January 2012
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Tabi Bonney Feat. Terri Walker - "Beautiful Lover"...
Tabi always remains classy with everything he does. Even when showing his sensual side he portrays his main (and only woman in the video) as a beautiful human being. (Opposed to some romp shaking stripper down at Shakey’s Fried Chicken and Kittens.) Doing the ronchy BET UnCut thing just isn’t his style. Thank goodness.
His latest video is simple: he’s with a girl who dons...
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"Time Warner is Running This Rap SHT"
You have access to a wide variety of things, right? Different cable channels, different radio channels, different webpages to view on the Internet, different music artists to listen to.
There’s only six major media companies that control EVERYTHING around you. Don’t believe the hype.
TruthIsScary.com drops the bomb:
Who Owns The Media? The 6 Huge Corporations That Control...
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Did Gangstarr Break Up Because of Drugs?
Every so often, somebody comes along and claims they were tight with [insert famous rapper here], and they had a falling about because [money, wild-for-the-night-behavior], women, their style got stolen, etc].
I remember when some dude who claimed to grow up in the Marcy projects stepped out and said Jay never actually sold drugs, and his dreams of grandeur were stolen. Being that Mr. Carter...
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Vic Spencer - Vic Greenthumbs Mixtape Review
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Vic Greenthumbs is Live for it’s confusing concept (as a whole project), dirty old man alter-ego, dope male and female Chicago MC’s, funny ad-libs, vivid and direct storytelling, and the the jazziest beats since ATCQ’s Midnight Marauders. Who the FCK is he?
Err…a rapper? I found everything I could about this guy and posted it in my Hard Bars review. I...
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Famsquad, Sir Michael Rocks, & Cashflow Ellis...
I’m not too familiar with Famsquad or Cashflow Ellis, so I cannot personally cosign for those dudes, and I’m currently too lazy to do any research on them right at this moment.
I know, shame on me. ::smacks the back of my hands::
What I can say is that I received this video with them in it, and It’s classy. Not hipster, not hood, but just right (the music’s not so bad...
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Lil' Wayne Now Designs Clothes
And you thought Lil’ Wayne was just a rapper, phhhhhsst. The New Orleans native plans to reveal his “skateboard-inspired” (aka Pharrell inspired) clothing line.
So now you too can don the tightest sagging jeans on the planet! Nuthuggers for everyone! Steven J. Horowitz at HipHopDX covered the story. Shout out to Thundercup for the exclusive photos.
UPDATE: Weezy debuted...
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Castro Says Most Americans Would Vote for a Robot...
Yesterday Fidel Castro made a statement -
Wait, ::looks off to the side:: he’s not dead yet?
::shrugs::
- Anyways, Fidel Castro stated that if the American public had to choose between Obama, a Republican, and a robot for president, 90% (especially blacks, Hispanics, and the middle class) would vote for….guess which one? The Robot.
I would never elect a president that:...
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BangHotTV.com Presents: Time Capsule 2011
I remember back when Slot-A chilled on my couch and watched BET Uncut with me in the dorm. We were both production majors. ::deep inhale:: Ahh…the good ol’ college days.
He was a sick producer then, and now he’s just FCKNG amazing. Seriously. I listened to Time Capsule 2011 and I rocked the Hell-Rell-sour-milk-stank-face for the entire length of the tape. EVERY TRACK IS HOT.
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"If 8 slaves plan a rebellion, and there's 6...
The south wins again! Way to go for preserving your “way of life.”
An elementary school in Georgia administered a math test with word problems including slavery. Tough questions like “Each tree had 56 oranges. If 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?” and “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1...
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"He's Taking the 'Hood to the 1700's"...
…is the most unfortunate headline that the New York Times could think of. The story follows Lin-Manuel Miranda, a Tony winning creator of the Broadway play “In The Heights.” In the article, Miranda speaks on his love for history, theater, and hip-hop, and he also poses the question as to why hasn’t anyone done a hip-hop version of Alexander Hamilton’s life.
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Gerald Walker - "Please Shut the Fuck Up" Video...
This Xavier Ruffin directed teaser for Gerald Walker’s track is interesting to say the least. There’s an angry woman, floating half-bodies, Gerald Walker on a throne, and said angry woman being punched in the face. It definitely does it’s job as a teaser. Peep it below.
PSTFU Teaser - Gerald Walker from Xavier Ruffin on Vimeo.
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Why Online Hip Hop Magazines Still Suck in 2012.
