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Gucci Mane, Birdman, and their tattoos full of gold star in “Mouth Full of Golds,” the latest music video from Gucci’s mixtape, The Return Of Mr. Zone 6.
When Danger Mouse released The Grey Album, a mash-up of The Beatles self-titled 1968 album, also known as The White Album, with Jay-Z’s 2003 album The Black Album, the Beatles’ record label, EMI, put a stop to its distribution because none of the samples of the Fab Four’s work had been cleared. It turns out […]
Raekwon grabs his Cuban Linx co-conspirator Ghostface Killah and Rick Ross for the latest leak off of his new album, Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang. “Molasses” sounds like some glorious old school hip-hop, with enough of a modern sensibility that Hot 97 shouldn’t run away from it.
Caktuz borrows Carolina brethren J Cole’s beat to “In The Morning” ft Drake for another of his ‘#OverTheWallWeds.’ weekly free downloads. Taking the song into another direction, Caktuz unravels a story of bittersweet heartbreak, while flipping Coles hook to; “Can I still hit it in the mornin'” A very emotionally driven track, it makes you […]
We imagine at one time someone did Benita wrong and instead of getting even, she went home and put pen to paper. We can only assume that because she sings straight from her soul and she sings with truth. In fact, if you were brokenhearted, her music would be your best friend. Think of her […]
Kanye West has put out hit after hit since his debut album College Dropout right? It’s almost like the guy can’t put out a bad song if he wanted to (with maybe one exception). So having to pick the top 10 Kanye West songs is not too hard. Check it out below as we rank […]
Jermaine Dupri served as President of the Atlanta chapter of the Grammy board in the early 2000s so he knows a little bit about how the Grammy’s work. After reading Steve Stoute’s letter to the NARAS, Dupri made a video response.
Radio One’s HOT 102.7 (WHTD) is currently holding a contest for Detroit Public High Schools to win an appearance by Lupe Fiasco.
We bet you didn’t know that today is National Margarita Day. In honor of one of our favorite alcoholic beverages, we decided to take a short break from our regular posts to put up our favorite song about today’s celebrated beverage.
Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding is at work on the follow-up to her 2010 album, Chamber Music Society, with none other than A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip in the producer’s chair. Q-Tip confirmed his involvement with Spalding’s project in December 2010 via Twitter.