From the back blocks of Rosedale, Queens comes footage from CNN’s new video “The Reserves”. The War Report 2 is coming to a Best Buy near you on July 29th. Bonus: Here’s the song, Johnny! 57th Ave
Better late that never. Nip laces up his Chuck T’s over Jigga’s “Run This Town”. Pledge your allegiance, 6-0.
[vodpod id=Video.3378979&w=425&h=350&fv=] Newcomer Miguel speaks to Quddus on the new record featuring him and J.Cole. Apparently, the collaboration was the brainchild of Cole’s manager Mark Pitts. YK2
Alchemist sure has a whole lotta unreleased music. Here’s another leftover from the Mobb’s Amerikaz Nightmare days.
Doubt this will happen so soon, but Billboard got the skinny that Kanye West’s fifth album tentatively titled, Good Ass Job will be released two months from now. Sounds too good to be true, but so far, reported collaborators include RZA, Q-Tip, and Pete Rock.
Uh-oh, here we go again. This year, VIBE‘s putting together the battle of the beats with their Greatest Producer Of All Time tournament. First round of voting begins today. The winner will be announced May 24th. Choose wisely. Got that, Joe Budden. HOMEGROWN SOUND Dr. Dre (1) VS DJ Toomp (16) Mannie Fresh (2) VS David Banner (15) The Bomb Squad (3) VS Mr. Lee (14) Prince Paul (4) VS Shock G (13) Juicy J (5) VS Rick Rock (12) […]
You know the track. It’s the theme song from the HBO series, How To Make It In America. And now, it has a video. Also Toshi over at Complex recently spoke to Aloe Blacc about how the song came to fruition.
Ride ’em cowgirl! Ci Ci is saddled up in the upcoming video for her collaboration with Ludacris. No Luda in sight, but who cares. That’s one lucky mechanical bull. More snaps on the other side. This Is R&B
Take it from 40 Water, nice guys finish last. With that said, flip the script and watch his new video off Revenue Retrievin’ Nigh Shift.
Call Crooked I old fashioned, but in the How To Rap audio excerpt, he says putting pen to pad is better than jotting lyrics in your head. Ever since Jay-Z admitted to writing with the hand that don’t write, rappers like T.I. and Lil Wayne have claimed to do the same. Ironically, T.I.’s most successful album Paper Trail was spawned after transcribing his lyrics. Write on! Previously: Royce Da 5’9″ Perfers Flow Over Subject Matter
I have to admit that Russ's vocals on 'Crazy' are really impressive. The way he modulates his voice fits the mood of the song perfectly. Maybe the melody is a little too 'clean' for my personal taste, but there's no denying that Russ is a talented artist. His ability to sing and rap on 'Crazy' makes it a catchy track, highlighting his talent.