September 25, 2012 @ 7:54 AM EDT
Mixtape
Y’all know who’s keeping it gangsta. Here’s Freddie Gibbs’ latest offering to the Internets. Hosted by DJ Drama, check out the tracklist and download after the jump.
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September 24, 2012 @ 5:35 PM EDT
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Ace Hood has a lot of time on hands. Literally. Here’s footage of him receiving an icy Rolex from mentor DJ Khaled. Must be nice. Round these parts, YN hands out G-Shocks and says to keep it moving.
September 24, 2012 @ 11:23 AM EDT
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What a Sunday afternoon. Hov and Beyonce capped off the summer with a surprise appearance at La Marina restaurant/lounge in Manhattan’s Washington Heights section. With DJ Camillo on the 1s and 2s, guests included Memphis Bleek, Swizz Beatz, Steve Stoute, Ebro, and yours truly. (That’s me on the text dawg). Over a couple Cubans and endless
September 23, 2012 @ 12:11 PM EDT
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Ace Hood flexes a whole lotta cream in support of his
September 23, 2012 @ 11:33 AM EDT
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Juicy J gets trippy with Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz for his new music video. The visual is decent, but for a song of this magnitude, there ought to be a more explicit version. After all, it ain’t a strip club video
September 23, 2012 @ 11:13 AM EDT
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DJ Drama’s Quality Street Music arrives next week. But until it does, here’s a new collaboration that will hold over ‘dem hatas.
September 22, 2012 @ 11:06 AM EDT
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Lil Wayne was booked last night at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas. During his performance, he gave Keyshia Cole some shine and allowed her to perform her lead single, “Enough Of No Love”. hhnm
September 21, 2012 @ 9:26 PM EDT
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Brooklyn, what up?! 42, The Jackie Robinson biopic is set to hit theaters
September 21, 2012 @ 8:13 PM EDT
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Looking like a hip-hop Sabretooth, Macklemore rocked this week’s BET Backroom freestyle. Shout out to Kirk Franklin. Ha! Mack’s forthcoming album, The Heist drops October 9th. Preorder here.
September 21, 2012 @ 12:16 PM EDT
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There’s strength in numbers. And for Maino’s new tune, he rounds up a mob from New York to Texas. The Mafia mixtape coming soon.
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