specific purpose in mind, as he states: “I made this for every true outsider looking in. In today’s world, we’re forced to believe to claim different is to be cool. Read the rest of this entry »

In one violent motion, Jeremy Mincey drove Matt Leinart into the ground. Leinart would walk off the field unassisted, but news that broke later in the day confirmed what Houston Texans fans feared most: Leinart would be out for the season. Now down to third-string caliber signal-callers, a dark cloud looms over Houston. Read the rest of this entry »

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Terrell Owens Tweets To Pay The Bills [TMZ] Read the rest of this entry »

School will always be in session as long as the principal of Locke High is blowing his whistle on the tracks like a Cripped-out Joe Clark. Terrace Martin is on that other ish with Problem and TayF 3rd as he continues to give Locke High 2 some viral promo. Read the rest of this entry »

Junclassic is holding council at Coney Island these days, because his joint album with Jazz Spastiks, Mode 7, is doing alright in the world. However, don’t mistake this for some random beach boy promo. Nothing to see here but vibrant sounds of organic Hip-Hop. Read the rest of this entry »

As the irreverent devil on the shoulder of The Clipse, Pusha T’s blizzard cold street narratives always raised susupicions what he would do without his brother Malice present as his conscience. Earlier this year, the world received the younger Thornton’s first missive with his first solo outing, the mixtape Fear Of God. A mix of We Got It For Cheap free-for-alls and more refined attempts at establishing himself as a viable solo entity, the first iteration of Fear Of God was proof that Neighborhood P was not playing and the rest of the world should be afraid. Read the rest of this entry »

By dropping a producer album, Lawrence, MA’s DJ Statik Selektah automatically inherited both the advantages and disadvantages of such records. Yes, on one hand they have a whole slew of artists from all walks of life, but they also tend to be unfocused and lack a centralized theme. However, on Population Control, his fourth on the subject, Statik tactfully is able to maximize his sound, while smartly directing the album’s bearings. Read the rest of this entry »

God is clearly trying to get me to cop some of this Orisue gear.

Just last week, my wife gave me my monthly allowance and I hit up a few local boutiques to scope out some gear. The Orisue wovens caught my eye and I made a mental note that I’d come back and grab some when I wanted make an all-out shopping spree. The very next day, Gotty™ hit me up with Orisue’s Holiday 2011 lookbook, which made me want even more of their gear. Read the rest of this entry »

When a song samples Ice Cube’s “Today Was A Good Day” (which sampled The Isley Brothers “Footsteps In The Dark”) and features Eric Grant of The O’Jays, the result is damn near written in stone. All Chip Tha Ripper had to do was show up. While not topping O’Shea’s timeless ode to the perfect 24 hours, Midwest Chip certainly puts together an entertaining piece that’s worthy enough of a few spins on your iTunes playlist. Read the rest of this entry »

Good lord Mobb Deep’s “Dead Man’s Shoes” is gruesome, probably unnecessarily so. If you don’t have the stomach for appendages spouting blood, I wouldn’t recommend pressing play. The clip has been out for a minute now yet the song and vid are still going strong in my rotation. Read the rest of this entry »

If you know Talib Kweli’s music, you already know the sultry vocals of Aretha Franklin have always had a reserved spot in his music. Now that Black Star has reemerged back onto the scene, the soul brothers from another mother are paying the Queen of Soul a priceless tribute with their new project, Black Star Aretha. Read the rest of this entry »