Don Trip takes aim at 50 Cent’s “Shooting Guns” and murks it what’s become the norm whenever the Memphis artist takes the mic. Download and save it. Play it repeatedly until Help Is On The Way hits the e-streets. Read the rest of this entry »

The fourth week of the Presidential weekly mix series brings more fire mixes from two of Atlanta’s best DJs. If you checked last week’s edition you already know though. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock music lost its identity over the past decade somewhere between The White Stripes and Nickelback.

In the past 10 years, bands such as The Strokes, Kings of Leon and The Stripes (not so much Nickelback) have made worthwhile cases. Unfortunately, all have either A.) disbanded and/or B.) strayed from the simple, dirty aesthetics that made them great in the first place. In that decade Akron’s The Black Keys has varied slightly in sound (from modernized Delta blues to experimental Zeppelin-esque R&B) but has remained the only noticeable constant. Read the rest of this entry »

FC Barcelona’s goalkeeper flubbed a clearance resulting in a Real Madrid goal in the first minute of the game but with a little luck and resiliency, Barcelona won 3-1 to tie their rivals as league leaders in Spain. Read the rest of this entry »

AP:

“The latest crosstown shootout got out of control Saturday and ended in bedlam, a few seconds early. Eighth-ranked Xavier beat crosstown rival Cincinnati 76-53 on Saturday in a game that featured a steady stream of trash talking and was called with 9.4 seconds left when the teams got into a brawl in a corner of the court. Read the rest of this entry »

Mike WiLL Made It, he of “Tupac Back” fame, will be a little late for Christmas with his Est. In 1989 mixtape. Preceding its December 27 release, the Marietta, GA native gets in the giving spirit with his latest single featuring the legendary Dogg Pound, “Who F*ccin Wit Me.” Read the rest of this entry »

Successful singles, chart populating features and his long awaited debut album surpassing the 500K sold plateau officially signified J. Cole’s star was born in 2011. Sure, there were some missteps along the way, but the end result is all that matters. A track that’ll ultimately go under the radar given the growing popularity of his catalog is “Like A Star” from the short lived Any Given Sunday series. Read the rest of this entry »

Give or take a few months, it was about this time a decade ago a movement was brewing in Hip-Hop that effectively changed the way we hear music, embrace music and perceive success. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson changed the scope of rap music in the 2000′s in ways both beneficial to the genre and detrimental all at once. Read the rest of this entry »

Kanye West and Jay-Z play “Niggas In Paris” multiple times during each stop of their Watch The Throne tour because it gets the people going. They also know something else that gets fans hot and bothered: more Throne material. Read the rest of this entry »

Rick Perry has large shoes to fill. Tasked with replacing Herman “Big Daddy” Cain as the face of the Republican Party, the Texas governor comes out firing on all cylinders with “Strong,” a 30-second TV spot that sees him lamenting over the tragic state of America: “there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military, but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.” Read the rest of this entry »

DC is packed with government workers. As we approach the holidays in the city I call home, “use or lose” leave gets burned like found money. The Metro gets less crowded. Nothing gets done. Not so for Uptown XO, also known as one-third of Diamond District. Read the rest of this entry »

Quickly becoming one of our favorite posts to dedicate time towards – mainly because it involves both the writers and those who graciously stop by our neck of the e-woods – we present the third installment of The Maildrop. Read the rest of this entry »

All praises due to the almighty Gary Warnett for mining the archives to find this collection of old Nike ACG adverts. As print wanes, so does the related advertising to the point where everything is more video-based. The advantage of a print ad is that it causes the mind to stir Read the rest of this entry »

While there isn’t necessarily any actual nudity in this video, I’d definitely classify Andre Nickatina’s visual for “Call The Dealer” as not safe for viewing at your cubicle. Because, between the stacks of kilos and vast amounts of ass they’re being delivered to amidst this video treatment, the Filmore Hall of Famer could very easily get you fired from your nine-to-five gig if you’re not careful Read the rest of this entry »

With Season 2 set to debut next week, Jon Connor keeps his momentum full bore with this dedication to the ladies in his life that pick up the slack. They clean. They cook. They look good. Read the rest of this entry »