New York emcee Marlon Craft lends his heavy voice and places it over sinister production from Havoc in the video for “Hans Zimmer.” Craft makes his way through the streets of New York while delivering potent rhymes from his forthcoming album While We’re Here, coming soon.
Termanology and Paul Wall wasn’t a tag team you would have thought made sense a decade ago but they’re here and it feels right. The tandem are dropping Start 2 Finish on April 8 and gift us with their second offering in the form of “No Asterisk” produced by Statik Selektah.
Nas shocked everyone when he dropped his second album of 2021 with Magic. The quality didn’t take a dip as Nas and Hit-Boy gave us the perfect gift to end the year. Three months after the album dropped, Nas releases visuals for “Wave Gods.” With DJ Premier taking us back to the era where we put speakers outside the window to bless the block, A$AP and Nasir take us on a journey through NY.
From Papoose’s September album comes the video for Pap’s collaboration with Method Man “Heat 7.” The title is appropriate as the tag team brings it lyrically in a glorious verbal display.
Benny the Butcher makes a bold statement by adding on to the legacy of The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ten Crack Commandments” with a sequel of sorts titled “10 More Commandments.” Did Benny do right by Biggie? From his recently released Tana Talk 4 project.
DJ Premier’s classic remix to Showbiz & AG’s “Next Level” has been one of the most requested episodes of “So Wassup” and Preemo explains everything behind the production for this song. If you are a production equipment nerd, this episode is for you.
From Conway The Machine’s long-awaited God Don’t Make Mistakes album comes the very, very personal video for “Stressed.” Regardless of how great you think Conway’s life is, he reminds you that he’s just like everyone else and dealing with his own personal issues.
DJ Premier tells the story of how Gang Starr’s “The ? Remainz” came together in 24 hours. Here’s how a Nissan pickup truck, a water damaged record and that static sound made a classic record.
The Slaughterhouse is vacant.
Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked are preparing to drop an album titled The Rise and Fall of Slaughterhouse that will give their perspective of the supergroup that has since been dismantled. “Vacancy” gives some valuable insight on what Ortiz and Crook felt went wrong. It’s safe to say that a lot of the blame has been placed on the shoulders of Joe Budden. This will certainly get people talking.
There was magic made when Snoop Dogg employed the services of DJ Premier for “The One and Only.” But how did this coast to coast connection happen? Well, Snoop ended up at D&D Studios when Preemo was away for Thanksgiving and they decided to connect later for Snoop’s album. What did Bishop Don “Magic” Juan and Tyrone Davis have to do with this song? It also led to DJ Premier getting a certified Player Card.