If someone was to plant the seed in your head that the relatively unknown Izza Kizza was a permanent fixture in Timbaland’s music camp, it would make perfect sense the moment you’re exposed to his unorthodox delivery. From the clunky flow to the punchy wordplay — hell even voice makes him sound like the ventriloquist behind everything related to Timbo’s vocals. But stars can’t be born on the sideline so he’s setting his record predominately straight with 10:15, mixed by Nick Catchdubs. Read the rest of this entry »

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I suppose with the explosion of rappers brought on by the advent of the digital age, Skillz would be a regular guy, the middle class of the Hip-Hop realm. Aspirations of full-blown fame have come and gone, he’s settled into a comfortable existence & still managed to make his mark on the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Hip-Hop’s Gus Hayes is back again with the latest installment of his confessions series. DJ Jazzy Jeff and Kwame are the guests this go around and Jeff’s confession in pretty enlightening. I’m halfway ready to call BS on Kwame’s, but his story about “Unbelievable” is pretty funny. Read the rest of this entry »

During my recent interview with rapper/producer Kwame, I didn’t mention the famous dart that The Notorious B.I.G. tossed at him (“Your life is played out like Kwame and them fuckin’ polka dots”). Kwame has heard that question a million times; why be a Hollywood producer and re-hash the same old shit? Radio personality Ed Lover of the Power 105 Morning Show wasn’t as subtle. While hosting Fat Ropes & Shell Toes, a charity event where Kwame performed at M1-5 Lounge, Lover announced to the audience: “Biggie’s dead, (Kwame) is alive and doing his motherfuckin’ thing. You goddamn right I said it.” Read the rest of this entry »

It’s funny how the music universe aligns its stars to manifest various degrees of separation. Just this morning, I got my day started to Big Pun’s “Laughing At You” which samples 80′s rock band Simple Mind’s “Don’t You (Forget About Me). The composition was the theme song to the movie The Breakfast Club, whose chorus told me not to forget about Donny Goines brand new album today.

Picking up right where his debut Minute To Midnight left off, Donny recruits nearly half of industry to cook up the eggs and bacon for The Breakfast Club. Proceed for the flapjacks. Read the rest of this entry »