Snoop Dogg and Norton Antivirus. Now those are words that we’d never thought we‘d see in the same sentence.
Snoop Dogg and Synmantec’s Norton teamed up to bring you “Hack is Wack,” a cybercrime rap contest. Users head over to www.HackIsWack.com, create an account and upload a two-minute video with them rapping about cybercrime.
The grand prize [...]

If you had told us a couple of years back that Rick Ross would be one of our favorite rappers, we would have given you the Prince side eye with no hesitation. However, now that we’re entering the final stretch of 2010, we think it’s safe to say that dude really killed it in 2010, [...]

We imagine that this Jihae track is how Weezy sees and hears the world, the gaps in the beat slowly getting filled with breathy phrases. This is solid headphone music right here, folks, perfect for late nights spent on Adobe Creative Suit or silk sheets.

Hip hop fans have to be the most impatient and most demanding fans, by far, compared to any modern genre.  If an artist hasn’t put out any new material (song, mixtape, album, ect.) within half a year or so, that rapper is considered more or less dead, or at least someone with a sorry work [...]

When news hit earlier this month about a collaboration between musical whipping-boy Justin Bieber, legendary Wu Tang Clan member Raekwon, and multi-talented composer Kanye West, many were calling for a riot and the ditching of respect for the latter two names.  The thought of two honorable figures in the hip hop world working with a [...]

Ever since Dipset thrived in it’s short-lived prime, we’ve always held Cam’ron in our highest regard when it came to guilty pleasures.  Killa Cam might not have the same lyrical skills or presence as hip hop’s most acclaimed or prolific artists, but his nursery rhymes and pure honesty has kept us engaged unlike any other [...]

’Til My Tape Pop is the weekly musings and over-analysis of John Calderon, a man whose relationship with music is so deep, complicated and inextricable that it may be illegal in some states. This week, John lets his ridiculousness run wild (as usual) with reality show ideas for potential down-on-their-luck singers and [...]

We like to think that we’re up on all the cool things going on in the world. So when we discover an artist that we just can’t stop playing around our wacky office, we immediately get obsessed. Buff1 is definitely one of those artists. We heart him so much that we featured him on our [...]

Not too long ago, we were complaining how Freddie Gibbs was not getting the right amount of attention compared to his less-deserving peers.  Since the release of his Str8 Killa No Filla mixtape and his Str8 Killa EP, Gibbs has soared in acclaim and popularity right before our eyes in a flash.  We still believe [...]

Detroit has had a hard time gaining the attention it deserves.  Even though the struggling Midwest city has put out acclaimed rappers and producers, it has never been able to attain the shine that New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta have garnered with mainstream audiences.  We don’t think it’s a media agenda, but just another [...]