If you couldn’t tell by the leaks or the swagger, Sugar Tongue Slim a.k.a. STS has a silky smooth flow but he still believes in pushing the creative boundaries in Hip-Hop to the limit. That’s why Demand More 2 isn’t your average tape just by your average fly-by-night rapper. Featuring appearances by the Money Making Jam Boys (Black Thought, Truck North & Dice Raw), production by Don Cannon, Sean C & LV, see what STS has been brewing from his journeys from Philly to Atlanta and back again. Read the rest of this entry »

Since we had decent fun and success with Volume 1, we figured we would ahead present The Pack Volume 2 to share tracks that crossed our radar over the past week. No real method to the madness as there’s tracks from Wafeek, Alley Boy, Buff, a Santigold remix of Norah Jones, young old Juvie, Luda, Philadelphia Freeway…you get the picture. Read the rest of this entry »

For archival purposes, Meka doing the honors of emancipating two unreleased tracks from Black Thought, off his shelved Masterpiece Theater album. Read the rest of this entry »

I was planning on settling down last night and catching the BET Hip-Hop Awards, but it didn’t feel right since they slighted us and, more importantly, Contra™ in his own backyard.  But while out making moves, I realized I really only wanted to see the ciphers any way and save watching the actual show for one of the countless times they’ll replay it.  That way the family will have something to watch on Thanksgiving in between games.  So if you like me and went on with your life and need to catch up or you want to revisit what I assume were the best ten minutes of the awards, check the videos & audio below. Read the rest of this entry »

No Pun and no Black Thought…but who cares? This song will always be a display in lyricism unmatched. Releasing as the first single for the accompanying CD that’ll drop with Big Pun: The Legacy. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Jesse H.

In continuing with his energized and welcome return to the realm of rapping music, Mos Def’s been hitting the television circuit as he performed “Quiet Dog” on The David Letterman Show and  “Casa Bey” from his upcoming The Ecstatic on Tuesday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, backed by The Roots.

Not surprisingly, the live band transition made for a slick expanded instrumental with the added bonus of Black Thought’s underrated accentual singing.

Mos rocked the delivery too, impressively ad-libbing while singing and hitting every flow transition with impeccable timing. Hit the break for the footage. Read the rest of this entry »

Wale’s such a nice guy. He dropped off this joint via Twitter. I like that, just cutting out all middlemen. While nobody comes weak on this one, Thought & Peedi body this Read the rest of this entry »

Words By K1NG

It’s unfortunate that Dilla died when he did. He’s had more press from the Hip-Hop community than he ever did when he was alive and now Read the rest of this entry »

I’m by no means a Dilla disciple, but I definitely won’t turn away anything he’s involved with. With the vocal assist by Black Thought (somewhere GZA is smiling… or working on a Soulja Boy diss), this will be on the upcoming Jay Stay Paid project. Read the rest of this entry »

“Got A Crib Wit A Grammy & A Gat On The Shelf.”

A monsoon is a storm consisting of a strong wind accompanied with heavy rain that frequents Southern Asia in the summer & winter. For 4 minutes & 13 seconds Talib Kweli, Black Thought, & Pharoahe Monch stir up the lyrical counterpart on “Guerrila Monsoon Rap,” off of Kweli’s album Quality. Read the rest of this entry »