Listen to Don Trip’s music close enough and you’ll hear he’s going through some real life issues while trying to make this music thing work in his favor. Credit such a liability as the reason his catalog remains a personal favorite of not only mine, but Gotty’s as well. Read the rest of this entry »

La Flare’s looking to regain the top spot on the block by teaming with DJ Holiday to drop the Trap Back mixtape. With his legal difficulties creating setbacks, the argument can be made that Gucci’s been surpassed by a few others Read the rest of this entry »

Even though his music career is perpetually stalled in limbo, Buck’s still got the itch for making music and, thankfully, the knack for crafting quality material. He’s teamed up with DJ Crisis and Drumma Boy to release his new mixtape, Live Loyal, Die Rich Read the rest of this entry »

For his first trip aboard the 2 Chainz train, Sean Don breaks down the receipt on how much it costs to “Keep It Gee.” Read the rest of this entry »

Weed always creates a tie that binds not only regular folks, but artists as well. When Wiz & Snoop announced their new movie and its accompanying soundtrack, I was initially side-eyeing both the artists and the ideas as a calculated money-grab capitalizing off their stoner association and didn’t expect anything worthwhile to emerge. To my surprise, the end products haven’t been that bad thus far. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeezy’s doing all he can to convince fans to cough up a few pesos on December 20th for TM103, even if that means releasing a large portion of the album in advance of its store date. Read the rest of this entry »

“Talk To Me” is arguably the last big-feature leak we’ll hear from Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition before the album hits stores on December 20th. We usually do all the jibbering and jabbering about what we hear but I want to ask the peanut gallery a question: Read the rest of this entry »

Where Busta Rhymes’ signing with Cash Money was met with skepticism and French Montana’s expected Bad Boy deflection with a single sigh, Juicy J becoming Taylor Gang seems to make all the sense in the world. And it has more to do with he and Wiz’s common love for Miss Mary. Read the rest of this entry »

Over a decade in the game and some things have changed for Ludacris. The acting roles and liquor enterprise aside, the former Atlanta radio personality still finds himself at home behind the mic and drops his latest offering, the 1.21 Gigawatts: Back To The First Time mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

Stop browsing around the Internet and get 2 Chainz’s new tape, T.R.U. REALigion, right here. The artist formerly known as Tity Boi cashes in on the buzz that has him as the architect of one of the more anticipated projects this fall, retail or not. To make the situation official, the mixtape world’s almighty landlord, DJ Drama, joins the festivities to add the Gangsta Grillz stamp of approval. With the make up favoring more album than tape, the Codeine Cowboy assembles a who’s-who cast of producers and features. Read the rest of this entry »

Gucci and Future pair up to release Freebricks, hosted by DJ Scream. Read the rest of this entry »

“She suck a d*ck while rollin’ blunts/She keep the bossman bustin’ nuts…”

Prior to Nicki becoming an insanely triumphant crossover success, she was a hoodrat. And that’s meant in the nicest and most respectful way possible. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t look now, but Memphis’ own Don Trip is slowly, but surely making a name for himself. Read the rest of this entry »

“I be lane changin’, chain swangin’…”

Good to see and hear Ms. Deb’s boys in harmony again. Read the rest of this entry »

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I reviewed both of Drama’s studio LP’s thus far, so the element of surprise is pretty much lost on me. In all fairness, there never was any method to musicianship. No magic with a white rabbit or white doves to warrant a standing ovation. Simply the who’s who’s of rap mirroring the current state of affairs with ease. Read the rest of this entry »