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Ebone Hoodrich - Why U Lyin (Prod. by Chase Davis) (2012) With MTV in town to shoot throughout the city and throw two separate shows , this week has been pretty crazy for Chicago rap; King Louie announced through a Source interview that he had signed 2 or 3 mo. ago to Sony/Epic, dropped the "Val Venis" track he'd threatened a few months back , and more than a few other artists dropped some must-downloads as well. Not to be missed: Chris Mille f. Yale [...]

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The last time legendary the Memphis emcee La Chat was in Brooklyn had the chance sit down with her for this interview . This coming Saturday, April 28, La Chat will return to Brooklyn for a performance at Public Assembly for H.A.M. , the best southern rap party in Brooklyn. If that isn't enough to get you out of your house, House of LaDosha will also be performing, and GIRL UNIT will be DJing. It's guaranteed to be a totally epic evening, so if you're in NYC make sure to buy your [...]

DGainz just posted his complete discography to his facebook page, and I checked with him to see if he'd be cool with me copying it over here so it might be more available to the general public / more googleable. So here is DGainz discography, as provided by the man himself: Lil Kenny - Fresh N Fly Lil Kenny - Swagg So Official Lil Kenny - Let Em Know Lil Kenny - I'm What It Is Lil Kenny - I B Silly F. Dot - Real Nigga Choppa Da Goon [...]

Full admission: I've barely processed the E-40. Dropping a triple-album imbalances my carefully-balanced song weighing system. So he just gets mentioned at the top. 30. Sweetz P f. M.O.E. and Link, "Trippy" (Prod. by Cardo) 29. Fat Trel, "Intro (By the Way") (Prod. by Kane) 28. Dapp, "Headache" (Prod. DJ Kenn) 27. Sasha Gohard, "I Think I Like" (Prod. by Young Chop) 26. Action Bronson & Riff Raff, "Bird on a Wire" (Prod. by Harry Fraud) 25. DJ Kay Slay [...]

I wrote about Chief Keef for Gawker a week or so ago; my initial draft had been considerably longer than space would allow - this was a very rich story, with a lot of different angles that I wish I could have gone into in more detail. There were definitely some ideas and quotes that I thought readers might find interesting, as well. I'll be answering some questions that piled up on the somanyshrimp tumblr after I publish this, so if you are curious about this story, feel free to ask through [...]

2/27- Download Boldy James' Consignment: Favor for a Favor, The Redi-Rock Mixtape 2/27- Video: LEP Bogus Boys, "We Want Our Money" 2/28- Interview: Too $hort 2/29- Sheefy McFly f. Jade Lathan, "Sucka Niggas" MP3 2/29- Stream: Tree, "Die" 3/1- Download I Self Devine's Reports from the Field: In the Trenches mixtape 3/1- Video: Boldy James, "Consignment" 3/2- Gunplay, "Jump Out" MP3 3/2- Sweetz P f. M.O.E. and Link, "Trippy" MP3 [...]

2/20- Video: Boldy James, "Long Run/Optional" 2/20- Fiend, "Mardi Gras" MP3 2/21- Video: Tree, "50s" 2/21- Travis Porter f. Skooly and Jose Guapo, "All About a Sack" MP3 2/22- Video: French Montana f. Charlie Rock, Diddy and Rick Ross, "Shot Caller (Remix)" 2/22- Video: ForteBowie, "Impala" 2/23- Boldy James f. Fatboi Fre$h, "Oil Sheen (Grease Monkeys)" MP3 2/23- Video: Mank Jilla, "Phone Stay Jumpin" 2/24- Lloyd Banks, "Jackpot" MP3 2/24- Ty Money, "Ready [...]

" Speakin' in Tongues " was a great beat wasted on a past-his-prime Cam'ron and never-going-to-have-a-prime Vado, because if given to another rapper, New York would have had its biggest rap song in years. Jahlil Beats delivers a similarly Eastern-style beat to 50 Cent, a display for both the dexterity of his flows and his still-intact pop sensibilities. The Big 10 came out at the end of last year, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 50 Cent's 50 Cent is the Future mixtape. While it was nice PR to connect his new mixtape with his classic work, the [...]

