Jeezy started off Thug Motivation 103 with a stellar trifecta of songs that was capped off with “OJ” featuring New York lyricists Fabolous and Jadakiss. The record’s superior quality has it resting comfortable up near the top of TM103 and is accordingly one of my favorites from the album (but of course nothing comes close to Freddie’s lethal verse from “.38″). Read the rest of this entry »

As Hip-Hop continues to evolve by gaining more and more influence from electronic music, the focus on lyricism seems to be lifting once again. But on “Strange Clouds (Remix),” ATL comes together and puts on a lyrical theater for the whole world to watch. Read the rest of this entry »

What else can you really say here? Ever since Tyga decided to dumb it completely down, the whole country’s seemingly been stranded in “Rack City.” So, while his audience is zombified and their brains are picked apart by vultures disguised as strippers, the YMCMB’s youngest in charge drops this 2006-esque remix to keep the buzz on his upcoming debut, Careless World: The Last Prince. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeezy and Gibbs add a rougher texture to Drake’s “The Motto” with their latest G-Mix. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s the deal. Jeezy and 2 Chainz’s “Supafreak” was too dope not to be a single, hence its inclusion on our year end list. With the song being one of the candidates for strip club national anthem at the moment, releasing a visual for said record sooner than later was pretty damn smart. Read the rest of this entry »

Do me a favor? Listen to Future’s new mixtape, Astronaut Status. I’m willing to wager there’s at least two to three bangers hidden here but I’m too lazy to listen right now. Read the rest of this entry »

While the original had Wayne, B.o.B offers up a different strain of “Strange Clouds” by inviting T.I. and Jeezy in for the song’s remix. Read the rest of this entry »

Call it a G-mix, a remix or whatever you want to dub it, but Jeezy goes for in for a short set of bars over French’s club banger. Very glad he didn’t take the momentum he’s picked up from TM103 and try to ride it out. Read the rest of this entry »

There have been three occasions where I’ve almost posted LoveRance’s skyrocketing single, “Up,” but refrained. Maybe it was the mediocre 16 Jimmy Iovine made Curtis kick or the bland video directed by Kreayshawn. But now the city of Atlanta has given me two reasons to counteract my hesitation Read the rest of this entry »

The Highest Grossing Films Of 2011 [Film Drunk]

SoundCloud Raises A Reported $50M [Venture Beat]

Man Named Omar Little Arrested in Baltimore [Warming Glow] 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 »

The ultimate test in measuring one’s worth is not conducted in the battle to the top but the downhill slide when there’s nothing left to prove, yet more recognition to gain. Back before the Internet held any sort of weight in the rap caucus of what’s hot or not, Young Jeezy was a star with his early effort Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Read the rest of this entry »

The ratio of Lloyd’s female to male fanbase is probably equivalent to something mean Canibus said to LL back in the day, but the King of Hearts crooner is looking out for the fellas in his next mini-movie that employs a few ladies with possible “daddy issues.” Just the way most of y’all like ‘em. Read the rest of this entry »

With the buzz around Jeezy’s often delayed, yet soon to be released TM103 the talk of the town, yours truly decided to take a trip in the past and revisit one of 2008′s most complete projects, The Snowman’s third official LP, The Recession. Read the rest of this entry »

Cue up any Snowman ad-lib you like. Somebody said the thugs were in need of deliverance and guess who’s coming through the neighborhood? You can miss Jeezy with the I.O.U.’s, though. He don’t owe anybody “Nothing” and he’s making that point quite clear with TM103 just around the corner. This joint is straight heat, kelvin. Read the rest of this entry »