Why do people always make comparisons between Drake & J. Cole when there so different? Maybe it’s for that very reason, because they represent two opposite sides of the Hip Hop spectrum the way Nas & Jay did. We constantly compared them until they inevitably went at it and it was epic.

The Song[Audio clip: view full post to listen] While there is arguably nothing new under the sun, there are times when the recycled past takes on new relevance and meaning within a different context.  Enter the New Boyz and their revamping of “the Jerk,” a regional phenomena of the 90′s perpetuated by L.A. street culture [...]

Eminem’s newest album Relapse debuts number with 608,000 sold in its first week, it the biggest numbers so far this year, This is his 5th number one album and between his sex albums Em has sold over 34 million in the U.S., making him the biggest selling hip-hop act in the SoundScan era (1991-present). Method [...]

From Press Release In an extensive report titled “Cell Therapy,” VIBE Senior Editor Benjamin Meadows-Ingram chronicles the superstar’s history-making legal battle and gut-wrenching journey since his 2007 arrest for attempting to collect three unregistered machine guns and two silencers following his BET Hip Hop Awards performance rehearsal. After the announcement on March 27, 2008 of [...]

So 5 weeks after Kanye West drops his fourth studio album, he hits the million dollar mark. I have to say that it’s definitely my least favorite Kanye album, but there is a few good tracks such as See You in My Nightmares ft Lil Wayne and Amazing featuring Young Jeezy. On a side note [...]

Of course Knaye sales this time around would be allot lower than “Graduation”, what with the poor economy, no “50 Cent vs Kanye West” hype, not to mention the his auto-tune induced, 808′s which are really 909′s singer/rap album is a complete three sixty from his previous work which may have thrown his fans off [...]

We did it, and it came out hot,” Tip said of the video. “Louis [Vuitton] and Gucci started trippin’ about it. They were saying we were infringing, in one way or another. They weren’t happy about it. They didn’t want it to come out. But it’s hot, though.” Source: MTV Yet another brand that is [...]

14-track Album Solidifies Prolific Producer and Emcee’s Standing As a Pioneer of Hip-Hop’s Future (September 17, 2008) Brooklyn, NY- 25-year old Black Milk, the accomplished producer, MC, and vanguard of Detroit’s rising hip-hop scene will be releasing his third solo album TRONIC on October 28, 2008 through Fat Beats Records. Produced entirely by Black Milk [...]

“We went from African kings to Martin Luther King / now they wanna make us all Rodney King” The Song: “So Tough” is the latest gem to be exhumed from Crazy Like A Foxxx, Bumpy Knuckles’ long awaited release. For fans that have waited the past fourteen years to hear this material, Freddie Foxxx delivers [...]

Bay Area Rapper Set To Release His Deeply Personal and Poetic Sophomore Album “Eyezon delivers his lyrics with a religious conviction, but is blessed with a great sense of timing. He has the ability to alter his rhyme schemes constantly, but without losing sight of the cadence of the mystery man’s beats.” – RapReviews.com (September [...]