March is defined by the Madness that is college basketball, but this year it’s also know in the Hip Hop world for the barrage of mixtapes we’ve all seen over the past 30 days. It may seem longer ago, but Chip Tha Ripper got us all started on the good foot during the infant stages of the month with the release of Gift Raps. Read the rest of this entry »

Where there’s smoke, fire usually isn’t far behind. Where there’s two tracks from an artist and the same producer, some type of project is normally not far off in the distance. Whether Asher Roth has something up his sleeve remains to be seen, but the music keeps coming and that’s all we, as fans, should be concerned with. This time Roth brings along Chip Tha Ripper and Whatzisface for the Blended Babies-produced “Back Home.” Read the rest of this entry »

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– It’s always fun to play the “What If?” game. This time we did so with rappers and Marvel Comics characters.

– David D. Vs. Lupe Fiasco and the co-defendants, all of Lupe’s faithful “Lasers.” Read the rest of this entry »

As evidenced by the myriad of Tweets clogging Chip Tha Ripper’s fans’ Twitter feeds, Cleveland’s own has just welcomed a new son into the world. This gift from God is monumental news for Chip Worth and makes even more reason for his long-awaited present to fans, Gift Raps, to continue the unhindered celebration of life and rhymes. The Free-P (or mixtape or whatever one may consider it) gains sole production duty from one of the coolest kids on the block, Chuck Inglish, Read the rest of this entry »

Chip and Chuck, Chuck and Chip. Chuck Inglish going to supply all of the production and Chip’s going to provide the Gift Raps. March 1st, doofy. Read the rest of this entry »

Driving home from the bars is always risky business. Watch the swerves, the speed and the road. Always search not only for the median but also the crow-black squad cars that line the perimeters of the highway. The minute those red and blue lights start flickering, a few Hail Marys and a quick practice of the alphabet backwards are the only two options that keep a potential visit to the slammer from happening. Read the rest of this entry »

It seems that each year Ohio Hip-Hop fans hold their collective breath in the hopes that this will finally be the year that their favorite MC not named Scott, Chip Tha Ripper, will finally become a household name. However, each disappointing December disappears with only faint mentions of the promise the Clevelander holds. This isn’t unwarranted anxiety, though, as Chip’s spent the better part of the past five years building a grassroots buzz like the Browns have been building a formidable franchise–slowly, delicately and with solid pieces slowly falling into place. Read the rest of this entry »

Mik’s The Dark Room releases next Tuesday but for this Tuesday, he’s letting loose one hell of a warning shot with “Runnin’ My City,” a monstrous track full of emcees who all happen to be ten toes down in their respective towns. Read the rest of this entry »

What happened to OnSmash and Splash’s sites was an eye opening revelation. For the most part, the Hip-Hop blogosphere is a tight-knit community. Of course, we all want our own share of acclaim which can lead to disagreements at times. Yet, seeing another snatched up – by the feds at that – is something which affects everyone. No one knows what the future exactly holds, but it has forced some changes in our small neck of the woods. It is what it is though and like with anything in life, Read the rest of this entry »

While LeBron bolted for South Beach this summer, another all-star team was forming in LBJ’s former region: the Rust Belt (and Austin, TX) super squad of Freddie Gibbs, Chuck Inglish, Chip Tha Ripper, Bun B and The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. Uniting with director Dickford Dollas, the six finally produce visuals to Gibbs’ concluding track off his Str8 Killa EP, “Oil Money.” Read the rest of this entry »

Seems like Chip had the forethought to bring gifts to help you shake off Labor Day lethargy.

OnSMASH in conjunction with Slab Ent. and Ilthy present From Me, To You (The Prelude To Gift Raps), which is the preview to the debut album from Chip Tha Ripper Read the rest of this entry »

Finally. The word best describes the universal feeling surrounding Big Sean’s latest project. It may be the third time but this one could very well the beginning for G.O.O.D. Music’s lil’ big head. With no album date confirmed as of yet, Sean switches focus to crowd surfing with Don Cannon, remixing fat raps with Chip & $pitta and straight boooshittin’ through a tape full of energy, star power and materialistic madness. Read the rest of this entry »

A nice dose of behind the scenes footage from Freddie’s upcoming “Oil Money” video.

Here we finally have some behind the scenes footage from the “Oil Money” video shoot that went down in Austin, TX during SXSW. All emcees were on hand to film the clip Read the rest of this entry »

I have no clue who Oba Rowland is, but he could have sounded like Eli Porter reading a phone book in pig latin and I’d still listen to this song thanks to the ridiculous verses from Cory Gunz and Chip Tha Ripper. Read the rest of this entry »

Them boys from the 216 are tripping on LCD — Soundsystem and walk with a Kane to let you know they’re not half-stepping. For a play around joint, this is executed pretty sharply as they flow with the type of vocal effects the clown in the back of the class makes for disruption. CuDi could very well rape every indie Rock band living for their hits and turn a profit. Read the rest of this entry »