If you’re staring at an upcoming commute or flight, take comfort in knowing that the folks over at HiPNOTT Records, DJBooth and The Well Veresed have kept your headphones in mind with their Executive Suite compilation. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s only a few days after the release of his latest project, Success Served Cold, and Donny Goines is upset. That’s right, the New Yorker’s a tad mad he recorded multiple records worth of material for this street LP, but people are still classifying it as a mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

This little slice of epicness slipped passed our radar while indulging in our A3C festivities over this past weekend. But, the fact I happened to catch Donny rock his “Champions Anthem” about five times in its midst made sure I wouldn’t forget to spread the glory. Read the rest of this entry »

Never not working, “Donny On The Grind” with the new track “WhatupBRO,” featuring mean bars to match the dope guitar riffs by producer Canei. Read the rest of this entry »

Jake and Donny are on some sort of Starksy & Hutch/The Other Guys/Willie Dynamite-type kick to remind all Hip-Pop hopefuls exactly what makes this thing of ours tick. Lyrically bouncing bars off one another’s ending as if their words were made of rubber, The Sky Is Falling nouns, verbs and punchlines—literally as J The S is wrapping up his next extended player. Read the rest of this entry »

“Pay attention to what’s hid in the books, They throw the books at us and slap the wrists of white collar crooks.”

More new music from SMKA’s upcoming, third installment of The 808 Experiment and it’s quite triumphant, the charge led by Donny, Bobby & Mikkey. Read the rest of this entry »

Donny Goines celebrates the flashier facets of the Far East on “Ich!ban,” the lead track off upcoming project Success Served Cold. The backbeat is on some Asian prog-rock shit—you can imagine some Japanese guys in red leather suits with crazy hair rocking out to these riffs. Yet Goines doesn’t let Tokyo’s influence drift in too much, spinning the luxury into a more typically American story of success and excess with a sharp street edge. Read the rest of this entry »

Death is a perfectly normal part of life and so is coping with it. However, when suicide is the reason for the funeral, the unanswered questions and self-condemnation can last a lifetime. So much to the point where it unnaturally becomes a part of life itself. You may remember the name Disco D; a producer who gained notoriety for producing one of the illest scores on 50 Cent’s The Massacre, back when new producers were still interesting. Read the rest of this entry »

With school back in session across the country, it’s officially headphone season. And Che Grand and DJ Lowkey are back to serve you with another dose of headnod crack in The Fixtape 2 (In It For The Drink Ticket). With production from Von Pea, Nottz, Illmind, Cook Classics and features from Jay Electronica, Peter Hadar and the entire Lessondary, a fixtape for the free is a the gift that keeps on giving. Read the rest of this entry »

Ever since Meka moved to New York, game got real. Our homies over at the (2)Dopehouse show their love and appreciation for the Big Apple rap circuit with their mixtape A (2)Dope Mixtape: Empire State Edition. Read the rest of this entry »

Sir Donny Goines gets the 4G coverage from Nah Right, Court Dunn & Restless Films in yet another brilliantly executed One Shot deal (no B!nk). Rappers can give a million interviews a week, but there’s something to be said when a MC can put their life story into rhyming verbs and make it transcend your mind like spoken word. It must be a 20X thang. Read the rest of this entry »

Being as that nobody buys hard copy albums these days, the name distinction between mixtape, EP and LP matters very little. Technically Donny Goines’ 20X gets the EP label by virtue of its 6 track length, but the purpose here is to build on momentum, to change last year’s sleeper status to New York cover boy in 2010 and beyond. Read the rest of this entry »

Donny Goines, one of few sleepless spit-jockeys who could be legitimately pissed at XXL for being slighted by some…um…list, unleashes a little pent-up aggression in this visual for “No Apologies,” the M-Phazes-produced lead single from last week’s free care package, 20X. As usual, the bars are burial material, but I’d specifically like to point out my man’s video locations. Read the rest of this entry »

One of Hip-Hop’s most diligent workers, Donny Goines wants to view you as the future as he unveils yet another batch of music for the people, free of charge with 20X. Presented by Rocksmith Tokyo and featuring production from 6th Sense, Apple Juice Kid and M-Phazes, NYC Hip-Hop is alive and well in this ripe, young decade. Read the rest of this entry »

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