Money, power and respect is not only the key to life, it’s the door that leads to the proverbial immortality. Saint Nick is looking for the approval of his peers where it matters the most. Read the rest of this entry »

Tez McClain’s an artist who’s still mostly unfamiliar to me, limited to only a few spot listens here and there. As bad as that sounds, let me explain before being crucified for not being up on game. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t look now but the ABN Renegadez have a new project titled Welcome 2 The Streets dropping in March. To get the ball rolling and carry the cross for any potential overlooking, their fearless leader Trae Tha Truth has gone on an one man rampage tackling all the hottest beats of the moment for the latest in his King Of The Streets series. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you sick with the flu or post-Turkey tryptophan blues? Willie The Kid claims to have the anecdote yet again with the sequel to The Cure, which includes the assistance of Alchemist, Don Cannon, Krondon and a few other rap doctors you may have heard of. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve hipped yourself to any of the leaks from Mike Posner’s latest mixtape, The Layover, you might have heard his track, “A Perfect Mess.” Amidst all the star-studded guest features, I bring this song up specifically because it’s the perfect introduction to this new chapter in the career of a once-grounded artist. Read the rest of this entry »

Riding around at 1 a.m. to an impromptu listening session isn’t the most ideal way to absorb new music, but YP’s Still Awake was constructed precisely for such occasions. In just a little over a year, the young player you probably slept on the last time around managed to do something a lot of indie rappers fail to accomplish – he honed his craft and got better. Read the rest of this entry »

For this particular timeout, Freeway is taking a Gatorade break but instead of sitting on the sidelines, he’s cutting a slew of new records for the sake of entertaining you and your iPod. Backed by Superstar Jay and DJ Love Dinero, The Intermission slaps together an all-star cast in Freddie Gibbs, Yo Gotti, Wale, Bink! and hometown homie Meek Mill for rawer-than-shrimp street talk. Read the rest of this entry »

“The last one you expected to be king, Keyser Söze.”

Gilbere and K.R.I.T. completely rip through Raak and Cannon’s snapping production on “Black Soul.” Read the rest of this entry »

Duct Tape and D5M are back with more Trouble. This time around it’s the release of the Atlanta rapper’s Green Light mixtape, hosted by Don Cannon. Read the rest of this entry »

Trouble’s December 17th has its spot nestled firmly in my personal list for favorite projects of 2011. Equal parts honest, vivid and graphically ignorant, DTE’s live wire is seeing his career spawn into something bigger than his Zone 6 roots likely ever prepared him for. Come next week, Trouble’s follow up tape, Green Light, hits the information superhighway branded with the co-sign of one Don Cannon. Read the rest of this entry »

Trouble’s been on a complete tear since his December 17 release, both the jail date and mixtape. And with a little under 100 days left in the first stage of his 365-day plan, DTE’s prodigal son’s gearing up to release Green Light – complete with an official stamp from mixtape heavyweights DJ Drama and Don Cannon Read the rest of this entry »

Lungz is dead serious in his mission in killing his competition’s dreams and his latest audio statement features him and Sir Michael Rocks having a party 30,000 feet in the air. Flexing some verbal diversity, the Chicago native sounds more than ready to deliver his forthcoming tape hosted by Don Cannon to unsuspecting eardrums. Read the rest of this entry »

Coming up in the Chi surely will birth plenty of experiences worth retelling. Lungz is just getting his career underway but you can catch him on Don Cannon’s next mix CD titled Dream Killaz recalling his chilling stints in crackhouses and other close capers in the ghetto. Read the rest of this entry »

DJ Mars was the first back in September of last year and now New Balance continues to celebrate the DJ for the project, “Where Are You Running To Next.” Read the rest of this entry »

Anyone who says younger rappers aren’t lyricists is taking a direct swipe at Raz Fresco. The Toronto raptor may still be living out his teenage years, but that doesn’t mean swag has clouded his artistic hustle. Not to mention he’s his producer/beatmaker, complete with already serving Big Sean, French Montana, Mac Miller and Tyga with top shelf instrumentals. Read the rest of this entry »