Porn Star Jada Fire Announces Retirement [News One]

M.I.A.’s Middle Finger: A Synthetic Scandal [Warming Glow]

3 Reasons Why Rocawear Should Die A Slow And Painful Death [Hello Beautiful] Read the rest of this entry »

Spoiler Alert: 2008′s Universal Mind Control was an awkward, over-produced mess. Common seems to have understood this fact and abandoned the loud, technotronic mishmash of noises that polluted that album for something more honest and subtle. The result is The Dreamer/The Believer; Common’s best effort in years. 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 »

“Even through the unseen, I know that God watches/ From one King’s dream, he was able to Barrack us.” You’ve got to believe in something, right? Well, with “The Believer,” the fourth leak from Lonnie’s upcoming album, takes listeners to the steeple and reminds minds to never get stagnant Read the rest of this entry »

“The aggins I used to hoop with is now who I ball with.” Common isn’t playing around this album. If you didn’t believe that by now, you will when you hear “Celebrate.”

After “Sweet” found the typically refined rapper unleashing some much-needed steam, this No I.D. production finds Lonnie sitting by the fire, enjoying the company of close friends and loved ones. Read the rest of this entry »

The gloves are off and the filter has been burned to a crisp. While the audio I posted was squeaky clean, Phil The God’s latest cinematic presentation with Lonnie Rashid Lynn is venomous and cold blooded for your ears to experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to producer No I.D. and his Instagram we now have an early glimpse at the songs included on Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer. Set to be released on December 20th, the album’s features are few but prominent since they include the likes of Nas, Maya Angelou and John Legend and the final track looks to be a “Pops” joint. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember what Comm’s homeboy said the first time he heard “Sweet?” Well, seeing is believing but hearing will get you killed when Lonnie Lynn brings out that piece of Southside of Chicago that we knew he still had tucked away in his inner psyche Read the rest of this entry »

Common and original partner-in-crime No I.D. together for “Six,” a track featured on Cocaine 80′s Ghost Lady EP. The track’s everything we’ve come to expect from the two Midwesterners who made their mark together: Lonnie Lynn’s conversational coolness over the producer’s effortless work behind the boards.

Ghost Lady’s available for free download at the Cocaine 80′s stash house.

Cocaine 80′s, Common & Over – “Six Ft. Over”

“Lord knows that livin’ broke sh*t ain’t fly…”

Pac Div commands a listen by themselves. So when production from No I.D. is thrown into the equation, it’s a no brainer, right? Read the rest of this entry »

DJ Timbuck2 offers up Common’s “Blue Sky,” second numero dos from his upcoming The Dreamer, The Believer. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nelly Opening Recording School For Students In Missouri [AHH]

Aaliyah’s Indelible Influence On A Generation Of Male Artists [Village Voice] Read the rest of this entry »

Chris Brown bought out DatPiff and got HotNewHipHop to cosign his adventures in rapping, titled Boy In Detention. Listen if you will as “Breezy “displays his versatility as not just a singer, but a rapper as well.” Read the rest of this entry »

A quick, behind the scenes glimpse of Com and Nas hanging out during the making of “Ghetto Dreams.” It’s good to see two of Hip-Hop’s best lyricists from the mid-90s together and Com recently revealed that No I.D. will be producing the whole shebang for his 9th studio album and Warner Bros. debut. Read the rest of this entry »

After the snippet raised the excitement level quite high, Com and Nas do not disappoint with the full version of “Ghetto Dreams.” Thanks Nas. Read the rest of this entry »