With or without the MMG billing, Pill’s lyrical holocaust is keeping his name spreading across Twitter and random MTV tidbits like a plague. He nearly overdosed on swag his previous project with DJ Drama but his refill and re-up were potent enough for him to be diagnosed as a problem for this very moment. Read the rest of this entry »

Between the clips of Quik rapping alongside Loyal Divide and Danny Brown littering Joker’s bass with foul-mouthed ease, you’ve already seen we’ve posted a few slices of Pitchfork’s Selector series. Read the rest of this entry »

Y’know the nighttime is the right time to get involved in all sorts of G’d up wackiness and adult activities. Whether it’s wolves or vampy bloodsuckers that rise up when the moon reveals its glow to the world, Jackie Chain will remain in his usual demeanor: cool, grinning and ready to beat the block up with his pimpish ways. Read the rest of this entry »

Spitta must get an itch if he goes too long without releasing new music. After dropping four projects last year, it took the New Orleans workhorse only one month into 2012 to deliver some free heat during our warm winter, via the release of this brand-new EP, Here. Read the rest of this entry »

La Flare’s looking to regain the top spot on the block by teaming with DJ Holiday to drop the Trap Back mixtape. With his legal difficulties creating setbacks, the argument can be made that Gucci’s been surpassed by a few others Read the rest of this entry »

While I haven’t listened to the tape yet, FKi’s new joint warrants sharing on good faith because I expect nothing but goodness, an abundance of references to red cups, blunts and beans along with distorted production to enhance the experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Can you imagine if your first mixtape featured Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Melonia Fiona and Pharrell, who also happened to be the one funding it? Well, Cris Cab can. Read the rest of this entry »

Man, SL Jones just keeps it moving, doesn’t he? It wasn’t but two months ago when the Little Rock big dog dropped his knocking Flight Risk mixtape on us. Now, he’s apparently set to release a joint effort with DJ Burn One, called Paraphernalia. Read the rest of this entry »

An icy cold demeanor, impeccable delivery on a staggering range of beats and refusal to conform to industry trends has lead our rhyming anti-hero, Emilio Rojas to this point in Twenty Twelve. The Breaking Point, that is. Read the rest of this entry »

Soulja Slim is an institution here in New Orleans. Build your Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore and Slim’s trademark scowl will get its just placement. However – and I’m not throwing shade here – it seems like more people honor the idea of Slim than actually know any of his musical contributions. Well, here’s your chance. Read the rest of this entry »

Burn One and The Fader pair up to release his latest instrumental release, Where There’s Smoke. What is it? Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Samir S.

This past summer, rising R&B newcomer Elle Varner came through with one of the best jams of the summer, “Only Wanna Give It to You,” an infectious Hip-Hop-Soul team-up with J. Cole. It should have been Varner’s “All I Want Is You,” but while it made a bit of noise, the record went relatively under the radar. Read the rest of this entry »

“Had a deal when I had just turned 19, now I look at the rap game as a ponzi scheme…”

With several years in the game, the last few spent strictly as an independent, Starlito’s mastered his craft as an artist and entrepreneur. By that, I mean he’s shown that he understands how to approach the game in its current state and attack it in uncompromising fashion Read the rest of this entry »

New York is finally beginning to regain its own identity. After nearly a decade of wandering aimlessly toward regional trends and pop radio, there is a simmering resurgence of something that resembles the aggressive youth movement that was once the engine that drove Hip-Hop. The movement is small and exists just beneath the surface, but it seems like Rotten Apple Hip-Hop is returning Read the rest of this entry »

Dubbed as “the album before the album,” Maino partners with DJ Green Lantern and DJ Infamous to release his I Am Who I Am mixtape. The Bed-Stuy guy gets help from the likes of PUSH! Montana, T.I., Meek Mill, Wale and more. Read the rest of this entry »