Harlem, New York emcee Vado releases an official music video for "Check-N-Cash" featuring Manolo Rose. The clip was directed by Itchy House Films. Check it out below.
Lil Durk puts in good effort on his freestyle, talks about Iggy and explains that everyone doesn't freestyle. The crew also calls out the scared rappers who can't spit.
Check out the latest from rapper Mac Miller. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native calls this one "I Got This Beat In My Head." Take a listen up top and sound off in the comment section below.
Chief Keef a.k.a. Sosa is back on the scene with a new song entitled "Psych Ward." The tune was produced by Ace Bankz. What do you think of Keef's latest? Let us know in the comment section below.
Take a listen to Snootie Wild's collaboration with Boosie Badazz entitled "Hatin." The song was produced by Big Wayne. You like the way it knocks? Let us know in the comment section below.
Suge Knightis in bad physical shape as he sits in a Los Angeles jail cell waiting for his trial for the murder of Terry Carter, and the attempted murder ofCle "Bone" Sloan.
The former co-owner of Death Row Records has been rushed to the hospital several time for various ailments. TMZ reports that doctors want to perform an MRI to see if they can determine what is causing Suge to keep passing out, but a bullet fragment lodged in his head from the 1996 shooting of Tupac Shakur interferes with the test.
Knight refuses to have the fragment removed because he believes he might die given his poor health, according to his attorney, Mathew Fletcher.
Check out Dave East's new single entitled "By Any Means." The track was produced V. Don. Check it out up top and sound off in the comment section below.
Super producerV Dondrops off an incredible body of some of his most banging instrumentals on his new mixtape entitledLost Gemz. Songs fromSmoke DZA, Jae Millz, Ar-Ab, Dark Lo, 2 Chainz, Bodega Bamz, Willie The Kidand many more are included.
Meek Mill drops off a new freestyle over Drake's "Energy" instrumental. Take a listen up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
Face Fly who hails originally from Chicago, by of Atlanta,
drops his debut solo project
produced entirely by FiyamanDaGreat. Joints to check for include the single "Money Man", "Maserati" , "Winning" & the title track "Mayweather". Stack Or Starve handles the hosting duties, while Face Fly drops anthems & summer influenced hits. Stream & Download via Live Mixtapes
It's Bizkit sits down with Tsu Surf - @Tsu_Surf to highlight his win over Tay Roc and talk about the recent homage from the OVO front man, Drake. #STUDIOBIZ
Kamasi Washington (saxophone) and Miles Mosley (bass) improvise a tune live in Cosmic Zoo studios before having a long conversation with Intuition on the Kinda Neat podcast.
This week we sat down with saxophonist, composer, and jazz aficionado Kamasi Washington. His latest record The Epic (released on Brainfeeder) is a 3 hour dreamscape journey through the mind of a master craftsman. The Los Angeles jazz scene seemingly revolves around a large group of friends who’ve been playing music together since childhood (when I asked Kamasi how long he’d known Thundercat his response was “Since he was in his mom’s belly"). Their names–Kamasi, Terrace, Thundercat, Ronald, Miles, Ambrose, etc–have recently been coming to the forefront because so many of them worked on Kendrick‘s To Pimp A Butterfly record but, make no mistake, they’ve all been honing their craft in a vibrant LA scene for years. Hear us talk about how he almost ended up as a physicist instead of a musician, how playing hip hop live changed his thoughts on how to play jazz, and how the saxophone chose him and not the other way around.
Sheek Louch bounces right back with a new freestyle over Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar's"Hood Gone Love It." Take a listen up top and be on the lookout for Sheek's project, Silverback Gorilla 2, coming soon.
Ronda Rousey is dominating her competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championships, and in the process she's becoming one of the most recognized athletes in the the world.
She lands on the cover of Sports Illustrated's May 13 issue, where she is dubbed The World's Most Dominant Athlete. Looking at the UFC women's bantamweight champion's record of 11-0, it's hard to argue that Ronda isn't the best of the best.
The 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist in Judo has parlayed her success in the ring to land acting and modeling gigs.
Ronda sat down withGood Morning America recently to talk about her new book “My Fight/Your Fight,” her dad's suicide when she was 8-year's old, her mom being a huge source of inspiration, overcoming homelessness and more.
“It’s not really a memoir and it’s not really a self-help book,” Rousey said on “Good Morning America” of her book “My Fight/Your Fight,” out today. “It’s a little bit more a mature themed book. It’s a life story and life isn't PG rated.”
Rousey would know. Born with her umbilical cord around her neck, she didn’t talk until she was 4.
“We lost my dad, and that was a hard time,” she said. “And my mom had all of us to take care of by herself, which was really hard for her.”
Then, her father took his own life when she was eight. As a young girl, she discovered that her mom had been a judo champion, so that became her path.
“My mom if you're sick is like the most nurturing, sweet, beautiful person. And it’s funny with the injury she’s like ‘Walk it off!’” Rousey joked. “But if you cough she’s like, ‘Oh, my baby, are you okay?’ So the second I get sick, I’m like, ‘Call mom, it’s nurture time!’”
Rousey remembers long cars rides for hours where her mom would pump her up, trying to build confidence.
“‘You’re faster than them and you’re stronger than them and you have great left uchimada. And your genetics are great.’ And then she would just keep pulling for stuff like, ‘Your hair is so shiny that it will reflect the light into their eyes and could distract them and then you could pounce on them in that moment,’” Rousey remembered of her mom’s encouragement.
Ransom continues to keep heads nodding with regularity as he continues to drop new freestyles. On this latest one he goes in on The Notorious B.I.G's"Kick in the Door" instrumental.