Even though we keep a keen eye out for everything Rapsody does, I can’t say I saw this coming. And even though the North Carolina wordsmith keeps one eye covered on that mystic, too-cool-for-school tip, she always has the other one locked in on the studio as you can see with the release of her new album, For Everything, which is only a few months removed from her last mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

Intelligence is so underrated in Hip-Hop but not in Median’s scope. To show his appreciation for all the forward-thinkers, scholars and brainy chicks out there, the North Carolina straight spitter birthed “Bright Individual” to command attention to his upcoming album, The Sender, which is a product of the Foreign Exchange Music sector. Read the rest of this entry »

The 9th Wonder of the world has recently been taking heat for his opinions regarding Watch The Throne’s quality but come September 27th, 2011, the producer will have the opportunity to prove he can do much better. It’s The Wonder Years, starring 9th Wonder, in his 137th full-length feature presentation that will surely be an ultimate dream for followers of his movement. Read the rest of this entry »

“Love Today” is summed up by its hook. “Shorty want my d*ck, and her friend want it too.” Read the rest of this entry »

The B-Girl’s back but don’t expect any simplistic rhyme cadences from Rapsody. North Carolina’s lyrical Wonder Woman lives up to her name because she ensures that her bars won’t be taken in vain. And with that, some congratulations and a healthy round of applause are in order. This MC is spitting at the notion of the sophomore slump and saving it for the microphone so you can Thank H.E.R. Now. Read the rest of this entry »

A few friends in North Carolina gathered for a picnic and a video shoot ended up happening in a clip inspersed with images of shrimp, iced tea and shimmying down a Soul Train line. Mez, Hardy and Boog do the mic work for “From The South,” Read the rest of this entry »

King Mez drops a visual for “Something’s Missing,” one of the Khyrsis produced tracks from the co-op release, The King’s Khrysis EP. Read the rest of this entry »

Regardless of how much talent a Hip-Hop collective has, the movement won’t go far if there isn’t chemistry already bonded in the relationship. It’s happened time and time…and time again. Thankfully for Pittsburgh’s The 58′s, the same camaraderie that unites them in the rhyme booth is identical to what ignited their friendship to begin with. Read the rest of this entry »

No matter the amount of success 9th Wonder manages to achieve yearly, there’s still no slowing his quest to reach even more untouched ground that lay ahead of him. With It’s A Wonderful World Music Group getting their feet wet through his and Rapsody’s projects last year, Big Remo is stepping in for The Away Team to make a bruising impact with weighty bars and tales of taking from the rich with Robin Hood Ree. Read the rest of this entry »

Mac Miller’s title for his latest mixtape, Best Day Ever, could qualify as understatement of the year because this Pittsburgh native has been having a best day every day for the better part of seven months now. His K.I.D.S. tape woke up everyone from your 15-year-old sister to old Hip-Hop heads concerning the young gun’s potential and Best Day Ever–coupled with an XXL Freshman ’11 cover appearance–only provides further supporting evidence. Read the rest of this entry »

North Carolina may be one of the best centralized locales for Hip-Hop. Deep enough to encompass the South’s idealogy but still able to keep up with the lyrical curve, King Mez and his right-hand soundman Khyrsis join forces with DJBooth, Herfection, and Nahright for the proper introduction to King Mez’s talents with The King’s Khryris. Read the rest of this entry »

If we’re talking songs that use the title “She Said,” then I’m still going to side with Foxx and Trey Songz. That being noted, I’ll give respect to Mac Miller for recording this while being under the weather battling a cold. Read the rest of this entry »

When your mind starts to drift in an endless abyss of darkness and unlimited terror, your panic meter probably goes into overdrive. And that’s exactly the message King Mez wants you receive with his Khrysis-produced fright-inducer off their A King Khrysis EP dropping rather shortly.

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Before you splash the cash on Talib Kweli Greene’s new album next Tuesday, he and Myspace want you to get the full experience via your desktop to prove to you he has quality to earn your support. Featuring a colorful arrangement of musicians who bring put the grit in the art, see for yourself how the LP got its name and what he plans to bring to the game as the year’s first V.I.P. release. Read the rest of this entry »

In his essay The Talented Tenth, W.E.B. DuBois reasoned that one in ten black men would rise to be leaders in the world & that in turn more classical education would be needed to help them reach their potential. Raleigh, NC duo Actual Proof, Sundown & Enigma, are striving to carry on that line of thinking after fittingly meeting at 9th Wonder’s Hip-Hop In Context course at N.C. Central University. Read the rest of this entry »