Hip-Hop, Mixtapes | Chief Keef – Back From the Dead (Mixtape)
Posted by dshaq on March 20, 2012
Chief Keef is a Chicago boy that is making quite a buzz around the music industry, which even my boy Derrick Rose approves of. This isn’t you’re run of the mill college frat rap music, this is the complete polar opposite. This is straight up trap musik with real trap beats and bountiful gun shots. Just the way I like it. Word is that Sosa, Mr. Keef’s alter ego, just signed with Soulja Boy and his SODMG label, which makes sense with Soulja’s verse on the 3Hunna remix, so we might have a Riff Raff x Chief Keef collab which is almost up to BasedGod proportions. The story behind Chief Keef’s mixtape is actually a quite funny one, so I’ll let FakeShoreDrive elaborate:
My notable tracks would be “I Don’t Know Dem”, “Save That S@%t”, and “3Hunna remix”. Make sure you download this and peep those tracks and always keep it #3HUNNA. Shout to my boy Kilo who showed me Chief Keef. #BangBang!
Hip-Hop | Nas – The Don
Posted by J_Salzer on March 18, 2012
Nasty “Escobar Nastradamus” Nas is back, offering up his highly anticipated single showing us why he’s still one of hip-hop’s biggest heavyweights. Sampling elements from his famed “Illmatic” album, Nas paints a picture with words, delivering a deeply cerebral masterpiece worthy of even Michael Corleone’s approval. Stream the track below. It’s truly an offer you can’t refuse.
Hip-Hop, Rap | Young Roddy & Julian Malone
Posted by GMONEY on March 13, 2012
In a rap industry dominated by weak flows and bass-heavy beats, Young Roddy & Julian Malone are improving the game. First, Young Roddy, whose done quite a bit of work with Curren$y, hits us with a nasty flow over a sick beat from his upcoming project Good Sense. Julian Malone goes HAM over this dirty beat, the first off his upcoming #EIGHTY series. Keep an eye out for Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Allderdice mixtape dropping tonight at 8 PM (EST).
Hip-Hop | Riff Raff ft. Action Bronson – Bird On A Wire (Video)
Posted by GMONEY on February 12, 2012
Hip-hop purists will automatically pass on this post because it features outlandish former reality TV star turned SODMG rapper Riff Raff featured with the heavily respected Action Bronson. Although I have no clue how this collaboration happened, Riff Raff delivers one of his greatest verses ever over Harry Fraud’s looming introspective beat. He raps, “Astons martins sparking one and valet parking/lone sharking hopin’ that my days don’t be darkened, Jeter’s skin.” Those who hate on Ronald are those who fail to understand that rap is now theatre, and Riff Raff is simply playing a character. Visuals go to Max Albert.
Videos | Rick Ross – Yella Diamonds
Posted by GMONEY on February 8, 2012
I don’t care what you kids at home who still live with their parents who listen to Lil Wayne religiously think, Rick Ross is the hottest MC in the world right now. The New Yorker recently said of the bawse:
“What matters is not the rap sheet but the rhyme, and the spin the m.c. can give to the trade. Ross’s success in mimicking drug lords has brought him the ability to live like one of them. Profiles have documented his large homes, his fleet of cars, his shopping sprees at watch stores, his solicitous entourage and flexible schedule. Ross may represent the final abandonment of hip-hop’s mandate to “keep it real,” a concept that goes by different names now but has not gone away. Perhaps listeners know that this is a version of “Miami Vice,” a show that Ross claims to have been inspired by. The appeal is less some kind of documentary thrill than Ross’s ability to transmit the confidence that comes from blithely running up roaming fees while driving a Rolls-Royce through Samoa.”
Basically, the New York Times is saying Rick Ross is a big ole’ phony with a perfect correctional officer attendance record. How can you blame them. It’s all true. That doesn’t matter though. Like all good pop music, rap is now theatre, and Rick Ross is simply playing a character. If you didn’t pick up “Rich Forever” the first time I encourage you to do so – as it will inevitably make you feel like you could be the biggest drug dealer in the world.
DOWNLOAD: Rick Ross- Rich Forever (Mixtape)
Hip-Hop | Theophilus London – Last Night (LVRS Anthem)
Posted by ATexas on January 13, 2012
From his upcoming album Lover’s Holiday II: Rose Island here is rap meets trance meets dope. It started off as a club beat and then took a left turn at cuhlassic Theophilus. Seeing him at his show in the basement of a mediterranean food place in Boston was mucho deliciouso. It gave me the outlook that Theophilus is where he wants to be, its not mainstream and I don’t think he wants it to be. A very interesting listen and great to jam to. Two thumbs up!
Hip-Hop | FKi X Iggy Azalea X Diplo X HXV – I Think She Ready
Posted by GMONEY on January 10, 2012
It’s no secret. I have a blog crush on Iggy Azalea. She’s like the female version of Paul Wall minus the poor choice in tattoos. “I Think She Ready” which features Iggy Azalea, serves as the lead single off Mad Decent’s upcoming FKi mixtape. If you haven’t noticed, the down south ignorant rap style (which has slowly fallen out of popular culture) has seen a resurgence thanks to artists like A$AP Rocky and Iggy Azalea. Just a few weeks ago, Diplo linked up with Riff Raff to create “Rice Out.” Whether Diplo was serious or trying to be ironic, it’s interesting to see the rap paradigm shift, combining two opposite worlds into one. Production on the track goes to Derek Allen Diplo and Heroes and Villains. Be on the lookout for the mixtape dropping January 23rd.
DOWNLOAD: FKi X Iggy Azalea X Diplo X HXV – I Think She Ready