Single: Lost Artist: Stoney Released: September 25, 2012 “…Fuck it I’ma keep it trill!” Stoney comes equipped with bold wordplay and a fun quick-witted delivery on her debut single “Lost”, off the upcoming EP release Hate Stoney. “Lost” displays this Oakland emcee’s ability to spit raw while maintaining a very frisky tone, making this more...
Mixtape: Lap Of Lux Artist: Sir Michael Rocks Released: August 2, 2012 Sir Michael Rocks brings forth a luxurious project with his latest offering, Lap Of Lux. Lap Of Lux consists of 15 tracks guaranteed to prove golden, mostly focused on the riches of money, status, and women, with limited features from Tris J, Shorty K, Mano, Rockie Fresh, Casey Veggies, & more...
Album: Rugby Thompson Artist: Smoke DZA Released: June 19, 2012 The self proclaimed Kush God teams up alongside fellow New York producer Harry Fraud (“La Musica De Harry Fraud” -the man behind French Montana’s breakout heavy hitter, “Shot Caller”) and brings forth a project equipped for all those partaking in “Smokers Club” activities. Smoke DZA more...
Album: Popular Culture Artist: XV Released: June 15, 2012 Kansas grown emcee, XV has been on his grind for a while but his latest project Popular Culture is giving him more recognition than his last tapes, Thanks for the Donuts and Zero Heroes which were released in 2011. This Mixtape is a direct homage to popular culture suggested by the very fresh cover art more...
Album: Control System Artist: Ab-Soul Released May 11, 2012 "There's a war going on outside no man is safe from." -Mobb Deep Queensbridge's most infamous burned that phrase into history with "Survival of the Fittest" back in 1995. Years later, that war still rages on. It's bigger than the police in the streets and the military in the middle east. It's more more...
When it comes to this hip hop shit, to get on, you gotta pay dues. It's like a pre-requisite to stardom. In most cases, this due paying is done behind the scenes, involving long hours of establishing oneself in the musical circuit. Everyone seems to find a different niche to put in work, and at times it's hard to gauge how much work has actually been put in, and more...
Kush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hit… you know. Roll that shit, light that shit, smoke it, but don't forget to pass the dutchie on the left hand side. Somebody’s got to get smoked out. This is Cypress Hill's smoke out 2012 style and amongst all of the mohawks, loc'd out sunglasses, shotgun shell plug casings, tattoos and kush clouds in my congregation. more...
Fashawn the phenom. His name is pronounced with the same "pha" sound as in fashion. And if you got fashion, you got style, and no matter if it's high fashion, or grizzly fashion, one thing's for sure... Fashawn got bars, no doubt. He's been on tour with Talib Kweli. He's been in the lab with the Alchemist, he drinks his champagne in styrofoam cups. His rhymes more...
