We've already been down the Las Vegas strip of audio pleasures with Sean Rose, but it just keeps getting better. The adept rapsmith tactfully blends the right amount of torque [...]
Money, power and respect is not only the key to life, it's the door that leads to the proverbial immortality. Saint Nick is looking for the approval of his peers [...]
While you'll never confuse Kirko Bangz with his lyrically anointed rap peers of other various regions, the Houston dynamo already has one up on them in the art of hitmaking [...]
You can only get so far "talking the talk." Eventually your actions are going to have to follow suit or you'll be a great substitute for a hot air balloon. [...]
2 Chainz just might have "Money Makin' Mission" tatted on his eyelids because that's all he was on in 2011. I'm not even sure he knows how many features he's [...]
You'll never find a shortage of artists taking alternative routes to get ahead by devising something clever out of the simplest concept. Even if it's a telephone ringer. While I'm [...]
There's this threshold of euphoria when you're getting twisted that blurs the lines of being too gone and perfectly lifted. Sean Rose's new single from the upcoming Overdrive tape manages [...]
Transparency: I'm an Ohio State Buckeyes fan. To say this year has been one Hellish rollercoaster ride through Dante's seven levels of the Inferno (and back again) is an understatement. [...]
While you were out burning off the Turkey Day calories with a little extravagant shopping, P. Blackk was organizing a community block watch in Blackk Friday, his new militant offering [...]
A lot of rappers like to jaw jack about a whole lotta of nothing but D.R.G. don't want to waste your valuable time, seeing they're trying to take it to [...]
Someone, please send Shawn Chrystopher an apology letter on our behalf. When his Silent Movies For The Blind EP dropped back at the beginning of October, we really did have [...]
Stop browsing around the Internet and get 2 Chainz's new tape, T.R.U. REALigion, right here. The artist formerly known as Tity Boi cashes in on the buzz that has him [...]
You probably haven't heard of The First Street Heat and you haven't heard anybody like The First Street Heat. But if funk, soul and Hip-Hop happen to be your music [...]
There's something unique about hype and anticipation. Eventually, it all boils down to the product to validate them. For ASAP Rocky, rap's new wonder kid of the moment, the time [...]
There's an MC for all seasons and The Boy Illinois is trying to be Hip-Hop's solstice for the 2K11. Enter "Yer.," a poppy jam with a bouncy cadence that still [...]
You should know by now ASAP Rocky spends his free time letting his mind get lifted like Apollo 13 in a cloud of blunt fog. No biggie. He's young and [...]
Everybody feels entitled to lay claim to an audacious ranking. Whether or not they're deserving of that ranking is up to the quality of their music, however. You may see [...]
While the rest of the Crew was at A3C, I stayed in the N.O. to enjoy the second annual NOLA Underground Hip-Hop Awards. Last year's show was a huge success, [...]
Lecrae did a little sumthin-sumthin in this year's BET Cypher (while David D. was taking a piss, no doubt) but not many seem to have a clue who he is. [...]

Navigating all the music that releases resembles combing the beach with a metal detector. One day you're finding loose change left and right, while other days all your coming up with junk metal. Mr. Muthaf*ckin' eXquire is the penny that almost toss aside before noticing it's one of those rare pennies worth a couple hundred bucks. Not enough for you to be rich, but it's enough to get you back out on the beach and on the search again. In collaboration with MishkaNYC, Mr. Muthaf*ckin' eXquire presents his debut mixtape Lost In [...]