Sure he’s gravely underappreciated but in this game, respect is earned through the music. With hustle hard or sit on the shelf being the motto, Maino is past the quarelling with the peasants and positioning himself to be the voice NYC wants (and needs).

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...

The formal sentence was death by lyrical injection and Marco & Ruste are finally set to oversee The eXXecution with Duck Down Records approval. R. Juxx cranks up the intensity level for those anticipating the album’s March 23rd release date.

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...

Much like the CD, the vinyl to Freeway & Jake One’s collaborative album The Stimulus Package features an extravagant packaging that’s surely destined to become a collector’s item down the line. There’s still time to pre-order your copy to have a chance to win one of those...

On the heels of his SBs and a new HBO show, Kid Cudi drops another low-budget visual, this time for his solo slice from David Guetta’s debut, One Love. The up-tempo nature of this vibrant, club-ready bouncer is definitely not for everyone, but good enough to keep Cudder full steam ahead of the...

Since the state still owns Radric Davis‘ ass, Wale gets to keep all the pretty girls for himself as Go-Go gets a much needed national boost with the second single from Attention Deficit. Not that Gucci’s absence is a bad thing since a few models take over his camera time during his 1:20...

In a strange turn of events, Freddie Foxxx apologized for brawling with a fan @ SOBs last week. He might have a new adversary now though. Mega Montana has never been one to back down to a challenge and here he picks up the mic to send a few lines Freddie’s way in response to the shots sent @ by...

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...

I’ma be honest with you. As much as I’ve seen and respected Nipsey Hussle’s come-up over the past year, I personally can’t say I’ve found myself enthralled enough to rehash a single song from the South Central MC’s catalogue. For no real reason, either.

A lot of rappers speak on “killing” the track or “murdering shit,” but most of the time they only proclaim it and end up not following through. In fact, most rappers that use this kind of imagery have no kind of reasoning behind the claims, working with the “say it until it’s true”...

Looks like climbing that mountain gave Lupe a focused amount of energy as he applies the lyrical pressure with “Lean.” First joint off Lasers? We’ll see as the album’s release gets closer. But if he stays in this zone…we’ll let’s just be satisfied with the moment....

“Descendant of condescending, sending a kind of scent The nostrils get type of sting / a narcissistic kind of thing I’m often met with harp and strings and an operatic sing When I walk inside the ring you would thought that I had wings, On the softer side of things I’m just an unrealistic...

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 tell beatmakers all the time, you gotta do more than beats. If you want your career to go right, you just gotta do more than beats.” — 9th Wonder 9th talks the talk, then walks the walk by remixing both new and old tracks…again.