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 [...]

Mobb Deep – Conquer

Mobb Deep

Words can’t express how happy I am that the Mobb Deep we all know and love is back. Tracks like this allow me to get over the hurt that was that G-Unit experiment. Check out, “Conquer,” from their upcoming Black Cocaine EP that drops on November 21st. Download: Mobb Deep – Conquer Spread The Good [...]

JYoung The General – Red, Black, Green feat. T. Calmese & Jamall Bufford (prod. Nick Speed)

“Red, Black & Green” is the second single from Detroit emcee JYoung The General‘s EP Black History Year: Installment Two. Backed by a gritty sample by G-Unit in-house producer Nick Speed (Danny Brown, Elzhi, G-Unit), JYoung joins fellow Michiganders T. Calmese and Jamall Bufford (a.k.a. Buff1) to wax poetic about the Pan-African flag. Each emcee [...]

JYoung The General – Black History Year: Installment Two

Michigan emcee JYoung The General has joined forces with KevinNottingham.com and dN|Be Apparel to present the second installment of his Black History Year series. Just like the first installment which was released a year ago, Black History Year Installment Two is executively produced by Nick Speed (who has produced for G-Unit, Danny Brown and eLZhi). [...]

JYoung The General – Panthers feat. One Be Lo, Mae Day, & J.A.E.

JYoung The General is using his Black History Year series of EPs with producer Nick Speed (G-Unit, eLZhi, Danny Brown) to raise awareness of black issues without compromising entertainment. To jumpstart the KevinNottingham.com-sponsored Black History Year: Installment Two, JYoung teams up with three of Michigan’s best to school listeners about the Black Panther Party. JYoung, [...]

Jojo Pellegrino – Real Spit (prod. Frank Dukes)(video)

Through high school, I was a real big underground New York pundit. I was a fan first but around my circle I became that go-to pundit. This was from 1998-2002 so in that time, mixtapes were REALLY big. DJ Clue, Whoo Kid, Green Latern, and the Streetsweepers were dominant; G-Unit was everywhere; D Block had [...]

The Best Of 2010

Janelle Monae

2010 has finally come to a close and what a year it was! The year in music started off slow but boy did it pick up with releases from The Roots, The Left, Danny Brown, Black Milk, and a list of events that made 2010 a great year for hip-hop. But 2010 wasn’t the year [...]

T. Calmese – 2099

New music from the homie T. Calmese on deck! Check out ” 2099″ produced by Nick Speed from T‘s upcoming album Dreamknock. Download: T. Calmese – 2099 Spread The Good Word! Tweet

50 Cent x Cee-Lo Green – Fuck You (Freestyle)

If you’ve known me for some time, you know that I used to be 50 Cent/G-Unit’s biggest fan. Long before ANYONE around my city of Detroit knew who he was. When I first heard 50 Cent in 1998 on Onxy’s, “React,” I knew there was something about him that the world would soon know. THEN [...]

Danny Brown – S.O.S. (video)

Danny Brown’s back with his newest video to, “S.O.S.” Check it out! Props to the homie FWMJ over at RappersIKnow for the video! via RappersIKnow Spread The Good Word! Tweet