HIP-HOP is more than music, HIP-HOP has crossed cultural boundaries that other music genres never crossed. HIP-HOP is not only the music you listen to but the way you walk, talk, dress and act. HIP-HOP is a state of mind, an entire generation. Thirty + years strong, we are the HIP-HOP generation.
"Rap is what we do, HIP-HOP is how we live!" - KRS One
Another leak from Game's @thegame upcoming mixtape California Republic. "Bills Is Paid" features fellow California gangster rapper, Nipsey Hussle @NipseyHussle.
In the midst of recording his twelfth studio album, Reincarnated, California OG Snoop Dogg @SnoopDogg has also been working on a new EP entitled, Stoners. The 10 track tape (track list below) is set to drop on April 20th & is sure to be the soundtrack behind everyone's 420 festivities!
STONERS EP Track List
1. Snoop Dogg – 1st We Blaze It Up
2. Snoop Dogg – Stoner’s Anthem
3. Snoop Dogg – Show You How A Gangsta Do
4. Tha Dogg Pound – Make It Hot (ft. Snoop Dogg)
5. Snoop Dogg – Breathe It In
6. Snoop Dogg – It’s Gettin’ Harder (Interlude)
7. Chris Starr – Weekend Lovers
8. Ndastree – Need It In My Life
9. Snoop Dogg – Really Wanna Be With You
10. Hustle Boyz – Can You Take Me (ft. Snoop Dogg)
Juicy J @therealjuicyj has been on a roll recently releasing visuals left & right for the tracks off his new mixtape, Blue Dream & Lean, hosted by DJ Scream @DJSCREAM. Check out his two newest videos below.
"Been Gettin' Money"
"You Want Deez Racks"
If you haven't already, don't forget you can download JJ's new mixtape now via Dat Piff.
California rapper Game @thegame is set to release his new mixtape hosted by DJ Skee @djskee, California Republic this Thursday. Building anticipation for the tapes release Game has revealed the album artwork & he has also leaked the 1st track off of the project. "GreyStone" features Fat Joe @JOEYCRACKTS & Young Chris @YoungChris on the beat alongside the Compton native.
California's newest rapper, Kid Ink @kid_ink has just released the visual for his first official single. "Time Of Your Life" is an Alex Nazari directed video which features the freshman having the time of his life in the company of a beautiful woman. His debut project, Up And Away should be coming soon.
Roc Boy, Memphis Bleek is back with a new song & a visual to go right along. "Hustle Money" is just a taste of what we'll be receiving on his upcoming project, The Movement set for release on April 10th.
"Yeah I'm getting hustle money & that muscle money/ We will run in your crib if we found out you a buster money/ We will dust you off/ How much you cost?/ That’s the extra cash/ So nigga don’t piss us off/ Pocket full of that crack addict"
Kendrick Lamar & Dr. Dre have found the perfect ingredients for a hit record, "The Recipe" produced by Scoop DeVille is just that. KL visited LA's Power 106 morning show Big Boy's Neighborhood earlier today to premiere the new song & Dre called the studio to reveal what the three key ingredients to the Recipe are: "Women, Weed & Weather" which was also the original title & what the doctor says he feels represents L.A.
You can purchase the new song on iTunes now: "The Recipe"
"Wherever you grow up, it's your root, right? But I'm a kid from Marcy Projects, from Brooklyn."
Beginning this fall NBA basketball team the NJ Nets co-owned by Jay-Z, will inhabit a new court at the newly constructed Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn. In a new, 30 second, black & white commercial for another one of Jay's business endeavors, his clothing company Rocawear he campaigns the teams new playing court entitling the visual "Marcy To Barclays" #MARCY2BARCLAYS
"Rocawear just keeps reinventing itself and redefining itself, everyday." - Jay-Z
I think Hov's advertising a bit more than clothes & basketball... I think maybe he's advertising reinvention, evolution & creative thinking. Decoded. He's laying the blueprint. History in the making. Roc Life.
Jahlil Beats @JahlilBeats is set to be the next great producer of the new generation. Roc Nation has already co-signed on the freshman & his talent to create incredible beats. If you haven't already, you will co-sign too once you hear his new 48 track mixtape, Legend Season. The new tape presented by Liven Legendz is hosted by DJ Woogie @DJWOOGIE & was released on Thursday, March 29th via Dat Piff.
