Killa Kyleon makes authentic mixtapes. As much that statement seems like it applies to damn near every other rapper getting biz, it doesn’t. After the final cut was made for the 2nd edition of Candy Paint-N-Texas Plates 2, K² still had a slew of quality records in the recycle bin. So while most have to scrap and struggle to put out a halfway decent project, DJ Charlee Brown did some mixing and Songs That Didn’t Make CPTP2 was born. Read the rest of this entry »

While much of the world is blazing a birthday blunt in memory of Bob Marley today, who’s more qualified than Smoke DZA to release a tribute song to reggae’s fallen warrior? However, “Marley’s Garden” isn’t a sad remembrance at all. Read the rest of this entry »

We get so many supposed-singles from all sorts of artists, but very few actually have the magic to make it on the radio. The latest from Seattle’s Sol, however, is so quint, cute and completely addictive, there’s a very solid chance this could hit FM dials in the Northwest. Read the rest of this entry »

“Riiiightttt”

The Kushed God dusts off the Chuck Inglish produced “Fat Raps” to share his professional and perhaps personal affirmation for the new calendar year. Read the rest of this entry »

Rappers and DJs know how to play St. Nick too and they’re coming through bearing audio treats for fans and listeners. In the spirit of giving, we rounded up a few that landed in our inboxes and want to pass them along to everyone. Read the rest of this entry »

Fiend embodies that old, famous No Limit work ethic, putting out new tracks and videos with an almost feverish intensity. He’s also a firm believer in the virtues of the Jet Life though and needs to find a few moments to relax, smoke a little something and appreciate the good things that life has to offer. So, like few before him, Fiend has found a way to have his cake and eat it too, Read the rest of this entry »

Since Jet World Order has finally landed at your local retailers, it was only right we gave a little more incentive to get in the whip and pick up a copy. Or, if you already hit play on this hazy dedication to hard work, you may be so zoned, downloading from iTunes is probably be the better idea. Read the rest of this entry »

The world just cannot get enough of Freddie Gibbs or Statik Selektah this week. LRG and Karmaloop TV emancipate the next set of visuals of the pair’s Lord Giveth, Lord Taketh Away EP. “Keep It Warm For Ya” has one of the dopest beats of the entire project and enhanced by the four stellar, accompanying verses laid. Directed by Derek Pike, the video is essentially a better edited, HD look inside Statik’s pad, so if you tuned into their Ustream when they were recording the project, the scene will definitely look familiar.

Sidenote: I nominate Smoke DZA to be the next emcee to do a full-on collaboration with Statik Selektah since the DJ’s production seems to light a fire under the Kush God’s ass. Between his verses on “Harlem Blues” off Population Control and here for “Keep It Warm…,” something just seems to click for him when he raps over a Statik beat.

Previously: On Freddie Gibbs And Madlib’s “Thuggin” EP

Jazzie Belle

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Biggie and Jay mentioned playing Monopoly with real cash on Life After Death’s “I Love The Dough.” Unfortunately, for reasons we’re all familiar with, that vision was only able to manifest itself in the “Dead Presidents” video. Smoke DZA, Dom Kennedy and several familiar faces pay homage to that visual with “Pow Wow.” Read the rest of this entry »

A personal favorite from DZA’s Rolling Stoned receives the visual treatment equipped with that Cee Lo and Melanie Fiona track I love so much as the dominating sample. Read the rest of this entry »

“Mind blown, got me on freeze, Plus everybody got they own trees, It’s a personal party.”

DZA & Spitta together? You already know there was a lot of dope on the damn table © Lt. Cedric Daniels. Off George Kush’s Rolling Stoned, Read the rest of this entry »

Smoke DZA’s making the rounds through boroughs and linking with other notable New York City rappers. Fresh off collaborations with The Kid Daytona {“Cool Shit”) and ASAP Rocky (“4 Loko”), he’s come through with a track featuring the pride of Flushing, Queens, Action Bronson. Read the rest of this entry »

Harlemites Smoke DZA & ASAP Rocky get together on DZA’s single to Rolling Stoned, out Aug. 30th. Read the rest of this entry »

Somehow, someway, Cool Is In Session is the fourth tape Fiend’s managed to put out this year. The amount of music he’s created in 2011 is pretty impressive but that means nothing if the music isn’t quality. Read the rest of this entry »