The Certified Block Boyz are a quartet (ha!) consisting of RasRok (Chicago), J-Hurt and Steve Soulja both from Dallas, and Kaution from Compton, CA.  That’s a hodge podge!  Check out their first single, produced by Lokey, below. Certified Block Boys – “Back To Da Sto”

Chicago emcee Longshot is a finalist in Jake One’s Rhymesayers competition that I mentioned the other day.  Basically, the dopest emcee over one of Jake’s beats gets some studio time and some free production from the man. So Longshot would be more than appreciative if you stopped by to vote for him, so he can…

At Sneaker Pimps performing “Gotta Stay Fresh”

What you are seeing is the :57 rough cut of Drunken Monkee’s “Go Bezerk” music video. The song for “Go Bezerk” is only 3 minutes long, but the final clip will be 7-8 minutes long (they’re calling it a “mini-thriller”), and the concept is that Drunken and his gang of apes escape from the “Chicago…

At least that’s what Common and Kendra G have to say. Oh word?

D-Win and Johnny Rocket sat down with illroots.com for a in-depth interview Part II after the jump…Read more…

It’s just been a rough couple days for Chicago hip-hoppers. West was arrested at a hotel in Gateshead, England early this morning after allegedly getting into a tussle with a photog on his way out of the Tup Tup nightclub in Newcastle. After a short investigation, West was released from police custody without charges… …According…

Gems speaks! Part II and III after the jump… via Sean Read more…