Spinner:

“Who gives a f—?” he continues. “I like women. I love women. I’m not going to not be your friend because you like men. As long as you’re a great person and, aside from that, y’know, you don’t bother me and make me uncomfortable, then let’s be friends, dude. Read the rest of this entry »

Killa Kyleon makes authentic mixtapes. As much that statement seems like it applies to damn near every other rapper getting biz, it doesn’t. After the final cut was made for the 2nd edition of Candy Paint-N-Texas Plates 2, K² still had a slew of quality records in the recycle bin. So while most have to scrap and struggle to put out a halfway decent project, DJ Charlee Brown did some mixing and Songs That Didn’t Make CPTP2 was born. Read the rest of this entry »

Too often do we see rap crews collaborating with each other for no other reason than throwing honey-soaked bread against the wall, trying to make something stick. The similarities between the A$AP and Overdoz. camps should have fans who are tired of the “same ‘ol thang” exhaling with relief. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a heartwarming story that’s sure to brighten your day*. The story goes that A$AP Rocky – government name Rakim Mayers – was named after the God MC, a result of his parents being avid fans of Rakim Allah. However, the young Harlem MC had never met the elder, Hip-Hop patriarch, minus one time when his mom managed to get baby Rocky’s diaper autographed. Read the rest of this entry »

Herman Cain Endorses Newt Gingrich [Politico]

Call Your Bookies: Breaking Down Super Bowl XLVI’s Prop Bets [With Leather] Read the rest of this entry »

With today being Monday and all, fancy words sometimes elude my pursuit. Therefore, we’re just going to swipe VICE’s description for their premiere of A$AP Rocky’s “Wassup” video, which they also co-directed and produced too. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes music videos are elaborate. Other times, they’re comprised of drinking OE forties and breaking down an ounce of popcorn with some ladies, then edited accordingly. In the case of this freshly-cut visual to ScHoolboy Q’s and A$AP’s exceptional “Hands On The Wheel,” there obviously wasn’t a budget for lowriders or shutting down any streets Read the rest of this entry »

“Wait hold up
Back up in this motherf*ckin’ b*tch once again
It’s the pretty motherf*cker with a forty ounce of brew
My n***a Q and we drunker than a b*tch 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 »

Even during the holidays, it’s no days off for Harlem as A$AP Rocky grinds on full steam ahead. His latest treat comes in the form of, “Pretty Flacko,” inspired by his newest, self-given moniker. Read the rest of this entry »

Somebody better get Miri Ben Ari on the phone. Hip-Hop violining just got a new entry into the game, courtesy of Jordan Ware’s strings version of Rocky’s “Pe$o.” Read the rest of this entry »

When you’re 23 and have turned a budding, underground rap career into a deal fit for Forbes, the intrigue is assumed. Yet, when it comes to Harlem’s ultra-hyped A$AP Rocky, the lure lies beneath the headlines. Think, for one minute, you had just seen your wildest dreams come to fruition. Now, imagine how you would handle yourself, as the opinions and expectations of others’ flooded in about the new found position of power, before you even had time unveil your motives. Read the rest of this entry »

Where Busta Rhymes’ signing with Cash Money was met with skepticism and French Montana’s expected Bad Boy deflection with a single sigh, Juicy J becoming Taylor Gang seems to make all the sense in the world. And it has more to do with he and Wiz’s common love for Miss Mary. Read the rest of this entry »

Days and days of getting blunted by the sticky haze will turn most rappers into bumbling idiots but for Danny Brown, it’s part of today’s complete breakfast. The marijuana chain-smoking don’t stop no matter what the clock says, just like the zany good time that was XXX.

Seeing that there’s more than enough indo to go around, Read the rest of this entry »

Seeing as Harlem’s A$AP Rocky hails just about 20 minutes from the Jamaica, Queens neighborhood G-Unit made infamous a decade ago, it’s only right these two generations of New York share a song on Banks’ long-awaited Cold Corner 2 mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »