KXNG CROOKED – LIVE 4 IT
15 weeks up and 15 weeks down. KXNG Crooked rocks over Dizz’s flip of “Still D.R.E.” for “Live 4 It.”
15 weeks up and 15 weeks down. KXNG Crooked rocks over Dizz’s flip of “Still D.R.E.” for “Live 4 It.”
The Green Eyed Bandit will be dropping his Vernia album on April 19. To get you ready for what’s to come, Sermon teams up with Raekwon and Noreaga for “My Style.” It’s all about the godfathers of hip hop paving the way for the future.
With the 25th anniversary of Illmatic happening on April 19th, Mass Appeal and Hennessy are teaming up for an 8-part series that talks about the creation of the album with those most important to the process. First up is Pete Rock as he discusses the making of “The World Is Yours.”
As WrestleMania season wraps, Smoke DZA delivers another round of pro wrestling themed songs with Ringside 7. Flexing over theme songs from The Brood, Kane, Bret Hart and Bobby Roode, DZA hits you with this quick strike EP to hold you down.
Alchemist instrumentals are always required listening and the producer is back at it with Rapper’s Best Friend Pt. 5, which unleashes 12 tracks of instrumentals for you to vibe out or rhyme over. It’s your choice.
Let the Record Show, the crate-dug interview series in which artists discuss their favorite songs of all time as the tracks spin on vinyl, continues its third season today, as hosts Mike Pizzo and Warren Peace speak with legendary Brooklyn emcee Masta Ace and producer Marco Polo.
Following the release of his eighth album, A Breukelen Story – a collaborative LP with Toronto bred, BK-based producer Marco Polo – Masta Ace looks back on a career that spans thirty years, as the duo selects a list of vinyl cuts that shaped their individual tastes over the years. Their selections range from endlessly sampled breaks from Bob James and Donald Byrd to iron clad hip-hop classics from Run-DMC, Afrika Bambaataa and Gang Starr.
Masta Ace and Marco Polo’s appearance on Let the Record Show marks the 21st episode in the series and the sixth episode released this year, following each Georgia Anne Muldrow, Lil Jon, Kurupt, Just Blaze, and Flosstradamus. Season 3 of Let the Record Show will continue in the coming weeks with Mayer Hawthorne, Cut Chemist, and more.
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APRIL 2, 2019
With a little vocal assistance from the legendary Smokey Robinson, Anderson .Paak dishes off the video for the Alchemist and Fred Wreck produced “Make It Better” from his forthcoming Oxnard album.
KXNG Crooked pays tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle on this installment of Hip Hop Weekly with “More Love.” Crook takes on life in the streets while saluting Neighborhood Nip.
Ill Bill and Stu Bangas have connected to drop a new project titled Cannibal Hulk. An album that blends their love of hip hop, weed and comic books, the duo drop the video for the title track