The streets of Boston are looking real apocalyptic these days, with the Celtics seeing their window of opportunity dwindle and local rapper-turned-actor, Slaine spilling doomsday raps every time he comes near a microphone. From out of the prophetic ashes arrives Jake The Snake with his pro-bono, socially-aware album, The Last Days to paint the city red with reality. Read the rest of this entry »

Seeing that the world’s allegedly ending and all this year, J The S is going out with a bang with The Last Days LP. Together with his co-defendant Emilio Rojas and one of the various vixens from the Jonathan Master Brothel Inc.®, the dark comes out in the light with usual Court Dunn treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

Only a few months ago, Rick Ross’ career momentum was momentarily crippled by a series of seizures. The unofficial official word connected his ailments to exhaustion due to working too hard. Fast forward to early ’12, Ross must be well rested and recuperated because he’s back with a new drop, the Rich Forever mixtape Read the rest of this entry »

With the arrival of Raekwon’s Unexpected Victory, it appears fans are the ones who’ve won. The new mixtape, which dropped along with the ball two nights ago, features all of the cinematic details you’ve come to expect from Chef and actually happens to be the first free release of his two-decade-long career to boot. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ghost switches out the carols for gun barrels on his “Holiday” freestyle. It’s the season for giving but Styles clearly does not give a f*ck about your feelings (“All y’all n*ggas is wack/go get new rhymes”) or your place in Hip-Hop (“If y’all the kings/then we more like the Zeuses”). Read the rest of this entry »

“This is, the part, we’ve been waiting for, to say hello to the life…”

Thanks, Rashad. Thanks a lot. That one part is about to be stuck in my head the entire weekend. What’s both funny and ironic is that this time last year, Stalley was gearing to unleash his career-defining project, Lincoln Way Nights, a release littered with Rashad’s musical fingerprints. Now, the talented Mr. Thomas is only weeks away from going for self with the liberation of his solo endeavor, Museum. Read the rest of this entry »

“You the next aggin? Well, I’m the ex-aggin/ Name still ringin’ bells, so f*ck arrests aggin” It would appear that Turkey Day didn’t only bring together your family, but the Ruff Ryders, as well. Last week, the Double-R clique released a compilation album, called Past, Present & Future, and this grandiose anthem is the intro. Read the rest of this entry »

Styles P. very well may be an automatic elect should the title of hood ambassador ever open up in New York’s city council. The LOX’s middleman (arguably the most consistent in some circles) has made it his life’s goal to illustrate the concrete in his DNA with an endless barrage of freestyles, mixtapes and albums. In turn, his gift to the streets has doubled as his curse with the “same gun, different bullet” approach that keeps him sounding like he’s trapped inside the repeat button. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t forget that Statik Selektah is trying to have total control of the rap population these days. To commence the release of his latest compilation, he didn’t the club and waste champagne on some broad’s borrowed Armani dress, he put on for Hip-Hop culture and every single rapper you see here–from Styles P. to the LEP Bogus Boys to Reks to Termanology–is featured on Population Control. It’s an old fashioned rap reunion. Read the rest of this entry »

A light guesstimate leads me to speculate that Styles, Busta and Rozay weigh nearly a half ton combined. So when their BMI meets a massive bass line, such as the one exhibited on “Harsh,” the platonic plates are destined to buckle under the pressure. See for yourself as the rap heavyweights don’t lift a leg for the video in its duration. The new Fat Boys? Maybe so. Read the rest of this entry »

Styles P and DJ OP release the Master Of Ceremonies mixtape before the album of the same name drops on October 4th. Read the rest of this entry »

Styles P started moving at a fast pace on Twitter last night, looking to release tracks originally slated for a pre-album mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

The way Bussa Buss takes command of “Harsh,” one would think the track belongs to him, as opposed to Styles P. From the hook, to his verse, to random ad-libs Busta transforms what probably would have been just another throwaway record into a potential single. Read the rest of this entry »

“I be in the malls, I don’t be in the Hamptons, And I’m playing the wall, but the chains dancing.”

Styles and Jada do the back and forth thing for “It’s OK.” Sheek cameos in the video but it sure would have been nice to get a verse from that brother so we could pretend The Lox were reunited. Read the rest of this entry »

In September, Styles P will be dropping his fourth studio album, Master Of Ceremonies. But before that, Pinero’s giving away The World’s Hardest MC mixtape for free Read the rest of this entry »