At the request of Chicago hip-hop journalist-extraordinaire Anthony Roberts, I decided to check out Dave Pracyse’s brand new mixtape, When It Regins It Pours (Flight School Vol. 2). I haven’t gotten too far into it yet, but I figured some of you may be interested in checking this out. Dave Pracyse – When It Reigns…
Yung Berg Reality Show in the Works?
According to gossip website Bossip.com (hey, at least it’s not Media Takeout!), Yung Berg currently has a Flavor of Love-style reality show in the works, where Berg seeks out the love of his life. His management’s note to the casting company stated: “We are looking to find exceptional stand out beautiful dark skin/brown skin women…
Kanye West Not Doing a Clothing Line with Wet Seal
Funniest headline I’ve read in a while. Over at Kanye’s blog he dispels the rumors that he’s doing a clothing line with female retail store, Wet Seal. Roffle. I can’t believe a rumor like that would even pick up steam, but it doesn’t surprise me, you know how the internets are. I’M NOT DOING CLOTHING WITH…
Video: Common Checks In From The Road
Common checks in during a recent flight delay in Philly. Good luck getting in or out of Chicago today, by the way. via The Nation
Jay-Z – “Brooklyn (Go Hard)” (Prod. by Kanye West)
This shit goes hard (pun intended and a big [II]). From the Notorious OST. Jay-Z – “Brooklyn (Go Hard)” (Prod. by Kanye West) Props to Sir Legend
Versatile feat. Wood – “Watch the Money Pile Up”
I’ve been in the studio with Verse and the Family Business crew a few times and these guys have a serious arsenal of music – tracks with Mikkey, GLC, Really Doe, J. Ivy just to name a few. Here’s a warm up record from Verse’s upcoming self-titled album which is set to drop in February….
Jamie Foxx feat. Twista – “Turn This TV Off”
It appears Jamie & Twista would like you to turn off the idiot box. From Jamie’s upcoming Intuition, dropping December 16th on J Records. Jamie Foxx feat. Twista – “Turn This TV Off” Shouts to Nello
GLC feat. Kanye West & T-Pain – “Flight School” (Snippet)
It’s hard to keep something so hot under wraps for too long, I guess. I’m not sure how the Perajok blog got their hands on this, but it’s not the whole thing – only a :10 snippet. The track is a certified banger though, and those who attended GLC’s mixtape release party where treated to…
Common feat. Chester French – “What A World”
Yep, it leaked. They did a helluva job keeping it under wraps this long though. Seriously. Trying to get a feel for the album now. Thoughts? Common feat. Chester French – “What A World”
Top 10 Chicago Hip-Hop Moments?
URB Magazine just contacted me to create a Top 10 list of my own for their website/magazine. So I figured instead of doing the corny “Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the Year”, which I did last year for my own site, and later found to be pretty damn corny, I wanted to try something different,…