We should have all seen an album of this nature coming from Ghostface. While Brother Starks has had his feet planted firmly in the Shaolin slums with legendary street tales, his catalogue has always featured a smattering of songs displaying the triumphs and tragedies of attempts to conquer the fairer sex. From the unrepenting “Wildflower” to becoming mesmerized by the likes of “Beauty Jackson,” Ghostface has been known for stacking his escapades with honesty and sharp detail. Going all in for the gusto, Mr. Coles’ latest endeavor, Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City, is a smorgasbord of R&B flavored tunes with that special Ghost twist. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out the back on baby. And check out Ghost Deini’s The Wizard Of Poetry: In Emerald City on September 29th. Don’t download his shit either.

He’d rather get Goose’d up with ya instead.

Download — Ghostface Killah Feat. Raheem DeVaughn – “Baby”

Are you ready for a long play of “Back Like That,” “Never Be The Same Again,” “Wildflower” “Love Sessions?” You better be because GFK’s Wizard Of Poetry is dropping this Septemeber to get you ready for Sweetest Day with his sweetest taboos. Remember, Ghost hasn’t shot anybody in a couple of years so it’s time for him to switch game.

This entire album’s bout to smell like Impulse. Read the rest of this entry »

First off, big salute to all the fathers out there. On the streets, at war, at work, hustling, locked up, who still find strength to maintain and still keep the babies. You’re raising the future. We doff our hats to you.

Back to our regular scheduled programming. What did you miss this week?

- The Lakers sonned whatever that other team was The Magic.

- Sa-Ra and Raheem DeVaughn provided more music to make more babies to.

- Killer Mike re-emerged to discipline you truant children.

- We looked back at the Jordan True Blues, the mack daddy of all sneakers, in my dishonest opinion.

- The good folks at Slaughterhouse embarrassed their children and entertained the rest of us with a little skit.

- Playboy Tre returned to the internet. No father pun here Read the rest of this entry »

New mixtape from Raheem DeVaughn… if you needs a treatise as to why you should download this, keep it moving.  All I know is I sat at a cookout this weekendwhere the music alternated between Gucci Mane, Destiny’s Child & someone’s freakum mix.  All in an effort to appease a grandmother who wasn’t paying any attention to what was blaring from the speakers.  But I’m sure she’d approve of this if she had chose to turn up her earpieces.

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Raheem DeVaughn – “God Speed”

Link and track list are a click away. Read the rest of this entry »

When artists do covers, I expect them to best the last version that I heard. Creatively. Vocally. Whatever. The challenger must outdo the previous entry Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Contraâ„¢

“Wondering if that’s a sign of how I’m going through life.
A reckless abandon; an accident just waitin’ to happen.”

It’s rare that an artist pens a verse so excellent, so standout that I’m literally forced to reconsider my whole perspective on the musician.

Beanie Sigel seems to have mastered how to do this at least once in each album.

Almost as a stark reminder as to why I listen to him in the first place, he’ll always have a strategically placed verse or two that hit so hard, and so close to home, that I end up shrugging my criticisms away and throwing him back on the list of artists I thoroughly endorse. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Contraâ„¢

There’s something to be said about the leather pants shorty is rocking at the end… Read the rest of this entry »

Just like every other musical genre, R&B music is constantly evolving to keep up with modern-day pop culture. But for a category of music that was rooted in soul, raw talent, and most importantly genuine love ballads, the reconstruction of the sound with aims for mass-consumption has arguably weakened the art. Too often, pop artists blur the lines of categorization while more traditional R&B acts have been classified as Neo-Soul, thus putting them in a small box out of reach from the public eye.

One of those artists, Raheem DeVaughn, has shown in his brief career that having creative control over your product can equal quality. With one acclaimed album under his belt, R.D. shows his consistency on Love Behind The Melody with rich, full, versification that exhibits a level of maturity as well as entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »