Hip-Hop
Fabolous – “Cold Summer”
You ever had a cold in the summer. That sh!t be the worst. It gets better though…
Just like the rhymes. Fab starts strong and gets stronger over a beat that starts out banging and ends up banging even harder. Man, a Fabolous mixtape release is an EVENT! Highly anticipated! Especially with heat like this.
FABOLOUS – SUMMERTIME SHOOTOUT 3 (MIXTAPE)
– @ojones1
T.K. Kirkland Speaks On Being A Player (Video)
Now THIS is some PIMPIN’ from a REAL player. And no, I am not overdoing it with the caps and emphasis. Just watch and listen as T.K. puts the game out there for FREE. Some real talk. Learn something from this interview young’uns.
Comedian T.K. Kirkland has several upcoming shows and a new special out now. He stopped by Sway In The Morning to talk about that and more.
– SWAY’S UNIVERSE
– @ojones1
Ruste Juxx – “How Itz Done” feat. King Magnetic x iLL Conscious (Video)
Barz and beatz this hard deserve a hard push. And Ruste Juxx & Tone Spliff are pushing their “Magma” heat rocks out the top of the mountain. Plenty of shouts to Sean Price (RIP) in the verses, too. Respect. Suckas and wack ones need to Duck Down.
This is that SLAP!
RUSTE JUXX X TONE SPLIFF – MAGMA (ALBUM)
– @ojones1
Fabolous – “Talk To Me Nicely” feat. Meek Mill
Another one from the new F-A-B-O mixtape project. This time Meek Mill wants in. See what he does with Fab on this “Talk To Me Nicely†single.
FABOLOUS – SUMMERTIME SHOOTOUT 3 (MIXTAPE)
– @ojones1
Young M.A x Max YB x Korleone | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #138 (Video)
So is that how Flex is doing it now? Calling up known spitters like Dave East, and now Young M.A, and telling them to bring their new blood through to do what they do. Bet!
Nothing like them HUNGRY emcees going hard with the BARZ! Max YB (repping New Jersey) and Korleone (coming out of Brownsville Brooklyn)… it’s on YOU!
– @ojones1
JR Writer Speaks On His Relationship With Dipset & His Continuous Career Push Forward (Video)
Sometimes the radio time is just about an interview. But with JR Writer on deck… can we get back to the BARZ, bro? The answer (in the video above) is YES!
– @ojones1
Little Brother Speaks On Nostalgia, The New Album & Giving Hip-Hop ‘A Shower’ (Video)
Welcome to the revolution gotdammit!
An hour strong of Little Brother, giving listeners all kinds of LB-Minstrel-Show-and-mo’ energy! Interesting talk about other aspects of Pooh & Phonte’s hustles.
– @ojones1
Colton Dunn Tells The Story Of “Rapper’s Delightâ€â€¦ Drunk (Video)
Not just Drunk History. Drunk Hip-Hop History! I already like the show, but this episode… all the more awesome!
In the early days of hip-hop, Sylvia Robinson assembled the Sugarhill Gang to record the world-changing song “Rapper’s Delight.â€
– Comedy Central
Big Bank Hank aka ‘The Rapping Pizza Guy.’ Haaaa!
– @ojones1
Tall Black Guy – “Remixes And Tings” (Vol​. ​1) [Mixtape]
Hey. Tall Black Guy Productions just released “Remixes And Tings” (Vol. 1) and hit us in the inbox right then. We checked it out ASAP – between ‘turkey burps’ – because we’re smart and because we are Hip-Hop. How about you?
Eminem x Conway The Machine x Westside Gunn x Benny The Butcher – Bang (Remix)
If you do not admit to being an extra level of excited, and a bit scared, when you read the title line for this post… I don’t think you are (1) true school Hip-Hop and/or (2) you are not being honest with yourself.
Then again, maybe you just don’t know what bound to happen when Eminem & Griselda Gang go “Bang!”
(And hooooot daaaayum! Em shot some SHOTS in this; listen for the dissin’ if you dare.)
– @ojones1
Onyx – “Kill Da Mic” (Prod. By Snowgoons) [Video]
Another grimy sneak attack off the “SnowMads†album (out now) by Onyx & Snowgoons! Check out the sounds and visuals for “Kill Da Mic” above.
ONYX X SNOWGOONS – SNOWMADS (ALBUM)
– @ojones1
Dave East x D Jones x King Shooter x Rich Rhymer | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #132 (Video)
Uh oh. Dave East is here, and he brought back up! The BAR talk is now beyond TREACHEROUS for whoever comes next and comes with any less lyrical firepower! The BAR has been raised past the danger zone. DEFCON 1 level BARZ only on Funk Flex’s freestyle sessions from now on!
Philly D Jones aka Jonesy… Queensbridge @KingShooter… Harlemworld Rich Rhymer… The spotlight is on you, too. SHINE!
– @ojones1
LL Cool J Speaks On The Business & Culture Of Hip-Hop (Video)
LL Cool J was soooo serious in that movie though… “Box!” Sway appropriately gives up all kinds of props to the born James Todd Smith, the G.O.A.T. Uncle L. And LL breaks down where the business was, is, and where it could go and more. His history and making history. The talk about it all on this episode of Sway In The Morning.
Hip-Hop legend LL Cool J tells classic stories of his career about Mike Tyson, Jay-Z, Harlem gangsters Alpo and Rich Porter and more.
– SWAY’S UNIVERSE
– @ojones1
Hermetic Order – “3rd Day” feat. GZA x Killah Priest (Video)
Tripping. ACID tripping!
The LAST thing I would have expected for a video treatment of this “3rd Day” single… is a He-Man motif.
– @ojones1
Fabolous – “B.O.M.B.S.”
Dopeness attracts dopeness. Universal Hip-Hop law. Some dope tracks, and dope features, on Fabolous’ “Summertime Shootout 3” mixtape!
Check this “B.O.M.B.S.” jawn out.
FABOLOUS – SUMMERTIME SHOOTOUT 3 (MIXTAPE)
– @ojones1
Hit Producers Share Their Blueprints For Producers (Video)
If you are trying to make money, you should find some money makers and really listen to what they are telling you. Likewise, if you are trying to make beats… Click play above and lean in!
At the REVOLT Summit’s Beatmaker panel for Los Angeles, hit producers Bryan Michael Cox, Murdabeatz, Hit-Boy, Sounwave, & Terrace Martin discuss the tools available for upcoming producers, and stresses the importance of staying consistent.
– REVOLT TV
– @ojones1
Ebro Gives Props To Jalen Rose For His Wave Game & Off-Court Commentary On The Game (Video)
Daaaamn. Of course, we all knew… but Jalen actually spoke on the Lebron [hair]line situation.
(Oh, maybe they talk a bit of b-ball, too. Ha!)
Jalen Rose On LaVar Ball, Stephen A. Smith, Knicks & Colin Kaepernick
– HOT 97
Big K.R.I.T. – “Ballad Of The Bass” (My Sub V)
Big K.R.I.T. decided to get it jumping out the motherf**kin’ trunk with this “Ballad Of The Bass” (another banger off the “K.R.I.T. Iz Here†LP)!
BIG K.R.I.T. – K.R.I.T. IZ HERE (ALBUM)
– @ojones1
‘The Therapist’ Talks To Joey Bada$$ (Video)
All is love…
But sometimes we are just too far down to feel its warmth. We need help sometimes. Sometimes, we need help to learn that we need help in that way.
I like the way the doc inches into the depths with Joey at the start. Joey being allowed to talk. Talking to somebody, esp. a professional, is a good thing… that can bring us back to better things (like full wellness and good mental/emotional health).
Joey Bada$$ grapples with the suicide of friend and fellow rapper, Capital Steez.
– Noisey
– @ojones1
Ruste Juxx – “Permanent Damage” feat. Skanks The Rap Martyr x Pee General x DJ Eclipse (Prod. By BigBob) [Video]
You really don’t want Ruste Juxx to back out on you. Best case scenario is dude cancelling on a show (as opposed to putting ’16 in ya melon’).
This boom-bap exhibit of classic-style roughneck Hip-Hop music is presented in visual form as “Permanent Damage”… which appears on the new LP (official release soon, pre-order link available now).
BIGBOB PRESENTS RUSTE JUXX – CULTURALLY RICH (PRE-ORDER)
– @ojones1