On track one of Control System, Ab-Soul professed to being the underdog and secret weapon. That’s actually a fair assessment. As Top Dawg Entertainment’s most enigmatic artist, Soul announces his arrival with “Track Two” and shortly after, delivers a mean hook alongside Danny Brown on “Terrorist Threats”. He dumps a full clip on the Kendrick Lamar-featured “ILLuminate” and then surveys the damage with calm (“A Rebellion”, “Empathy”). It’s politics as usual and on “Beautiful Death”, The Black Lip Bastard turns his face […]

Where the Lenox Lounge once stood, Vinny Cha$e and his Cheers Club show off their Harlem stomping grounds in their new video. Dope song with visuals to match. Off the Golden Army mixtape which you can download here.

Cassidy takes care of his “bug problem” with a 10 minute response to Meek Mill’s diss. Previously, Meek and Cassidy associate Ar-Ab weighed in on the beef with a 45 minute rant. flex

Nelly’s affinity for whips has brought us to his new single inspired by the German import. The Flo Rida “Whistle” comparisons are inevitable, but Top 40 radio holds no bounds.

Featuring screen shots of your favorite site, Jomo personalizes Chris Brown’s hit for his new video. Only God can judge, but it seems like bloggers beat him to the punch. Guilty as charged.

Back so soon? Although Meek’s album was released three months ago, he’s already preparing to release the third installment of his Dreamchasers mixtape series. No official date yet, but he claims to have created the “best song of his life” for the project. We’ll see.

For N.O.R.E.’s entire career he’s been a “Nigga on The Run Eating”. But for his forthcoming album Student of the Game, he’s changing his alias to P.A.P.I. An acronym for “Power Always Proves Intelligence”. “Sometimes if you’re lost, the best way to find where you’re at is to go to the beginning,” he explained. “My mother doesn’t even call me Victor, my father has never called me Victor, my teachers didn’t even call me Victor… My name in Lefrak City and my […]

Kelly’s out, but Luda’s single stays afloat with help from R.Kelly and Fabolous. If this is a sign of things to come, then Luda’s reppin’ the right way.

Chinx keeps the coke moving with the Bugati Boyz and French Montana for the remix to his underground hit. This coulda been a contender if released sooner.

Some songs don’t die, they just multiply. Such is the case with Trinidad James’ single, which now has verse with French Montana. According to Diplo, there’s a 17 verse remix of the record on the way. Oy vey. hhnm