Back in May, Flatbush Zombies, Pro Era, and The Underachievers dropped their debut album, Escape From New York. The NYC hip hop collective better known as Beast Coast is preparing to embark on their North American tour. To kick things off they just shared their first official visuals for “Distance.” The video directed by Levi Turner, shows the crew possed up in more...
A$AP Twelvyy, has released his long-awaited debut album 12 along with a new video for "Hop Out" feat. A$AP Ferg. Twelvyy shares his turbulent journey on 12, a story told through the eyes of a kid growing up in the Castle Hill Projects, in the Bronx, with the desire to cement a legacy for himself. Twelvyy said it best when he announced the album "I'm that old soul more...
A$AP Twelvyy is set to release his debut album 12 on August 4th via A$AP Worldwide / Polo Grounds Music. He's been blazing a trail in recent weeks with two new singles, and a video. Today he unveiled his latest track "Diamonds" feat. A$AP Rocky. The previously released singles including "Diamonds," the Sampha-sampled "Strapped" and "Yea Yea Yea (Maps)" will be more...
Album: Sidewalk Exec Artist: Bodega Bamz Released: April 14, 2015 Label: 100 Keep It Recordings & Duck Down Records Say it with me now… Bo-de-ga. Bodega, Bodega BO-DE-GA... that's El Rey. Not just the corner store blunt spot in New Yitty. That's Bodega Bamz. Learn that name. Memorize that name. A fucking sap if you haven't already. Word is bond. The more...
Better late than never, but we were in the building when Sage The Gemini, IAMSU! and the HBK gang from the Bay came down to LA & took over the Echoplex in Echo Park this past October the 18th. Safe to say, it was hella turnt up; a ratchet-fest in fact. But what else might one expect when the Bay's in the building? To our knowledge, it was their first big show in more...
"L.L. Cool J. is hard as hell... Battle anybody I don't care who you tell... I excel, they all fail I'm gonna crack shells, Double-L must rock the bells" James Todd Smith didn't know the phrase he coined would become the name of the most prestigious of Hip Hop summer concert series when he dropped that track on his "Radio" album way back in 1985. But more...
As legend has it, Cloud Rap was coined by hip hop eccentric Lil B sometime around 2009. While speaking to rap journalist Noz in an interview, he pointed to a cheap airbrushed picture of a castle floating on some cumuli in the sky and exclaimed, Thats the kind of music I want to make. Whether thats simply a bit of myth-making is immaterial: the term more...
