The NBA’s TV schedule today was fantastic from start to finish* and caused me to ignore any of the stirrings in rap until tonight, where I found Twitter ablaze regarding MTV’s “Hottest MCs” finale. In case you missed it, the former all music channel tapped Ricky Ross as the boss of this rap sh*t. Read the rest of this entry »

Guess who’s thrilled this song received the visual treatment? Yep, this guy right here. Cold Day In Hell, still obviously one of the best projects of yesteryear, remains fresh nearly two months into 2012 and the duo of Gibbs and 2 Chainz make sure of this with the video for “Neighborhood Hoez.” Read the rest of this entry »

Nowadays, whenever an artist attains a certain amount of success, especially when sudden, it’s directly attributed to them being apart of the Illuminati, a secret society helmed by Jay-Z that pretty much controls the world through song. Talks of the cult have seen a surge in recent years thanks to tin foil thinkers with YouTube accounts, frustrated fans of third tier artists and pulpit pimps overzealous preachers. Read the rest of this entry »

At the tail end of the 1990s, Brandy and Monica recorded one of the most popular catfights in history — the multi-platinum “The Boy Is Mine.” Now that they’re older, wiser and done fighting over Mekhi Phifer, they’ve decided to pick up where they left off and update the references of voicemails to Facebook on “It All Belongs To Me.” Read the rest of this entry »

We can’t speak for everyone, but our parents always told us it was rude to point. However, they probably didn’t account for the magnetic attraction most people’s index fingers have to scrapers and donks, which happens to be theme of E-40′s new cranker, “They Point.” Read the rest of this entry »

If MTV hasn’t lost its credibility in your eyes by now, their nominees for the “Hottest MC’s In The Game VII” might be the tipping point. 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 »

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Now that 2 Chainz is officially on the Def Jam roster as a soloist, fans can expect some high-powered collaborations — a few of them with labelmate Kanye West. Read the rest of this entry »

What the hell is up with rap crowds, these days?

After watching last night’s footage of 2 Chainz rocking SOBs, which is New York’s make-or-break venue for rappers on the verge, that’s the question I found myself asking. Because, between all the hype surrounding this scarf-rocking ATLien over the past year and the weeks-worth of hoopla over at YN’s place, I expected to see the roof blowing off the joint. But instead, it was almost the complete opposite. Read the rest of this entry »

2011 came and went with many finding themselves late to the 2 Chainz party, not realizing what a banner run the guy had until the year’s final quarter. As a result, I’ve seen countless times where latecomers ask “what’s the deal with this guy?” Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s the deal. Jeezy and 2 Chainz’s “Supafreak” was too dope not to be a single, hence its inclusion on our year end list. With the song being one of the candidates for strip club national anthem at the moment, releasing a visual for said record sooner than later was pretty damn smart. Read the rest of this entry »

While most rappers these days are warming the bench for the one-and-done shot on the major playing field, Red Café is content with aiming to be the biggest independent power on the planet. Bad Boy is moving in slow motion so in the meantime, RC is paying homage to his own backyard with a mixtape in album format. Read the rest of this entry »

“Migo hit my Boost, Migo hit my Boost
What you know about walking in the Gucci store and they salute?
Chain cost a coupe, coupe cost a crib
Riding with the chopper, like it’s my friend Read the rest of this entry »

Only a few months ago, Rick Ross’ career momentum was momentarily crippled by a series of seizures. The unofficial official word connected his ailments to exhaustion due to working too hard. Fast forward to early ’12, Ross must be well rested and recuperated because he’s back with a new drop, the Rich Forever mixtape Read the rest of this entry »

For somebody who resides in Atlanta, 2 Chainz wears a hell of a lot of scarves. But, when the money’s yours, you can “Spend It” on anything you please, including unnecessary flair and retakes of videos that came out five months ago. Read the rest of this entry »