Apparently, Tyga has a knack for knocking out hits to the simplest of melodies. After riding the four-note bassline of “Rack City” into a nice year-capper and future of strip club dividends, Young Money’s next-up releases another easy-cheesy single in “Faded.” Read the rest of this entry »

The question above has been the running rumor all week and Drake final stepped to the plate to address it while performing Friday in Connecticut. His answer? Read the rest of this entry »

If you haven’t heard by now, the numbers are in and Drizzy done good. Well, that’s if you consider schlepping 631,466 copies of Take Care and topping the charts in the first week merely good. Read the rest of this entry »

Whoa, whoa, whoa, now!

A court-ordered sober Lil Wayne sees no reason to hold his tongue since his brain can’t get lost in fog. When asked about his highly successful artist, Nicki Minaj, the Young Money head honcho bluntly told Vibe Magazine that his expectations for the human Barbie haven’t been met by her output. Read the rest of this entry »

Does anyone else find it odd that Tyga is the only one from the YMCMB clique that got this throwaway Drizzy feature for his lead single? Read the rest of this entry »

Some MCs live and die by the metaphor and Lil Wayne’s ventilator just so happens to have his ABC’s on it. While we’re still debating on what to make of Tha Carter IV as a whole, we couldn’t help but notice Wayne’s extremely dependent on his hashtag punchlines, even after they have long been declared dead and Nicki Minaj got ethered for hers. Read the rest of this entry »

Lil Wayne plans to use a similar strategy as his industry counterparts Jay-Z and Kanye by releasing Tha Carter IV to iTunes, Amazon.com and other digital outlets at midnight on Sunday, immediately following MTV’s VMAs and his performance for the award show. Read the rest of this entry »

Young Money’s other tatted one can really rhyme his arse off when put in the right situation and not pressured to live up to some grand marketing scheme. Those disbelievers shall be pointed in the direction of “Tyga Montana,” as he employs that post-”B.M.F.” flow the kids are using as recreational drug these days and shows Future how to properly rap over his own beat. Read the rest of this entry »

Lil Wayne’s Carter IV official tracklisting has been unveiled and the long-player will be 15 songs deep. Read the rest of this entry »

As an admitted Cory Gunz fan that’s followed his career for nearly 10 years, I was greatly interested by his new reality show on MTV, Son Of A Gun. Read the rest of this entry »

2011 has already been a trying year for Hip-Hop, with controversy piled over top outrage surmounted by confusion, only to all overshadow the handful yet memorable pieces of music we laid claim to. Goodbye to the days where the musician created a celebrity. Hello to the fully visualized dawn where the more outrageous, bizarre or inconspicuously wack you are the better your chances are to skip a few steps and find yourself in a graduating class typically reserved for the talented. Read the rest of this entry »

What’s up with rappers not being content with just a regular ol’ remix anymore? Was there a memo sent out saying it was cool to use gimmicky annexes like “G-Mix” and “2.0?” Either way, Weezy’s presumably been itching to get on “Roman’s Revenge” since first hearing the scathing song while he was behind bars so now we have this redux version featuring Ms. Minaj’s boss man. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jump for joy! Pink Friday is finally here! The album is a poppy mishmash of girly music that sounds like it’s sponsored by Bratz. However, we won’t knock Nicki’s hustle as she works to become a household name.

What we will, knock, though, is some of her choices when it comes to lyrical content. Read the rest of this entry »

Posting piddly little videos of rappers being interviewed during their daily media hour isn’t really our thing, but when the impossible unfolds in front of your eyes it’s hard not to share. In this brief clip with DJ Vlad, watch worlds set on a course for collision, as Tech N9ne – the king of the underground – talks about being put on a list at Rikers to visit the man who wrote “Lollipop.” Read the rest of this entry »

By now, chances are you’ve been subjected to Nicki’s “Your Love” at least once, especially since it’s making noise on the Billboard charts. Previous to watching this video, I haven’t heard it and could have kept it that way honestly. The song isn’t bad but it makes me feel Nicki’s better seen than heard. Therefore, the advisable action plan here is to hit mute and enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »