In the feverish midst of Lin-sanity, New York MC Troy Ave. has assembled a formidable NYC posse cut in the form of “Home T.E.A.M.,” off his upcoming Bricks In My Backpack 3: The Harry Powder Trilogy. Reaching out to Action Bronson, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Maffew Ragazino and Avon Blocksdale, the five-piece concocts a potent boom-bap anthem for their East Coast home. Read the rest of this entry »

Like KRS-One once said, “You must learn.” That’s why for the third consecutive year* now, we’re using up valuable page space to break some bad news to a few rappers with counter-productive rap nametags. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re not really quite sure what qualifies someone or something as a “Bear Trick,” but we’re still firmly behind Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire’s new track of the same name. Read the rest of this entry »

Nick Cannon Hospitalized: What Causes Kidney Failure? [Healthland]

Nicki Minaj Becomes The Most Followed Rapper On Twitter [HustleGRL]

Saints of Style: Zack Morris [Madbury Club] Read the rest of this entry »

Rappers and DJs know how to play St. Nick too and they’re coming through bearing audio treats for fans and listeners. In the spirit of giving, we rounded up a few that landed in our inboxes and want to pass them along to everyone. Read the rest of this entry »

Call Mr. Muthaf*ckin eXquire “Scrooge” because someone’s not in the holiday spirit. Come Christmas the Crown Heights, Brooklyn, native will be dropping his latest mixtape, Merry Christmas… Suck My D*ck, and its featured single, “Motivate To Be Rich.” Read the rest of this entry »

“I cracked the hour glass and pissed on the sands of time, F*ck how long it takes, y’all gone gimme mine.”

Interested in a taking a three-minute mindf*ck? Peep Mr. MNF eXquire’s video for “Lou Ferigno’s Mad,” directed by Blue Champagne System. I hope nobody ever tells eX that skills and raunchy videos aren’t de rigueur anymore, at least not to the Clear Channel set. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s almost weird seeing Mr. Muthaf*ckin Exquire, he of the gold-toothed smile and unrepentantly grimy music, in a fancy-schmancy studio. Still, even surrounded by black leather couches, $1000 microphones and professional engineers, Exquire manages to chip away at all of the gloss, and get to what’s real. Read the rest of this entry »

Ugh. eXquire’s latest is a track dedicated to a fallen comrade, titled “R.I.P. Payso.” Read the rest of this entry »

“F*ck a blog, f*ck a meeting, f*ck an A&R, F*ck a cosign, motherf*cker, f*ck it all.”

Way back before images & nepotism dominated the game, rap picked its best artists based upon how well they could actually string together words. Obviously, said time was before people watched videos and then opened another browser window to Karmaloop to score the same gear they just saw. Read the rest of this entry »

Navigating all the music that releases resembles combing the beach with a metal detector. One day you’re finding loose change left and right, while other days all your coming up with junk metal. Mr. Muthaf*ckin’ eXquire is the penny that you almost toss aside before noticing it’s one of those rare pennies worth a couple hundred bucks. Read the rest of this entry »