I love hip-hop. I love reading. So in theory, online hip-hop magazines should provide me the greatest interactive-eye-ear-nerd-braingasm ever known to mankind. Every time I log onto any magazine website, the sheer greatness I behold should trigger a mortal combat instant death, and Christ-like resurrection, simultaneously.
Unfortunately that is not the case. It’s a new year, but I see the...
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Watch the Throne Just One More Time.
When Watch the Throne dropped, I personally was disappointed, unamused, and only listened to it for the beats. Calvin Davis over at The Well Versed drops science on why the Kanye X Jay project is the most monumental hip-hop album of the century. Granted the century just started (let’s not get into semantics), it’s still a great article with a well-organized argument in defense of...
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Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You, 50 Cent.
Why yes, this is velvet.
50 Cent went on an interesting rant a few days ago. For the past few months, he’s vented on Twitter about Jimmy Iovine and the (non) release of his album. 50 recently retracted all his statements, saying “I put a lot in to this project but I don’t care if it ever comes out. Jimmy iovine [sic] has been like a mentor for me. I just want to stay...
December 2011
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A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP (Mixtape Review)
Rating: LiveLoveA$AP gets 4 out of 5 BTCHS for it’s trillness, bassy beats, Bone-Thugs flow, gratuitous usage of weed, NGHSYT, and for not having all the tracks mastered. Who the FCK is this?
The FADER Magazine shot an eloquent interview of A$AP. All you need to know: he’s a typical NGH from uptown NYC, who hangs out with other typical NGHS, and does typical NGHSYT. Highlights from...
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Tabi Bonney Feat. Nicole Wray - "Feeling More"...
DC native Tabi Bonney pushed out this new video from a cut from Summer Years that I LOVE. Ski Beatz provided a soulful beat for Tabi to bless us with some feel good verses. He raps about living the good life, enjoying the people around you, and following through with your dreams. Everything is wonderfully shot, clean, and chic.
Plus: BEAUTIFUL NON-RACHET NON-STRIPPER CLASSY BLACK WOMEN OF ALL...
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I Keep That White Girl.
Everyone in (American) hip-hop marvels at the thought of a white female rhyming. Being that rapping, ball-playing, and becoming professional cornrow experts in prison are the only viable career for young black youth, people tend to scratch their heads when they see a person of the privileged willingly do any of those aforementioned jobs.
This exists.
The truth is, hip-hop is a worldwide...
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Protect Ya Neck Kiddies
“First things first man you’re fucking with the worst/ I’ll be sticking pins in your head like a fucking nurse/ I’ll attack any nigga who’s slack in his mack/ Come fully packed with a fat rugged stack” - ODB, Protect Ya Neck
Via Goon SHT LLC
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D2G & Vic Spencer X DC - Hard Bars (Mixtape...
Rating: Hard Bars gets 4 out of 5 BTCHS for a being all the way hard with no pauses, containing great production on every track, humor, above average rapping, and auto-tuning the only female on the whole record. Who the FCK Are They?
Rappers from Chicago. That’s all I can tell you. I could not find one bio, interview, or dossier as I scoured the the intergalactic internet....
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Video: Savant aka Stanstro - "Make Your Move"...
I got madd love for Chicago. In fact, I think I know more people there than I do in my own hometown of the DMV. Savant is another MC from the windy city (currently an Arizona resident) that I dig. This is his first music video ever, so I won’t be too harsh. (Not that I would be in the first place because he can spit anyways.) The song “Make Your Move” is from his fire digital...
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The Questions #16: Gangster America, Cain Again, &...
#1. Don’t we all know the biggest drug dealer is the USA?
#2. Isn’t The Roots’ album Undun their dopest yet?
#3. Why is Herman Cain still in the race for president?
#4. What if Big L was another member of Slaughterhouse?
#5. Could a Willow Smith and Nicki Minaj collab really be hip-hop?
#6. Aren’t the kids at Absolut-ism your new favorite people?
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Mixtape Review: L.E.P. Bogus Boys - Now Or Neva
Rating: Now or Neva gets 3 out of 5 BTCHS for: being well made & honest, their gangster-as-FCK attitude, delivering the blues-via-hip hop, being the new Mobb Deep, extra drama, and for hit-or-miss hooks.
Who the FCK is this?:
Count and Moonie, both from the Ickes projects in south side Chicago, decided to form the rap group Low End Professional Bogus Boys a mere 13 years ago. (Although...
