While gearing up for his Savage Journey…, Stalley’s still making the absolute most out of ITM, almost one year since its release. This time around the track “Go On” gets a well done video by director Walu that features a technologically-enhanced version of the Massilon MC and a nice cameo scene of Fieg’s Kith NYC boutique shop. Read the rest of this entry »

As the allure of a new Miami Thrice dominated headlines, a third MLB club made an 11th hour move to nab the greatest player in baseball history off of free agency. The Los Angeles Angels, a team whose name was absent in the Albert Pujols Sweepstakes a mere 24 hours ago, shocked the baseball world to sign away St. Louis’s All-Universe slugger. Read the rest of this entry »

America enjoys going through and celebrating its periodical “sexual revolutions.” The “Free Love” era still gets thought of fondly by your grandparents. Your parents and older siblings crank up Prince and remember when coke ruled and AIDS was a myth. Those events, though, were all before my time. I think the first sexual revolution I was alive to witness came around 1998, coinciding with my own early teenage years Read the rest of this entry »

Making it in the music business might be one of the hardest things to do, period. Way beyond just churning out quality tunes, the amount of variables factoring into the situation can back even the most talented artists into a corner of no return. You may think you have a marketable song or project, but do you have the necessities to make people care? Read the rest of this entry »

“I ain’t got no Grammys for my mammy, or no Oscar for my pops/ But I got real gangsters in my family, no imposters on my block.” When I picture Arkansas, I don’t necessarily envision the things SL Jones is talking about on his new track, “Actin Bad.” Read the rest of this entry »

Remember that episode of Fresh Prince where Will and Ashley had the double date at the putt-putt golf course? Well, Diggy Simmons and Jeremih’s new visual is just like that. Kind of. Read the rest of this entry »

After pumping out plenty of party-rocking mash-ups over the past few years, Chi-Town’s favorite remix-making duo The Hood Internet has compiled this compilation of their most popular takes for a new, self-titled mixtape. Along with their amazing version of The XX’s “VCR” with Freddie Gibbs, which kept my car classy all summer long Read the rest of this entry »

A toast to all of you fine binge drinkers who wake up on driveways, because from here on out, your morning after will not be as shitty anymore. “Blowfish,” a newly FDA-approved hangover remedy, claims to eliminate that headache, weakness, and nausea commonly associated with waking up after a night of heavy drinking. Read the rest of this entry »

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Blagojevich Sentenced To 14 Years For Corruption [Reuters]

Nicki Minaj to Rock with Dick Clark on New Year’s Eve Special [Rap-Up]

Wiz Khalifa Speaks On Taylor Gang’s New Additions [RTNY] Read the rest of this entry »

“We real players but we really don’t play like Joseph Forte, got doja all day…” – Lil Wayne, “Best Of Me” Freestyle

One of these days when I write my Book Of Basketball, there will be a section dedicated to Joe Forte. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s no actual proof that the toddler in the video is actually two but let’s just assume he is. The little tyke doesn’t seem to be screaming out anything discernible and the onesie indicates that he can’t be too old. And that’s what makes it impressive because the lil guy definitely has the mannerisms and flow patterns down pat to be future rapper. Read the rest of this entry »

Fiend embodies that old, famous No Limit work ethic, putting out new tracks and videos with an almost feverish intensity. He’s also a firm believer in the virtues of the Jet Life though and needs to find a few moments to relax, smoke a little something and appreciate the good things that life has to offer. So, like few before him, Fiend has found a way to have his cake and eat it too, Read the rest of this entry »

While I’m sure GLC has been laying down his pimp hand since preschool, it’s really only been about the past year or so that we’ve become accustomed to the “Spaceship”-traveling Chicagoan completely adopting the “Ism” mantra. Read the rest of this entry »

A recent malfunction in Facebook’s security (or lack thereof) leaked several of Mark Zuckerberg’s personal pictures, divulging absolutely nothing. This guy lives a duller life than OJ Simpson behind bars. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t let what happened last summer in South Beach or what could potentially occur in Los Angeles or New York fool you. “Super teams” are nothing new in a league that has predicated itself on the selling value of its superstars for decades. Just looking at teams since the year 2000, here’s how the major squads (with three perennial All Stars) have assembled. Read the rest of this entry »