Tagged: youngjeezy + blackhippy

Deen prefers his Kool-Aid unsweetened. Allow me to be slightly presumptuous and assume that you, the reader, have been reading my  posts here. Maybe you may have detected some level of ambivalence in regards to everyone's new darlings - the Top Dawg Entertainment guys. I've read a bunch of complimentary shit about these guys in the last two years or so and I've kept my ears open, but mostly out of politeness and a desire to stay up to date on these things so I can crack vaguely accurate jokes on Twitter. In [...]

L.A.'s Black Hippy crew has been dropping free tracks all week as part of their TDE Fam Appreciation week, and while the Jay Rock, Ab-Soul , and Schoolboy Q joints were all solid, I think we have our winner with this one:

Just as we predicted , the  #TDEFamAppreciationWeek  onslaught continues with a release from   the Black Hippy captain,  Kendrick Lamar.  In an on-point collaboration choice, Lamar enlists trap-star Young Jeezy , who was recently promoted to Senior VP of A&R at Atlantic Records, to bring some of his street-cred and raspy vocals to the laid back instrumental. With his classic, yet incredibly original, style and flow Kendrick delivers yet another bright example of the power of hip-hop music. The Compton-bred emcee has given us more with just a few songs this summer than most artists have [...]

NYC hip-hop institution Hot 97 has announced the lineup for its 2012 Summer Jam. Performers include Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Waka Flocka, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, French Montana, Young Jeezy and DJ Khaled. Recent FADER ... read more �