After dominating the 90s and then almost disappearing for the first part of the 2000s, the west coast is back on the come up, and this time it’s covering a lot more ground than just L.A. Personified by Flo Deep Music Group, the new west coast covers everything from L.A. to Las Vegas, and to demonstrate the depth of left coast talent they’ve assembled “Lyrical Content Vol. 1”, a mixtape featuring some of the best and brightest emcees from the sunnier states. See more to listen and download…

You know what I appreciate? People who hand out Reese Cups at Halloween, Salma Hayek’s bedroom scene in “Desperado” and emcees with original flows. That’s why I appreciate Marion Write, and the Las Vegas rapper wants to return the love on his new track “Much Appreciated”, a typically witty lyrical jaunt set over a carnival-esque beat. See more to listen and download…

Las Vegas has been largely overlooked as a hip-hop city (largely thanks to gambling and strippers), but Marion Write is slowly but surely letting the world know that some serious lyricists reside in the desert paradise. Case in point: Write’s latest release, “May December Cipher”, nearly four minutes of hookless, straight rhymes over a now old-school beat from 88 Keys and Mos Def that prove that Write is an emcee to be taken seriously. See more to listen and download…