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O.G.C. or the Originoo Gunn Clappaz are a trio from Brooklyn, New York consisting of Louieville Sluggah, Starang Wondah & Top Dog. Their 1996 debut Da Storm is widely regarded was one of the greatest albums Duck Down Music Inc. has ever put out although their 2nd & to date final full-length The MPire Shrikez Back was more moderately received. 3 decades later & the Boot Camp Clik subunit who also formed The Fab 5 with Heltah Skeltah are finally returning to drop off a 3-pack in celebration of their debut’s anniversary. “I Don’t Need You” kicks things off with a dusty 3 & a half minute intro with some sampling chops talking about…
Here is the 3rd solo LP from Brooklyn, New York emcee/producer Buckshot. Emerging as the frontman of the trio Black Moon & the Boot Camp Clik’s de facto leader along with founding one of the most beloved record labels in all of hip hop Duck Down Music Inc. with the assistance of his business partner Dru Ha, his debut The B.D.I. Thug as well as Backpack Travels become the only 2 albums he’s put out & he’s coming off the I’m the Boss EP a few years earlier to drop off The Package. The self-produced “We Have Arrived” begins with a jazzy 3 & a half minute intro to get things going whereas “Good…
Future’s first solo studio album in four years, The Real Me, has arrived.On Friday (July 10), the 22-track effort was released to streaming services, marking the Atlanta rapper’s 10th solo studio album and his first solo release since 2024’s Mixtape Pluto.In a video posted to his Instagram Story on July 1, Pluto shared a conversation he’d had over dinner that explained his motivations behind the project and its title.”I love true love. I don’t want fake love,” he told a woman he was talking to. “True love is like having another life. It’s like having another hit record. How many…
Getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is an honor coveted by many a celebrity but one that few ever get to enjoy. And for rappers, the chances of getting a star on the Walk are even slimmer. To date, only 16 people in the hip-hop space have been blessed with a star.Some of the biggest rhymers in the game have been enshrined on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame. 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Ludacris, and even the late hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur.First conceived in 1953 and constructed in 1960 on both Hollywood Boulevard and Vine…
Legendary Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.On Wednesday (July 8), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony members Krayzie Bone (Anthony Henderson), Layzie Bone (Steven Howse), Flesh-n-Bone (Stanley Howse), Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane II) and Wish Bone (Charles Scruggs Jr.) were praised for their melodic-rap sound as they received a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony, hosted by legendary radio personality Big Boy, drew notable celebrities including fellow rapper Ras Kass, actor-comedian Katt Williams, reality-TV star Ray J, and Lil Eazy-E, son of Ruthless Records co-Founder Eazy-E, who originally signed…
Young Thug made it abundantly clear there’s still no love between him and Gunna when the latter’s song came on while Thug was shopping.On Wednesday (July 8), Thugger was browsing inside a New York City store when Gunna’s 2020 song “Dollaz on My Head” started playing over the speakers. And he was quick to stop that in its tracks. “Next song, sir,” Thug told a store employee before repeating himself a second time to make sure the message got across. The song was quickly changed. While the interaction was brief, it clearly implies the relationship between the former collaborators is…
LL Cool J is looking back on the unforgettable moment he found out Ol’ Dirty Bastard had smashed his plaques and urinated on them.On a new episode of his Rock The Bells Radio show that aired on Wednesday (July 8), LL opened up about the infamous moment for the first time in his own words. The lore has previously circulated through others that were there.”I remember one time Chris Lighty called me up. He’s like, ‘Yo, you got to come down here. You got to come to [Chung King Studios],” he recalled. “I said, ‘What’s wrong?’ He said, ‘For some…
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ScHoolboy Q announces his new album, Thank Que.On Wednesday (July 9), the TDE rapper shared a photo on his Instagram Story from the studio. “New chapter,” Q wrote over the pic. Wrapping up this 12-song album called Thank Que. Been working on this for a minute. Yes I’m coming back.”Thank Que will be the follow-up to Q’s critically acclaimed Blue Lips album, which dropped in 2024. The album featured guest appearances from Freddie Gibbs, Rico Nasty, Ab-Soul, AK Chike and others, and debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart.The new album will be Q’s first LP not recorded…
Boosie BadAzz takes aim at Jaÿ-Z on a new song by saying the man claiming to be Jaÿ’s son looks just like Hov.On Tuesday (July 7), Boosie shared a music video clip for his song “Reality Check.” On the track, the Louisiana rapper calls out Jigga.“Some of them real, some ain’t sh*t/Jaÿ-Z, that child looks just like you, how could you live with that sh*t,” Boosie raps, referencing Rymir Satterthwaite, the man who has claimed for years that Jaÿ is his biological father.Satterthwaite and his late mother claimed for years that the legendary rapper is his father, even going as…