Think back to the early fall of 2009. A semi-forgotten yet resolute rapper by the name of Raekwon was poised to get his solo career back to where he wanted to be by releasing a heatrock underneath our unsuspecting asses in the form of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2. Although he released his 2nd [official] album the same day as Jay-Z’s neo-genesis The Blueprint 3; losing an inevitable sales battle; Raekwon won over audiences by giving them something new that was actually quite old. Read the rest of this entry »

If you couldn’t tell by the video for “You Make Me Sick” the other day, Saigon is finally getting his chance to discuss his side of things, his way. What once was an urban music myth will actually become reality, supposedly the day after Valentine’s in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s like we don’t even need to intro this. With said MC and track title, you know exactly what type of song you’re going to get. The problem lies in the fact the time removed from said artist may have left your memory needing to be jogged. Read the rest of this entry »

After he dropped that weird “Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah Ah” shirtless freestyle, the doubt on Sai’s sanity began gaining momentum. Well, The Yardfather is back to smack that negativity deep into Hell’s pits with yet another delayed visual. In Fall 08, he had teamed up with the toothless half of the Brownsvillain demolition crew to bring you a mash-up of gun talk and cautionary street tales, presumably for his then soon to be released album The Greatest Story Never Told. Read the rest of this entry »

Let me say from the jump that this song is a classic.

Not the kind that gets tossed around easily like Maia Campbell either. I’m talking time-tested, pure, unadultered immaculate music. Which makes it all the more dishearting that this record ended up on a bumfuck mixtape everybody’s scoffing at. Read the rest of this entry »

Pic by William Johnsen

A befitting title as Episode IV was the unofficial beginning as well. Just when it seemed like there was no chance of a Saigon release, our prayers have finally been answered…sort of. Atlantic Records have decided to release the Fort Knox yardfather from his contract after their irreconcible differences had both parties conducting business treadmill style — going nowhere. Read the rest of this entry »