After Wale, Meek Mill and Pill joined the MMG roster, Rick Ross’ original dream team, Triple Cs, seemed to fade into the background. In a statement of unity, the whole crew, including recent signee Stalley but sans the ubiquitous Bawse, come together on Torch’s old-school free for all “Slow Down.” Read the rest of this entry »

“Only two loves, my family and music…”

Just another gem from the glory days of The R.O.C. Chris and Neef never regained the collective momentum they had on Tough Luv, but interestingly enough, the album has aged rather nobly since its 2004 release. Read the rest of this entry »

Ali Milan

Foxy Brown Officially Indicted Over Court Violation [AHH]

“The Expendables” Steal The Show In Team USA’s Scrimmage Vs. China [Dime]

Kanye West Calls Swizz Beatz “The Best Rap Producer Of All Time” [SOHH] Read the rest of this entry »

It’s 2010 and Chris and Neef are back being friends or at least partners in rhyme for this Don Cannon-hosted Back To Business mixtape. 15 tracks and a handful of features along with promise of what’s to come perhaps. Read the rest of this entry »

Well well, what do we have here? We have the Young Gunz back together again, at least long enough to drop a Back To Business mixtape on July 23rd. And to show their rediscovered cohesive nature, they’ve incorporated the word “we” into both song titles. Read the rest of this entry »

“You chop the head, the body fall. Basically, that’s what happened with Roc-A-Fella.”

With all the recent developments in the Beans Vs. Jay saga, the Roc-A-Fella chain — a symbol of crew love among certified black gangsters — has been rendered a relic of times past. One of the select few who had the honor of Roc’in it was Christopher “Young Chris” Ries, a talented young buck who you could almost envision as the post or the point in the dynasty’s second wave. Unfortunately, as a result of the Roc’s first fissure, that remains merely a pipe dream with the family members seemingly now gone their separate ways. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By David D.

When mentioning the best “beefs” in the post-Biggie/Pac era, people tend to point towards the Canibus/LL, Jay-Z/Nas or 50 Cent/Ja Rule altercations. One battle that is seemingly overlooked was the tooth and nail series of records between State Property and D-Block. While the tension building towards the epic Jay and Nas clash seemed to overshadow this feud, these MCs released numerous mixtape tracks and radio freestyles to one-up the competition. What resulted was one of the most high-quality, sustained beefs on wax we’ve been fortunate enough to witness.

The beef seemed to come out of nowhere. I remember reading an interview in which Jadakiss mentioned he ran Philly. Sigel was quoted in the same interview as adamantly disagreeing with Kiss’ assertion. I read the interview and thought nothing of it. That is, until Jadakiss threw a few lines Sigel’s way: “I’m a show you the reason why I’m the truth for real/ can’t fuck with Kiss, I meanie that/ had to quit eating red meat cuz I ate too many Beanie Macs.” The rest, as they say, is history. Let’s look back at all these back and forths from this underrated battle. Read the rest of this entry »

Heard in my Gmail…

Gottyâ„¢ - Who’s fuckin with Young Chris?

Wit-E – This is the cat from Chris & Neef from the old Rocafella right?

Gottyâ„¢ - Yeah, the one who stayed grindin while Neef (“them Youngunaz Chris and Lil’ Neefy“) slipped away. Remember “Tough Love?” Read the rest of this entry »