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Video: Phenom - "Jacuzzi"
If you’ve got a Jenay, whether it’s attached to you, in essence, or making you a sandwich in your kitchen, you WILL like this song. This laid back love track by Chicago bred Phenom, is a single from his upcoming album A Closed Mouth Don’t Get Fed. The sepia tone of the video gives the song an old-school baby-making meeting-in-my-bedroom ambiance.
Plus: Serena Williams look...
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5 Reasons Not to Sign with a Major Label
Rappers think the music industry is a gold mine. They think if they release a few mixtapes, do a few shows, and air a handful of videos on nignorant.com, strumpets from miles around will line up to behold their behemoth member stacked upon a mountain of diamonds. Of course, that only happens if Based God favors it.
Artists believe getting signed is the end all be all. As if the stroke of a pen...
November 2011
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Rapper Big Pooh Feat. Choklate- "They Say"
Big Pooh is back with a dope track “They Say.” Honestly, I feel like he’s been underrated since Little brother broke up. I love Phonte, but Pooh definitely surprises by producing this hard track for this fall. The beat, his delivery, and the visuals give a dark turn to this usually light-hearted MC. This definitely makes me excited for his new upcoming project.
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The Questions #15: Kim K., Herman Cain, & Lil'...
1. Isn’t Kim Kardashian the greatest of goldiggers ever?
..All the way to the bank!
2. And on the flip side of that, didn’t Kris Humphries take a crazy L?
3. Shouldn’t Herman Cain just drop out now?
4. Why are there so many mixtapes being released right now??
5. Wait, Did you know that Naughty By Nature still rapped?
6. And that Freestyle Fellowship just dropped an...
October 2011
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yU Feat. B. Jamelle- "Disturbed"
I really wanted to post some mixtapes today, but since it’s Halloween, I’m doing scary SHT all day. yU just dropped this eerie track based on sci-fi movies, strange dreams, and horror movies. Because of Usef Dinero’s smooth production this is a track you could bump at any time. The track is on yU’s upcoming album The EARN. Peep the jawnt below.
yU | Disturbed feat...
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OFWGKTA Really Does Smack Females
I like some members of OFWGKTA. Other members eh….not so much. Apparently over the weekend they took their hate relationship with the press a little too far and Tyler smacked professional photographer Amy Harris. This unnecessary violence doesn’t really do too much for their image. The Hip-Hop community seems to be quiet on the incident at large. I might take Tyler out of my iPod...
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Tomorrow Kings- "Android Thriller"
I absoluely love this group. They’re what Def Jux would be if they were a bunch of lyrically conscientious black superrappers from the city of Chicago. I saw them hand out a dope performance over the weekend. Until that video gets thrown up, here’s some real scary SHT for y’all right now.
Android Thriller by Tomorrow Kings
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The 5 Creepiest Moments in Hip-Hop
All those who listen to hip-hop know that it has a strong love affair with death. As long as rappers are alive, there will always be “I’ve-been-stabbed-X-amount-of-times” or “I’ve-supposedly-killed-people” competitions. There are plenty of times when keepin’ it real goes wrong. However, it’s a cliche point to mention that if you live by the gun, you...
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WatchBET cipher for this year was crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy. Over the carried by 6 beat…..Pshttttttttt. Yelawolf and Em ripped hip-hop a new asshole. Take notes EMCEES > RAPPERS.
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K. Sparks - "Sunshine"
K. Sparks Sunshine (OFFICIAL VIDEO) from K. Sparks on Vimeo.
People are losing their jobs, the economy’s going to SHT, and everybody’s broke, but K. Sparks and Pajozo makes some damned good warm and fuzzy feeling music for all the BS. Ride to this, smoke a blunt, bake some cakes with your only-for-the-winter dip, and I guarantee you’ll feel good while doing it. If you like...
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“Yo, it’s about love for cars, love for funds/ Loving to love mad sex,...”
– De La Soul, The Stakes Is High
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September 2011
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The Questions: #14, Double Edition
1. Did J. Cole’s debut album live up to its expectations?
2. Why is Congress always knee deep in rhetoric?
3. Don’t you think there should be a Madvilliany 3?
4. Why is the west producing some of the hottest artists right now?
5. Did backpackers ever die? Or did they just turn into sneakerheads and hipsters?
6. Why didn’t the Wall Street protests get more coverage?
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So Hood.
Pusha Ton recently spoke on racially diverse hip-hop fanbase. He basically said the hip-hop demographic now includes more white people because of the Internet. Not because white folks actually listened to hip-hop before the invention of the compact disc, or because hipsters like anything that’s commercially unpopular, but because of the latest release of limited edition Jordans.
I get the gist...