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What a week right? Let’s just keep it to the music. Get that new Funkmaster Flex mixtape. Salute to Jay-Z! Hip Hop is on the cover of Time Magazine. By the way R.I.P. to Guru…  For those of us who were lucky enough to be touched by Keith Elam AKA Guru, you truly understood why […]

Beyond the shadow of any doubt the hottest record in the word, in any genre of music, this week is Jay Z’s “Open Letter.” It seemed everybody had something to say about his trip with wife Beyonce to Cuba. Really? So Hov releases a freestyle that is crazy enough to get even the attention of […]

Yeah, yeah — fresh off a flight from some place hot. NYC rest assure, that heat wave is coming, and I’m not talking about the weather. I’ve been saying NYC is having a rebirth in its hip-hop scene. Need proof? Check this new Troy Ave song “We Ain’t You.” It features Nitty Scott MC and […]

Travi$ Scott has been making hella noise as of late with his appointment to the 2013 XXL Freshman MC cover. The video “Quintana” took the blogosphere by storm last week and put the rap world on notice. This week, though, a version appeared with Wale on it that was even more fiyyah! Peep… [pagebreak] Man, […]

Ratchet hip hop music has become as normal as a bully rant attempt to control your life from Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Now days even R&B singers have added some edginess to their ballads. This week was living proof. Did you peep the new Rihanna Pour It Up Rmx? Its a starting 5 whose who All […]

Tomorrow’s March 9th. It’s a national holiday from Brooklyn to Brixton to Bali for lovers of music but especially hip hop music. We have lost many a great hip hop hero over the years. But March 9th stands out for a reason. There will parties, DJ’s playing tributes on the radio but most importantly memories […]

One of the most slept on rappers in the underground scene is the very talented, super dope Homeboy Sandman. His latest single, “The Plot Thickens,” is crazy. If you’re fan then you already know. If not, sit back and watch my man put in work on a Keith Edward-produced banger! [pagebreak] There are so many […]

What in the name of Sean P. Diddy Combs is the world doing to the famous Harlem Shake? I’ve seen the Egyptian video of the protest in front of President Morisi’s palace. There is the scene of the guy in the Mickey Mouse-like head dancing and then a crowd of what looks like Egyptian B […]

Ricky Blaze has been doing his thing for a minute as dancehall and R&B artist. His current project continues to pick up steam as he drops his next single “Top Shotta$” featuring the homie Maino. This isn’t sexy like Gyptians “Hold Yah,” which Blaze produced. But this is definitely minimal ratchetness over a crazy a […]

Heard this new joint by The Procussions called “Today” in the studio last week and was instantly in love. Some music is just meant to be played loud and this is one of those songs. J Medeiros and Stro Elliot team up with Candian rapper Shad and J Kyle Gregory on this record. “Today” has […]

Most people who are in the know know all about Trinidad Jame$’ “All Gold Everything.” But on his latest joint “$outh$ide” he has this kid ForteBowie who actually spits the hottest verse. Well this week Forte dropped his own song “Gucci Mane” that’s guaranteed to be a ringer in the clubs all throughout the south. […]

It’s Super Bowl weekend and all eyes are on the Crescent City. A lotta cars, people, freaks, geeks and jeeps. It’s New Orleans during Mardi Gras is what most would say, but then you add in the biggest American sports weekend and, in one word, it’s…bonkers. Speaking of Jeeps, I’ve been rolling around to this […]