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 […]

A lot of people, especially youngsters with no sense of Hip-Hop history or street lore, will read this headline and think rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was killed. However, I’m referring to Kelvin “50 Cent” Martin, the legendary stick-up kid from whom Mr. Jackson borrowed the moniker. The original 50 Cent is from Fort Greene, […]

The big homie Shabaam Sahdeeq has a new video for “Crank,” a joint which can found on his latest street album Relentless 2.  This shit is straight Brooklyn, ain’t nuthin fake or superficial about it.  And after to give the video a whirl, preview Relentless 2 at ReverbNation or cop it at iTunes.  Buy individual […]

SALUTE BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO Today, on the 14th anniversary of his death, my wake & bake was dedicated to Biggie Smalls.  The White Haze conjured up memories of a hometown hero. I grew up in the Fort Greene-Clinton Hill area of  BK; the same neighborhood where Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. […]

ENDORSED BY PACINO718 Hell yeah… I been waitin’ for this one. You already saw the video for “Don’t Pass That To Me,” the dope first single for this free digital-album, GP Pot Heads.  It got plenty of burn (pun intended) right here at the ol’ Spiz.  Brother Hood 603 (Thanos & Arewhy), Sincere Amakulate and Sir […]

WORDS BY BLACK PACINO PHOTOS BY SUNDIATA ACREE a.k.a. THA SNYPER Despite its title, this post has nothing to do with Waka Flocka Flame.  The phrase existed long before rap declined to a point where Waka could sniff stardom.  Not to mention that plagiarizing him would be taking 100 steps backwards creatively. With that said, […]

PACINO718 SPREADIN’ LUV THE BK WAY I’m always impartial to Brooklyn shit ‘cuz BK niggas gotta stick together.  Same with artists who possess creativity, which is in short abundance these days. MTV and BET are broken toilets where bullshit rap videos float around like turds.  Most commercial artists have major label cash at their disposal […]

REFLECTION BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO “Any night can change your life/Keep your state of mind tight and remain alright…”-Styles P, I WANNA THANK YOU I’ll never forget that pivotal moment when dirty money left a lasting impression on me. My homie KayDee and I were both talented illustrators. As junior high school classmates, […]