On Wednesday (August 25), T.I. came home for the red-carpet, Atlanta premiere of his new film Takers.  Held at Atlantic Station, a vast array of Tip’s peers were on hand to support him in former adversaries (DTP’s Chaka Zula), fellow artists (Angie Stone, Chilli) and socialities (Teyana Taylor, Real Housewives of Atlanta cast). The Grand Hustle founder made a […]

OG Houston rapper Trae The Truth is still standing strong through public discrimination in his battle against local radio station 97.9 The Box. New Can’t Ban The Truth mixtape begins with an introduction from WE ABN News, telling listeners how Trae’s music has been banned by the station.The title track, “Cant Ban The Truth” follows, […]

Welcome back to ChartWatch where I get to count down the top 50 in Hip Hop’s past week sales, show you the new releases, and make fun of subpar rappers (That’s my favorite part).  Now, I know some out there have taken issue with the fact that I have made fun of certain rappers.  You say “Why […]

This weekend, the 135th Street Agency celebrated their 5th anniversary with an exclusive BBQ & Fish Fry at El Patio of Talay Lounge in Harlem. Hosted by radio/tv personality FREE and VIBE editorial director Datwon Thomas, the 4th annual BBQ was attended by a mix of over 600 media, industry tastemakers and artists including Miguel, […]

Check out Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in a  “Smooth Off” contest. “Sneezing aint cool playa!”  

Last Thursday (August 19th) Snoop Dogg blew up a four-ton armored truck in the Las Vegas desert, to celebrate the 10 millionth player of the game Mafia Wars: Las Vegas. The game, which was created by popular social gaming company Zynga, was created to allow people run their own Mafia family. In addition to blowing up […]

There’s not a lot of certainty in the music world.  You can be on top of the charts one week and plummet the next.  One artist that has managed to maintain his sales peak is Eminem.   The Detroit artist climbs back into the number one spot with his latest album, Recovery.  Eminem sells 130,810 copies […]

Friday August 13th- Atlanta residents are preparing for the biggest show of the summer. It’s day 5 of the The Passion Pain and Pleasure Tour and the next stop is The Historic Fox Theater. Traffic is thick and excitement is in the atmosphere. Inside the “Opera House” where more than 4,600 hundred people eager to […]

Rick Ross has the internet on fire with this track, titled “Summas Mine.” Everyone is wondering if several lines are directed towards Young Jeezy, who many feel sent subliminal disses to Ross on his song titled “Death Before Dishonor.” The track definitely rattled Rick Ross’ crew, as Torch addressed the issue promptly right after Jeezy’s […]

Young Jeezy has released his highly anticipated mixtape, 1,000 Grams. The mixtape, which contains the controversial track "Death Before Dishonor," hit the internet today (August 12th). The 12-track mixtape, which was produced with DJ Scream, is a teaser to Jeezy’s official album Thug Motivation 101. "I took all the records I liked and flipped them my way," […]

It has been quite a bit of time since we did a Top 5 Dead or Alive. Why? We thought it would be a good idea to give you a break from the series. Well, we decided to come back for a bit and give you an unconventional Top 5 Dead or Alive, courtesy of […]

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ChartWatch for August 11, 2010 This week’s sales + albums dropping this week + me making the occasional joke + a hatred for all things Black Eyed Peas = ChartWatch.  That’s the formula.  Sometimes I tweak it a little.  For example, this week we don’t really have any albums dropping so that drops out of […]

    Much has already been made over Bun B’s Trill OG and the fanfare is warranted how that the album is here. The album gets started with Rap-A-Lot founder J. Prince proclaiming Bun B “a genius at work” then Bun B blazes over a Steve Below beat chocked full of organs and risqué guitars. […]

Christmas in July is behind us, but in little over five months, last minute of course, you’ll be running frantically to buy gifts for your loved ones. So why not get a heads up on what’s to come this holiday season… Over the past few years, video games have blown wide open in demographic expansion. We’re […]

Here’s another video from this new Hip-Hop group out of Florida.

Last Saturday (July 31), Atlanta’s King Plow Center played host to the 1st ever One MusicFest, a festival aimed at bringing cultural unity through music. The 10 hour festival was sparked by veteran promoter J. Carter after seeing De La Soul perform last August in Atlanta before a highly diverse crowd. De La was brought […]

ChartWatch for August 04, 2010 There are three things that I learned this week.  1) Even though it ain’t Hip Hop the Inception soundtrack is incredible.  It’s only a matter of time before an MC raps all over it.  Let’s just hope they’re good like Jay Electronica on Act 1 and not bad like…ummm, I […]

The Game is hustling like its his first time dropping an album. With the many delays of his R.E.D. Album, the Compton vet has opted to keep pushing with Brake Lights, his latest mixtape foray. DJ Skee put this one together for your listening pleasure and it features everybody from Rock Ross to Snoop Dogg, […]

B.O.B. returned to his Atlanta hometown Saturday for a free concert sponsored by MySpace Live and HP. Despite a torrential rainstorm hundreds of people took advantage of the $0 tickets and packed the Center Stage venue to watch B.O.B. and friends perform all their favorites. The ones that couldn’t attend viewed the event on Ustream […]