It couldn’t have been more than two or three days ago while leaving the gym that I overheard someone bragging about having eight new Nas songs. I was in a rush to get to work so I casually brushed it off because I was more interested in finding some food than quizzing a stranger about some new tunes from Nas. Read the rest of this entry »

“…Getting your shoes, coat and your hat tooken”* – Eminem, “Marshall Mathers”

A little more than a decade ago, Eminem posed that question wondering why the hell good old fashioned Hip-Hop battling had gone soft. In 2001, the answer was simple: Hip-Hop was in a weird post-Biggie/Pac panic where we were so scared of repeating the craziness that led to their deaths Read the rest of this entry »

The NBA’s TV schedule today was fantastic from start to finish* and caused me to ignore any of the stirrings in rap until tonight, where I found Twitter ablaze regarding MTV’s “Hottest MCs” finale. In case you missed it, the former all music channel tapped Ricky Ross as the boss of this rap sh*t. Read the rest of this entry »

Isn’t it nice to see Nas popping up twice in one day? For the video to this inspirational cut from K’Nann’s More Beautiful Than Silence EP, fans can stroll through the streets of T-Dot and hear the Illmatic MC and his flag-waving homeboy breaking down bars with the gang. Read the rest of this entry »

No matter your stance on Tyga’s tunes, you’ve at least got to acknowledge his success over the past year. For a while there, he was simply known as the Wiz lookalike from YMCMB. Then, after grinding to the max, he exploded all over radio and laid out the red carpet for his big screen debut, Careless World: Rise Of The Last King. Now, we have maybe the most anticipated song from the album Read the rest of this entry »

Man Suffers Heart Attack While Eating At Heart Attack Grill [Popcrush]

Chris Paul On A Trampoline With Supermodel Bar Refaeli [Slam]

Nas Tells His Craziest Party Story Ever [Brobible] Read the rest of this entry »

If MTV hasn’t lost its credibility in your eyes by now, their nominees for the “Hottest MC’s In The Game VII” might be the tipping point. Read the rest of this entry »

The end of the month signals two things. One, rent’s due in a few days. Two, it’s time for another installment of Crew Love. For obvious reasons, we all enjoy this post as it gives us a chance to highlight songs that we can simply back and say we enjoy as fans. Read the rest of this entry »

Everybody’s from somewhere and rappers, more than artists in any other genre, always seem to be the first to big up their cities on wax. No matter the state, country or ward they were birthed, MCs can’t help but put on for their area code. Read the rest of this entry »

A friend couldn’t have summed up ESPN’s Winter X-Games better: “For three days every January, Sal Masakela gets a job and ESPN showcases 9 million degrees of spins.” Very true, but it also allows the network to try and awkwardly fit some randomly selected soundtrack to long-haired Europeans’ doing flips off a 30-foot snow pile. Nas held that position this year, but his appearance wasn’t as disastrous as it could’ve been. Read the rest of this entry »

Only a few months ago, Rick Ross’ career momentum was momentarily crippled by a series of seizures. The unofficial official word connected his ailments to exhaustion due to working too hard. Fast forward to early ’12, Ross must be well rested and recuperated because he’s back with a new drop, the Rich Forever mixtape Read the rest of this entry »

Black Church Rightful Owner of KKK Store [ABC]

Five Reasons You Shouldn’t Buy a PS Vita [Gamma Squad]

5 Hip-Hop Pairs Who Should Get Married [Vibe] Read the rest of this entry »

Following Illmatic, especially in retrospect, is the most impossible task in Hip-Hop history. Dubbed the greatest work of art the culture ever spawned, Nas’ sophomore effort, It Was Written, was thrown under the bus as a disappointment long after it graced shelves. But, it far from that, actually. Nasir carved time out of his schedule to speak with the folks at XXL to shed light on the project, which turned 15 years old this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Yeah, a small percentage of you have already pirated Common’s new album. But for everyone else, here’s a chance to listen to The Dreamer, The Believer and do it legally. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Samir Siddiqui

When it comes to Nas, Hip-Hop heads have longed for two things: better beat selection and, logically following, a re-connect with the incomparable DJ Premier. Luckily, Hyundai (yes, really) helps bring our Hip-Hop wishes to reality through their RE-GENERATION project, “a documentary film that follows DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson and Skrillex as they remix, recreate and re-imagine five traditional styles of music.” Read the rest of this entry »