"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 we all know Rock The Bells is celebrating their 10 year anniversary this year. They manage to set up a epic line up for us, with visual performances by ODB and Easy-E. As well as performances by Wu-Tang Clan, Bone Thug-N-Harmony, Black Hippy, Kid Cudi, and the god emcee himself Rakim, plus tons of other great acts. If your planing on attending this years 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...
As a special installment for the National Weed Day ILLSOCIETY presents BLACK & RED TREES compilation mix brought to you by Derwin McRoth. Los Angeles based DJ Derwin McRoth offers up two mixes made exclusively for ILLSOCIETY Magazine titled BLACK TREES & RED TREES that are comprised of dope weed tracks that’ll make you light one up, pass it, and hope that blunt more...
Mixtape: EST 4 Life Artist: Machine Gun Kelly Released: August 13, 2012 Cleveland native, Machine Gun Kelly is making sure he stays established with his latest release EST 4 Life. In the midst of his debut album Lace Up dropping October 9th, "EST 4 Life,-hosted by DJ Whoo Kid, DJ E-V and DJ Xplosive- showcases the rapid fire rhyme delivery that he is best known more...
Mixtape: HITstory Artist: Hit-Boy Released: August 7, 2012 It is often the case that producers get lost behind the limelight, as artists take the fore-front shine to a heavy hitting track among listeners, however, Hit-Boy is a name y’all should know and who’s sound should recognize by now! The man behind A$AP Rocky’s recent fan favorite “Goldie” and more...
I expect some king shit when I hit the El Rey Theatre. Big shows, big names and big crowds. It's a venue that is typically reserved for royalty amongst artists. And when you think of royalty... nowadays you expect a king to push a Bugatti, or worst come to worse, maybe a Maybach. Stalley isn't really the type of artist you would expect from Ashton Martin Music. He's more...
