Anytime you find a rapper reaching into classic rock territory alarm bells go off. Unless said rapper actually knows his rock shit, there's about a 2% chance that it won't come off as some corny "look at me, I'm using a classic rock sample!" doo doo. Thankfully J The S really knows his rock shit. See more...
Atlanta rapper Pill caused a miniature uproar yesterday when he revealed to MTV News that he was never signed to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. The rapper has appeared on several MMG songs, was featured on the "Self Made" CD (and even on the album's cover art), and also donned a MMG chain for quite sometime. See more...
Listening to Young Jeezy's actually pretty good new "TM103" album has me in a serious trap music, turn up the volume and turn down my brain, ignorant/quasi-ignorant, banger, HAM mood, and coincidentally the two joints I've been banging hardest over the last 24 hours is Pill's "Represent" and Rick Ross' 'I'm Flexin' (Remix)".
With Thanksgiving a mere day away Atlanta rapper Pill's "Alive" really is an ideal song to kick off the holiday season. I'm sure the majority of us have faced some type of struggle this year no matter how big or small. But at the end of the day we're all alive and I think that's something to be both thankful and grateful for. Listen and download...
There may be no better example of that east coast bias in action right now than Pill. Yes, he's part of Maybach Music and spends his fair share of time next to Rick Ross stuntin' like Evel Knievel. (Rappers, feel free to use that reference in your rhymes.) But the man's also a legitimate emcee who can display both a powerful flow and serious lyricism. See more....
I'm going to assume a lot of RefinedHype Nation is like me and underestimates Pill. So when Pill's "Diagnosis" mixtape dropped and I saw that DJ Scream would be, um, screaming all over it I took a pass. But now that it's been officially liberated from the aforementioned Mr. Scream's vocalizations I'm
In case you were out enjoying the real world and missed out on what was going on in the wonderful world of Twitter yesterday let me fill you in. Apparently, the internets got hold of what's an extremely dumb phenomenon called "planking." What is planking you ask? Well, according to Gizmodo.com planking involves putting "your body face down to the ground with your arms to the side." See more...
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