I’m gonna be riding around listening to this all summer. Props to Statik Selektah on the beat.
Music
The Return of Ciph & Rosenberg
Comedy, Music, My Dudes, VideosFunny!
Nobody Cares
MusicChicago MC Chris Crack is back with a new project titled Nobody Cares (thanksforlettingmebemyself). Check it out, he’s a dope artist.
*Bonus*
Also peep this new Chris Crack collaboration with Conway and Nolan The Ninja, produced by Spectacular Diagnostics.
Matisyahu Makes It Weird
Comedy, Interviews, Music, My Dudes, Podcasts
Our boy Matis joins comedian Pete Holmes on one of my favorite podcasts You Made It Weird. Listen HERE.
RIP Prodigy
Articles, Events, Mixes, Music, My Dudes, The Good Old DaysThis Prodigy tribute is brought to you by UpNorthTrips. Listen to the mix above created by myself and Vinylcologist from 2011—featuring 10 classic Prodigy and Alchemist collaborations which are among my favorite rap songs ever—while you peep the Pee pics below compiled over the years by my bro Ev Boogie…
01 Feb 1995, New York State, USA — Prodigy and Havoc (Mobb Deep) with NAS and Wu-Tang clan member, Raekwon. They were in the studio recording, ‘Eye for an Eye (Your Beef is Mines)’. (Prodigy, front left, Nas , front right, Havoc, standing, left, and Raekwon, form Wu-Tang Clan, standing, right) — Image by © Chi Modu/Diverse Images/Corbis
ca. 1999-2001 — Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep — Image by © Erin Patrice O’Brien/Corbis
RIP Prodigy. Hands down one of my favorite rappers of all-time, an artist I’ve spent a huge percentage of my life listening to. Pee and Mobb have always been my go-to in the whip, and will continue to be.
“Gangsters don’t die, they just turn to legends…”
*Update*
Check out this Prodigy tribute mix I made for NahRight…
H.N.I.C. Mix (Prodigy Tribute) – Tracklist
Quiet Storm (Original Version)
Power Rap
Basics
Street Life
How Many MCs Freestyle
Motherless Child Freestyle
Eye For An Eye (Original Version)
Avirex
Rep The QBC
Live Nigga Rap
Killaz Theme
Back At You
True Lies
Dog Shit
What’s Poppin’ Thun
What A Real Mobb Do
You Ain’t A Killer Freestyle
Cut Em Short
Gun Love
Finest
Pebble Beach
We Don’t Love Them Hoes
Tough Love
Young Luv
I Want You
Jay Z Diss
When It Comes To The Beef
Waterboarding
License To Kill
Pop Them Thangs
Three Stories
The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)
Pulse of the Draft
Advertising, Interviews, Music, Published Material, Sports, VideosExcited to share this pair of videos I wrote and creative directed for JBL’s 2017 NBA Draft campaign, narrated by Kenny Smith and featuring #1 pick Markelle Fultz and #3 pick Jayson Tatum. I feel very fortunate to work with such a phenomenal production team, incredible basketball talent and an absolutely awesome audio brand.
Watch Markelle’s video on top, and Jayson’s video below.
*Bonus*
Peep ya boy in this behind the scenes footage…
#MyOctagon
Dedication
Mixes, Music, The Good Old DaysIn one of my nerdier hip-hop endeavors, I constructed a Spotify playlist made up of songs by artists that Fat Joe shouts out on “Dedication.” Check the song above and the link to the playlist HERE.
Let Me Breathe
MusicNew Action Bronson, produced by Harry Fraud. Yeah, I like this.
Related: In The Lab with Harry Fraud
Colours 2
Late Pass, MusicHere’s the new PARTYNEXTDOOR EP that dropped earlier this month. Digging this, especially “Peace of Mind.” Enjoy..
Griselda On Steroids
Events, Music, VideosHere’s footage of Conway & Westside Gunn performing a new Alchemist-produced banger during their Griselda On Steroids Tour stop Thursday night at Webster Hall, with a cameo by Raekwon. This shit is crazy.
More footage from the show, including guest appearances and performances by Jadakiss, Styles P, Prodigy, Meyhem Lauren, Mach-Hommy and Roc Marciano HERE and HERE.
*Update*
Westside Gunn sits down with Peter Rosenberg on Real Late…
Westcheddar 