Grand Hustle's 1st Lady, Amethyst Kelly a.k.a. Iggy Azalea @IGGYAZALEA is set to release her debut album The New Classic this June but until then she's got a pretty hot record featuring T.I. @Tip for us to bump our heads to. "Murda Bizness" is produced by Bei Maejor & features Iggy's fierce lyricism alongside the King of the South in a genocide, killing ego's & pride.
"I kill pride, I hurt feelings / Click, Clack Bang, Bang / We in the Murda Bizness"
While performing at The Basement in Atlanta, Thursday night Iggy brought out Tip for a live performance of their new song. Check it out below.
We The Best Music Group Recording artist: Ace Hood @Acehood is back & feeding the streets with a new 15 track mixtape entitled, Starvation. Listen & download now via Dat Piff.
Last summer Chris Brown @chrisbrown debuted his 9th Wonder produced record, "Real Hip-Hop Shit #4" & now he's back with the visual. You can see Breezy strolling through what looks like Dubai & France, taking lyrical shots at any disbelievers.
Nicki Minaj's @NICKIMINAJ sophomore album, Roman Reloaded, is set to be released this Tuesday, April 3rd. In an effort to build intense anticipation Nicki has released probably the most anticipated track on the album: "I'm Your Leader" is a Hit-Boy, yes I said Hit-Boy @HitBoy_SC produced record which features Nicki back on her lyricist game alongside the Maybach Music Empire Boss, @RickyRozay & Dipset's own Mr. Cameron Giles @Mr_Camron.
It was less than two weeks ago when the Boss @rickyrozay gave us a preview of Stalley's @Stalley upcoming visual for "Party Heart", at the end of "Swear To God" his 5th visual drop from his latest mixtape, Rich Forever. Today along with Stalley's new mixtape, Savage Journey To The American Dream, MMG also released the full Dre Films directed visual for "Party Heart". Watch the video below & don't forget to download the new tape if you haven't already!
The Untouchable Maybach Empire Presents: "Party Heart" The Official Video
It's official Stalley's @Stalley new mixtape, Savage Journey To The American Dream, is here! Released only fourteen minutes ago at 3:30 PM, the tape has already got the world talking as it's now trending worldwide on Twitter. Listen & download below via Live Mixtapes: Savage Journey To The American Dream
Although this isn't one of the newest songs to date, it is one of the hottest songs out right now & I couldn't go another day without posting it up for everyone to enjoy. "Hammer Dance" by Slaughterhouse @Slaughterhouse was released on February 27th, 2012 during Funkmaster Flex's show on Hot 97 & on March 13th the song was officially released on iTunes: Hammer Dance. The Araab Muzik @araabMUZIK produced track is the 4th single off of the groups sophomore album, Welcome to: Our House, which is set to be released on May 15th, 2012 under Shady & Interscope Records. Everything about this track is correct from the production to the lyricism. Slaughterhouse really is The Illest.
While in Austin, Texas for the SXSW Music Festival this month Slaughterhouse shot the visual for "Hammer Dance", MTV News caught up with them on the set. RapFix
2 Chainz @2chainz is back with a new video from his T.R.U. REALigion mixtape. "Stunt" is an Alex Nazari directed visual which features Meek Mill @MeekMill from MMG.
If you haven't already, you can download T.R.U. REALigion, now via DatPiff.
Stalley's @Stalley new mixtape, Savage Journey To The American Dream, will be released tomorrow on March 30th. If you aren't already anticipating the tape or if you just need something to hold you over until tomorrow the MMG rapper has just the thing, a third leak! "Home To You" is produced by Block Beattaz & features Wale @Wale and Anthony Flammia. The record has Stalley talking about making it home to his lady after a long day hustling hard. The Boss @rickyrozay tweeted the song is dope, I agree.
Rihanna's @rihanna "Birthday Cake" has been remixed again & this time it's the boss, Ricky Rozay @rickyrozay cutting himself a slice. DJ Scream @DJSCREAM released the new remix earlier this evening via Twitter, linked to his site: DJScreamTV
Rozay put his name on it, added an extra layer of frosting & sprinkled a bit of his Rich Forever swag onto the Roc Nation Princess's already remixed edition, which features Chris Brown's vocals.