For as long as we can remember, there hasn’t been a 4/20 that’s gone by where Curren$y let his fans go hungry on. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The New Orleans spliff star served up yet another mixtape for the year a few days ago, taking his total to three so far. Why so many, you […]
This extensive crew of producers and DJs out of Germany have been knocking out boom bap bangers for 20 years now, and they show no signs of slowing down. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information From the humble beginnings of DJ Illegal (Manuu Rückert) and Det (D. Keller) making mixtapes at home and DJing small clubs, to […]
Hip-hop and fashion have always had a hand-in-hand relationship. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Back in 1986, Run DMC pledged their allegiance to Adidas not only through song, but by declaration. During a performance at the historic Madison Square Garden in New York, the Hollis duo were set to perform “My Adidas,” when group leader […]
Oakland rapper (and Hieroglyphics member) Del The Funky Homosapien has joined forces with Amp Live (one half of Zion I) to release a new album entitled Gate 13, and fans are nothing short of excited. The album is no secret and comes highly anticipated, as both Del and Live have posted about the upcoming works […]
Just for the record, the 21st of April is a day every vinyl/hardcore hip-hop head needs to keep free. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Record Store Day is an annual event originating back to 2007 and is held on one Saturday (usually just after the middle) of every April. This year there are vinyl releases […]
Historically, hip-hop has never been short on a classic marijuana-based anthem; anyone that owns a Dr. Dre album can attest to that. Over the years, you’d be hard-pressed to find a mixtape or playlist that didn’t include “I Got 5 On It” by the Luniz, Redman & Method Man’s “How High”, “Good Times” by Styles […]
Redman is a rapper’s rapper — an artist that truly embodies what it is to have funk, style and to really immerse oneself in the beat. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Having been introduced to the world through EPMD’s track “Hardcore” in 1990, he hasn’t missed a beat since. As the Jersey-bred rapper just hit […]
Record labels come and go — that’s just the way it works, especially for many of the independent labels out there. However, to be a presence across multiple decades and in multiple countries is a milestone reserved for a select few. Enter Nuffsaid Records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Melbourne-based imprint has been home […]
There’s nothing that rappers like to compare themselves to more (other than maybe international drug lords) than NBA superstars. There are literally thousands of references to Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James scattered throughout discographies from all over the country which won’t really make anyone stop and rewind the track, because in an art […]
Recently Netflix released an 8 part documentary series called Rapture that goes into the day-to-day lives and behind the scenes of a small handful of Hip-Hop personalities including Nas, T.I., Logic, Dave East and more. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information One of the more impressive episodes was based around New Jersey-born producer/DJ Just Blaze born […]
Around the turn of the century, a handful of rap groups from Australia jumped ahead of the pack with albums that were essentially considered the full package. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It sparked a shift in the way local releases were viewed. No longer were people saying this is “good for an Australian.” The […]
Well it’s Friday the 13th once again and while it’s not as dark and spooky as Halloween night, it’s still a good excuse to invite someone over for “Netflix and Kill” and kick back with a movie marathon of one of the worlds most well-known horror franchises. Hip-hop and horror have had a somewhat patchy […]
The producer behind the beat for Kendrick Lamar’s track “Momma” from the Grammy Award-winning To Pimp A Butterfly album and one half of NxWorries with Anderson .Paak is the producer based out of Los Angeles by way of New Jersey that goes by the name of Knxwledge. Today he released a brand new EP entitled […]
Longtime Fat Beats employee, Rock Steady Crew member, radio host and DJ to Non Phixion, DJ Eclipse has put together a 15 and a half-minute mixtape where he has meticulously cut up and scratched rare Public Enemy acapellas and blended them with new instrumentals. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It’s an interesting project as it […]
Veteran producer The Alchemist, known for his works with Mobb Deep, Dilated Peoples, Eminem, various LOX members and Nas, has a production portfolio as long and as impressive as anyone to ever touch an MPC. Managing to keep a consistent relevance in hip-hop spanning decades has proven to be a tough chore for even the […]
A lot of people are familiar with Smoke DZA from his previous work with Kendrick Lamar, Bun B, Action Bronson, Schoolboy Q, Cam’Ron and Joey Bada$$ to name a few and more recently his 2016 critically acclaimed collaboration album Don’t Smoke Rock with legendary producer Pete Rock. One thing listeners may have missed about the man’s […]
Florida’s 2 Pistols has been a known name in the music industry since his chart-topping lead single hit “She Got It“ which featured T-Pain and Tay Dizm 10 years ago off his debut Death Before Dishonor album along with Trey Songz, Ray J, Fergie of Black Eyed Peas (leaked track) and production from Grammy Award-winning producer J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. […]
Conway The Machine doesn’t mess around. The self-proclaimed Grimiest of All Time (but who would argue) has released yet another free project. Just a handful of months after dropping free album G.O.A.T, Buffalo’s prolific Griselda/Shady Records street laureate has just dropped 10 tracks of hard knocking gutter anthems on his new Blakk Tape. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more […]
In 1996 the collaborative effort between Kool Keith, Dan The Automator and DJ Q-Bert resulted in the unconventional but widely regarded cult classic, Dr Octagonecologyst – A tale of an extra-terrestrial time traveling gynecologist and surgeon from the planet Jupiter. Most certainly unlike anything that has ever come before it, there was however a follow up 10 years later in 2006 […]
There has been a lot of talk about Westside Gunn lately as he and his brother Conway the Machine got the cosign from Eminem and signed to Shady Records for their solo albums in 2017. Now a year later and seemingly out of nowhere comes this quick strike collaboration EP between the Buffalo, New York […]
