Sure, the balance of buzz may be a little lopsided in the Maybach Music empire, but that’s not for a lack of talent. Consumers act like their iPods can only fit up to five artists at time and as a result, not much traction was gained from Torch’s criminally slept-on UFO tape last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tony Toca was giving E Double’s new effort some shine on SHADE45 and the verdict is definitely a 180° to the bulk of the culture’s current climate. The Green-Eyed Bandit calls it a Breath Of Fresh Air, as he’s an O.G. rooted in his principles on how to present Hip-Hop music (do-do-do-do-dooo). Read the rest of this entry »

Internet killed the remix star and created a zombie wasteland of fruitless song extensions. Sure, they keep the infectious beat (typically the real star of the show) on the radio after the original has run its course, yet rarely do they top the initial record. (Yeah, you did your thing Nicki, but rare is rare.) Read the rest of this entry »

A d-boy usually has a chiropractor on speed dial from all the bruises their vertbrate endure as a result from corner hogging. If his name wasn’t a dead giveaway, Pyrex Pre$$ is a human GPS for much of the PA streets and all that work translates into street narratives, as heard on thiss “Against The Wall” selection. Read the rest of this entry »

From underneath the crushed vials and broken pipes on the asphalt, Planet Asia is moving past the “crack belt” and opening up on a dojo for his latest narrative, Black Belt Theatre. But like a good Samaritan of the streets, he’s tossing the music fiends a bone while raising awareness for the album in the process. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s pretty solid deductive reasoning as to why Hip-Hop doesn’t sound much like its conventional self these days. Those sample clearances are a mother. If the only event that helps a retired veteran of the industry sell their back catalog is an untimely death, you know they’re going to devour every opportunity when someone opts to “borrow” from their work. Read the rest of this entry »

While he’s already building quite the rep for himself with his unabashed point of view, Marcus Manchild has decided to up the ante on his buzz by looking to a couple of well versed O.G.’s to tell the fake exactly what they ain’t. Read the rest of this entry »

I once had a b*tch named Mandy May but this thing right here isn’t about me. It’s about a young Boss Hogg making his way from out the mud to becoming a straight up menace to foes like bacon to artieries. Whether you think like Caine or have a lack for them there brain functions like O-Dog, Read the rest of this entry »

Friday/Fried Day is one in the same when you’re rolling with FKi. The Transformers have been unleashed to run amok in the PJ’s and while we patiently wait for Iggy Azaela’s fat ass to get on the “I Think She’s Ready” set, this ode to the ghetto’s favorite odd couple should keep heads that just want to “f*ckin’ kick it” checking for the tape. Read the rest of this entry »

What you say ‘der whoadie? Juvenile is such a true N’awlins representer, all the way down to the fleur-de-lis on his socks. So it was only right that for Fat Tuesday ’12*, he put on for his birthright and expose the world to what they’re missing with all the Southern Smoke that comes along with Mardi Gras. Read the rest of this entry »

Had the O.G. Juiceman been making his solo rounds when D.A.R.E. still had an influence over children’s brainwaves, he just may have benefited from a load of extra publicity as the movement’s arch-nemesis. Read the rest of this entry »

The revolution will not be televised but it shall be recorded in high quality at the doorstep of a bakery battered in blood. Jean Grae is the key anti-heroine in this next critical turn of the public’s view on females of rap and after making a quiet splash in the mixtape circuit last year, Read the rest of this entry »

Unbeknown to most Americans still dropping low to “Heads High” in the club every weekend, Mr. Vegas is still recording music. The island vigilant team of LargeUp were in the place to be seen while the talented vocalist showed the world he could still rock the mic right. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever heard the term “Brooklanta?” Well, this Thursday in ATL, it applies wholeheartedly as Talib Kweli and the lovely Res are forming as a unit to bring Idle Warship to the dirty dirty. Read the rest of this entry »

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Valentine’s Day is about lust just as much it is about love, but those cutesy Hallmark cards and Zales commercials won’t ever give you the full skinny. San Fran’s LoveRance scored himself a pair of hits with the sexually-charged original and remix in “Up!” (as in reenacting human dynamite in between lady’s legs) Read the rest of this entry »