Mixtape: Unexpected Victory Artist: Raekwon Midnight... the ball drops, guns pop, it's new years eve and Shallah Raekwon releases Unexpected Victory at the stroke of twelve, to welcome in 2012, with his unique brand of ice water and caviar raps. Almost 4 weeks and 70,000 downloads later, let's examine the exclusive datpiff mixtape. There's a cinematic intro more...
Legendary hip-hop producer and Cypress Hill founder DJ Muggs has released his highly anticipated album Dia Del Asesinato via Soul Assassins Records with a new animated video for "Assassination Day (Trust No One)" feat. DOOM. The album includes collaborations with DOOM, Raekwon, Freddie Gibbs, Kool G Rap, Meyhem Lauren, Mach-Hommy, Hus Kingpin, and Eto. The album more...
The 3rd annual Low End Theory Festival is right around the corner and we got the plug to hook one of you guy's up with a pair of tickets. For this year's Low End Theory Festival they have Ghostface Killah & Raekwon headlining along with the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. Also set to hit the stage is Hippie Sabotage, Mixed by Ali, Gonjasufi, Jonwayne, Teebs, Samiyam, more...
Adrian Younge & Ghostface Killah continue their sequel and gives us their highly anticipated Twelve Reasons to Die II album available to stream in full via The New York Times here. Narrated entirely by the Rza, the album features verses from Raekwon, Vince Staples, Scarub, and vocals by Bilal. Twelve Reasons to Die II is a sequel to the first album Younge and Ghost more...
Meek Mill and Rick Ross links up with XXL in Atlanta to shoot an unofficial video for Meek Mill's freestyle over Raekwon‘s 1995-hit single, “Ice Cream.” The official music video is slated to be released soon. Meantime, watch the video above as Meek Mill goes in on "Ice Cream." 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...
Artist: Troy Ave Album: New York City Released: November 4th, 2013 New York City has been in a heat of discussion within the last couple of weeks in heavy favor due to the recent release of Brooklyn's own Troy Ave "New York City" The Album. Powder to the People! Within recent years, Troy Ave has been building his buzz and music pedigree releasing mixtapes such more...
Day 2 found me gripping a bottle of Hennessy right before I got wrist-banded up and stepped behind the gates into the wilderness that is Rock The Bells. After grinding the graveyard shift after Day 1, I needed some very fine cognac to set the event off right after arriving to the venue in the afternoon. I missed checking out Danny Brown, Freddie Gibbs and Rapsody more...
