Mr. Village Slum Mel D. Cole agreed to shoot some RR exclusive flicks during his time down south. One of the many events covered occured on Friday night at the Scoot Inn where the lil’ underground rap label that could celebrated their 15th year in the game. Witness the festivity through Mel’s eyes. He’s a bad muthafucka.
A year ago, Gangsta Gibbs was in the clink. Last week, he was one of the biggest MCs in demand during my time in Austin mobbin’ with the homie Mel D. Cole. Here backstage at Urb’s South by South showcase at the Light Bar, Gary Indiana’s finest speaks on his progress, the Jay Rock-Ice Cube disagreement, and his love for Scarface.
Damn dawg! The Mad Rapper’s back and he’s doing his thing for 2010. Don’t like? Tell ’em why you mad below.
Once Maino returned to the stage at B.B. King, he weighed in on his options with “Trina, Kim, Or Nicki”. I’ll take all three, I ain’t never picky.
[vodpod id=Video.3288650&w=425&h=350&fv=] Rik Cordero captures the consequences of Meth, Ghost, and Rae’s actions in their new video. The Wu-Massacre drops March 30th. Three21
Game spoke with 1515 on the production for his R.E.D. Album. Producers include Pharrell, Dr. Dre, Cool & Dre, and RZA. He says he’s disappointed though that he didn’t link up with DJ Premier. “The only person I’m upset I didn’t work with on this album is DJ Premier. I feel his shit would have been perfect for this all-star producer cast that I have. One Premier track would have did me just fine. I would have murdered that shit. […]
Power 105.1 held a showcase last night at B.B. King Bar & Grill in NYC. During Red Cafe’s set, Fabolous, Santana, and Maino came through and performed “Swag Surfin (Remix)” for the first time together. Surfs up.
Pac Div will be releasing their next mixtape, Don’t Mention It in two weeks and their album, Grown Kid Syndrome soon. Thanks to the Los Angeles Leakers, here is a cut off their mixtape for now. We rollin’ with this one. YK2
B.o.B., T.I. and Playboy Tre call our bluffs on this new joint. Unfortunately, we’re still going to have to wait until April 24th for the other collabo with T.I.P. on The Adventures of Bobby Ray.
The apple really doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Today, Run’s middle son Diggy, signed a deal with Atlantic Records. Congrats! If that wasn’t enough, Diggy also turned 15 years old yesterday. How’s that for a birthday present. Related: Diggy Simmons Hip-Hop’s Youngest Old Soul
Just watched SAINt JHN’s “U Laughed At Me,” and the visuals are wild—really matches the song’s vibe. While vibing to it, I was also reminded of checking financial moves, like exploring Are Refinance Closing Costs Worth It in Virginia?. Clever strategies matter both in music and finance.