Dark Lo & Havoc “Mob Tales” + New Project ‘Extreme Measures,’ Drops 9/24

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Dark Lo is best known for bringing his signature gritty delivery and street bars over smooth, soulful production. Also known as “The Crook”, Dark Lo spent the majority of his young adult life in and out of prison. It wasn’t until Lo met AR-Ab that he turned his attention to hip […]

Premiere: NyceDaFuture And Havoc Join Forces To Let The Comp Know Who Is The “Boss Of The Bosses”

Over their careers Prodigy (RIP) and Havoc of Mobb Deep put the spotlight on many talented newcomers including Rapper Noyd, Big Twins, Ty Nitty, Godfather Pt. III, Un Pacino, NyceDaFuture, and most recently Flee Lord. If you’re not familiar with Nyce, just know he has been making music with P and Hav since the mid-2000s. […]

Legends Never Die: Prodigy (Episode 3)

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mobb Deep‘s monumental sophomore album The Infamous, I pause and say to myself, “Damn, Prodigy is really dead.” Prodigy has been gone for three years now. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when he passed. I was at work walking through the lobby, going […]

XP The Marxman, Supreme Cerebral & IceRocks Butcher the Competition In “Shrunken Heads” Video

XP the Marxman drops another vicious visual off his hit album Nomad titled “Shrunken Heads”. The hot joint was produced by burgeoning beat-smith IceRocks. The track pays homage to Prodigy (RIP) utilizing his vocals on the hook. XP recruits Supreme Cerebral to rock with him on the track. The visual is a dark, sinister, yet creative concept. […]

Spoda Rocks Out on ‘Loosie Smoke Pt. 1’ Project

Spoda is back with a new project titled Loosie Smoke Pt. 1. He showcased his skills all year with powerhouse freestyles and his album Full Court Press. Now he is back giving high energy bars over some hip hop favorites with no mercy. I kept telling people that Spoda is on the rise and this […]

St. Ivan The Terrible Stomps the Competition With ‘For Demo Purposes Only Vol. 3’ Mixtape

If you’re looking for a new hot tape to blast, go check out my man St. Ivan The Terrible aka IAmTerrible‘s new release For Demo Purposes Only Vol. 3. In my opinion, this is how a mixtape should sound like. A couple original songs and a couple joints over other cats’ records. This is definitely a barfest. I knew […]

The Legacy of Nas Doesn’t Stop At ‘Illmatic’

When you talk to the average hip hop fan about Nas and ask them what’s his best work, a good amount of the time you’ll hear Illmatic. If you ask them why, you usually get the cliche, “Man, the beats were incredible. He had DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Q-tip, and L.E.S. He painted […]

Jae Hussle & Kidd Called Quest Drop “The Streets Raised Me” Featuring Curt Laisi & El Ay

We have some new heat from Kidd Called Quest & Jae Hussle‘s project titled Reflections. The sizzling single is titled The Streets Raised Me featuring Curt Laisi and El Ay and is a spinoff of Mobb Deep’s “Streets Raised Me” track from their Murda Muzik album. It’s a hardcore melody with charismatic yet commanding flow over pulsating […]

Don’t Sleep On Bronx’s Own Whispers’ New “Sleep Deprivation” Video

“Never sleep on Whis” is the message in this visual freestyle entitled “Sleep Deprivation”. Whispers more than delivers with killer bars over Mobb Deep’s classic “Thug Muzik” instrumental. His Whispers Wizardly EP is dropping June 6th; just in time to heat up the Summer. So keep it locked…

Premiere: Rockwelz x John Jigg$ x Prodigy “Mxnxpxly MOBB” (Video)

Rockwelz premieres the third video “Mxnxpxly MOBB” off his recently released album titled “Rock Stories by AESOP.” The album is a compilation of records describing the growth from adolescences to manhood and addressing those trials and tribulations along the way. Rockwelz touches on those issues including young teenage boys playing the role as provider, families […]

Tragedy Khadafi: A Queensbridge Icon (Interview)

Tragedy Khadafi is a Queensbridge legend. He started from humble beginnings and overcame struggle to become the icon he is today. He inspired so many rappers through tough love and his unique style. He contributed a style and sound that hip hop artists respect and often duplicated over time. When he dropped Intelligent Hoodlum as […]

Mobb Deep’s Prodigy Joins Producer EyeonEyez On “Out Queens”

In 2017, producer EyeOnEyez connected with Hip Hop legend and icon Prodigy to record “Out Queens.” Sadly, Prodigy passed prematurely soon after. Just like his other work, this final track “Out Queens” utilizes EyeOnEyez signature sound: lush synths, haunting melodies, kamikaze trap drums and melt-your-face-off 808’s. In addition, EyeOnEyez will be releasing a visual for […]

Big Twins Takes Us On a Journey Through His ‘Grimey Life’ Album

Big Twins celebrates the release of his official debut LP, Grimey Life, with the internationally themed video for “Loyalty over Love” which features some of the last music video footage of Prodigy, who tragically passed away in June of 2017. Watch “Loyalty Over Love” Now: The visuals, which were directed by Scene 7 & Hostage […]

Big Twins Connects with His Fallen Brethren, Prodigy on “Loyalty Over Love”

Queensbridge rap kings Big Twins and the late Prodigy are calling out all the fake followers and phonies on the DJ B. Original-produced “Loyalty Over Love,” the final single from Twins’ forthcoming album, Grimey Life. In addition to being another great collaboration between two stellar rappers, it represents the final song they were able to […]

Tragedy Khadafi Releases New Single Featuring Havoc Titled “Stacked Aces”

New York City’s Queensbridge Houses legend Tragedy Khadafi unleashes a brand new album establishing his bonafides as one of the “builders” of modern hip hop! With a career that started all the way back in 1985, Tragedy is indeed considered one of the founders of NY hip hop having played a critical role in the […]

Illa Ghee Is Bringing the Smoke with ‘Suede Cigarettes’ (Interview)

Illa Ghee is smoking fans out with his latest project Suede Cigarettes. Delivery is always impeccable and powerful. The Rap God summoned a few dope hip hop greats on this latest installment. Earlier this year, we wrote a piece on his collaborative project with the late great Sean Price (RIP) entitled Metal Detectors. Illa definitely holds his […]

Mobb Deep Releases Unreleased “That’s the Thing” Track Featuring Melissa J

This is an unreleased Hip Hop & R&B Mobb Deep song featuring Melissa J. “That’s the Thing”, produced by Havoc, was recorded at Infamous Studios and mixed by Knoxxx. It was recorded right after Prodigy got out of jail, but it was never released until now. #RIPPRODIGY

The Infamous Queensbridge Duo, Mobb Deep, Returns with “Boom Goes the Cannon”

For two decades, Mobb Deep solidified themselves as not only legends in Queensbridge but in hip hop history. From back and forths with 2Pac and Jay-Z to classic anthems like “Quiet Storm“, “Survival of the Fittest” and the monstrous “Shook Ones”. Unfortunately Prodigy passed away last year. But before his departure he and Havoc made […]

Meet the “3 Lyrical P’s” — Sean Price, Prodigy & Styles P (Music)

Sean P lives on! His posthumous album Imperius Rex dropped last year, and it was highly anticipated amongst die hard fans. It featured some of the dopest artists in game like Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Ruste Juxx, MF Doom, Buckshot, Steele, and more. And one of the songs that really stood out is “3 […]