So this year was a weird one in the rap world. For the first time ever, the mixtape game caught up and lapped its secular album counterpart...

This is about as dope as it gets. brandUn got the professional treatment on this video. Quality is through the roof and it's 100% in his...

Essentially one of the funniest videos I've ever witnessed. Charles Discharged from jeff on Vimeo . Random note: I got my tickets to t...

Great surprise today with this release. I guess I haven't been paying attention as of late, but you should know that any QuESt release i...

So Mike Dreams just released his first full album since getting some 2dopeboyz love . And in his honor, I will pause that last statement. I ...

After a short (read as: forever ) intermission on " The 3000 Tour ", it's back. Today's reminiscence comes due to, what I ...

So I think I've proven that my long column privileges need to be revoked. My Iverson hopes were quickly dashed and now my musings on G...

Here's a follow-up to the original "Exhibit C" post . Turns out Just Blaze wasn't the first one to mess with this sample. ...

There's no reason you should hold my personal year-end opinion over anyone else's since it's strictly subjective when trimming l...

The third Christmas mixtape is from DC newcomer Chris Barz. And like fellow DMV representer Wale, Chris has the backing of the amazing Best ...

Christmas-time mixtape number two! This time from the former CH understudy. In all of 12 hours, brandUn DeShay started and finished this sid...

So I got three Christmas-time mixtapes that I need to update my occasional readers on. They're all insanely dope and if you don't do...

I just bought this two seconds ago. So I think you should too. Literally the only reason that Jay Electronica isn't the most hailed emce...

Hey, you heard of Macklemore ? ... I don't know if Ryan Lewis used the original " Love on a Two-Way Street " by The Moments or...

Easily, the best new artist that I've been introduced to this year is Seattle's Macklemore. He's a straight poet. I feel like I...

In my book, no one beats an ODB hook. No one. But a similarly acronymed artist decided that he'd give a pop classic chorus a rendition, ...

You know I don't usually like to, but I gotta post a freshly leaked joint. Here's a "Sampled" post featuring two songs, ki...

The blog is nowhere to be found, so I guess we'll just have to take it from his Twitter 140 characters at a time. But regardless, Charl...

This is the funniest " Sampled " pairing up ever in my opinion. brandUn DeShay and Sage Francis. Though the emcees couldn't be...

Donuts records are still popping up this many years later. To me, not much that could be better. The emcees that actually go in over his jo...

I told you to call me crazy. I hope you did. After three games, Allen Iverson has asked for a leave from the Grizzlies . Read this gorgeousl...

No one has a grasp on what it is that makes Jay Electronica ... Jay Electronica. You're lying if you say you do. He's abstracted abs...

I meant to write about this like the day after. Man, I've been terrible on the interwebs recently. I saw the Jigga Man last month at Nor...

I'm halfway crazy-hyped and halfway crazy-disappointed with this new Wale joint. The former because it features the vocally perfect Mela...

Just was on LaV's blog and checked out a new song he dropped. And I was very happy about the instrumental. Check 'em out. And just ...