J. Dilla

WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 1/19-1/25

Welcome back to Weekly Wax! As has become the norm, some nostalgia-inducing represses from The Starting Line and Angels and Airwaves were announced that are guaranteed to have you singing along and remembering your high school days. A number of exciting new albums were announced as well, with Manchester Orchestra‘s Cope at the forefront. The […]

Curren$y

MUSIC VIDEO: Curren$y – “Living For The City”

Rapper Curren$y is nothing if not consistent. His most recent mixtape New Jet City, just like all of his previous releases, is a solid-to-great collection of hazy, high-class productions and casual lyrical excellence from Spitta. If that sounds workmanlike or samey, it’s not. Even if every release doesn’t reveal something new about the New Orleans […]

DAMMIT: Common Wants A J Dilla Hologram

By now most of you have probably seen, or at least read about the hologram 2Pac that performed alongside Snoop Dogg during the closing night of Coachella. Some love it, others hate it, and some still do not understand how the trick even works, but no matter what your opinion there is no denying what […]

New Crooked I and Black Thought exclusive tracks

UTG has your back again — this time around with two exclusive tracks that just hit the internet. Bigs up to my friend Knowledge for sliding me these records to supply to you folks and heavy hip-hop listeners. Wow…doesn’t that Tears of Fire beat go hard or what? Crooked I – Tears of Fire (featuring […]