"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...
Artist: Big Sean feat. Jay-Electronica & Kendrick Lamar Song: “Control” Released: August 12, 2013 As, rap game Detroit player Big Sean prepares to release his upcoming Sophomore album Hall Of Fame he surprised listeners tonight on Hot 97‘s Funkmaster Flex segment with the exclusive premier of “Control” featuring hip-hop lyrical heavy weights, more...
Artist: A$AP ROCKY Album: Long. Live. A$AP Released: January 15, 2013 In late 2011 a Harlem kid crept into the scene with a mixtape debut indulged in raunchy lyricism and a 6-plus head deep crew. Within only a couple months of his Live. Love. A$AP mixtape release, A$AP Rocky became a breakout phenomena receiving heavy acclaim from critics and fans for a more...
The line stretched around the block. Press was scrambling for their passess to get inside the venue early. Debarge was outside with the valet. Posters for the Psycho Realm's ”Terror Tapes 2” were all over. Even DJ Quik was posted outside politicking for a cool second. It was the #RockTheBells2012 line up announcement party. After some delegation, I made it more...
Yassss! Isaiah Rashad finally dropped his highly anticipated album "The Sun's Tirade". We've all been waiting since "Cilvia Demo" to hear more from the TDE music artist and here it is. Despite his struggle with depression, women, and drugs, Isaiah pushed through and delivered an album that touches the soul. Giving us the lyricism and rawness we all love, "The Sun's more...
Ab-Soul is getting ready to released his highly-anticipated album These Days on June 24th. Snippets from the project have been released via Amazon. You can now get a vibe to what These Days is going to sound like. The album holds 15 tracks and contributions from Kendrick Lamar, Action Bronson, Rick Ross, Mac Miller/Larry Fisherman, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Lupe Fiasco, J. more...
Suburban Lager. Warm winds welcomed the city of angels inside the close knit circle which brewed the Suburban Lager of SZA's latest project, "Z", at the Generation Hustle flagship store off of Melrose on Tuesday, April 15th. When the doors to the event opened, the line to get into the signing stretched out down the block and around the corner. Once inside more...
Artist: ScHoolboy Q Album: Oxymoron Released: February 25, 2014 Label: Interscope Record “Kendrick left me no choice but to drop a classic.” Those are the words TDE’s ScHoolBoy Q expressed to Complex Magazine back in 2013, with regards to his much anticipated upcoming Interscope studio-label debut. But could he have had expectations that are still more...
