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Rapsody speaks on the other side of the game on “Believe Me,” the first official single from her forthcoming album, The Idea of Beautiful. Lines like “Lauryn ain’t crazy, just don’t know what she been through,” show the JAMLA MC’s malcontent with the music industry. And no, Rapsody doesn’t sound like a mad rapper. Instead she gives […]

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San Francisco was hoping to follow in the footsteps of New York City with their “stop-and-frisk” policy, but it looks like all the controversy has spawned a change of heart. The city’s mayor, Ed Lee, was met with public criticism in June after announcing plans to enforce the policy which has been viewed as a […]

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It’s kind of rare that one of Nardwuar‘s interview subjects match the excitement and enthusiasm of the Human Serviette, but this is why Juicy J is a national treasure. On the latest webisode of Nardwuar’s, the Memphis legend and Taylor Gang’s trippiest, Juicy J is featured. Juicy J is gifted with tons of classic records […]

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Before Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5’9″ and Crooked I welcome us to their house, they’ll take on DJ Drama as a part of his Gangsta Grillz mixtape series. On The House will be a mixtape that will drop shortly before Slaughterhouse’s Shady Records debut album, welcome to: OUR HOUSE.   The first cut off of that mixtape […]

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A version of this song came out a while back on Theophilus London’s album, Roseland Vol.1, but this re-release is the new version that will appear on Big Boi’s album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.  Def Jam records gave this the green light to go as far as promo is concerned, so even though this might be […]

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We are seven days away from getting the chance to pick up 2 Chainz’s highly anticipated debut, Based On A T.R.U. Story, in stores or online. Last night (August 6), 2 Necklaces was back in his Atlanta hometown and hosted a listening session for his new album at Tree Sound Studios. A number of local […]

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A few weeks back when Odd Future rolled through New York City for Peter Rosenberg‘s birthday show, the group also stopped by Hot 97 and chopped it up with Cipha Sounds and Kay Fox. For anyone who has seen Odd Future’s interviews together, they can get pretty unruly, and this is no different. In this […]

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Chicago quartet, The O’My’s are a talented rock and soul band out of an area turning out musical acts on the daily. The group had just recently signed a publishing deal with Sony/Boardwalk/ATV, so they celebrated by releasing this new record “Bout A Dolla.” This record features a slew of the midwest’s finest including Twista (Chicago), Chuck Inglish (Detroit), […]

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Atlanta’s own Alley Boy is back with this new joint off of his new mix tape, The Gift Of Discernment. “Your Favorite Rapper” features G.O.O.D. Music’s resident dope boy, Pusha T. If you listen to this record, it sounds a lot like the Push A Ton is sending a little more shots at Lil Wayne, insinuating with […]

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The only thing that made more news than rumors of Drake executive producing a new Aaliyah album was talk of Timbaland and Missy Elliott feeling slighted by not being involved in said project. Well it turns out that the man born Timothy Mosley will be part of the late singer’s posthumous album and will we […]

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Late last night, Mac Miller let loose the latest single, “Glow,” from his forthcoming Pink Slime collaborative EP with Pharrell Williams. The producer/designer provides a frantic, Neptunes like beat for the Pittsburgh rapper to throw bars at. There isn’t any release for the project, whose first single was “Onaroll.” The project is definitely a go, with Skateboard […]

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The crazy eighth episode of VH1’s Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta, and this week we got a fight! Stevie J thought it was a bright idea to invite Joseline Hernandez into a therapy session along with Mimi Faust. Why anyone would think this would be productive is beyond reasoning. But then again, this is Love & […]