Puttin’ the Stimulus Package material on hold for a sec, Philly Freeze breezes through two of his more feisty lyrical exercises. The boy’s bars is up!

Witness the bizarre but hilarious ending to the big reunion show. Is Koopa so sincere? You be the judge. Sidebar: I forgot about Mike Jones. Who? Mike Jones.

Very few of you rap fans were priviliged enough to witness the entire Noisemakers event in Austin. But of course I did. I document culture. I don’t know what they do? Anyways, here’s the other Rosenberg in my life’s introduction for the Texas legend. Somebody hit dude on Twitter and see if I can let this whole thing go already. Ha!

Following Freddie that night, Donnis presented another new joint to the rowdy mass. Sounds good to me. We patiently wait for Fashionably Late. Previously: Donnis Debuts “Tonight”

Be clear Freddie Gibbs had more shows in Austin than Jamaicans got jobs. Here he was Friday night at the Mohawk runnin’ solo through his Pill collab and later he goes shirtless (pause) and blacks out on his true gangsta tale. That boy good. Just ask Rolling Stone.

T.I. is officially a free man. Today, the rapper completed his jail sentence after spending the last 30 days in an Atlanta halfway house. However his lawyer says he will now be placed on 23 days of supervised release, which consists of a 11 p.m. curfew, 400 hours of community service, and probation for another three years. TMZ

No matter how big or small the crowd is, Yela sure does deliver a high octane performance. Peep him getting his Method Man on at a Karmaloop shindig in Austin. Hey man, watch them ‘bows.

Ricky hooks up with his labelmate to remix the number one song in the country. That’s a big enough move. Rap Up

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[vodpod id=Video.3310657&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D497169%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A497169] After 11 solo albums, Face Mob announced that he’s geared to release his first mixtape, Dope Man Music this spring. “I always wanted to drop a mixtape on my own. So I just said, ‘Let’s drop an independent mixtape.’ I feel that I should be as an adult and musician and pioneer — that’s what they call me. I feel that I need to move on to another stage with the way I deliver my music to the […]