Sure, the credits say YG and Tyga. But, let’s fact it, “Do It With My Tongue” is made by the simplistic genius of DJ Mustard. Like “Rack City” and other potential hits like Meek Mill’s “Rollin” and YG’s strip-club killer “Pop It,” the bare-bones formula this California-born DJ-turned-producer continues to churn out Read the rest of this entry »

Good lord. This speedy lead single from Krizz Kaliko’s upcoming Kickin’ & Screamin’ album is simply ridiculous. At mach speed, these three lyrical assassins shred the mechanical monster of a beat and turn out what will inevitably get crowds moshing quicker than the rhymes it’s equipped with. Read the rest of this entry »

After seeing the title to this new Noreaga single, I wasn’t sure how well a hook hyping a search engine would sound in the whip. Then I heard the beat, which is an audible atomic bomb and realized first impressions aren’t always on point. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bay has got to feel pretty good right about now. Not only has Too Short been everywhere, but E-40 is about to drop his three album series called The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil, which features this currently jamming single, “Function.” Read the rest of this entry »

There were at least three million reasons for that pretty mothaf*%cka A$AP to celebrate last year. Now, to help spread said success even further into 2012, the Harlem native has reworked this unreleased track he recorded with Windy City MC Jon James into a solo effort. “Celebration” has a tad more mainstream-appeal than most of his down-tempo catalog Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s start at the beginning. The whole Freshman grades thing started innocently enough: I saw XXL‘s freshman concept for their 2009 class and thought it’d be good to treat them like an actual class with grades as the year progressed. When it was first published, I asked TC if he thought any of the rappers listed would read it. Clearly, I had no idea what kind of monster the grades would become. Read the rest of this entry »

In spite of it’s demoralizing qualities, YG’s “Toot It & Boot It” feels so good it might just make your pastor scream ‘f*%k a b!tch!’ So, as with any song with such influence, their comes a remix. Thanks to his Def Jam labeling, this fully-inked up & comer enlisted Uncle Snoopy and Cousin Curtis to take this coastal smash to big league levels. Read the rest of this entry »

When “Black & Yellow” finished humming through the speakers on the first spin, my immediate thought was “we’re gonna get hella freestyles for this beat.” It happened. My second thought was “‘Black & Yellow?’ Aww man, Snoop’s gotta get on this.” Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re not familiar with YG, it’s probably because he’s not that good of a rapper. However, he does know how to craft some decent songs. Since Def Jam signed him for the latter and can’t count on him for the former, they brought in the Big back-ups – Sean and K.R.I.T.. Read the rest of this entry »

Just when you thought your wifey’s favorite DJ was only putting out pop-friendly mixtapes featuring Young Money millionaires, the Westcoast’s own DJ Ill Will recruits half the underground Cali rap scene for the Pac-sampling street single to his still-untitled, upcoming debut album. Read the rest of this entry »