Sure, the balance of buzz may be a little lopsided in the Maybach Music empire, but that’s not for a lack of talent. Consumers act like their iPods can only fit up to five artists at time and as a result, not much traction was gained from Torch’s criminally slept-on UFO tape last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tony Toca was giving E Double’s new effort some shine on SHADE45 and the verdict is definitely a 180° to the bulk of the culture’s current climate. The Green-Eyed Bandit calls it a Breath Of Fresh Air, as he’s an O.G. rooted in his principles on how to present Hip-Hop music (do-do-do-do-dooo). Read the rest of this entry »

Earlier today, news began to surface that Game had been ordered by a judge to pay five million dollars to a group of North Carolina police officers. The reasoning? Read the rest of this entry »

What you say ‘der whoadie? Juvenile is such a true N’awlins representer, all the way down to the fleur-de-lis on his socks. So it was only right that for Fat Tuesday ’12*, he put on for his birthright and expose the world to what they’re missing with all the Southern Smoke that comes along with Mardi Gras. 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 »

Ricky Rozay offers up a Valentine’s Day gift in the form of his “MMG Untouchable” video, directed by Spliff TV. Slightly NSFW since the Bawse Read the rest of this entry »

I don’t know bout you guys, but I’ve spent the last few weeks playing Rich Forever over and over again. And I mention this because these days a staying power of more than one week is just magnificent. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

“Philadelphia millionaire, Meek be that n*gga…”

Another day, more new music from the Maybach Music conglomerate. On this occasion, Meek and Rozay do lay up lines with Cardiak production for “Errrday.” Read the rest of this entry »

With quotes from Bubba Chuck’s turbulent life and career – including the legendary “practice” speech – Don Trip describes life isn’t always greener when setting out to cash in on a God given talent. 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 »

The MMG album release list is far from short and next up appears to be the follow up to the label’s compilation project, Self Made Vol. 1. The second installment see its first preview liberated during Rozay’s birthday weekend with “Bag Of Money” also featuring Wale and Meek Mill. Read the rest of this entry »

With a slight tip of the hat to the Snap classic, Juve is back, and he’s brought along Hip-Hop heavyweight Rick Ross for his first single “Power.” Read the rest of this entry »

If you haven’t figured it out by now, The Pos isn’t afraid to cover much. And, now, after tackling everything from Oasis to Elton John during his productive Layover, the Metro Detroit pop star and his California comrade Blackbear have decided to add their own flare to the only notable diss song in the past few years Read the rest of this entry »

After an extensive mixtape grind in just a short period, Kid Ink is looking at his Rolley and figuring it’s that time to drop an official album. But he’s keeping it L.A. casual with a carefree first single that promotes nothing but happy thoughts and swag. Read the rest of this entry »