Hip-Hop
Walter French – “Racks In The Middle” (Phreemix) [Video]
Fear ‘That Gold Beard’ of Georgia-born and Cali-bred Walter French. Realness comes through when he is spitting his writtens. Exhibit A: The Nipsey Hussle ‘Racks In The Middle’ tribute he put down (above). It is fire, but to me, the fire comes from what is burning on the inside… feelings of futility and loss over Neighborhood Nip being taken from us when he was trying to give so much back.
I scoured Walter’s social media and found almost nothing on the first pass, but then his Facebook fan page gave up two family-sized bags of primo black pekoe (tea).
(Click here to keep reading his bio on Facebook)
Check out a bonus visual embedded after the jump. Shout to Jay Ali. Saw dude as result of his feed #DopeByAssociation
– @ojones1
Bun B. & Wife Queenie Speak On Their Traumatic Home Invasion And How They Are Moving Forward (Video)
Violent B&E. Home invasion. Both of these are bad ideas. Then the criminal finds out it’s Bun and his arsenal he is facing… BAD news. And the shots ringing out. Dammit man. Dude is finished!! Not dead, but the criminal was dead wrong and paid that price.
Bun B. And Wife Queenie drop in to tell us all the details about the home invasion that shook them up and how Bun B.’s reputation proceeded him in this instance. Plus, the rapper’s lawyer joins to help explain how this isn’t a crime story but a love story with a gun.
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
Charles ‘Big Angry’ Adams, friend and lawyer, put the accents on the story, too. Crazy! Must watch.
(Plus Queenie is a REAL one. Her and Bun B. REALNESS!)
4-IZE – “Tight 32 Challenge” (Freestyle) [Video]
Ah ha! Patchwerk Studio hosted 4-IZE for a dope freestyle. Good idea. And a dope ‘Emcee Of The Month’ visual. Check out Bro4’s #Tight32Challenge
– @ojones1
Khalid Salaam – “Plenty Of Fish” feat. Boog Brown
Ill poetic with the sultry talk! A+ lust-love-life lyricals from Khalid Salaam and feature emcee Boog Brown on this jawn! All about the Black love. Plus, I have always loved me some Boog Brown.
Khalid Salaam drops “Plenty Of Fish” from the new “Barehand Fisherman” album. The song was produced by himself and features Detroit’s own, Boog Brown, whom you may be familiar with from her Mellow Music debut “Brown Study” album produced entirely by Apollo Brown, as well as her other phenomenal projects to follow. This was a beautiful pairing of tones and clever wording in which both compliment the other in the manner that opposites should.
KHALID SALAAM – PLENTY OF FISH FEAT. BOOG BROWN
– @ojones1
Avrex – “Seasons Change” feat. Guru x KrumbSnatcha x Big Shug (Video)
RIP to Keith Elam aka GURU. And respek on the name Avrex and on the names of the Gangstarr Foundation fellows that stepped up to make this tribute happen. One time for the late great. Salute!
Avrex features his Gangstarr affiliates founding members Guru and Big Shug on a classic remix. He also gets help from his cousin KrumbSnatcha in this tribute to the late great Guru.The video has unreleased person family photos never seen before by the public until now! Avrex puts the track listing from the classic Gangstarr album “Moment of Truth” in his entire verse. This is a clever and witty way to pay homage to the legendary group Gangstarr. The intro consists of a shoutout from Guru’s nephew Justin Ruffin Elam. Production credits from Gambit Ent. (Germany). The song will be featured on Avrex’s upcoming album “Growth” set to release this spring.
– @ojones1
Sheek Louch – “Good Good” feat. Uncle Murda
YUP! She got that “Good Good”… and Sheek and Murda mean exactly what you think! And they get RAW with it in this collabo.
Sheek Louch is back with his first single off his Beast Mode 3 Ep. “Good Good” features your favorite Brooklynite Uncle Murda as Sheek and him spit slaying bars about slaying broads. The track adorns that classic Ohio Players “Pride” and Vanity sample that Hip-Hop heads might remember from Mary J Blige’s “What’s the 411?”. “Beast Mode 3” is dropping later this month with features from Styles P, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Havoc, and Whispers.
SHEEK LOUCH – GOOD GOOD FEAT. UNCLE MURDA
– @ojones1
4-IZE – “A Million And One Questions†(Freestyle) [Video]
HA! He snapped with ‘Infinity Stone’ type behavior on the classic Jigga track… just like he was supposed to (as expected). Get ’em 4-IZE. GET ‘EMMMMM!!!
