Busy boys, Diplo and Switch have no time to rest. Preparing to launch a Major Lazer cartoon on Adult Swim, working on M.I.A.’s next album (“It’s like Gucci Mane meets Animal Collective.”) and now it looks like they’ve got another EP set to drop. No rest for the weary when...

Pic By Ernest Estime Keeping in line with the M.O. of the EP, The one they call Scudda continues to prove he is Not Your Average Joe. Last time, he did it adjacent to a few of his esteemed colleagues while letting the car stereos tweak. Now, he’s the only one guilty for a verbal manslaughter as...

Seeing that Jay-Z was just announced as a top performer on Bonnaroo’s MySpace (remember that site?), I couldn’t help but wonder, who’s selling out more in this arrangement? The hippie jam band fest in cohorts with the Hip-Hop’s icon of individual capitalistic gain? Or the self-proclaimed...

On account of the engulfing amount of actually-naked women available upon a click of my mouse, I can’t say I’m too caught up by the new SI Swimsuit Edition cover. Still, for the sake of disparagingly having to tag posts NSFW, I figured I’d share this with the hopes that those of us...

“For as long as you live, pray to God you never know the feeling of having to kiss your mama goodbye in a court room while police take you away to prison. It hurts worse than any pain you can ever imagine.” With pain in his eyes and anger in his voice, one my best friends told me the words...

Still in the dark about HBO’s new original series How To Make It In America? You’re not alone. Ever since Larry David curbed his show for the season, I’ve had no reason whatsoever to hit the Home Box Office channel up for anything other than an occasional two-second chuckle courtesy...

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The ATL street pharmacist returns to the rack to bottle up the first prescription from 1140: The Overdose. If you thought homeboy was gonna’ stop after last year’s FDA extravaganza, you were sorely mistaken. Because “Thoughts,” finds Mr. P-I-Double L going deeper than Atlantis,...

I was a Super Nintendo kid growing up. But even the biggest Nintendo nerds couldn’t fake on Sonic. Mario games had more content, secrets and are arguably better in terms of replay value. But Sonic 1-3 were dope for their break neck speed, new moves and edgy flavor that truly showed they were...

The MVPuppets and Lil Dez are back, along with a featured appearance from Cavs center Zydrunas Ilgauskas in this latest commercial. Also, check the cameo from the puppet of George Gervin.

Stones Throw’s latest podcast features a few of the label’s brightest minds and gifted hands – Peanut Butter Wolf, J.Rocc, Dam-Funk, Mayer Hawthorne (we still call him Haircut, the DJ) and James Pants – all in together with each name contributing a 10-minute mix of music for...

As he prepares to release his upcoming The Best You nEver Heard mixtape, Mikkey cranks out a little promotional fair the first (sanctioned) audio leak and a promo vid with an itinerary of his appearances in support of the release.

Early on in youth sports after we learn the purpose of shaking hands in the team line & sportsmanship, we pick up the next lesson of never pinning a loss on the back of one team member. There will always be heroes and oftentimes obvious goats. But we’re taught never to single out one play...

Despite fears of Manning overload being confirmed during the pre-game show, Super Bowl XLIV was still on of one of the more anticipated games in recent years. For the first time since the second Cowboys-Bills “showdown,” the top two seeds from each conference made it through their conferences unscathed....

Attempting their play on Michael Jordan and Larry Bird’s memorable original, LeBron and Dwight tried their hand @ a McDonald’s commercial that made its debut last night before the game. While MJ and Bird’s centered around their shooting acumen, this new version was a dunk contest....