From crazy ass Queens, comes Mic Geromino’s new mixtape, The New Yorker. It’s co-hosted by DJ Superstar Jay and Love Dinero and features some of the game’s 90s all stars. Tracklist and link after the jump.
Now that Lil Wayne’s been sent to solitary confinement for the remainder of his sentence, he sent a message via his Twitter account for fans to cease sending him mail. A week after his incarceration this past March, Weezy began responding regularly to fan mail through his website, WeezyThanxYou. He’s scheduled to be released from Rikers Island on November 4th.
Despite an illness, Crooked I did not forget to supply his fans with his latest Hip Hop Weekly series. For week nine, he takes us to “Paradise”. Sounds sick. No pun intended. Last Week: “Never Been”
[vodpod id=Video.4607896&w=425&h=350&fv=] Last Spring, .38 Special dropped his criminally slept-on mixtape, Out On Bail. But by the time it impacted the streets, he was shipped up north for 18 months. Now a free man, he stopped by Green Lantern‘s spot this week for a brief interview and freestyle. Time Served coming soon.
[vodpod id=Video.4607668&w=425&h=350&fv=] Mike Epps is a funny guy. Funny how? Well, more on that later. Anyway, Mr. We The Best Forever takes us behind the scenes during last weekend’s taping of the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. This is what you won’t see on your television screen. os Previously: Ep. 4
Statik and Term want it all, but while they’re still waiting, here’s their latest video. Needless to say, we’re still waiting on Statik Selektah & Termanology are 1982 on October 2nd.
Early yesterday morning, Drake released his R&B mixtape’s opening track, “I Get Lonely Too”. The track samples TLC’s intro from their 1999 album, Fan Mail. Drizzy explains to Rap-Up, the motivation behind the track. “I was in the car and I had the iPod on shuffle, and I heard T-Boz’s voice come on and I was like, damn, I never noticed the lyrics to this song and how beautiful they were because it was an intro. When I heard it, […]
My buddies, the Rosenthal Brothers along with their annoying host chop it up with Just Blaze for the seventh episode of their Hype Men podcast. This is rap nerdery at its finest as the super producer weighs in on a wide range of topics, past, present and future. Geek up!
[vodpod id=Video.4607280&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1637089%2526vid%253D578700%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A578700] Swizz Beatz is living haute, haute, haute… Aside from music, the producer recently signed on as a consultant for Audemars Piguet. He also tells DJ Envy about his partnership with Christian Louboutin. Now, that’s fancy!
As part of Kodak new ad campaign, Trey Songz and Drake gave a special performance at the Best Buy Theater in NYC. Due to a broken hand, Pitbull wasn’t able to attend. Instead of using a flipcam to record the concert, I got a hold of Kodak’s Easyshare M590 camera. I used the “Easy Share” feature and after connecting it to the Mac, it automatically uploaded to YouTube. Early! Ha! Peep Drake’s performance after the jump. Sidebar: Dope pictures courtesy […]
[…] With the advent of drill music, gang life is omnipresent in the current hip-hop/rap landscape. Yet, The Game's depiction of that life in his 2011 song "Red Nation" saw quick banning. In response, The Game hoped more of his songs were banned from radio because they did so well on the internet. […]