Coke-rapper Troy Ave will drop his BSB Volume 2 mixtape this coming Wednesday. “Bad Bitches,” featuring Smoke DZA & Young Lito, is a pretty potent gram from that upcoming brick.  This joint sounds like it was designed for the stripclubs but it’ll bang on the block too.  I gotta give it to Troy Ave, the […]

How could you not like Necro? The man is entertaining as hell and has the autonomy to create whatever the fuck he wants, no matter how sick or depraved.  I’ve followed Necro’s career ever since I saw him and his brother Ill Bill perform at a rinky-dink club in the East Village, pre-fame.  Even back […]

Killah Priest’s latest album, The Psychic World of Walter Reed, sits comfortably in a stratosphere above Commercial Rap Hell.  The beats on PWOWR are ill and the lyrics, per usual, are of the finest craftsmanship.  He’s got quite a few videos in support of this highly-recommended album but my favorite is the one for “Ein […]

Frank The Butcher will be launching his BAU apparel brand this Summer. To celebrate, The Butcher and his production partner Paul Mighty will be dropping a project called All Is Fair, featuring a slew of known spitters like Roc Marciano, Chase, N Cashe, Ill Bill, Planet Asia, Joe Scudda, Termanology, Krondon, Realm Reality, Maffew Ragazino, Meyhem Lauren, Curt@!n$ & more. […]

After collaborating on songs and touring together, El-P & Killer Mike have teamed up to form a duo called Run The Jewels.  “Get It” is the appetizer for their upcoming full-length main course.  The two emcees have strikingly different rhyme styles but mesh well together over a hard-ass beat.  This joint has me forward to […]

Two days later, 4/20 continues.  Here’s another weed song… this one comes courtesy of Styles P (LOX).  It’s called “I Need Weed” and it’s from Styles’ new album Float, entirely produced by Scram Jones.  Float is Styles P’s first project with High Times Records and features appearances from Jadakiss, N.O.R.E., Sheek Louch, Raekwon and more.  […]

Rapper/producer Arewhy of Brotherhood 603 has a new mixtape out called Warlock Unleashed. It features guest appearances by fellow Brotherhood member Thanos and Sincere Amakulate of GP Pot Heads.  It also boasts a guest appearance from Wu-Tang’s Cappadonna on a joint called “For The Kids.”  Brotherhood 603 always comes through with killer beats & bars, […]

“I don’t want to dougie, I just want money.” Purchase the deluxe version of Sean Price’s ‘Mic Tyson’ album now on iTunes. Song Produced by The Alchemist | Directed by Isaac Aguirre of The ICU This month, Sean Price is going North of the border to Canada starting April 17th in Montreal and wrapping up […]

Freddie Gibbs was right, it’s time to bring hoe-bashin’ back to rap.  The radio is full of Captain Save-A-Hoes down on bended knee, croonin’ to broads who don’t deserve it and crying a river on records.  They’re more tender than slow-cooked pot roast. N.W.A. ain’t give a fuck.  They had no mercy on these hoes.  […]

Ill Bill recently released his third studio album, The Grimy Awards, to much fanfare and critical acclaim. With a glut of cotton candy rap afflicting the mainstream, a hardcore masterpiece like The Grimy Awards is a necessary counterbalance.  The production credits are lethal: MoSS, Pete Rock, Psycho Les of The Beatnuts, Large Professor, DJ Premier, […]

DJ Muggs has a new video for the title track of his latest EP, Sound Clash Business. The dubstep beat may be a lil’ different from what his longtime fans are accustomed to but Muggs has earned the right to experiment with whatever sound he wants. In addition to a kinetic instrumental, the visuals in […]