You get but only one born day a year but when two of California’s most focused Hip-Hop artists in rhyme specialist Balance and Dae One, the instrumental wizard who never duplicates his sounds, it’s cause for B-Dae celebration. Read the rest of this entry »

If you like your MP3′s laced in gun powder and choked full of believable tough talk, then there’s a good chance you want to be in the vicinity of A-Mafia’s current movement. The Harlemite is reuniting goons worldwide hungry for a soundtrack to do dirt to with his testimony in My Side Of The Story. Read the rest of this entry »

The sentiments towards fathers in the Hip-Hop community is unsurprisingly low. It is a notorious scenario for dad’s to take the back route in lower income families and there’s several rappers out there who can relate to that. However, that doesn’t mean the cycle has to repeat itself. Read the rest of this entry »

Put your W’s up and cash in all your chips at the casino door. Balance from the Bay is going all in (again) for his next project that’s looking to put Cali back in the top mix of your playlist. In a rare case of dealing with emotions without being emotional, Mr. 510 scoops up Moe Green and J DaVinci to help rally the cause for a classic case of the polar opposites. Read the rest of this entry »

Good Friday can’t get much better when we’re getting both a relaxing day and new music from everybody’s favorite (or at least most feared) Uncle. Read the rest of this entry »

Life is easier when you compartmentalize. Keeping things separate keeps them simple. I like my wrestling in one corner and my Hip-Hop wayyyy over there over yonder and across town. When the two meet, it’s never pretty yet people still try to make it work for some reason. The most recent attempt comes from the not-fake-at-all Urban Wrestling Federation. Read the rest of this entry »

Maino’s BK all day and obviously a pretty tough character. But I’ve bumped into the guy twice in my lifetime and he’s a pretty swell guy. Very jovial and likable, minus that time he touched my camera @ the BET Awards. Did I ever tell that story? Read the rest of this entry »

If you were running low on your daily “medicine” in Tri-State New York, never fear, PUSH! Montana is always making his rounds to serve the geekers and tweakers. You may not love and appreciate his efforts, but you will respect the FreshDope parcel service as it continues to excel in delivering packaged goods. A few minutes over you time is all the Black Flag Gang needs to persuade you to utilize their services. Read the rest of this entry »

Like PUSH! stated, this isn’t a mixtape. It’s an album, constructed of a studious grind that depicts the weathered life of someone who made out of situations that most would deem insurmountable. Whether it was blood, sweat or cocaina spilling through his pores, the Brooklynite has showed more hustle in his muscle over the past few months. So now that the hour of FreshDope is upon us, his reality raps being cashed in the Money In The Bank headquarters have generated a great deal of interest. Read the rest of this entry »

“Aggins, got problems, I’m back on the scene, I got Outkast guns, they so fresh and so clean.”

Waking up each morn, each day promises to deliver at least one song so bananas that it becomes the song of the day and makes the cut to join my iPod playlist. Today, Murda’s “They Don’t Know Me” wins that honor even though the day is still young. Read the rest of this entry »

An unlikely, grimy alliance between hood superheroes Red and Murda for the track “East Coast Is Back.” The joint will be featured on an upcoming Kay Slay, which will most likely be available at the local corner bodega near the off-brand chips and incenses. Read the rest of this entry »

Mr. Thanksgiving and the producers who do it better the 2nd time, Cookin Soul, come through with another freebie on this glorious Tuesday to make your iPod smile. When is the last time you heard a compilation mixtape that was worthy of constant spins? More than likely it was a CS presentation. And with Drama giving his Gangsta Grillz stamp, it seems like they could be invincible. Read the rest of this entry »

In case you haven’t realized that Xzibit’s comeback is full throttle, maybe this buckshot to the dome will push your mind right…to the left side of the pavement. Consisting of B-Real, Young De and Mr. X to tha Z, The Serial Killaz are the next supergroup out of Cali pulling 187′s on instrumentals. Read the rest of this entry »

Obviously not getting the memo about Hov having LeBron’s ear, Vitamin Water & Don Cannon teamed up with a group of rappers from this summer’s top free agent destinations for The Choice Is Yours. Over the course of the three song mini mixtape we’ve got corporate synergy, fueling the flames, pandering/tampering or whatever else you want to call it at its best. With the Knicks, Nets, Heat, Bulls, Cavaliers, Lakers & Hawks all represented LeBron should have his plans for the next six to seven years of his life decided in a little over five minutes. Read the rest of this entry »

When the gloves are off, the only time Jada is able to even sniff the championship belt is in the mixtape circuit. Pound for pound, he’s still one of the toughest MCs around, but his album record makes him more Sugar Shane than super MC. Nevertheless, the bell is sounding for the beginning of Round 3 in The Champ Is Here title fight. Read the rest of this entry »