It’s all come down to this. For four different outings, the Space City Beat Battle has found some of the most talented up & coming producers in Houston, putting forth an effort to not only make the public at large aware of their talents but the rappers who may possibly need to use them for [...]
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We knew this was going to be a big deal the moment LiLo attached her name to it. Hef reportedly paid $1 million for the starlet to appear in Playboy and said the spread was going to be stylized after Marilyn Monroe. While it’s not anything earth shattering, it’s a hell of a lot better [...]
January 27, 2012 in Flicks, Laugh Out Loud
In honor of the H-Town Sneaker Summit being days away (or just because it was only right to do one of these), Joe La Puma and the guys over at Complex unveil the “Shit Sneakerheads Say” video, adding to an already impressive meme which has owned 2012 so far.
January 27, 2012 in The Leak
Another one out of the Stalley vaults produced by Ski Beatz. Savage Journey To The American Dream is coming soon. We’ve gotten three new tracks from Massolin’s finest this week and all three of them go.
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DOWNLOAD: Stalley – Cash & My Cutty (prod. Ski Beatz)
January 27, 2012 in Features
All good things must come to an end, and I can only hope that over the course of the “Breakout Queens” series, you’ve been enlightened to female emcees both old and new whom you need to keep your eyes out for this year. You may remember, back in the second installment of this series, I informed you all about one of two veteran presences that thrust themselves back into the limelight in 2011 as if to set the stage for their taking over in 2012. The first was Jean Grae. The second is probably a much more familiar name.
Missy Elliott
The word “pioneer” is not thrown around very often, and rightfully so. It’s a title reserved for trailblazers in a given field, for people who literally change the game and the landscape for those who will come after them. When it comes to hip-hop, Missy Elliott is a pioneer not merely for female rappers, but for the rap game in general. Missy, known in the beginning as Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, would change rap by introducing bizarre images, a distinctive sound engineered mostly by then-emerging super-producer Timbaland, and a delivery that switched off between rapping and singing and could hang with the best of them. But who could’ve imagined that the woman who started out her career dressed as a giant Hefty bag in her music video debut, would grow to live so large in the world of music? Read the rest of this entry →
January 27, 2012 in Music Video
Possibly the tiniest wide screen imaginable was used for Kirko Bangz’ latest vid off of Progression 2: A Young Texas Playa. Mr. Boomtown keeps Kirko in a small location, flanked by supporters and friends who loft their Hs high in the sky while Kirko keeps things in perspective. Grab Progression 2 here.
January 27, 2012 in The Leak
A remix featuring the usual suspects for a delectable club single that has exploded on radio? Not a shocking move, at all. But, think how powerful this could have been if it were all YMCMB. Weezy, Drake & Nicki, the other golden lords of Birdman’s platinum nest? Alas, we’re getting this from Tyga’s oft-delayed YM solo album Carless World: The Last Prince which is set to drop in February.
Remember when everyone tried to bury the kid after he made “Coconut Juice”?
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DOWNLOAD: Tyga – Rack City [Remix] (f. Wale, Fabolous, Young Jeezy, Meek Mill & T.I.)
January 27, 2012 in The Leak
A 2005 classic updated for 2012 with three of the Headwreckas most notable members. Off KAB Tha Don’s Bully On Tha Beat mixtape which if you’re still narcoleptic can cop here.
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DOWNLOAD: KAB Tha Don – Still Tippin’ Remix (f. K Dogg & Doughbeezy)
January 27, 2012 in Familiarize Yourself, Features, Mixtapes
“I wanna sell drugs.” – Joe Cool; “Cooley High”
Louisiana rappers are type cast in the same generalized bubble most Southern emcees are. This isn’t a moment to rehash the old “all Southern rappers are slow” rhetoric that has been disproven time & time again, it’s here to make a point. While he may not contain the accent and the easy to notice drawl, Joe Cool does establish something on his first full length mixtape to the masses, an identity.
January 27, 2012 in Singles
A FADER Label premiere, Yuna’s “Live Your Life” produced by Pharrell is bubbly, completed with the producers trademark percussion & subtlely powerful. Grooving, trilling quotes like “we’re something bigger than this” makes the track a star gazing winner.
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DOWNLOAD: Yuna – Live Your Life
January 27, 2012 in The Intro
Dolly Castro
Rick Perry Is Now Less Popular In Texas Than Barack Obama [Gawker]
The Best Rihanna Twitpics [Buzzfeed]
Wanna Bet? The 10 Craziest Wagers Made By Rappers [The Urban Daily]
Pat Sajak Says He Hosted Wheel Of Fortune D-R-U-N-K [Loop21]
Dirk Nowitzki Should Just Announce Everything [With Leather]
The Return Of Young Jeezy [Grantland]
Five Reasons the XBox 720 Should Embrace Used Games [Gamma Squad]
North Korea Makes Cellphone Use A War Crime [Engadget]
Drake: “I Want To Play President Obama” [Rolling Stone]
Why 50 Cent Should Consider Retirement [Rocks Off]
Forbes: Kobe Is The Top Earner In The NBA [Yardbarker]
January 26, 2012 in Mixtapes
In the land of goon rap, you’re only as good as your last sale in the hood. Alley Boy might be drumming up buzz with his latest mixtape Nigganati and track numero nine, “I Want In”. Sampling Christopher Walken’s performance in King Of New York, Alley spares the feelings of no one, including those two men who previously “f*cked da city up” in T.I. & Young Jeezy.
The young eating its predecessors is nothing new in hip-hop these days. The bait & response technique has put some foots in the door and slammed shut on others. Yet, Alley keeps everything so not subliminal that you can easily see where his shots are intended. Whether or not they dignify a response from the OG trappers of Atlanta are another story.
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DOWNLOAD: Alley Boy – I Want In
Feel free to invest in the Duct Tape Ent. member’s Nigganati tape now, which you can grab after the jump.
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