Before he hopped his flight to New Zealand with dead prez, Mike Flo shot me this track, which was recorded just hours before his departure.  Power, indeed. Mike Flo – “48 Bars of Power (Takeova)”

Let me introduce you to this Tony Baines music… D. Meeks & Mikey Streetz – “SBs I’m Wearin” (Prod. by Tony Baines)

Gemini, GemStones, DeMarco Castle, or whatever you’d like to call him, officially came out of his self-imposed retirement last night, for an incredible set at Chicago’s Darkroom as part of the Writer’s Wednesday series. While the space has increasingly balanced its calendar with corporate tech mixers and promotional events for real money online casinos, the…

What do you do when one of your homies gives you an RIAA-certified platinum plaque?   You give it to your local Harold’s Chicken location, that’s what. And that’s exactly what Malik Yusef did. I’m guessing he did some work on the album, and I know this isn’t his first plaque, but ‘Sef was nice enough…

The Bighomie got the video treatment for his single “The Flyest”, which was produced by Chuck Inglish. The track is super dope, and from the sound of things, the video is equally fly.  Check the behind the scenes clip above, shot on location at the infamous Bread Factory. Behind the scenes with Big Homie DOE…

The Lottery Pick runs through “Through It All” and “Words of Wisdom” sans Mr. Halsted. Shouts to Gene

I have 4 tickets, yes, just FOUR tickets for the MF DOOM + Mos Def Show in Chicago on January 29th at the Congress Theatre to giveaway today.  You know the drill – first four people to send me an email with the answer to the following question, featuring the subject line, DOOMDEF, wins. Question: …

Yesterday, Twista dedicated his Day 3 freestyle to the victims of the disaster in Haiti, and today he returns with a song written for them.  Fittingly, over Wyclef Jean’s “911”. He also notes that Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable was a Haitian – and if you don’t know who that is, do the knowledge and look it up…

Looks like Atlantic gave the official go ahead to leak “I’m Beaming” to the internets (like you didn’t already have it).  Perfect timing, I guess ?  So if you didn’t grab it on the first go-round, here it is for your consumption.  It’s slightly different from the initial leak – it’s cleaned up a bit. Hope…

The video for Mic Terror’s “I’m Famous”, which was directed by Mic Terror & Fly Kite Media is officially a wrap.  The track will be featured on the upcoming FSD + Maja 7th project, The Breakout (coming soon!), and was produced by Maja himself.  The video is crazy, hilarious, offensive, creative and dope all at…