The other day I had an interesting conversation that sort of “revolved” around T-Pain being a has-been and serving no relevance what so ever. In some respect, the Teddy Pain train has lost a chunk of it’s steam with Auto-Tune being “dead” and all, yet the idea of his relative career being six feet under was a bit of stretch. On any given Sunday, you can still catch the Nappy Boy helming a hook that will penetrate the Billboard charts and most of the material he really puts his heart into Read the rest of this entry »

As much as I’d like to say T-Wayne’s “Hoes & Ladies” grabbed my attention because of the song’s sense of humor, breezy beat or maybe for giving one of the Field Mob dudes something to be thankful for this week, my real reasoning is far less complimentary. Yes, ladies and gentleman, 5-Hour Energy has officially been inducted into rap lexicon. Read the rest of this entry »

Circa ’97-98, the Georgia duo’s ode to dealing with those who came up short on profit or product. Read the rest of this entry »

These two dudes go unheralded & almost confused because of some of their more pop confections (See: “Sick Of Being Lonely” and “So What” with cousin Ciara). Personally, I liked both of those joints (“Annnny other nighhhtttt…”) but favored 613: From Ashy to Classy more due to the still rugged edges to their image & sound. Now they’re coming back just in time for spring with two solo mixtapes to get listeners reacquainted with the duos roots. Hit the break. Read the rest of this entry »