The past is the past, but something tells me had “Tats On My Arm” and “Best Night Ever” made Ambition, I probably would have fought a tad bit harder to get Wale 3.5 Cigs. Give the brain trust at MMG some credit, however. At least “Tats…” will not fall by the wayside. Read the rest of this entry »

I come to you all, bearing good news for all the Fly.Union fans and stans across the land. The Greater Than Club is opening up its membership once more this upcoming January with a Vol. 2 in the works. Read the rest of this entry »

If anyone was going to redeem Nickelback after the mere thought of their Thanksgiving performance got panned by the general public, it’s Funny Or Die! Yes, the website built from Ron Burgundy’s ashes has enlisted the Alberta, Canada band and that squirelly fellow from The League to come up with ideas that will uphold the Motor City’s high standards. Read the rest of this entry »

Only a talented troupe of rappers could become stronger after losing a few members. Even though they’re down two from their original three, Tanya Morgan is still very much a rap group and they’re welcoming all challengers on their You And What Army EP. Taking it back to where shell toes, a turntable and a mic was the only uniform to make you star, YAWA is a lyric-driven freshfest constructed in the lower Eastside of Brooklynati. Read the rest of this entry »

Nicki Minaj helped take care of many fans potential conundrum as to what to get their significant other for Cupid’s Day next year. Young Money’s queen went on Twitter to announce her next album’s title and release date Read the rest of this entry »

On “If U Down,” the first single from the Diamond District member’s sophomore album The Earn, yU combats empty rhetoric with harsh truth about himself, his surroundings and his art form. Less a song than a call to action, yU spits like a man at the end of his rope. Read the rest of this entry »

Jazzie Belle

Rush Limbaugh Accuses Michelle Obama Of “Uppity-Ism” [News One]

Drake Should Stop Talking About The NBA [With Leather]

Top 10 Lesser-known Martial Arts Movie Stars [Listeverse] Read the rest of this entry »

Yell, kick, scream, throw bitch fits all you must, but the truth is the truth. Cash Money Records has been the most successful business venture of its kind for a long, long time. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for some new material courtesy of The Legendary Roots Crew. We already know that undun is a concept album that will be narrative in nature, but knowing the Roots, I wouldn’t put it past them to tell some kind of concrete story in their videos as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Freeway and Danny Brown take FADER along for quick, candid trips through their respective stomping grounds of Philly and Detroit and down memory lane for the latest in the mag’s “Uncapped” video series. Read the rest of this entry »

From the metropolitan concrete universe of the East Coast to the utopia battlegrounds of the West Coast to the integrated cities boasted by the South, there’s plenty of love spread throughout the Hip-Hop community these days. Two denizens who aren’t strangers to sharing their respective spotlights – Murs and Ski Beatz – take their matters of the heart seriously on their first full length pairing, Love And Rockets Vol. 1: The Transformation. Read the rest of this entry »

King Mez is a beneficent ruler, as evidenced by the jewels he drops while talkin’ recording and Jordans on the self-produced track “Reign.” His name may not get mentioned as much as other artists but Mez should be considered when they talk that Freshmen ’12 talk Read the rest of this entry »

After a live preview, Bussa Bus answers the call of a hectic beat needing the murk treatment by hopping on Kendrick’s “Rigamortis.” Read the rest of this entry »

A few of Hip-Hop’s most vaunted projects have come from the most batshit-crazy pairings: The Bomb Squad and Ice Cube; The Dust Brothers and The Beastie Boys; John Brion and Kanye West. Gary, Indiana’s own, Freddie Gibbs, has dabbled in his own odd pairings throughout the past few years, jumping on tracks by everyone from Maja 7th to Josh the Goon to Blended Babies. Keeping with this pattern, Gangsta Gibbs tries out a new musical hat, dropping the Thuggin’ EP with Stones Throw artist Madlib Read the rest of this entry »

adidas releases a new commercial starring Dwight Howard, Eric Gordon, Jrue Holiday and Big Sean showcasing the new adiZero Crazy Light, a basketball sneaker touted as the lightest ever since it’s said to weigh only 9.8 ounces. Totally irrelevant except to myself and maybe a few others whose brains light up when they hear ill little tech specs like that. Read the rest of this entry »