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What did I forget to do?

Bermuda-bred dancehall artist Collie Buddz drops his self-titled debut tomorrow, off the strength of his first single, “Come Around”. You know the song — “finally de erbs come arowwwnd!” Though I wish dude the best of luck, it’s worth pointing that introducing one’s self to the masses with a weed..

My finger… is on the button.

Download: M.E.D. – “Push” (produced by J Dilla) Download: Pharoahe Monch – “Push” [Off his new album Desire, which is ill but way too short.] Download: Salt N’ Pepa – “Push It” Download: Diplomats – “Push It” [A DipSet remake of the above. I don’t want to know what Cam..


Introducing Famouz.

Until we come up with an explanation as to why athletes want to be rappers and rappers want to be athletes, we’ll just to have accept it as inevitable. One thing that separates Famouz, a.k.a. FMZ, a.k.a. ex-New York Giant Reggie Stephens from the likes of Roy Jones, Jr. (who..


T.I. – T.I. vs. T.I.P. (Review)

[Incite a brawl on Sunday — your album leaks on Monday. Karma, people.] They say, “Don’t let your mouth write a check that your ass can’t cash.” T.I. called himself the “King of the South” on album cuts from both ’03’s Trap Muzik and ’04’s Urban Legend, but, with last..

New music from The House That Rush Built.

Lots of rappers who have since departed from Def Jam Recordings have taken the label to task for the treatment, or lack thereof, they received. But, for what it’s worth, Def Jam does know how to treat the press (that is, if ML qualifies as “press”). We just got an..

Mr. 3000.

New shit from Andre 3000, though not from “rapping Andre” as you probably would’ve hoped for. Instead, it’s the first single from Class of 3000: Music Volume One, the soundtrack to Dre’s popular animated feature on Cartoon Network, which hits stores on July 3rd — just in time for the..

Kanye West – “Stronger” (Video)

Here is what popped into my head immediately after watching this video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXp1h12uLwI[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjjubFs0Cgo[/youtube] I hope that doesn’t make me seem ignorant of Japanese culture — honestly, I just know what I like, and I like to laugh. And to be even more honest, I was looking for any excuse..