At this point, I couldn’t tell you whose sophomore album I’ll see before I kick the bucket – Rich Boy or Young Dro. Hell, they may not even know. With the future remaining as unclear as ever, any new material from the two is considered a win and in this case Alabama’s pride and joy drops off his “Gwap” visual. Read the rest of this entry »

Ahh, the periodic releases from Rich Boy are happening more often, with only a few months passing since his last mixtape release. Gold Kilo$ looks to be a complimentary piece to 12 Diamonds Read the rest of this entry »

Like clockwork, just when it appears as if Rich Boy has fallen off the face of the map, a new project surfaces putting said thought on the back burner momentarily. Do I expect to see his sophomore LP, Resurrected In Diamonds, this year? Nope, not at all. Do I pray I’m wrong? Yep, definitely, very much so. Read the rest of this entry »

Every blue moon, Rich Boy shows up on the rap radar with a new track. We overlook his absence much easier than we do other rappers, mainly because his charismatic drawl could woo the most standoffish listener. He bounces back this time with “Wide Open,” a song for the skrippers still “working” their way through college Read the rest of this entry »

Rich Boy is officially off of milk carton status. Dropping off the title track from his upcoming Pharaohs & Kings mixtape, the ‘Bama native makes boss moves over this smooth number with a hauntingly, beautiful vocal sample. After speaking about him with co-workers over the weekend, it dawned on me that a substantial dose of new music from him is long overdue Read the rest of this entry »

Life has a way of coming full circle whether you recognize or not. Take this familiar story for example.

– Label signs rapper from Gary, Indiana.
– Label shelves rapper from Gary, Indiana.
– Label just says “f#ck it” and gives this same rapper from Gary, Indiana a pink slip, a peanut butter sandwich and bus ticket and tells him “good luck.”
– This same rapper creates a following of his own and is quickly becoming one of Hip-Hop’s most talked about new MC’s.
– This same rapper also just landed on the cover of XXL. Read the rest of this entry »

To get with Stacey Dash, I would do all of the following:

1) Take a punch from Old Man Grizzly Epic Beard Man.
2) Walk on a HBCU campus wearing FUBU and British Knights. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Landon A.

With snow draping much of the Midwest there’s not much for a studious young college student to do on his day off than burn one and listen to the vinyl that’s accumulated over the last month or so. Odly enough, around the same time I re-discovered my dusty copy of reggae singer John Holt’s 1983 single “Police in Helicopter” so did Bama’s own Rich Boy.As an ode to his favorite herbal supplement and the crooked Jake that try to keep him from enjoying his lady, Rich Boy revamps the classic reggae joint with his country drawl, switching back and forth between his signature flow and a cover of the original chorus.

While snow piles up outside my window and stretches further south to places it hasn’t visited in years, it’s joints like this that turn an afternoon with a space heater to an afternoon in the islands.

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Download — Rich Boy – “Helicopters”

Props to BluHaze because I just snagged all of his links instead of reupping each track individually. If you should want all of these, here they are in one zip file.

Download — Rich Boy – “Game Proper”

Download — Rich Boy Feat. Lowlife & Mambo – “Struggling”

Download — Rich Boy Feat. Al Myte – “Crawling”

Download — Rich Boy Feat. Supa Villain – “Time Travel”

You know what’s funny? This time last year “Drop,” uh, dropped and I knew it would go on to be Rich Boy’s next big single. A&R fail on my part. Fast forward a quick 365 and we find ourselves in the same spot with Rich Boy toting another hard hitting single, “Go Crazy.” This time Polow is replaced with Jim Jonsin (who’s probably still spending checks off “Whatever You Like” and “Lollipop“). Also, fellow ‘Bama native YelaWolf checks in for a guest verse only he can pull off. Word of advice: play this on some real speakers. The computer won’t cut it. Read the rest of this entry »

Even though it feels like I’ve heard this before, I’m fairly sure the CDQ hasn’t. No matter because when it showed up @ my e-doorstep like the morning news, I knew it was going up as a perfect compliment to the picture. Rich x Rico x Jonsin’ makin’ magic. Read the rest of this entry »

Rich Boy & Polow Da Don hook back up for LeBron’s upcoming documentary.  Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Prop Jay

Between Drizzy’s unexpected drop-in earlier, UFC 100 and now this, the night is jam packed.

This should fill the void left from now until Lesnar beats Mir like a rented mule. With the likes of Gangsta Boo, Gucci and Gorilla Zoe riding shotgun, expect Rich Boy & DJ Scream’s Kool-Aid, Kush & Convertibles to live up to its ghetto fabulous billing. Read the rest of this entry »

Sorry Dallas. We missed you on “Ice Cream Paint Job.”

Since being released in 2008, Dorrough Music’s local ode to whips hit mainstream before it ever made our blog. A rarity these days, especially considering how tight the bassline is. To make matters worse, we were even beaten to the punch by Read the rest of this entry »

Pic By oneiclosed

I don’t know about you but sometimes I listen to an artist’s new material and then decide I want to go back to the familiarity of their older work while I acclimate myself to the latest addition. That’s what happened with Read the rest of this entry »

*Shrugs* I’m just as dumbfounded by this one as you are, since it had zero promotion. Not the least bit upset because right now, Rich Boy is a strong two for two. No questions asked, straight to the iPod, into the truck & rollin’.

Hit the break. Read the rest of this entry »