Aside from a few remixes, Mike Posner has been ghost for the better part of the last year. But, just because his debut LP got panned by most of his core fan base, doesn’t mean he’s heading for the hills. To ensure a safe landing upon his return, the Michigan pop-star has reworked an Elton John classic with Bun B for the first of many free tracks he’ll be debuting every day Read the rest of this entry »

For all the positive national press the Motor City has gotten over the past month or so, the city of Cartiers and coneys still has it’s issues. One of them however, is not a lack of dope rappers. As a brand ambassador of both the Olde English D and his local clothing company Burn Rubber, Ro Spit decided to spell out some 313 specifics by breaking out the Rolodex for “Detroit 101.” Read the rest of this entry »

According to the description, The Crates is set to feature “original rhymes over original samples” and not beats. Willie’s bypassing the middleman and attacking some choice musical selections all on their lonesome. Read the rest of this entry »

Random Axe may be best known, as Sean Price puts it, for delivering “…aggressive content, no love letter rhymes and raps about chicks. Just a whole lot of druggin’ and thuggin’, that’s it.” But even with Black Milk’s beat knocking and while delivering verses designed to rattle your bones, they take a moment in the video for “Random Call” to show their lighter side. Read the rest of this entry »

Before the trio’s album drops, Random Axe shares one more track with the listening masses. Featuring Roc Marciano, “Chewbacca” sounds everything the title implies and to be expected from the lineup of rap henchmen. Read the rest of this entry »

Never heard of Thoth before but seeing features by Danny and Guilty made the track worth a spin. Plus, the heat seems to have rappers on a “don’t care” ethos since we’ve already seen “F*ck Food” this morning and we now we have “F*ck Sleep.” Read the rest of this entry »

Very dope track from the Random Axe trio and Black’s keys are the business. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Milk, Sean P and Guilty Simpson may move as a single unity under the Random Axe umbrella, but name still entails that there are three different personalities working towards unpredictability. Read the rest of this entry »

Random Axe spitting fire on Toca Tuesdays. A simple pleasure. Black Milk holds his own, deliberate and calm. He may be quick to remind everyone that he’s the producer here, but he delivers a solid performance. Guilty Simpson – with nods to Boobie Gibson and Yao Ming – warns foes with his stomping, relentless flow. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest band of Hip-Hop antiheroes, Random Axe, are clean and dirty like the bar of Fight Club soap. As a result, they finally have their ducks in a row so they can shoot them down for their Duck Down sponsored LP. Black Milk sets the table for three and alongside Guilty Simpson and Sean P., they feast on wack rapper chicken wangs. Read the rest of this entry »

When he wasn’t out making money with the Jam Boys, Truck Nizzy snuck to the studio to churn out a fast burner to remind you he can stand on his own two on the m-i-c. While his I Told You So Mixtape is still a must in the making, the Quicktape will start off Mr. North’s year with a fast bang as he calls in some reserves in P.O.R.N., CurT@!n$ and Guilty Simpson to body some beats like rapomasochists. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes our creativity can get the best of us. In the case of Mr. Chief’s rather elaborate and out there music video concept for “Can’t Stand It,” the 313-repping MC took the idea of a true Hip-Hop artist burying his cherished microphone for good – in this case Guilty Simpson – then having a creature unearth and sell it for a few measly bucks. Sounds nifty, right? Read the rest of this entry »

Time has a not-so-funny way of passing us by. As we, TSS Crew strive to give you our earnest and admittedly, unquestionable opinions on the albums of the day, sometimes even a couple projects slip through our impenetrable reviewing hands. Take a SXSW here and a couple trips to New York there, the missed calls begin to pile up. So as we enter the quarter of our Hip-Hop fiscal year, here’s our chance to blow secondhand smoke on some of 2010′s offerings. Read the rest of this entry »

There are a lot of things I can’t stand. First and foremost, my job. Second, ignorance. Third, well, that’s a toss up between being broke and scratched CDs, which go hand in hand. Above all, though, might just be that g*ddamn Man. You know, the one who constantly holds us down from attaining the things we work so hard to achieve? Read the rest of this entry »

People complaining about “too much” coverage of Detroit on a Hip-Hop site in 2010 shall be met with the side eye. There isn’t a city in the world right now producing as many quality MC’s as the D. Guilty Simpson is one of those many who are making other cities step their game up. Alongside Los Angeles-based producer Madlib, the Motown native takes two minutes and some change out of his day to verbally slaughter his competition over the haunting, percussive heavy backdrop The Beat Konducta provides on the remix to “Kill ‘Em.” The song serves as a teaser for their future collaboration album OJ Simpson and also as an album track on Madlib Medicine Show No. 1: Before The Verdict.

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Listen — Guilty Simpson x Madlib – “Kill’Em” (OJ Simpson Remix)

Madlib Medicine Show #1: Before The Verdict is available now @ Stones Throw.