With Meek’s Dreamchasers 2 a resounding success, MMG keeps the promotional ball rolling with Self Made, Vol. 2 on tap next month to create the illusion your Toyota Camry rides exactly like a Maybach. Wale, Meek Mill and French Montana team up for “Actin’ Up,” an ode to never putting, ummm, “garden tools” on a pedestal in the vein so many others apparently do. Read the rest of this entry »

“Even if she all about the money, I don’t really care…”

If teamwork does indeed make the dream work, Fat Joe is a living testament. Don Cartegena also happens to be a believer in the sentiment “your network is your net worth.” That’s the only logical explanation behind Joe’s newest creation with Kanye West, Jadakiss, Mos Def, Jeremy Lin, Read the rest of this entry »

Having Will and Jada attend Game 5 didn’t go well for the Sixers as Rajon Rondo and Brandon Bass spawned into Cousy and Russell. Now, with their backs against the proverbial wall and Kevin Garnett questioning the city’s balls, The City of Brotherly Love is pulling out all the stops with the announcement none other than Allen Iverson will reportedly attend Game 6. Read the rest of this entry »

I knew it was bound to happen. You knew it was bound to happen. The whole world knew it was bound to happen. Ca$h Out lets loose of the remix to his infectious hit single – and possible summer anthem – “Cashin’ Out (Remix)” with Akon, Jeezy, Fabolous and Yo Gotti tagging along for the ride. Read the rest of this entry »

K.R.I.T. gives his subdued strip club ode a facelift with a remix boasting the arrival of Waka Flocka and The Original Juiceman, Juicy J. The additions are pretty brilliant, too, taking into account the grand scheme of things. Read the rest of this entry »

Upon hearing Freddie Gibbs will be dropping the long anticipated Baby Face Killa May 28, I immediately began thinking. Read the rest of this entry »

Kobe Bryant sat in front of a sea of reporters waiting to document the Lakers’ most recent playoff exit at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. We’ve seen Bean in situations like this and 99% of the time he always provides at least one quotable. Last night was no different. Read the rest of this entry »

“She cook, she clean, she braid, too/That’s a keeper…”

Following Mookie Jones off and on for awhile now, one thing I can honestly say about buddy is that he seems cool as a fan. That and his afro could lead a person to believe he’s the forgotten member of Bone Thugs. All jokes aside, his visual for “Outstanding” – the final for last September’s P.A.N. (Playa Ass N*gga) – is smooth as newborn baby skin. Read the rest of this entry »

Is it me or has Rick Ross been trying to release singles with none gaining significant traction? Well, regardless if “So Sophisticated” is meant to be one or not, the duo of Ross and Meek Mill have yet another banger to attach to their tag team catalog. Read the rest of this entry »

Like next month with Tupac, Hip-Hop has paid respects to Frank White on today, what would have been B.I.G.’s 40th birthday. Life being the best gift anyone could ask for, we unfortunately have to remember Chris through a variety of other avenues. Take this visual adaptation of “Somebody’s Gotta Die,” for example. Read the rest of this entry »

Watching Kevin Durant put the Lakers on ice Saturday right in Metta World Peace’s grill*, I knew one thing and one thing only. LeBron had to ball out of control in Game 4 versus the Pacers. However, I wasn’t expecting this. Read the rest of this entry »

With each passing year comes the realization albums which defined many of my teenage years are getting up there in age as well. Alicia Keys‘ The Diary Of Alicia Keys doesn’t turn 10 until next year, yet the lessons learned continue to stand as a testament of near flawless execution. Read the rest of this entry »

Maybe it’s the (mixtape) Gucci Mane fan in me, but seeing Suzi Analouge’s name, the hook from “I Think I Love Her” immediately popped into my head. Upon giving her (R)ose (A)lways (W)ins EP a fair shake, she and La Flare are polar opposites when it comes to musical approaches; and that’s perfectly acceptable. Read the rest of this entry »

Long before Christopher Wallace, a man by the name of Malcolm Little – known in the hood as Detroit Red – immortalized the phrase “from ashy to classy.” Red was in the streets. He pushed drugs. He clashed with the law. He got it poppin’ with the loose women folk of his day. It took prison and a conversion to Islam which would reveal the man we now know as Malcolm X. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s break this down into three points.

1. Cocaine 80′s (composed of James Fauntleroy, No I.D., Common and Makeba Riddick) is such a dope name for a group for a slew of reasons. The fact the music (mostly) lives up to the name is even better. Read the rest of this entry »