Today, Common took to Facebook to speak on the situation Fox News is now dubbing ‘The Invitation’. A cop killer? Hardly. Com clears the air on this nonsense until a more formal response is released: Politics is politics and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I respect that. The one thing that shouldn’t be…
Month: May 2011
Sound Familiar? Yung Berg x King Louie Edition
Eleven versus one.
Leaders x Lennon (of Project Mayhem) Pretzel L Fitted
This weekend, Leaders 1354 is teaming up with Lennon of Project Mayhem to drop their collabo fitted: The Pretzel L. It’s PM in the AM at Leaders on Saturday (5/14), so be sure to get there early in order to cop one of these limited joints. Maybe one day we’ll get an FSD fitted? Hmmm….
Video: Freddie Gibbs x Archie Bonkers Interview W/ Allindstrom.com (Pt. 1)
In the first part of their interview with Allindstrom.com, Freddie Gibbs and Archie Bonkers talk about how they linked up, what happened after getting dropped from Interscope and how Archie first heard of Freddie. I’m looking forward to part two of the interview, as Gibbs will discuss how he signed with Jeezy’s Corporate Thugz Entertainment…
Neak – Everything I Am (Prod. by Rashid Hadee)
Per Neak, Rashid submitted this joint to Kanye West for his Graduation album back in ’07. Heck, I didn’t even know Ye took submissions like that, but regardless he took a pass on it. As you know, Ye did have a song on Graduation entitled “Everything I Am”, but it has absolutely has nothing to…
Video: Karl Rove Calls Common A ‘Thug’
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com I swear I went to sleep and woke up in the early-90s, where rappers were under attack from media outlets for their ‘violent’ and ‘misogynistic’ lyrics. These guys are absolutely REACHING here. Karl Rove needs to sit the EFF down. Previously: Is Common Too Controversial for the White House?
Video: Yung Berg – The Road To Humble Greatness [Pt. 6]
Berg hits the M-I-A to perform his current hit “Derrick Rose” (alongside Marvo) and also hits the studio to put the finishing touches on his upcoming double-disc (if we still used discs) mixtape. Berg later opens up about his Chicago roots and speaks on why more people from the Crib should mess with him. He’s…
Sound Familiar? Freddie Gibbs x Rockie Fresh Edition
From Gary to Homewood.
Video: Lungz – Make Money
Directed by Q Hef Filmed in Austin, TX. The Glacier City and Stay Humble crew show you how they make money. This joint will land on the Lungz x Don Cannon mixtape, Dream Killaz, due out this summer. Who made waffles?
Is Common Too Controversial For the White House?
Here we go again. Yet another prolific emcee profiled by right wing critics and portrayed by the media as being too controversial and a threat to society because of his provocative lyrics. Here’s the skinny: Chicago-actor/rapper/poet/humanitarian Common, was invited to the White House by Michelle Obama to take part in the First Lady’s ‘Poetry Night’,…