– @ojones1
Young Buck – “SkyScraper” (Video)
Man oh man, do you see that thick sexy woman in this visual!? Buck must be doing something right in this life, or maybe he did something worthy in the one before. Yeezus WEST!
New video from Young Buck, “SkyScraper” taken from his “Compulsive” EP available now!
DOWNLOAD: YOUNG BUCK – COMPULSIVE (EP)
– @ojones1
OT The Real x Big Ooh – “Launch Pad Freestyle” with DJ E Dubble (Video)
Yoooooo! These dudes can go!! Just posted OT The Real freestyling a few days ago on here. And you can check for Big Ooh now, too. Enjoy the “Launch Pad Freestyle” above.
– @ojones1
Jarren Benton x Demrick x Emilio Rojas – “One Week Notice Cypher” (Prod. By Kato) [Video]
Jarren Benton (Atlanta), Demrick (Philadelphia), and Emilio Rojas (New York) spit from the lyrical click-clack over the Kato-On-The-Track track. Full LP “One Week Notice” is out now on iTunes.
– @ojones1
Dr. Sebi’s Former Wife Ma’a & His Son Sesa Speak On The Coming Documentary And To Address Rumors (Video)
Wow. So, Dr. Sebi’s son Sesa says Nick Cannon is the only one who reached to tell the Doc’s story; not Nipsey Hussle. Worth leaning in and listening intensely to this clip for that tidbit and other insights.
Former wife of the late Dr. Sebi, Ma’a & his son Sesa stopped by Ebro In The Morning to bring clarity to misunderstandings, and confusion about the herbalist and healer whose name recently surfaced once again after the passing of Nipsey Hussle.
They also spoke on Left Eye & the last days of her life, whether Magic Johnson was really cured of HIV, Nick Cannon reaching out to complete the Dr. Sebi documentary, and also told stories of people who had used their program.
– HOT 97
Ma’a just might end up getting that hashtag to trend (mentioned it in another interview posted on here)… #WereYouThere
How Does Will Smith Feel About That “Bel-Air” Trailer? (Video)
Remember that Morgan Cooper trailer he put out for his idea “Bel-Air” (see the post on the trailer here). Why not ask Will? Matter of fact, why not have Will AND Morgan speak about it?
Yeah.
– @ojones1
Mysonne – “F*** Gucci” (Video)
Well, make it clear Mysonne. And clearer still… we’re talking the brand and business that has crossed a line with lots of Black people recently… NOT Gucci Mane.
– @ojones1
Tray Deee Remembers Nipsey Hussle As Charitable & Courageous For Staying In His Hood And Doing Business (Video)
I saw a commenter on this YouTube clip state: “I hate speaking on Nipsey in past tense.” So do I, Curry Shot You. So do I.
Tray Deee spoke to VladTV about no other rapper giving back to their community like Nipsey Hussle. He explained that while Nipsey was small in stature, he had heart and stood for what he represented. Tray Deee added that Nipsey had a passion for his businesses and was able to take his love for his Crenshaw neighborhood and turn it into a brand.
– @ojones1
070 Phi – “Love Is Love” (Video)
You hear that lyrical fire coming from one of the Mass Appeal Starting 5. It’s 070 Phi, and “Love Is Love”… always. Like real Hip-Hop, and it don’t stop!
– @ojones1
DJ Kay Slay – “Rhyme Or Die” feat. OT the Real x Bakeman Global x RJ Payne (Freestyle Cypher) [Video]
Warming up around here. Even hot in the Shade… Shade 45, that is. Especially with this cypher DJ Kay Slay is bringing us. Dude said he’s got that East Coast flow like The Delaware! DOPE! OT The Real, Bakeman Global, RJ Payne… LET’S GO!!!
– @ojones1
Chris Rivers – “Birds” feat. Avery (Prod. By Rod The Producer) [Video]
Chris Rivers is back with visuals for his song “Birds†(featuring Avery). Rod The Producer provides the beat work. The song itself is about dealing with a breakup, while trying to cope, at a house party. However, he keeps seeing relationship reminders, and he cannot shake the thoughts or the feeling.
– @ojones1
Masta Ace x Marco Polo – “The Fight Song” feat. Pharoahe Monch (Video)
Did he say he would NOT pray for leather shoes because got blessed by God with flip-flops to walk in this Hip-Hop?? Wooooo! Y’all hear this? Do you FEEL this? Well, play it again if you do. Or keep playing it ’til you do. Blessed barz! Another heater off “A Breukelen Story” by Masta Ace & Marco Polo, featuring Pharoahe Monch. This is “The Fight Song.”