For a while now, ego trip founder/Complex big homie Sacha Jenkins and Dave “CHINO BYI” Villorente have been holding it down for graffiti by compiling writers’ sketches; Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers and Piecebook Reloaded function both as dope art books and historical archives of graf legends’ hand styles. So of course we [...]
Bring it back, bring it waaaay back to the golden era of hip hop. It’s that REAL, good, hip hop; no auto-tune necessary. On rotation in my ride, a few fresh emcees with some super steez! Check them out.
Fashawn[click to go to myspace]
Paulie Rhyme [click to visit website]
Rey Resurreccion[click to visit website]
Hip hop artists over the past decades have had an affinity for showing their wealth in increasingly odd, outlandish, and absurd methods. These rappers made their money, and immediately decided they needed to show this to the world — be it through diamonds, chrome, gold, platinum, or any other loud and obnoxious way. The following [...]
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Anyone remember Def Poetry Jam? It was a show on HBO which was hosted by Mighty Mos Def. One of the many guest poets/artists was Kanye West. In the video he uses his song from Graduation, Bittersweet in a poetry slam style.
via: YouTube
Los Angeles based clothing group Diamond Supply Company teams up with Dade County own Ricky Ross and his Maybach Music Group, producing a fitted cap with the MMG logo paying respects to the Miami lifestyle using the color schemes of orange and teal.
via: Diamond Supply Company / High Snobiety
My friend, CRue, made a mix. It’s an eclectic mashup of southern sounds. Take a listen and show him some love by either following him on twitter, or leaving some comments on his blog.
Love Hater Mix.
In need of some good music? On a budget? Have little to no extra money? Good thing Del Tha Funkee Homosapien has a stimulus package for you. Del provides you with 13 new songs for free. Personally, I feel Del hasn’t been the same since the classic album Deltron 3030, but beggars [...]
New Cam’ron-Silky (No Homo). Crime Pays is starting to shape up nicely. Click to download http://sharebee.com/14301128
Cam’ron and Jadakiss together on one track. This is borderline Black Republican part 2, no diss to Jay-Z and Nas. I’ve been waiting awhile for a song like this. Off Killa Kam’s latest album Crime Pays set to drop May 12th. Download it here http://www.mediafire.com/?oc0zcf0ndzm and enjoy!