Life hasn't been easy for Cormega. The Queensbridge raised rapper has witnessed the murder of his mother, made it through a lengthy incarceration and has fought his fair share of battles with major labels and rapper (most notably Nas). Now on the independent grind, Cormega is back and dropping bombs alongside the legendary DJ Premier on his new track "Make It Clear." If you like that old-school east coast street sound, I've got some ish for you. See more to download
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Despite having a rich and diverse hip-hop history, the greater D.C. area has gone almost completely unnoticed by the nation's hip-hop fans. But that's all starting to change thanks to the effort of artists like Wale and the trio of rising stars known as the Diamond District. In this mini-documentary the Diamond District crew of Oddisee, X.O., and YU break down the boundaries that define the area where the group was born and raised – the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) and explain the mind state and way of life that comes from living at such an important intersection.
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T-Pain's remixed Shakira's latest smash "She Wolf" and the result is one of the most straight-up dance/club mixes in T-Pain history. On the production side Pain gave the track a much harder and more pounding beat, and while I"m a little disappointed not to hear T-Pain go for any she-wolf sex references (come on, you know he wanted to), it's still a pretty damn good song. Plus, I'll take any excuse I can get to watch Shakira do that belly dance thing.
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Over the last few years album sales for hip-hop and R&B artists have tanked faster than Heidi Montag's singing career, leading to no shortage of apocalyptic "hip-hop is dead" pronouncements. However, in the past few months hip-hop has slowly been clawing its way back into the Soundscan charts. From now on, RefinedHype will be doing a weekly run-down of the Soundscan numbers. This week features strong showings from Jay-Z and Drake, but a stronger showing from some group called "Five Finger Death Punch." Seriously?
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First there was "Pusha," the new single from the always-smiling Lloyd. (Seriously, you ever see him angry? That dude must mainline Prozac every morning.) Then there was the "Pusha Remix" featuring Lil Wayne ("long hair don't care). Now Lloyd's re-remixed the track again, fittingly bringing on the Clipse's Pusha-T for two verses. See more to download...
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It would be a shame for Rihanna to completely omit the simple million dollar question “How are you?” On record, there hasn’t been a retort or even an index finger wave directed at Chris. She’s at a crossroads where she can choose to saturate Top 25 lists with lively, up-tempo pop jams, or taking her life and splatter it against a sonic canvas for the world to see. Personally, I hope she chooses the latter.
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“Yo Kanye, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish, but Zach Galifinakis has one of the best videos for "Can't Tell Me Nothin" of all time. One of the best videos of all time!” In a story so strange it could only be true, Kanye West let Zach Galifianakis, who most people probably know as the fat crazy dude from "The Hangover," make an alternative version of his "Can't Tell Me Nothin" video. The result is his version a video set on Zach's Appalachian farms and featuring chainsaws, cows, clog dancers, and, well, you'll just have to see for yourself.
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Inspired by rapper Mos Def and one of New York City’s livest boroughs, Brooklyn, UNDRCRWN’s Cut & Sew collection is described as “polished and mature,” but with a touch of “collegiate” style. Speaking on his latest endeavor with UNDRCRWN Mos Def explained that “ I’m loving what [UNDRCRWN] is doing. Loving how they show creativity…and style with their line and I’m really inspired by how they put their garments together." See more to check out the latest from UNDRCRWN and Mos Def...
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Judging from radio and TV you'd think every rapper and singer lives in Atlanta, New York, Miami or Chicago, but believe it or not, there a thousands of artists in other cities making great music. That's why RefinedHype is giving artists from less-well-known locales the chance to rep their city on the national stage. Today we kick off our "My City" series with Trazz, a Buffalo, New York native whose hyper-electronic blend of hip-hop and R&B has been building some serious buzz. While Buffalo is probably known to most Americans as "the city T.O. plays in," Traxx lets us know there's far more to the upstate New York city than just cold weather; like for instance "Loganberry Juice."
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XV's "Everbody's Nobody" mixtape has been killing speakers for a couple months now, but we finally got the video to his heavily hyped track "Fall Out the Sky" today. In my review of "Everybody's Nobody" for DJBooth.net I said that "XV may be the best rapper you’ve never heard of," but if he keeps putting out videos like this it's hard to believe he'll be unheard of for long.
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