Who else but Skeme The Duke would come into the waning stretch of 2011 and cast a shadow shaped like a “W” across the game? SK has been diligently working working on his craft this year and talking up a storm in rap word. Now we’re blessed with something a like version 1.5 to the previously released The Statement and precursor to whatever 2012 brings. Read the rest of this entry »

You get but only one born day a year but when two of California’s most focused Hip-Hop artists in rhyme specialist Balance and Dae One, the instrumental wizard who never duplicates his sounds, it’s cause for B-Dae celebration. Read the rest of this entry »

“Rich N Thuggin” was one of Glasses Malones’ Beach Cruiser’s singles that didn’t really have me sipping the Kool-Aid on its release. I gave it the typical couple courtesy plays but after that it just slipped underneath the endless river of new music that never stops flowing down from the ocean. Read the rest of this entry »

You already know Glasses Malone’s gang affiliations run as blue as Snoop’s, so Beach Cruiser couldn’t be complete without at least one Crip anthem. Read the rest of this entry »

If the rap sh*t don’t pan out for Glasses Malone and several other like-minded individuals, there’s always that hard China white to keep the lights on. The Watts poison-pusher is still teasing the feds to come and get him, and until they kick down his door with semi-automatic weapons, this is how his MP3 life will be. Read the rest of this entry »

“Wiz turned the kids into some grass hypes
Only thing higher is the gas price
Can’t blame ‘em, rest of us preaching ave life
As if niggas on the ave really have life (really) Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been a long time coming for G. Malone’s Beach Cruiser, the drive-by debut that will prove the Cali Crip’s bars hit just as hard as his bullets. And what better way to roll out on ‘em than making a captivating visual to demand your respect as well as your attention? First there was Grindhouse, then there was Machete. Now there’s the “Respect Mah Gangsta” video where all the real killers wear high heels. Read the rest of this entry »

Being a gangsta is cool and all, but Mack & Malone know how to celebrate life’s more important matters. T&A comes with the terrority and the Money Music makers have a grab at it, not to mention a few cop-and-feels as well. If eye candy was a literal term, Mack, Malone and Xzibit would would have went blind at the casting call for the MM’s 5th video. Read the rest of this entry »

Just in case you haven’t been clued in to rap’s Industrial Average, the industry is a business, first and foremost. To get to the top of the ranks, you have to be somewhat keen of managing your monetary support on both the front and back ends. As a widely recognized hustler going on his third decade, Mack 10 is still a business-minded executive when it comes to running his Hoo-Bangin’ imprint and his latest venture with his flagship artist, Glasses Malone, Read the rest of this entry »

Props to G. Malone and Mack One-Oh. Their particular brand of “Winning” dropped long before Charlie Sheen began to embarrass his entire legacy but they didn’t get fully recognized for it. None the matter; real G’s move in silence and they more concerned with the money—hence the name of their new LP, Money Music. Read the rest of this entry »

Hoo-Bangin’ Records has no disregard for those trying to get in the way of their cash flow. Even if that means including those silver-haired civil servants who carry M9′s and wear those windbreaker jackets with yellow lettering printed on the back. Some would call it an open invitation for the feds to raid your spot, but Mack 10 and Glasses Malone simply call it Money Music. Read the rest of this entry »

In 1997, The Notorious B.I.G. once instructed you that real life beef consisted of  ”needing two gats to go sleep” and “you roll no less than 30 deep.” May have sound far-fetched and drastic but a life isn’t for gambling. Dice are. So you play the odds or the paranoia game if someone is trying to threaten yours. Read the rest of this entry »

Ricky experienced it. Kane did too. Luckily for Craig & Smokey, they were fortunate enough to just hear the muffled bass from the trunk as they scurried away to freedom with their lives in tow. It’s the soundtrack that you never want to hear firsthand, and Glasses Malone has crafted it with a ski-mask and bandanna on his latest firearm steady in Drive-By Muzik. Read the rest of this entry »

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Typically, when a track title entails how said rapper “gets money,” not only does the download get skipped, but I immediately head toward the bathroom for a towel to clean up the throw-up on my keyboard that submerges every time I hear another unoriginal spitter start yapping about their inflated income. Read the rest of this entry »