One of the west coast's true vets, Planet Asia, reached across the country to the impeccable Raekwon for "No Apologies", picking up a soulful, smoothed out beat from Oh No! that's a far cry from the dark work he just wrapped up with Gangrene. This is some of that real shit - word to The Chef and word to grilled cheese. Listen and download...
"We the Ones' finds producer GMO interpolating Kanye's "College Dropout" classic "Family Business", giving Dreams plenty of room to maneuver as he embraces the uplifting power of music. Maybe Jay'z "Glory" just have me feeling all warm and fuzzy today, but I'm in the mood for some feel good music. Listen and download...
50 Cent premieres his new single "Girls Gone Wild" on MySpace because, you know, Friendster turned him down first. And to top it all off he raps on "Girls Gone Wild" like he just got shot in the face nine times, again. Can someone explain to me what's going on here?
I remember Young Jeezy saying something along the lines of "'OJ' might just be one of the most controversial songs on my album." When you name your song "OJ" and you aren't referring to the delicious fruit juice or dedicating it to OJ Da Juiceman then yea you've definitely entered into the controversial realm. Listen and download...
Who would have thought that Miguel and Wale would sound so good on a track together. The two artists recently teamed up for "Lotus Flower Bomb," the latest single off of Wale's upcoming album "Ambition," and the outcome is surprisingly impressive. I'm still not sure if they're rapping and singing about vagina's or not and even if they are then that just makes this one dope song about vag. Listen and download...
I don't do anything as consistently as K. Sparks turns out dope new projects. In the three or four years that I've known the man now I've heard literally at least 100 records from the man, and literally all of them have ranged from "really good" to "really fucking good". Completely un-surprisingly, his latest effort, "Diagnosis: Success" is no different. Listen and download...
After releasing samples here and there singer/songwriter The Dream has finally released his LP which is named after his birth year "1977." Don't get me wrong "1977" is a great sounding R&B album and all, but man he's doing a hell of a lot of complaining on this one. It's a little on the depressing side too. This is officially the album men will turn to after a rough breakup. Mixtape download...
Only weeks after the release of his last project "Royal Flush 2," regal rapper CyHi The Prynce is back with a new mixtape for the masses titled "Jack Of All Trades." A more proper name for this latest mixtape would be something like "Jack Of All Hip-Hop Beats" because that's exactly what CyHi is on this project. In a good way of course. Mixtape download...
The last thing I'd want is for UGK to develop Tupac Syndrome. (You know, Tupac Syndrome? When people put out all of an artists' unreleased material after their death, even though it was unreleased because the artist didn't think it was good enough to put out in the first place.) Thankfully it doesn't sound like that's the case for new UGK track "Grippin' on the Wood". Listen and download...
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