Author: Andrew Barber

Twista kicks a freestlye (er, his verse from his “Marco Polo” freestyle.

Dude Got Bars interviews Chicago producer Xcel. For those not in the know, he did Shawnna’s “Gettin’ Some Head”, GLC’s “I Ain’t Even On Yet”, among others. He’s got some heat under his belt, and from the sound of things, there’s plenty more to come.

The King is Dead. R.I.P. M.J. I’ve still got all of your albums, CDs and tapes at home. Even Invincible. 

The digital release date for “Shining Down” is July 7th, per Amazon.com.  Here’s the accompanying cover art. Props to Sean

If you know anything about legendary Chicago Hip-Hop group Crucial Conflict, then you know it’s most explosive member, Cold Hard, is a spectacle at all times. Every word is quotable and every sentence could be a punchline. He’s easily the most entertaining figure in Chicago Hip-Hop, and if you don’t agree, please watch the trailer…

YP & Hadee?  Yes please. The second leak from YP’s upcoming mixtape, Authorized, which drops sometime next week and is being mixed by Jay Illa.  YP – “Question” (Prod. by Rashid Hadee) This song deals with the issues of violence in our city, and YP questions why it has to happen.  Related: The FBI lists the 25 Most…

Here’s the entire Ivy League set from a recent performance at Joe’s on Weed.  The set list includes “Vanity”, “Pose”, “Jamaican Carl” and “I’m the Man” Shouts to iLLaNoise

Kanye premiered his video for “Nightmares” last night at the Los Angeles Film festival.  The Spike Jonze-directed clip, which is now a short film entitled We Were Once A Fairytale, features Kanye having sex with a pillow, vomiting rose petals and pulling a furry demon rodent out of his stomach.  I have to see this! The Daily…

Produced by Tye Hill of the Produktionix. Vice is killing it right now, if I do say so myself.  This is another leak from his upcoming album, Black Ice, which features Frank-N-Dank, Twone Gabz, Pugs Atomz, Big Wiz and more.  I’m looking forward to hearing this. Vice Verse – “Tymeless”

File Under: I’ll never be able to afford, thus I’ll never have a pair. via Nah Right via High Snobiety Related: After the jump is a high school pic of Kanye West that Necole Bitchie posted today.  I’m putting this up for no apparent reason other than to say, one day you can have two lines…