Malik Ninety Five + Mid City AB - Knock The Hustle [Freestyle]

Brand new music from Malik Ninety Five assisted by Mid City AB. Crazy new track, really feeling the replay ability of this joint.

Negus + Muddy Cup Buddy - Living Proof (Prod by LEWKAINEBEATS)

Another BANGING new track from the CGB Camp. This time a record entitled "Living Proof"! Peep the new heat after the jump.... #CGBSounds

House Of The Young Recap: The Review

A night full of local talent, on a platform created by Film Maker/Event Planner, Edward Buckles, House Of The Young, an important night for The City of New Orleans.

House Of The Young Recap: The Edward Buckles Interview

The Point Guard of such an important night of events deserves a large amount of credit. E Buckles, the film maker, the event planner deserves just that.

Letter To The Unpopular 2

One of my favorite pieces from 2014 was Letter To The Unpopular, I loved it so much that I decided to do a part 2.

The Hip Hop Gospel

Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays to everyone reading this. I love you guys so much for the love, and support throughout this year. I cant begin to explain how grateful I am to be able to spread my work to such accepting, and open supporters. God has truly blessed me. I wanted to deliver an article that everyone could love. Here it is. 

Kash Akbar vibing with Negus x Soul Sessions [Single]

Another Negus banger on the site, this time he's assisting mellow vibed spitta Kash Akbar with this dope new Soul Sessions record, peep out the record after the jump...

Music Monday

Back with another week of dope tunes from some of the hottest local artist, peep them out after the jump...

Welcome To 2014 Forest Hills Drive

This is way more than an album review....

Rap songs that you never expect to hear, then you hear: A Shaq And Zack Rap Convo

Just another rap conversation between 2 rap heads..check out what we came up with after the jump....


 

Music Monday

Back with another Monday of the hottest tunes from some of the dopest artist! Check them out after the jump...

Negus, Neno Calvin, Tokey Hefner, EL Kidd - Beignets x Bass [Single]

Only a few weeks away from their highly anticipated Winter Bash Concert at The Carver Theatre, Negus, Neno Calvin, Tokey Hef, and El Kidd team up for a MONSTROUS new record for the streets of New Orleans, properly named Beignets x Bass. Peep the flame after the jump....

Two sides of rap, NBA vs And1: A Shaq and Zack Rap Convo

We talk about rap....alot.

Lol when you stumble across a chance for a great analogy, don't pass it up, especially when it involves Rap or Basketball, or in this case...BOTH! 

We all remember the glory days of And1 Mixtape basketball right? Sick crossovers, high flying dunks, action packed, fun, exhilarating basketball. Not nearly as serious, and structured as NBA Basketball. The current state of the rap game reminds me of that very contrast. On one side there’s the trap music, the turn up music, heavily based out of the south, where the loose, usually strip club influenced form of rap originated. On the other side there’s lyrical rap, sticking to the true roots of Hip Hop, delivered from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Big Krit, and more. These artist, the lyrical artist, are the NBA. Like the NBA, they’re structured, traditional, competitive, more serious, seemingly chasing after a concrete goal, conscious of their actions, and the things that they say at all times. Artist such as Migos, Young Thug, Juicy J, Rich Homie Quan, and others who make the turn up music, or the trap music, are the And1 Mixtape crew. Like the And1 mixtape ballers, these artist are interested primarily in entertaining the masses, giving their listeners a good time, less serious, no real structured plan for the outcome of their music other than to provide those previously mentioned services. Nothing is wrong with either of these leagues, I’ve always been an advocate for balance in rap. With J Cole set to drop on December 9^th, and Kendrick working on his highly anticipated follow up to GKMC, the lyrical side of rap is in good hands. And with Young Thug constantly making his way to the Urban Charts, and Migos dropping their banging Rich Nigga Timeline mixtape, the turn up side of rap is in good hands as well. One funny thing my homie Zack, and I joked about recently was the fact that people don’t even care what some of the Trap/Turn Up Music rappers are saying these days, so much so, that it isn’t even clear what they are saying on some of the most popular of songs. (See Young Thug’s Lifestyle). That’s all on this subject though, just another random RadioShaq & Zack rap convo. Which league do you guys rock with harder? Drop Comments.

Music Monday

It's been awhile since I dropped a bunch of flame on a Monday, but I'm with the shits to start the week, this week. Got bangers from AK, DH, Mark Myles, . Check them out after the jump....

Black Lives Matter

Late last night, CNN reported that Ferguson Police Officer, Darren Wilson, would not be indicted in the murder of 18 Year Old college student, Mike Brown. It's now time to make sure that this corrupted country is never the same again. Shift The Culture. Black Lives Matter!

AK - Slim Reaper [Mixtape]

When you're #ThePlug like I am, you get a whole bunch of new music in your inbox on a daily basis. I had the pleasure of receiving a freestyle in my twitter mentions from New Orleans Westside Rapper, AK a few days ago and it prompted me to seek after more of his music. Well as I watched the Saints get busy on The Panthers, I saw AK promoting his new mixtape, Slim Reaper, and asked him to send it to me earlier. I bumped the entire mixtape, and i'll tell you how I felt about it after the jump.

Murda Mook, King of Battle Rap, King of BET Cypher

Murda Mook killed the 2014 Bet Hip Hop Awards Cypher, and put on for Battle Rap, Smack White, and The URL.