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Law & Disorder is an east coast superduo consisting of Brooklyn, New York emcee/producer D-Dot alongside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by way of Buffalo emcee & lawyer Tracey Lee. They’ve already crossed paths a few times already with D-Dot producing some tracks off Tracey’s slept-on solo debut Many Facez under Universal Music Group almost 3 decades ago, so hearing that they were joining forces for a full-length debut of their own at the beginning of the year peaked my curiosity. After the “Court Day” intro, the opener “Be Warned” begins issuing a cautionary statement over a boom bap instrumental about them still being beasts…

Royal Terms is an east coast superduo consisting of Queens, New York emcee Royal Flush alongside Lawrence, Massachusetts emcee/producer Termanology. One of whom became the de facto leader of the ST. da Squad collective & the other’s debut Ghetto Millionaire became amongst the most underrated albums of the 90s. Neither of them have crossed paths with each other musically up until this point, so an eponymous full-length debut of their own as a fan of each artist only seemed fitting enough. “Terms of Royalty” produced by Statik Selektah begins with this inspiring boom bap intro talking about the legendary statuses they’ve earned for themselves…

Detroit producer, MC & songwriter Black Milk back for his 9th LP after leaving Mass Appeal Records. Making his presence known as a member of the B.R. Gunna production trio, he eventually went solo 2 decades ago with Sound of the City & followed up on 313 Day 2007 with Popular Demand. The following year, he would dabble with electronic music on Tronic & would later start incorporating live instrumentation on Album of the Year in 2010. His next album No Poison No Paradise eventually became Black Milk’s darkest work yet & it would see a solid sequel If There’s a Hell Below the year after. FEVER became some of his most politically charged material…

Here we have the 11th studio LP & Mass Appeal Records debut from Brooklyn, New York veteran AZ. Most notable for his longtime association with Nas being the only feature on the latter’s iconic debut illmatic with the song “Life’s a Bitch”, he would later go to signing with EMI Records & drop a full-length of his own Doe or Die a little over a year later becoming one of the greatest mafioso hip hop albums of all-time. Other standouts in his discography include Pieces of a Man, Aziatic, A.W.O.L., The Format, Doe or Die II & the Buckwild-produced Truth Be Told. In light of Quiet Money Records’ new distribution deal with Mass Appeal however, Doe or Die III looks to complete…

Kendrick Lamar returns to his former high school for a groundbreaking ceremony along with Dr. Dre and Will.i.am.On Thursday (May 7), Kendrick Lamar returned to his high school alma mater Centennial High School in Compton, Calif., to help celebrate a new construction project on the campus. Also in attendance was veteran hitmakers Dr. Dre and Will.i.am, who are also supporting the school’s new transformation.K-Dot graduated from CHS in 2005, while Dre attended the school during his freshman year in 1979, but transferred to Fremont High School in South Central Los Angeles due to poor grades. This will be the school’s…

In a tribute post to Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug insists he never switched up on Quan. But Quan’s friends and fans claim the opposite.On May 5, Young Thug hopped on his Instagram page and posted a throwback video reflecting on his friendship with late rapper Rich Homie Quan. In the clip, Thugger and RHQ are in the studio rapping along to their song “Tell Em.””Never switched on u brada always road with u what happened,” Thug wrote in the caption.While the tribute post seemed innocent enough, it sparked a reaction from Quan’s camp who seemingly disagreed with Thug’s message,…

Following multiple attempts to be freed ahead of his initial trial and retrial, YNW Melly has once again been denied bond after spending seven years in jail fighting his case.The South Florida rapper has his latest bond hearing on Thursday (April 30), the first with his new legal team. The ruling on whether he would be released before his double-murder trial was deferred. On Wednesday (May 6), Broward County, Fla., judge Martin S. Fein finally decided to deny the rapper’s release.Melly has been pushing for a bond for the past several years, going as far as suing the Broward County…

Kodak Black has been arrested in Florida for drug trafficking.On Wednesday (May 6), Yak was booked in Orange County, Fla., according to police records obtained by XXL. He faces one count of trafficking MDMA, a synthetic, psychoactive drug with stimulant and hallucinogenic properties.Kodak’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, tells XXL the South Florida rapper turned himself in in connection with a 2025 case where police searched a car that Kodak was not a passenger in and discovered a bag containing a bottle of prescription cough syrup, which allegedly had Yak’s fingerprint on it.”This is a case that legally is not sufficient to…

Brand new LP & the 16th regarding his solo material from Lynn, Massachusetts emcee/producer Estee Nack. Breaking out as a member of the Tragic Allies, he also branched out on his own my senior year of high school off his Purpose-produced solo debut 14 Forms: The Book of Estee Nack & has since built a lengthy yet impressive discography for himself. Other highlights include the Sadhugold-produced Surfinongold.wav alongside its sequel The Order of the Golden Fleece, the Giallo Point-produced Papitas duology, his collab efforts with al.divino, the V Don-produced B.R.A.P. (Born Rewards & Penalties), the Griselda Records debut Nacksaw Jim Duggan, the Mike Shabb-produced Live at the Tabernackle & the Futurewave-produced Stone Temple Pyrex & B.R.A.P. 2 (Big Rifles & Pistols). But upon…

Quavo and Offset share photos of themselves in the studio, sparking new Migos album rumors.On Tuesday (May 5), the Migos’ Instagram account was reactivated after two years of being dormant. The page’s first post featured a carousel of photos of Quavo and Offset reuniting in the studio. The images have added more fuel to the speculations that a new Migos project is in the works.In one of the photos, which can be viewed below, Honcho is giving the middle finger to the camera while ‘Set is in go mode. In another pic, Offset is half covering his face, while Quav…