This is off of San Jose rapper Antwon's Fantasy Beds Mixtape. Peep dude's bandcamp , some interesting things have been coming out of Natureboy gang and shit the south bay in general.

2/13- Laroo & Turf Talk f. Gappy Ranks and The Jacka, "Trust No One" MP3 2/13- SL Jones, "Wave Runner" MP3 2/14- Ray Vicks, "Krazy" MP3 2/14- DB The General, "Thay Mad" MP3 2/15- Video: Starlito f. Young Dolph, "Gone" 2/15- Video: Geeke, "My Moment" 2/16- Stream: The Mekanix f. Husalah, DB The General, Lil Mikey and Rico Tha Kid, "Home of the A's" 2/16- Naughty f. Ty-Money, "Child of the Night" MP3 2/17- Premiere: Boldy [...]

2/6- Stevie Joe, "Make Her Say Part 23 MP3 2/6- Video: A-Mafia, "Crime Pays" 2/7- Video: DJ Kenn and 40 Boi, "Intro" 2/7- Video: L.E.P. Bogus Boys, "Streetz Talkin/Johnny Cochran" 2/8- Union f. Roc Marciano, "Preset Mars" MP3 2/8- Metro Zu f. Jarret and Denzel Aquarius Killa Curry, "Wave Cap" MP3 2/9- Young Thug f. Shawty Lo and Skool Boy, "Curtains" MP3 2/10- Supa Villain and Critic f. B Ray, "Real Niggas" MP3 2/10- Project Pat [...]

News broke yesterday that Chicago rapper YP signed to Universal Republic; in light of these developments, I'm publishing an interview I did with him YP back in the fall in preparation for my piece on hip-hop for the Chicago Tribune . Where are you from in Chicago, and did you grow up there? I came from the East Side of Chicago. South East side. South Shore area. I grew up on Ridgeland, shit like that. [...]

12 Producers to keep an eye on in 2012 It's hard being a producer in this day & age; the barrier for entry is low and so are the financial rewards, while competition is high. Many times tracks are mis-tagged or the producer is unidentified. And the need to churn out constant material means that it can be hard to rest on a distinctive style without burning out. There's been no shortage of talent in the industry, though; for the past 12 months, these 12 beatmakers proved that they had the unique vision to stand [...]

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1/30- Shady Nate, Jay Jonah & Stevie Joe, "Play it How I Plan It" MP3 1/30- Chief Keef f. King Louie, "Winning" MP3 1/31- Jackie Chain f. Gangsta Boo, "Don't Violate" MP3 1/31- Tree, "6 x 63 MP3 2/1- Young Fame f. 2 Chainz, "Make It Work" MP3 2/1- Magno, "Chill With You" MP3 2/2- Lil Durk f. King Louie, "I Get Paid" MP3 2/2- Khia, "Pay Yo Pussy Bill" MP3 2/3- Video: Street Knowledge f. [...]

With Jeezy's continued presence in rap's upper tier, Duct Tape Ent. challenging his status from below and a label that didn't even bother to alert him about his album release, Yo Gotti's status as the go-to, gruff trap rapper may be in danger. Fortunately, Gotti has the unique ability to push 'being good' to its upper limit. "Harder," the second single from Live From Da Kitchen , is the type of song that Gotti excels at creating. It's completely dependent on the brute force of everyone involved. Lil' Lody makes the smaller contribution here, with a Scott [...]

I just added a "Support" page to the top of this site; we've been operating entirely without advertising, and we have some cool & interesting content coming up, so if you've been enjoying somanyshrimp & want to help us out, please feel free to click the DONATE button & send us a few bucks through paypal. It's definitely appreciated. We have some good shit coming up soon, incl. some new interviews, and I've added a couple of new writers to produce even more content, but since we're essentially operating at negative profit, it helps a lot [...]

Conducted January 4, 2012. Boldy James' 2011 release Trapper's Alley: Pros and Con's was my favorite full-length from last year. Thanks to a gift for evocative writing, and a subtle, low-key poetic sensibility, Boldy released one of the year's most powerful records. I've spoken about it in detail on Pitchfork , but if you missed it last year, you may want to #GetInTune . Tell me a little bit about your background, when you [...]