Peter Bailey has his Nitecap with Lupe Fiasco. Above, the conscious rapper speaks on his lyrics, its affects on the business side of the industry, the commercial side of the game and Rick Ross.
December 31 is over a month away. But to help usher in the release date of the Starvation 2, Ace marks it on our calendar with his latest leak. Sounds like NYE will be popping. Video after the jump.
Off his Rocketship Shawty mixtape dropping on Wednesday, Kid Ink chops up the ocean grown then blows it all over this Young Chop-produced
MGK’s fed up with all the noise at home, so he decides take the ruckus to the streets
Addressing the addiction first is the only way to overcome it. And produced by Illatracks, Prodigy lays it all flat out on this new track. Peep the studio session here. nahright
Not everything that glitters is gold. But onboard Tyga’s private jet, he has the Midas touch as he takes a crack at Trinidad James’ underground track. In other news, the birthday boy says he’ll be checking into the Hotel California in March with lead single “187” en tow.
Rockie Fresh gets down with the get down on the first single off his upcoming MMG mixtape, Electric Highway. If you’re wit it til the end, he previews his next cut, “Nobody”.
From SpiffTV’s lens, Ross pulls out the Lambos and quickly shoots one of the cuts off his The Black Bar Mitzvah mixtape. Khaled included.
From
“Stacey Dash, but
![](https://disqus.com/api/users/avatars/50 Cent's "5 (Murder by Numbers)" Review.jpg){kind=small}
This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.