As a long time Young Dro supporter, his methodology behind releasing music is probably the biggest thing that turns the major of people away. There’s no routine or buildup, rather random releases dropping from left field and after that he disappears like the Hip-Hop Phantom of the Opera. Read the rest of this entry »

Known for his neon bright personality and uniquely colorful use of language, it’s strange to see Young Dro in black and white. In the dual video for new tracks “We Out Chea” and “Getting To The Money,” the 1000-watt grin that inspired his logo is gone and replaced with a serious and focused demeanor. Read the rest of this entry »

Post-prison T.I. has been a single man demolition machine, relentlessly annihilating guest appearances left and right without regard to women and children. However, tackling your own project is always a whole different beast than loaning out a quick 16. Read the rest of this entry »

Young Dro aka rap’s Punxsutawney Phil hops up and drops “Racked Up.” Read the rest of this entry »

Young Dro, the man who never met an adjective or color he couldn’t appreciate, is back and reloaded with DJ Smallz for their aptly-titled mixtape, Drocabulary. As a Dro loyalist, I’ve been stuck in between confused and disappointed as to why his career still has not gotten out of the rut its been in for what feels like forever. Read the rest of this entry »

“It’s a beautiful day for a road trip!” DJ Burn One stretches his arms toward the sky. He descends a short flight of steps onto the porch of the house containing the Virginia Highland studio he and his Five Points production team work from, creating coveted mixtapes populating blogs across the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Way over yonder, across the Georgia skyline, sits a manchild with the ability to mix up his own blend of dance on dance and lyrical sensibilities that should make the entire world adopt a southern’s charm, soon enough. If you see Donnis cooling out on a porch in the backwoods with his Ray-Bans on, just know he’s seeing the bigger picture through the Southern Lights. Read the rest of this entry »

Polo, turtleneck/Ralph Lauren ain’t heard it yet…

One thing’s for damn sure. Dro and Cam’ron obviously use the same booking agency when holding casting calls for their new videos. My goodness, just pause it at the :37 mark and give yourself about five or ten minutes to regain some composure. Read the rest of this entry »

– Hip-Hop lost one of its most iconic voices with the passing of Nathaniel “Nate Dogg” Hale.

– Nick Schonberger gave us a look into what music he’s listening to right now. Read the rest of this entry »

The world’s greatest success stories only happened because they believed in themselves first and foremost. Self-confidence – sometimes confused with cockiness – leads to co-signs. Co-signs lead notoriety. Notoriety then leads fame. And fame leads the fast life which – if this success story is a male – Read the rest of this entry »

Big brother Dro almighty giveth and we all taketh, as Ralphie’s kids get more theme music. Read the rest of this entry »

Tung Twista and Polo Dro get together to remix “Make A Movie,” all in the name of DJ Smallz’ I Got The Internet Goin Nuts! R&B Vol. 2 dropping this week. I have no f*cking clue how I got on Smallz mailing list but he’s surely been sending through a good selection of tracks. Read the rest of this entry »

Just consider this Week 12 of our Smokin’ Dro series

I have officially placed P.O.L.O. alongside Gotti’s Live From The Kitchen and Dre’s Detox in the “projects I’d love to hear within the next year, but I don’t want to upset myself” category. Still though, I’m gullible. Read the rest of this entry »

Kudos to Rome Brown for suggesting this record seeing as how I totally overlooked this one. It’s a team effort folks.

Song: “Grand Hustle Mafia”

Source: Grand Hustle Presents: In Da Streets Vol. 4 Read the rest of this entry »

Hopefully by now you’ve grown appreciate the descriptive wizardy of Young Dro. At 10 weeks strong, it’s about time we begin taking suggestions for future installments of “Smokin’ Dro.” Starting next week, of course. Read the rest of this entry »