“Fast Five” Is The Most Pirated Movie of 2011 [Vulture]

5 Rules for Rapping in Public [Grantland]

Did Michael Jordan Pop The Question? [The Urban Daily] Read the rest of this entry »

Rap’s had more than its fair share of artists who found success and then fell off after failing to recapture the musical magic. Remember how great Big Daddy Kane’s career was before and after Prince Of Darkness? Thought so. For every few that have taken a tumble from the mountaintop, there are others who were able to find their ways back to peak performances. Here are 20 albums which mark the return to form for a few of rap’s best talents. Read the rest of this entry »

“Better to have money and not need it, than to need it and not have it.”

As I grow older, I realize many of the important principles needed to be successful are ones I acquired by listening to countless hours of the Geto Boys’ music, which partially explains why they pop up frequently in iPod Shuffles. Read the rest of this entry »

Gratuitous violence will never grow old in rap. And it may not have been done better than by the Houston trio. Read the rest of this entry »

I never needed a magazine, other artists or regions to validate the music made by the 5th Ward legends. The Def American vinyl, we was on that. Yet, it was definitely appreciated, when years later, others did start to recognize. Read the rest of this entry »

I <3 Youtube’s “Related Videos.”

H.E.R. had me playing “name that beat” Read the rest of this entry »

Hey, another Halloween post! Landon A. and I share an certain love for the music that exemplifies everything October 31st represents: horror, redrum, and of course the sonic creations that brings the paranoia to life.  After some intense brainstormin’, we narrowed it down to 10 songs that we feel best represent the biggest unofficial holiday of them all. Trust, they’re all scary in one form or another… Read the rest of this entry »

This post is brought to you by the lyrical menacing that takes place on Scarface’s verses for “He’s Dead” Read the rest of this entry »

When we posted that Elmo video, I was reminded of a painful memory I had long repressed. No, this isn’t some sort of disturbing Sesame Street story. Instead, this is a story about how over the years, Scarface has scared the living shit out of me.

Let’s begin with the video from the aforementioned Elmo lip-syncing:

I know some of you are gonna feel old, but I was around 5 when this track came out. For some odd reason, my sister thought it was a good idea to play the song for me. Read the rest of this entry »