Grafh – 88 Crack Era [Mixtape]

Grafh liberates his new mixtape “88 Crack Era”. The tape is entirely produced by DJ Ted Smooth. Stream/download below. Says Grafh: The tape pays homage to what he feels the golden era of hip hop is… The late 80’s & early 90’s. Classic NY hip hop. Grafh: To me and my fans hip hop, all about lyrics, originality & bars.I still show love to the Westcoast & remade Warren G & Nate Dogg’s “Regulators”. Today’s hip hop culture as a whole from fashion to music is inspired by the crack era. Download Mixtape

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Ras Kass & Apollo Brown On “Blasphemy”, Friendly Competition & More [Video]

“The reason why the album’s called ‘Blasphemy’ is because iTunes told us that the original title was never going to happen,” Ras says matter-of-factly. “The original title—I called him once we had a general idea about the record—I was turnt up and said, ‘Yo, the album is called ‘How To Kill God’ and he was like ‘Huh?’ and I said ‘Let me explain.’ We were rolling with that name and lots of distribution channels were like ‘F*ck that.’ But the first song on the album is still ‘How To Kill God.’ Once you listen to the record it’s not like I want to kill your god. It’s saying we’re all made in God’s image—the planet. Every time we pollute or hate someone because of their race or religion, that’s killing God. Everything you do foul is killing God.”

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DeJ Loaf Lists Her 10 Favorite Songs From Detroit [Video]

We’ve seen a few young rappers break out off of one song over the past few years, and a lot of different cities get shine because of it– we had Chief Keef from Chicago, Bobby Shmurda from NYC, and most recently, DeJ Loaf putting on for Detroit. When the female rapper stopped by our office in New York, she prepped a list of some of her favorite records by fellow Detroit artists. The list just goes to show how deeply embedded the city is in music and her mindset.

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