It’s easy at first to dismiss Fab’s latest CD as being just like all of his previous. Well Loso’s coming out party doesn’t deviate far from his hardcore hip-hop/R&B flavored collabo formula except for the fact that these joints got a lil extra bang to them. You can’t front on the emotive “Imma Do It” and the verbal intercourse displayed with Lil Wayne on the stirring “Salute”. Your ladyfriend will enjoy Ryan Leslie’s captivating contribution (“Everything, Everyday, Everywhere”) and appearances […]

“I’m too deep in the streets to be beefin’ with a rapper” Gangsta Gibbs comes through with a new tune from his upcoming mixtape, Str8 Killa No Filla. Don’t get your feelings crushed, rappas. TS Previously: Freddie Gibbs Featured In Post-Tribune

I appreciate Bryan “Baby” Williams business acumen for signing London-based hitmaker Jay Sean but that doesn’t mean I want him to make any music with the mate. Obviously this joint is designed for clubs from the East Side of Manhattan to Europe but even if I was rose champagned-up like Drake, poppin ex pills like Irv Gotti in his prime, and surrounded in all four corners by skrippers, would I think this song even sounds halfway tolerable. Thankfully, it didn’t […]

Kanye fields questions from the audience after his VH1 Storytellers concert. He explains the difference between 808’s & Heartbreak and College Dropout and his artistic expression.

Kanye fields questions from the audience after his VH1 Storytellers concert. He explains the difference between 808’s & Heartbreak and College Dropout and his artistic expression.

Good things come to those that wait. And after a couple of false starts, 50’s Before I Self Destruct finally saw the light of day last November. First, he tested the waters with “OK You’re Right” and “Flight 187”. Soon after, he made a big splash with “Crime Wave”,  “Baby By Me”, and “Psycho”. By year’s end he satisfied his female core with, “Do You Think About Me”. Hate it or love it, but 50 actually delivered. Before: RR’s ’09 […]

With JD and Brian Cox on the boards, Usher puts pen to pad on his deceitful ways. Shame on a nuh. Tiger Woods anyone? Props: UHTN

Last October, Game boasted that “Big Money” was the first single off The R.E.D. Album. And although the beat knocks, the track’s marred by Jayceon’s consistent name drops (Young Jeezy, Kobe, Gucci Mane, etc.) and mediocre chorus. These days, Chuck’s been working diligently with Pharrell. Hopefully by the time The R.E.D. Album drops, “Big Money” is small change compared to the rest of the LP. Before: RR’s ’09 Worst Singles: #8 T.I. x Mary J Blige “Do You Remember Me”

Marshall Mathers returned to the rap game clean and sober but his mind was still on drugs. Relapse is chock full of references to seemingly every prescription your grandma ever thought of havin’ in her cabinet. Unlike any other MC on your iPod, Eminem is truly in his own dark and demented world. He’s poppin’ valium like ma dukes on “My Mom”, disintergrating babies on “Stay Wide Awake”, and chokin’ Lindsay Lohan with a sixty-six inch extension cord (“Same Song […]