As most of you know by now, former powerhouse record label Death Row was on the auction block earlier this year.

Within months of copping the company’s somewhat depreciated assets, Lara Lavi, current CEO of WIDEawake Death Row, has already initiated new releases from the label. Amidst praise and neighs alike, on September 1st the first album distributed will be a reissue of Dr. Dre’s Chronic, called Chronic Re-Lit. While technically this is old news to most of you, the update is in the audio below. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember how powerful this tandem used to be? Sure they link up every so often to submit a banger here and there but when we they were one another’s main source for heat, you knew the results were surefire. The first time the world bore witness to “Deep Cover,” they defined a rap subgenre. And they continued to do so well through the course of the decade. Read the rest of this entry »

The excitement of Notorious is sure bringing videos out the woodwork. Let’s just hope that his pron tapes stay in the vaults to which they lay. According to The Kaos Effect, here’s the scoop on the video:

The 411 Knowledge & Entertainment Show had the opportunity to sit down with one of the Greatest Rappers of All-Time to discuss his journey. The show was hosted by radio personality Ryan Cameron at the Roxy in Atlanta in 1994.

And here’s the audio.

But wait there’s more. Read the rest of this entry »