Oh what a difference a few years makes. Back in 2005, a time so long ago I don’t even think they had the internet, Houston’s hip-hop scene had blown up and Paul Wall was an enormously popular rapper with a #1 album. Just five years later, Mr. Wall has more or less been relegated to the confines of history…unless he keeps putting out tracks like this new cut “Live It”. Listen and download…

There are those, like our very own Jacques Morel, who believes that Jay Electronica is the second coming of Jesus Christ (and he’s far from along). Personally I have yet to get that excited about the man’s skills, but since I know the legions of Electronicans will be going pistachios for it, and because it’s also pretty damn good, there was no way I was going to pass up his new track “The Ghost of Christopher Wallace” featuring…wait for it…wait for it…Diddy. Listen and download…

Reflection Eternal, a.k.a. Talib Kweli and Hi-Te, delivered one of the best hip-hop albums of all time, “Train of Thought’ way back in 2000, so it was no wonder that a leak of their new song “Just Begun” is causing more hip-hop heads to go scrambling to their computers than when Cassie’s nude pics dropped (maybe not, but you get the point); plus throw in features from Mos Def, J. Cole and possible messiah Jay Electronica? Pandemonium. Listen and download…

I start with this statement, which I believe is 100% true: If Hip Hop was Christianity, Jay Electronica would be Jesus Christ. Slow down people. Before you start taking up torches and appealing for my excommunication, listen to what I have to say. Everywhere I go Jay Electronica has become the bench mark for what is dope, real, and lyrical Hip Hop. See more…

Every few months a new emcee gets anointed as the future savior of hip-hop, and right now that messiah is Jay Electronica. Despite having no full length album to his name, the underground has been jumping on everything Jay releases harder Tiger Woods on a pornstar, so they’ll be sure to get all over “Furious Styles & DJ Dub Present: Jay Electronica – Victory Mixtape”. Listen and download…

If any angry old people happen to be reading, allow me to set the record straight: hip-hop is all about respect for the past. Producers who sample your favorite tunes from back in the day aren’t trying to ruin your precious memories, they’re exposing those golden oldies to a new generation – so why not cool it with the “I hate rap” stuff? See more…