A Post I didn’t want to have to write…R.I.P. “Esco”

First got word on the possible death of the homie at the beginning of the month. It came out of nowhere and too many of my Howard University alum were buzzing about it via the social networks for me to just brush it off. We were all hoping it was just an really really bad [...]

Brooklyn keeps on Taking It!

If you’ve ever been bored enough to sit around watching network Television and bumped into Damon Wayans’ built-for-the-sitcom-world-only attempt at a parenthood comedy, My Wife And Kids, then you were sure to see at least one bright light…And no, I don’t mean the cute little racially ambiguous genius kid who played the neighbor. No, the [...]

(7) Classic Sounds…

Like… If you came up in the same era as me or was raised anything like I was on hip-hop, then you know Eric B. & Rakim as the end all be all when it comes to Golden age beats and rhymes. You also know them as the single-handed creators of the lyric-dominated style of rap [...]

Why Celebrity Sextapes Suck!

The answer is simple. These Bitches are Fake! Think about it… Between all of the 2 minute world star hip-hop clips of video vixens and reality show wannabe starlets and the full-out Celebrity home-made tapes that you weren’t supposed to see, how many of those have made you say, ‘wow! This chic is outrageous!‘?? Not [...]

Brandon Carter Presents – “The Bolt Bus Tour”

Yeah, you read right. Courtesy of every East Coasters’ favorite means of public interstate transportation, Brandon will be embarking on a short Fall tour up and down the Mid-Atlantic. There’s even a Florida stop, and as you guessed it, I might pop up on a few of these dates. Maybe even with my Have-Knotz crew! [...]

How Lazy Can We Get??! Checks that cash themselves…

I originally Just hoped to post up the commercial which I saw last week that sparked this whole thing and made me go WTF? But damn those copyright laws and provisions! Well maybe you’ve seen it too. Apparently, Chase Bank is introducing a new technological advance to the mainstream via iPhone that will allow it’s [...]

Pac was on to something…Say it ain’t so Jimmy…

I’m not even gonna put up an image for this one. But since we’re talking about Beef, and 2Pac has been brought up in the last few posts, how about something that involves both? All I have to say is that Pac may not have been the Super-Paranoid trouble-Maker you made him out to be [...]

Maybe Rap Beef isn’t DEAD! – Thanks Cudi! Thanks Cocaine!

Let’s make this clear…I’m not one of those people who don’t think rap beef has a place in the game anymore. I want it to come back. I LOVE IT! This, in case you young dumb fucks don’t know, is what built Hip-Hop into the force that it is now. It’s a thing called competition. [...]

*New MALIK-16 mixtape!!* – Refinedhype.com x 16′s Candles Present – SHIT YOU DIDN’T THINK WAS DOPE TO RAP OVER UNTIL I DID IT!

Just Like I told you, Today is THEE DAY. It all started as a dare. The good folks at Refinedhype.com and DjBooth.net were posting up a song by Eminem and Lil Wayne entitled “No Love” which borrows from the classic 90′s dance hit by Haddaway. They were sharing their views all day on whether or [...]

2PAC – Why Ya’ll STILL Don’t Get him…

And since his name just got brought up in the last post, It’s only fitting that I take this time to show love to my Favorite Rapper of All Time, 2pac Shakur. This is an artist who is commonly casually accused of being hypocritical, but quite to the contrary, if folk took the time to [...]