Who else but Skeme The Duke would come into the waning stretch of 2011 and cast a shadow shaped like a “W” across the game? SK has been diligently working working on his craft this year and talking up a storm in rap word. Now we’re blessed with something a like version 1.5 to the previously released The Statement and precursor to whatever 2012 brings. Read the rest of this entry »

“My main chick got a real n*gga, she know I got guidelines…”

One of the The Div’s standouts receives the visual treatment. Here’s two things to know about the “Top Down” video: there’s a boatload worth of raps and guys trying to one-up each other (dope) and it’s Pac Div, Skeme and Casey Veggies (again, dope). Read the rest of this entry »

Emilio Sparks gets paid to be a professional cretin.

As if his dream job isn’t great enough, he mostly likely has your favorite rapper on speed dial for prank calls because he’s the spontaneous type. While you can catch the shameless disc jockey weekly on WSIA 88.9FM and his iTunes podcast, “The Emilio Experience,” he’s contributing to Hip-Hop in a major way with his 2nd compilation of beats-n-rhymes in Scumbino’s Way. Read the rest of this entry »

The Overdoz. made it painfully obvious last time out that committment wasn’t an option, ladies. Now that the feeling is mutual, everyone can act like a N-I-Gee-Gee-Ay and get drunk and smoke weed all day. All aboard The OD. Lounge Express. The only train where the smoke from the engine is pales in comparison to what’s coming out of the caboose. Read the rest of this entry »

Skeme wants you, the listener, to know that there’s an explicit difference between “monkey shit” and “ape shit.” The typical “monkey shit” is for the baboons who like to bounce around without just cause and make holler about who knows what. It’s frowned upon. Read the rest of this entry »

The Los Angeles life and times of Skeme always prove to be well worth tuning in. He outlines explicit details about the street but he’s not a gangsta rapper. He’s tapped into the artistic side of the studio process but he’s not a rappity rapper, either. In a nutshell, he incorporates nearly every element a Cali head is expected to represent; a few rappers in one. Read the rest of this entry »

The City of Angels has been the place to be well before Val Young sung her little heart out to usher in the sunshine through your radio. And ain’t a damn changed amongst its residents. Just ask Cali’s band of rebels, Overdoz., who consist of Sleezy, Tube, Kent and Cream as they put together a project so Los Angeles with Live For, Die For, you might get purp and yellow smeared on your fingertips if you ever obtain a hard copy. Read the rest of this entry »

The term “New West” was being thrown around by almost every up & coming rapper from Californ-I-A roughly three years ago. Apparently, these much chagrined rap practitioners felt the need to separate themselves from their elder-statesman in order to carve own their own legacy, and for some – the move ended up working out just fine. For others, the nonalignment left talented MCs without a support system and nowhere to look when the going got tough. Read the rest of this entry »

– Jay Electronica exorcised the ghost Christopher Wallace & got down with the nation of Roc. History suggests he made the right move. It remains to be seen how it affects his career in the long run, but the short term yield benefited the fans.

– Girl Talk shut the internet down on Monday with his aptly-titled All Day.

– Donovan signed a new deal and promptly added more fuel to the ire of Redskin fans before the ink could even dry. Read the rest of this entry »

It never fails. Every two weeks or so when I speak to some of my people from Cali, I get the same question. “Come to Cali, man. What are you waiting for?” Each time, I never have an answer other than the fact that my money situation isn’t exactly ideal to make big moves like that at the moment.

The West Coast lifestyle has long since intrigued me Read the rest of this entry »

After weeks of buildup, A3C is set to kick off tonight & we’ll be hosting our West Stage with performances by TiRon, Diz Gibran, El Prez, Rocky Rivera, Ayomari, Pac Div, DaVinci, Surf Club and a whole bunch of other folks. So if you’re in Atlanta right now, take your ass down to The Masquerade and come holla!

Special shout out to Fadia Kader & the whole Perfect Attendance crew.