Can you imagine if your first mixtape featured Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Melonia Fiona and Pharrell, who also happened to be the one funding it? Well, Cris Cab can. Read the rest of this entry »

“Never slippin, I’m ballin, Puff keep on callin’
I don’t see none of you pussies, fuck that shit you be talkin’
Rep Miami the ghettos, every hood and the projects
And when I drop off my singles, I’m droppin’ one of my targets
Lord forgive me for my siiiiiinnnnns, I gave you hits
I gave you “All I Do Is Wiiiiiiiiinnnnnn” Read the rest of this entry »

Can you believe this? In anticipation for his Cash Money debut We The Best Forever, the possibly deaf DJ Khaled has the nerve to call up damn near every rapper registered to ASCAP and BMI combined for his open-armed remix to “Welcome to My Hood,” but leaves out the one guy you would just assume to be featured. Read the rest of this entry »

Drake is looking for love. And the rest of us are looking for a reason to like this song. Now, there’s a video to accompany the Kanye-produced “Find Your Love” from Drake’s upcoming Thank Me Later debut. In the clip, Drizzy channels his days as Jimmy to show off his acting chops in a video that’s as over-dramatic as Gossip Girl. Read the rest of this entry »

Shyne makes his long-awaited return to audio after being buried alive. And if you were waiting on greatness well…perhaps he has to shake the cobwebs off. Or maybe it’s Khaled’s presence that’s tarnishing the experience. I was hoping for a triumphant return, not this lethargic offering – from the delivery to the beat surrounding it – from all the parties involved. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Prop Jay

I am going to man-up and give you a “baby-making” track off of his first release, Gangsta For Life…, that has been on steady rotation for a while now.

When I hear this track, it brings to light exactly why I love reggae: Versatility. At times, it comes across as rugged and ghetto as the genre we all love. During others it can produce a sound so passionate and smooth a Hip-Hop artist could only dream of being able to do as such without a full-blown crossover to R&B. This track is the latter as Mavado even seductively (pause) goes in over one of the smoothest background melodies I have ever heard.

Turn this on for wifey tonight, light some candles and thank me later, yo.

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Download — Mavado Feat. Alaine – “Heart Beat”

Words By Prop Jay

I struggle to post about Mavado because of his popularity, but on the same note he is one of the only Dancehall artists to really catch my ear. He seems to help me find Read the rest of this entry »

“N*ggas is actors, n*ggas deserve Oscars…” – The Notorious B.I.G.

Just think: if Jamal Woodlard was an actor by trade, he’d go on to play a bumbling security guard in a Disney movie followed by the “token Black guy” in a Judd Apatow flick without being haunted by the shadow of Christopher Wallace. Read the rest of this entry »