Attention Deficit

As any rapper should, Wale is proving fairly divisive–with people people hating, disliking, not caring, feeling and loving, I guess he’s doing something right? His debut full length is certainly different then his mixtapes. Here is my review, courtesy of Treblezine.
Despite the clever appropriations of things like tofurky, soyrizo and other animal-friendly re-workings, fledgling [...]

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Clipse, Cam & Cord’

If you don’t know, now you know, that video director, Rik Cordero has created gritty, yet, immensely artistic visuals for artists like Nas, The Roots, Wale, Busta Rhymes and many more. This Monday, MTV unveils the video for the highly-hyped collaboration between Clipse and Cam’ron “Popular Demand.” Expect some of the best cocaine metaphors colliding [...]

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DC is Burning

This post is to let you know that I’m working on a review of Wale’s album Attention Deficit right now, should be up soon. The album is good though, know that. Perhaps even worth paying cash-money for (he’s given you enough free ish already, hasn’t he?). I also wanted to post something where I could [...]

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Birds of Prey

Both of these guys come from cities whose football teams are named after birds……..dang, I guess I know nothing else about Seattle or Philadelphia; so much for my comparison as a lead-in. Nonetheless, Jake One and Freeway have joined talons (you like that?) for a mixtape dubbed The Beat Made Me Do It! .
Thanks to [...]

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Ghost Stories

People dig Ghostface for a number of reasons; some people think he’s simply the most lyrically-savvy member of the Wu-Tang, others dig his consistent flow of gastronomic metaphors and mafioso tales, while some listen to Ghost’s bizarre interpretations of the world with curiosity: Some Most of the time when Ghostface [...]

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Ode to Mixtapes

Mixtapes don’t get their due. At this point, we take the charming little clusterfucks for granted. But, in truth, they’re tenacious little beasts. Mixtapes have served as vital cat-posts for many genres of music–mainly rap– where fledgling artists can sharpen their claws; some of the best material to be yielded by the likes of Lil [...]

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My Taste is Better Than Yours

Recently, Complex Magazine’s blog did a post on the top 100 t-shirts of the soon-to-be-ending decade. Streetwear bigwigs The Hundreds, however, were taken aback by some of Complex’s exclusions and some of their inclusions, too.
Now, I like t-shirts. I certainly wear a lot of them. And, even if I wouldn’t rock some of the shirts [...]

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Rainmaker

I’ve helped elderly ladies cross the street; I’ve voluntarily tutored at-risk kids at community centers; and I once even caught a homerun baseball, only to place it in the little glove of a weepy-eyed boy (who, it turns out, was an orphan). However, in the end, when the foolish illusion that was the actual pragmatic [...]

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Nahright at CMJ

Nahright’s showcase at next week’s CMJ event should make the rap kids’ iced mouths water. I think this event will be ill for several reasons: for starters, as awesome as CMJ is, dudes like Styles P and Curren$y often get shafted at these sort of events; rap music is primarily repped solely by dudes like [...]

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Will You Settle for 80% of All Girls?

Look, Young Money, there are a lot of really pretty girls in the world–lots of them. But, you have to admit that your said-sexual conquest is a tad bit irrational, every single girl in the world?
San Francisco rapper A1 has reworked Young Money’s declaration to make it just a touch more pragmatic. Also, if you’re [...]

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His Name is Earl

Amidst the tension between those who eat granola to metaphysical rap and those who dream about dollars and cents while bumping monetary-themed rap in their whips, I think everyone can agree on E-40. There’s no denying that the guy’s esoteric slang is in a league of its own–not necessarily saying it’s greater but it’s definitely [...]

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Ghostface Spits Darts at G-Spots

Courtesy of Treblezine

When the Wu-Tang’s grimy New York tales first barged into rap music, it’s not exactly clear how interested–or how efficient–they were at getting girls; sure, they utilized a few soul samples, here and there, but even those were subverted to better deliver the Clan’s autonomous kung-fu metaphors. As time went on, Method Man [...]

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Prom Dress Beats

I remember this episode of Beverly Hills 90210 where Brenda and Kelly had bought the same dress for the senior prom. It was a big tumultuous deal and ruined the evening for the whole gang. Recently, two prominent rappers–Ghostface KIllah and Rick Ross–have used the same beat. Not just the same sample, it’s the same [...]

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G’s

I always enjoy tooting my own horn; after-all, this is a very Leo-centric blog. However, with Zebra slugger Sammy G on the ascent, I really wanted to toot this horn. Sammy’s namesake was partially inspired by Long Beach’s own Warren G. About two months ago, I got to chat with Warren about life in the [...]

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Reefer, Beer and Brandy

How have I never heard this?  Apparently this track has been out for a minute but I never heard it. Go ahead and nab the aptly-titled track from one of rap’s most prolific blunt-burners assisted by one of the most famous vehicular-murderers.

MPFREE: Devin the Dude feat. Brandy-”Give Me Some”

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