XO feat Raheem Devaughn-"Take Home"

New video from D.C.'s XO featuring the Mid-Atlantic's favorite, Raheem Devaughn. Usually not a fan of "sexy rap" but this joint is kinda cool. Might be listening too hard...but it don't sound like buddy reached for any condoms in this song...dude just went in. Practice safe sex people. [Read More/Comments]

Random Jam: The Coup-'Takin These" (1994)

Browsing the web I stumbled across this site that had The Coup's "Taking These" CD single available for download. Got my mind going and figured I'd share this jam with ya'll.

I know NWA (and then G-Unit...I guess) called themselves "the World's Most Dangerous Rap Group"...but, I think that title is more fitting for The Coup. I mean, damn, just look at their name...The Coup. That speaks volumes in itself. I mean, The Coup pretty much made audio versions of Black Panther Party pamphlets and The Anarchist Cookbook over some of the funkiest beats you'll ever find.

But the thing I dug about them most was that while you could call them "conscious" they were real more than anything else. They were from Oakland and still made songs with folks Spice 1, E-40 and Ant Banks...unlike other "conscious" rappers who feel like they are too good, uppity or saintly to make songs with certain artists.

"Takin These" was the second single from their sophomore album Genocide & Juice and its pretty much about robbing folks. But not robbing people that live next door to you...but rather rich corporations that set up shop in the community but do nothing to help it out. They talk about overthrowing factories and taking the spoils back to the hood to feed the hungry. Think Robin Hood in white tee.

Crazy...this video was made in 1994. I can't imagine in 2010 that we'll ever see a video featuring a bunch of poor Black people running up in mansions and office building hanging rich white guys out of windows and talk about about "throwing the Mayor's body in the ocean to see if it would sink or float." [Read More/Comments]

Pill-"Thoughts"

Photo by Maurice Garland


Pill-"Thoughts"

Pill has been on twitter for the last week and some change promising to lock himself back in the studio and bare his soul and "Thoughts" is the first fruit of his labor. No hooks or bridges. Just Pill getting some stuff off his mind, revealing the experiences that made him who he is and even his twisted idea of what paradise is. Its also the first leak from his next mixtape 1140: The Overdose

Produced by Teknowlogy

Previously: Pill Covers Creative Loafing [Read More/Comments]

Playboy Tre: "Look At This Sh*t" car rental

Playboy Tre is back with another video from his "Look At This Sh*t" video series. This time he, B-Rich and TJ Chapman find themselves at the jankiest car rental place in California. Comedy. [Read More/Comments]

Shawty Lo Ft. Luda, The-Dream & Gucci Mane “A-Town”

Well...I'm not really the biggest fan of this song. Sounds like a Hip Hop version of that "ATL" song that Dallas Austin, Monica and them made a couple years ago. But yeah, who am I? Gucci verse go hard though. [Read More/Comments]

Killa Kyleon feat. Z-Ro-"Swang Real Wide"

Killa Kyleon feat. Z-Ro-"Swang Real Wide"

I'm a couple days late on this one...but giat dayum this shit jammin. Killa Kyleon always been dope and has been doing his thing for years. But it looks like in 2010 he's really gonna get noticed beyond his Slim Thug/Boss Hogg Outlawz affiliation, on a national level at least.

This track "Swang Real Wide" was produced by Sound Mob and mixed by the homie Cory Mo.

The above video is some studio footage the homie Naz got of Z-Ro laying down his part of the song. I'm also glad to see Z-Ro fucking with more people too. When I interviewed him for Ozone a year and some change ago, he said he was going to start collaborating with more of his Houston peers.

Song spotted at DGB

Killa Kyleon's video for his "I Wanna Rock" freestyle is after the jump.


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Freddie Gibbs-"How We Do" (Live)

Cool stuff. This was one of my favorite joints off of Freddie Gibbs' re-introductory mixtape The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs. He goes in over Souls of Mischief's "93 Til Infinity" instrumental. Crazy, I remember him telling me he was kinda iffy over rapping on this beat. Glad he did though.

Spotted at NR

And don't forget, February 20th, Gibbs and Yelawolf will be headlining the Digital Media Tour when it stops in Atlanta at the 529 in the East Atlanta Village. Tickets are $12. Cop now, the place can get packed pretty fast.

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Ludacris feat. Yelawolf and Rock City-"How Low" (official remix)

Ludacris feat. Yelawolf and Rock City-"How Low" remix

Everybody put their foot into this track. 'Bout time Luda and Yela hopped on a track together...a birdie told me Luda was running from it. [Read More/Comments]

Put A Mandingo In Ya Mouth

Pretty much everybody I talk to via Gchat asks me where the hell do I find videos like this at. I honestly do not know. But, let me assure you of this. I was not on the internet googling "mandingo." I was looking for something else, an ad popped up, I investigated and waa-laah...I come across Mandingo Roots Tonic Wine.

This is crazy...its like the real life Anaconda Malt Liquor from Black Dynamite. Hope this stuff doesn't give you "oooooooo." [Read More/Comments]

The Remnant feat. Scar-"Know This"

Ay...I'm really feeling this joint. I don't know alot about these brothers other than we obviously have a few mutual friends around these parts. The homie Scar is on the hook though and these cats did their thing with the verses. Lovely song and dope video. Check it out. [Read More/Comments]