“Yo, is that Kanye West in the limo?/Nah, that’s just the future of the West in the limo…”

As an official member of the Dom Kennedy fan club, anything buddy releases I’ll support off top. It’s the reason I purchased II: From The Westside With Love at the stroke of midnight – aight, 12:30 – on June 28. Read the rest of this entry »

Chuck Inglish provides the bounce for Dom Kennedy”s “New Jeeps” featuring his cronies Asher and the other half of TCK, Sir Michael Rocks. Dom’s FTWII is now available on iTunes.

Dom Kennedy Feat. Asher Roth & Sir Michael Rocks – “New Jeeps” (Prod. By Chuck Inglish)

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Today is Freddie Gibbs’ birthday, but I feel like I’m the one receiving the present. Cold Day In Hell is temporarily on ice while Fred takes some time to put a few people in their place (his words, not mine). In the meantime, DJ Roc released the compilation Fuckin’ With Fred littered with exclusive and recently released tracks. Read the rest of this entry »

Dom makes some of the best summer music. Westside II drops at the end of the month. AO’s excited and I’m anticipating too, as you should. Read the rest of this entry »

Miami-based, miniature mami Ashley Outrageous may be short in stature but she’s made big waves since picking up blogging a few years ago. With her ear constantly to the ground, she’s made her site a go-to destination for finding music from both the famous and those on the verge of breaking out. Read the rest of this entry »

The Los Angeles life and times of Skeme always prove to be well worth tuning in. He outlines explicit details about the street but he’s not a gangsta rapper. He’s tapped into the artistic side of the studio process but he’s not a rappity rapper, either. In a nutshell, he incorporates nearly every element a Cali head is expected to represent; a few rappers in one. Read the rest of this entry »

“We gon’ have a good time away from the drama
So leave your bullsh*t at the door
We just chillin’ with the homies, girls comin’ over
They askin’ what we want from the store
If you could grab me some swishers, some cups and some liquor
And tell yo’ homegirls don’t bring no n*ggas we good Read the rest of this entry »

Dom continues to buy himself more time to perfect From The Westside, With Love II by keeping The Original Dom Kennedy relatively fresh. A month after liberating the visual to his Hit Boy-produced “CDC,” D.K. follows up with a moving picture for the name brand “Designer Sh*t” motion picture. Read the rest of this entry »

“It’s The Greater Than Club/if she ain’t 8 or better/no autographs or hugs” — Jerreau from “Poed Up.”

By imputing such a grandiose standard into their systematic process early on, the FlyDotU frontman, along with his brothers in rhyme Jay Swif and Iye, set themselves up for the bigger bang that has manifested to this very moment that you are witnessing right now. Read the rest of this entry »

“I can count my friends on one hand/To count these women I need mo’ hands…”

And not necessarily in that order. We’re inside of a week from the liberation of Fly Union’s new project The Greater Than Club. To continue to season the anticipation for the release, the Midwest bunch let go of their Dom Kennedy assisted melody, “Friends.Women.Money.” Read the rest of this entry »

Dom Kennedy, Casey Veggies, cARTer and a few really nice looking young ladies gather for the “CDC” video. Off The Original Dom Kennedy joint that dropped a few weeks ago. Read the rest of this entry »

Talk about coming from left field. However, seeing as how I consider myself a huge fan of Dom Kennedy, any new music from the brother is regarded as a come up. He’s actually my favorite young West Coast artist (by a finely combed baby hair over Kendrick), but that is another time for another discussion. Lost in the commotion regarding XXL’s Freshman list was the fact Leimert Park’s finest was excluded. Read the rest of this entry »

Something has gotten into Juicy J these past few months. He has been releasing music what feels like everyday since Thanksgiving and has certainly reached out to the younger blood flowing through Hip-Hop. This includes an entire mixtape produced by Lex Luger. Read the rest of this entry »

The City of Angels has been the place to be well before Val Young sung her little heart out to usher in the sunshine through your radio. And ain’t a damn changed amongst its residents. Just ask Cali’s band of rebels, Overdoz., who consist of Sleezy, Tube, Kent and Cream as they put together a project so Los Angeles with Live For, Die For, you might get purp and yellow smeared on your fingertips if you ever obtain a hard copy. Read the rest of this entry »

Valentine’s Day always brings an excessive amount of love and bitterness. For those in touch with the former and those who simply enjoy dope rap music, this here is for you. The progression of the Internet and instaneous music videos all but eliminate the “window of opportunity” to create a visual for a record. Take for example Fly Union’s Jerreau and Dom Kennedy’s bluesy and baby skin smooth “Like That.” Read the rest of this entry »