Best Of 2011

Mayer Hawthorne

Musically, 2011 was a bit of a let down for me. I was anticipating a lot of albums that came and went that just didn’t do what they should have done. However, 2011 was the year of the emerging artist. Kendrick Lamar and Big K.R.I.T. proved that the new kids could bully the vets on [...]

EVENT: iStandard Producers Present LA Style in Los Angeles November 28th & 29th

iStandard Producers

WHUTUPDOE.COM is proud to be a sponsor of iStandard‘s LA Style Producer Showcase! CHECK THE INFO BELOW! The Road to Beast of the Beats VI will start to warm up in Sunny Southern California, as the nationally renowned iStandard Producer Showcase returns to Los Angeles – Monday, November 28th & Tuesday, November 29th. Over these [...]

GIVEAWAY: Pair Of Tickets To Obie Trice’s Show Setpember 24th in Warren, MI

Obie Trice

If you’re in, or will be in, the Metro Detroit area on September 24th then here’s your chance to win TWO FREE PAIR OF TICKETS to Obie Trice‘s, The Obie’s Home Concert at The Ritz in Warren, MI 8pm-2am – courtesy of WHUTUPDOE.COM, Knox Money, and Live Voices! What do you have to do to [...]

Win Your Tickets To The 2011 Playground Festival!

Playground Festival

If you’re a resident of the Southern California/Orange County or just simply WANT to be in the Irvine, California area and you want a set of TWO free tickets to the 2011 Playground Festival to see The Game, Big Sean, Panic! at the Disco, Lil Jon, Too Short, E-40, The Bravery, Kendrick Lamar and more then read [...]

Track-By-Track Review Of Watch The Throne

It’s here, the album that didn’t leak before being released. Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s highly publicized album, Watch The Throne. Does it live up to the hype? Check out our live, unfiltered track-by-track thoughts as we listen to Watch The Throne. 1) No Church In The Wild feat. Frank Ocean (prod. Kanye West, Mike Dean [...]

Trebles And Blues – The 16 Bar Challenge (Contest)

Trebles And Blues

Super incredibly dope producer Los Angeles producer Trebles And Blues is giving emcees across the world the chance to be featured on his beats. I’ll hit him tell you below. As a means to find some dope emcees within this saturated market of artists, I’ve decided to do a small challenge, aptly named the “16 [...]

UMG Waging War?

UMG

Yes. Simply put, yes. I mean, there’s NO other way to describe why sites such as 2DopeBoyz.com and ALL of the New Music Cartel, COMPLEX.com, Vibe.com, DJ Booth.net, and NecoleBitchie.com  – amongst others – are on this list with clear and blatant peer-to-peer network sharing bit torrent sites. Hell, the corporate page for bit torrent [...]

Random Axe Tracklisting & Artwork + Toca Tuesday Freestyle

If you don’t already know, mark your calendars for June 14th because that’s when we finally get to hear the Random Axe album from the trio of Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, and Black Milk – courtesy of Duck Down Music. Now we have the tracklist! OH BOY! 1) Zoo Drugs 2) Random Call 3) Black [...]

The Hangover 2 Teaser Trailer

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Jay Scott Confidential: The Michigan Central Depot

Jason Scott Smith

Installment two of Jay Scott Confidential finds me at The Michigan Central Depot – the biggest eyesore in my hometown of Detroit. This eyesore has stood vacant and abandoned for 23 years. Spread The Good Word! Tweet