A NIGHT AT SOUL IN THE HORN W/ dj NATASHA DIGGS + dj SPINNA + dj TAILWIND TURNER

I been waiting for this type of night and knew that it was going to go down. I catch the late night liquor store on Kingston and Dean in the Heights for some vodka, then grab juice at the corner store off Fulton before heading to the C train.  Yes I’m trying to get my …

Happy Birthday Tigallo Tigallo

Happy Belated Birthday Phonte from The Brooklyn Word.  Tigallo has been in my top 5’s for quite sometime now.  He’s a beast with the wordplay, clever and quick wit it and can do his own background singing in between. Fuxk outta here telling me any different… A couple of years ago, I pitched a collaborative social …

MOBB DEEP: Shook Ones Remix Chronicles prod. by Gibril Kuyateh

What’s good my peoples?  My bad about the date mixup, originally I said it would be out a week ago, I did a Steve Harvey slip… #happens Either way, I’m happy to finally have it up.  Shook Ones is my favorite Mobb Deep track, hearing it immediately takes me back to Bethel High School in …

Dope Tracks of The Week – Anderson Paak + Jean-Claude + Talib Kweli

Here are some dope tracks to move ya mind as it may… Anderson Paak – Room In Here ft. The Game and Sonyae Elise Props the Anderson for the dope track, funny I been listening to it and didn’t know that The Game was rhyming.  Dope choice Game for hoping on this better this, wouldn’t have …

Dope Brooklyn Artist – TTK

Earlier today, the image above popped up in my feed from my Brother TTK.  I got happy, with the quickness. You see I completely relate to the image… rather my interpretation of it. I see the camaraderie of brotherhood, united and walking together as one.  The flip tho, is that their common bond is Polo (Ralph Lauren) and …

A NIGHT AT SOUL IN THE HORN W/ NATASHA DIGGS + TALIB KWELI + DJ CENTER

(typed this in one take a let it flow, i’ll edit and clean it up later) Last week at Soul In The Horn was another banger.  The excitement of getting out Friday night was already bubbling up.  Natasha Diggs always throws it down and I knew she’d get my feet moving.  Dj Center typically comes …

THE TRAGIC FREDRO STARR VS KEITH MURRAY BATTLE FINALLY WENT DOWN

The past Sunday at Milk River (coincidentally in my hood) the much talked about battle between FREDRO STARR & KEITH MURRAY went down. I been hearing about this joint for a minute but thought it was just talk.  You know, get people hyped for nothing. Off the strength, I figured Keith would win if he stuck …

MC TREE | SPOKEN WORD XPERIENCE BY CHICAGO’S SOUL TRAP PIONEER

Earlier this year, Chicago’s MC Tree blessed me with a spoken word exclusive.  I wrote all about it so not gonna get to deep, but it was dope.  The acapella tale was a gritty picturesque example of Tree’s versatility and connection to the street. So I did what any inspired “lover of dope shxt” would do, got creative and designed …

Who Was Sean Price & Why He Was One of the Dopest Spitters/Emcee out of Brooklyn

Sean Price Rest In Lo 2LL’s Up Tribute by The Brooklyn Word          This past weekend, Hip Hop lost a soldier.  I was caught off guard because Sean Price (aka Ruck/ Ruckus, Mic Tyson…) is on of my top 10 spitters. Brooklyn Vocab: Spitter – different from an emcee, in that they go …

Is Adrian Younge The Next Questlove?

Adrian Younge is a beast and the industry is taking notice!  Is he the next Questlove?  Time will tell.  If you asked, he’d probably say that he just want to be Adrian Younge. One thing is for sure, his movements are very similar in terms of industry respect that spans past the music industry, they …