Spring may not be in the air just yet but a pleasant photosynthesis is definitely around the corner. L to the R to the G is gearing up to keep you looking good and gangsta and guess who is combining the best of the both with his presence for their 2012 lookbook? Read the rest of this entry »

If Caine and O-Dog would have had a chill ass soundtrack like this to spend their summer to, maybe their autumn would have turned out a lot of better. Well, the game gets passed down by generations and G.I. Freddie and Dope Its Dom are doing it big in the Golden State with neighborhood cookouts and pretty of burn for the air. Read the rest of this entry »

Freddie Gibbs’ Cold Day In Hell will be the tape that has a snowball’s chance being remembered weeks and months from now. While others are dropping novelty tapes for the holiday, Freddie’s release seems meant to be played through winter and beyond. The tone is set by the distinguished art alone, which may be the illest seen this year. Beyond the cover, Cold Day… holds equally sick music and “consistency” best describes what Gibbs does best on this release. Read the rest of this entry »

Equipped with the heavenly voice of Goapele, The Kid Daytona is looking towards the sky and giving thanks to that higher power that gave him his heartbeat and ability to stay on beats from Statik Selektah with clever lines. Not too many artists would usher in their new project from this angle but Daytona has always been an out-the-ordinary, extradionary talent. Read the rest of this entry »

Daytona is wheeling and dealing with that excrement that keeps all the insects buzzing in the summertime. Over a tropical 9th Wonder beat and even more tropical setting on the beaches of Puerto Rico, The Interlude LP continues to flex stronger leg muscles than Carl Lewis, considering it was released nearly a year ago and the video soul is still flowing freely. Read the rest of this entry »

One guy swore he saw death around the corner. Another admitted that he was ready to die. Fortunately for friends and family of Freddie “Gangsta” Gibbs, thoughts of embalming fluid and swanky funeral parlors just doesn’t fit in his schedule. Read the rest of this entry »

When you make a bomb ass dinner and don’t finish it all, you don’t throw it away; you have leftovers. And after all those ingredients and seasoning soak in the food overnight, there is a more desirable meal awaiting you the next time your stomach starts growling. Consider Rockie Fresh’s The Otherside Redux his premier audio cuisine revamped, Read the rest of this entry »

The mayor of the “G” wants you to know that the day he aligns himself with something fake is the same day snowball fights in Hades become an Olympic event. ‘Tis the season for summer beef and Fred has a new project on the horizon titled Cold Day In Hell that’s sure to be a catalyst for all the ruckus. Read the rest of this entry »

Live and direct from the U.S.A.’s Spanish terriority, The Kid Daytona is broiling his vowels—The Interlude, exotic and international—in the pot until the ingredients are seasoned with utmost flavor. The “Bobby Flay of this game” cooks up another awe-inspiring visual in San Juan with his mean team, LRG for your Hip-Hop entertainment needs. Kiss the ring, suckas. 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 »

That good ‘ol peanut butter & jelly utensil may not be the sharpest tool in the drawer, but don’t think for a second you won’t get cut with the quickness in the true thick of things. Raekwon alongside LRG continue their deadly tandem and Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang onslaught which takes The Chef back to the crime side. The New York Times side. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ice T & Coco To Star In New Reality Show [The Urban Daily]

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Prodigy Talks New Book, Jail & How Cops Wanted Him To Set Up 50 Cent [The 9 Elements]

Serena Williams Starting A Music Career? [Vibe] Read the rest of this entry »

Raekwon’s Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang is über slept-on in the Wu kitchen, but in no way, shape or form is that a direct reflection on the quality ingredients sprinkled in his Twenty Eleven gumbo pot. Take the gruesome cinema of “Ferry Boat Killaz” for example. Picking up right where their killer collab “Surgical Gloves” left off, Rae and Alan The Chemist give the moonlight new energy without the association of a club. Read the rest of this entry »

While today is usually reserved for the rappers releasing their Mary-Jane themed mixtapes and posse cuts, who would have thought that a clothing line would up the ante and give the most boldest of smokers some outerwear to compliment the aroma on their body. Read the rest of this entry »

PIC BY ERNEST ESTIME

When is the last time you saw one of your favorite Internet rappers on 106 & Park? Perhaps the more appropriate question is “when is the last time you actually watched 106 & Park?” Few would argue that BET’s sole music segment has gotten a little popish over the years but thanks to their new premise of Music Matters, they’re boosting the airtime of some of our respected up-and-comers quite a bit. Read the rest of this entry »