Maybe I’m just a sucker from classic rock samples, but I always felt “Cold As Ice” was one of the stronger songs off Cyhi’s Royal Flush 2 mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite never having a hit song or intense promo campaign backing his brand, CyHi Da Prynce always manages to draw intrigue specifically off of his God-given abilities. Put bluntly, G.O.O.D. Music’s resident ATLien crafts more complete songs, picks better beats and carries an interchangeable flow to compliment one of the more unique drawls coming from Hip-Hop’s budding, up & coming scene. Read the rest of this entry »

Being in good company can open doors that otherwise probably would have never been. Per the request of TSS extended family DJ Burn One, came Scotty and his Summer Dreams mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

After educating the masses with his unauthorized biographies and dropping off a random track every blue moon, Shaun is finally dropping off his full length project Waiting Room. Read the rest of this entry »

If rap doesn’t pan out, YC will undoubtedly go on to become a dairy farmer. He’s been milking this “racks on racks on racks” shit for all it’s worth on top of an extra line of credit. No need to play the blame game, however. Record labels are still rolling out all the stops for obvious one-hit wonders so it’s get in where you fit in until the cow tipping season comes to a halt. Read the rest of this entry »

If you needed a reason to download CyHi’s second album-esque mixtape, Royal Flush 2, here’s one that might make you seem shameful you slept for the few days it’s been out. Based around LaRoux’s international force-field, Da Prynce’s version of “Bulletproof” is a Dubstep-Trap-Music hybrid that finds the G.O.O.D. Music soldier assessing his arsenal via gun talk, street sweeping similes and an occasional machine-gun flow. Read the rest of this entry »

CyHi Da Prynce and Big Sean are acting rather modest with the title to their latest G.O.O.D. Music tag team, “Woopty Doo.” With assistance from No I.D. and a soulfully inspired Yeezy, the name shouldn’t be so flippant. “Woopty Doo”? Please. Read the rest of this entry »

This new single by Knoc-Turn’al is probably not a song he would’ve made five years ago while in the limelight. Club-ready with studio-tricks galore, the CyHi-assisted remix to “If You Wanna” seems tailor made specifically to apply to today’s radio standards – to which it does succeed in above average fashion. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s something undeniably unique about XV’s product. Maybe it’s the way he’s able to blend catchy hooks with free-flowing rhymes. Or maybe it’s the uptempo-drenched beats that give backbone to his tracks. These are unique, no doubt; however, it’s the relative subject material of porn, video games and a nerdy ethos that gives the Wichita, Kansas-bred MC’s product charm. Read the rest of this entry »

Way over yonder, across the Georgia skyline, sits a manchild with the ability to mix up his own blend of dance on dance and lyrical sensibilities that should make the entire world adopt a southern’s charm, soon enough. If you see Donnis cooling out on a porch in the backwoods with his Ray-Bans on, just know he’s seeing the bigger picture through the Southern Lights. Read the rest of this entry »

When A-Trak dropped the original “Ray Ban Vision” last fall, I played it maybe twice and kept moving. Despite a peaking Prynce and the Fools Gold founder’s glitched-out club-cranker, the song just didn’t click for a non-shade-rocking individual like myself. The well-timed remix, however, has me shuffling to find an iPod chord for the immediate update. Read the rest of this entry »

XV just might be the most known unknown since 3-6 Mafia went Hollyhood and back to the hood. The Kansas upstart’s name swirled in the wind for two XXL Freshmen classes and he’s still on the outside looking in. But with the ink dried on a Warner Bros. deal and The Kid With The Green Backpack supposedly done, Vizzy appears to be ahead of the curve. 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 »

Words by C. Paicely

As if it wasn’t dope enough hearing Talib rip through a Beastie Boys classic on his own, it seems your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper found a young gun that can keep pace. CyHi’s been eating up features like Skittles – particularly on mixtapes – and that’s to be expected. But opening up a bass-bangin’ remix to an already wicked Kweli single reveals the man’s bravery and lyrical ambitions. Read the rest of this entry »

After already dropping more than a few videos to his highly-touted Royal Flush Mixtape, Cyhi Da Prince brings it back to track one with this new visual for “Ring Bellz.” Seeing as how it was one of the more moving tracks on the tape, it’s only right the song got a fitting treatment. Read the rest of this entry »