Better late than never animated video from Mega’s 2009 LP, Born and Raised.

We usually don’t fuck with radio rips on here, but we will make special exceptions from time to time. Like when DJ Premier decides to give us a preview of his upcoming album with Bumpy Knuckles, The Kolexion, which will feature Foxxx tearing through vintage, unreleased Preemo tracks. Or when he shows off something from [cont.]

DJ Premier just released the cover art and tracklist for his upcoming Year Round Records compilation. While specific track guests have not been released, the LP will feature Nick Javas, Khaleel, Styles P, Saigon, Royce 5’9, Freddie Foxxx, Joell Ortiz, Lady Of Rage, MC Eiht, Grand Puba, KRS-One, Papoose, Teflon, NYG’z, Blaq Poet and more. [cont.]

Sometimes it just does not pay to be ahead of your time. Reason being, those that invent, or are ahead of the curve, rarely reap the financial benefits of that work; Grand Puba is a shining testament of this example! You see Puba has always been one step ahead of the competition. First as a member [cont.]

The music – spacey and bouncy – is classic Puba, but why is he trying to rhyme jiggy style? His flow was one of the most distinctive in hip-hop and all of the sudden, he’s trying to bite some gun clap flow sh*t from his lesser NY brethren. On the flipside, this is clearly a [cont.]