Remember in the 90s when Suge Knight may have very well been the most feared man in music? For one, Death Row was allegedly funded off drug money. Then there’s the whole Vanilla Ice/balcony story and other assorted stories of violence in the company’s daily operations created a shroud of invincibility around the label. And, at one point, Suge had a real “Big Three” of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac. Read the rest of this entry »

While most rappers these days are warming the bench for the one-and-done shot on the major playing field, Red Café is content with aiming to be the biggest independent power on the planet. Bad Boy is moving in slow motion so in the meantime, RC is paying homage to his own backyard with a mixtape in album format. Read the rest of this entry »

If music is the highway to the soul, consider this new cut from John West a four lane interstate with no traffic in sight. The arrival of the spring and summer months are normally associated with sights easy on the eyes and this Christian Rich produced cut, “Lonely,” is everything full bloom flowers and packed beaches represent, only in audio form. Read the rest of this entry »

On a quest for rap respect like the Blink 182 drummer. Travis Barker links with Whoo Kid & XXL to release an anticipatory mixtape before the March release of Can A Drummer Get Some. No stone left unturned as the mix features Clipse, Lupe Fiasco, Lloyd Banks, Wiz Khalifa, Tech N9ne & Fabolous. Read the rest of this entry »

“Hoodrats yelling, scrappin’ over Facebook, B*tch got her face sliced, permanent facelift…”

The Predicate Felon adds in doses of stark realism for Mr. Barker’s upcoming tape with Whoo Kid. Read the rest of this entry »

Every album has at least one track allocated to the ladies, which never really catered to my personal preference when considering they’re basically manipulated and forced out. However, those are some of my favorite songs of Tech N9ne’s. Typically, he’s pure fire and brimstone due to a vast majority of his content being, well…dimly-lit. But, when the uber-talented independent legend steps out of his box and starts using his arsenal of flows for lyrically positive purposes, venturing off-topic allows his range and wit to shine bright. Read the rest of this entry »

First they dug up Biggie. Then they resurrected 2Pac. Now the morbid minds of Cookin Soul double up on séances and incantations to bring a couple of New York’s finest back to life for the iPod era. Pitting the Bronx versus, Harlem, D.I.T.C. versus Terror Squad, Night Of The Living Dead Pt. 3 gives us dead heads classic mashups of Lamont “Big L” Coleman and Christopher “Big Pun” Rios for some Halloween homage. Read the rest of this entry »

The weather report in Hell is calling for snow. After collaborative conversations were had with Weezy, Tech N9ne is now about to drop a mixtape with DJ Whoo Kid, called Bad Season, which will be presented by XXL. Read the rest of this entry »

With DJ Whoo Kid playing the role of Royce’s ever faithful sidekick, The Bar Exam 3 (The Most Interesting Man) is here to add a little spice to your holiday weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

I had the luck of the draw of meeting Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Ab Soul this past weekend and while they were humbled and honored to be selected as one of this year’s XXL Freshman, they rest assured me that they weren’t going Hollywood and living off the hype alone. But benefits were made to be reaped and Blood is giving you a brushup on his moves with From Hood Tales To The Cover Of XXL. Read the rest of this entry »

Along with the recommendations found here, DJ Whoo Kid and XXL have consolidated the year’s top Freshmen onto one mixtape to give the uninitiated a crash course in one sitting. It’s Big Sean, Donnis, Fashawn, Freddie Gibbs, J. Cole, Jay Rock, Nipsey Hussle, OJ Da Juiceman, Pill and Wiz Khalifa all competing for your headphone time. Will one of them make a new believer out of you? Read the rest of this entry »

Unified like the fiddy states, the Dub-E-S-T keeps their wheels in motion when Snoop Dogg is spearheading the movement. Case in point: his projects are so major, there’s not one host but three involved as evidenced on We Da West (Volume One) as DJ’s Scream, Skee and Whoo-Kid divide the pie. Throw in Nipsey Hussle, Soopafly and Tha Dogg Pound among others, and you’re dreaming of Californication with this mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ma be honest with you. As much as I’ve seen and respected Nipsey Hussle’s come-up over the past year, I personally can’t say I’ve found myself enthralled enough to rehash a single song from the South Central MC’s catalogue. For no real reason, either. Read the rest of this entry »

“…You’re so 2000 and late.”

Rassy checking in from the future with a fresh feature off DJ Whoo Kid’s Digital Dynasty Pt. 10.

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Download — Ras Kass – “3008″ (Prod. by The Futuristiks))

Grazi: Kris A.

Tony Montana blow creamy white Havana Joes with a George Washington for the nostril! With a new decade to purpalize, Raekwon wastes no time slangin’ that hard white with DJ Whoo Kid & DJ Scream for the Coke Up In Da Dollar Bill Mixtape. Familiar names like AZ, Busta Rhymes and Ghostface Killah raise the price of the brick on this one. Read the rest of this entry »