I’m not gonna lie, I don’t know a great deal about this guy, but I was on IllRoots one day and just decided to download his previous mixtape, There’s Only One Month Left, which was in preparation for this mixtape which was released last night. As I am still getting familiar with his style as [...]

More gangster rap by way of west coast up-comer Nipsey Hussle who I also preview a couple months back as apart of my On the Rise series: Nipsey Hussle. In following him (that sounds weird…) on Twitter, he recently announced that Bullets Vol. 3 will be released soon as well as the date for his [...]

Here are some new and old singles that caught my ear this week, check them out:
Chrisette Michelle feat. Wale – Fragile (Remix)

These two have already collaborated a couple times now – first on Wale’s Attention Deficit album on the track Shades, set to release on September 22nd (there is speculation that that song may not [...]

The Brooklyn born rapper, Fabolous, is off a 2 year album hiatus with his 5th studio album Loso’s Way which will be released tomorrow with a movie that will be added to the Deluxe Edition of the album. Known for his slick wordplay and catering to the ladies,  Fabolous connects with a wide range of [...]

IllRoots and Imeem joined forces to drop this compilation mixtape featuring some of street rap’s finest (Lil Wayne, Bun B, Talib Kweli, and Young Buck) along with some upcoming stars (K’Naan, Truck North, Glasses Malone, and Mikkey Halsted). I can tuly appreciate the mix of artists all ranging from hip hop, reggaeton, and to [...]

Just in case you missed it (because I did) here is the replay of Fuze’s live taping of Kanye West performing at Chicago Theatre last month.
This is WHAT’S IN MY HEADPHONES…
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Released this morning, this is Jay-Z’s second single of off his upcoming album, The Blueprint 3, set to drop on September 11, 2009 – the 8 year anniversary of The Blueprint. I am highly anticipating this album as I feel like Jay’s career was revived with the American Gangster album. Run the Town is a [...]

If you’re a hip hop head like me, you’ve been waiting on this video for a while – it was actually supposed to be released last week. With a Kanye/T-Pain-esque video with real life scenes and colorful graphics and visuals, Big Sean steps into video scene. This song “Getcha Some” is off his past 2 [...]

Some quick singles that have hit the rotation pretty hard in the past couple days:

Mike Posner – First Date Sex

You can probably guess from the title what lead singer of Brain Trust covers with this track, this is directly off the blogs and right into my headphones. If you don’t know what track he’s covering [...]

In preparation for his album released titled, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, set to drop on September 15th of this year, Kid Cudi has released his second video, this time for his most popular track off of his most recent mixtape – Dat Kid from Cleveland, Poke Her Face (Make Her Say). [...]