Author: Nanci O Is Hip Hop

You already know Tab-One (of Kooley High) is one of my favorite emcees out of NC (Burlington, what’s up), so I’m looking forward to checking out this new collabo project with the Bay’s Lefty. Download Monster’s Ink. Track listing after the jump. Props to BloggerHouse.The Youth Of America IntroIndy / Tab One, Lefty [Prod By:…

P.S.– I have never seen Nike’s in shrink wrap before. Where you get them from?

Ya’ll were introduced to West Covina, CA artist Dice The Nicest earlier this month. ‘Blow My Mind’ is the second single off of Black Karma and Dice The Nicest’s collab album R.S.V.P. This track is produced by Dice The Nicest and I’m messing with it a little bit. Yup. ‘Blow My Mind’ Download it.

This old new mixtape from Rapsody is a collection of songs and features from 2007-2010 and includes production from 9th Wonder, Amp Live and The Sinopsis. There’s also tracks with Skyzoo, Big Remo, Kooley High + more. I was fortunate enough to get a hard copy of the mixtape last month at the JAMLA/The Academy…

…off Scolla’s latest musical effort, the Escaping Reality EP. His Renaissance Dreams (mixtape) should be dropping sometime this summer.

Fat Boy – Swagga Jackin’ from Certified Films on Vimeo. New in-studio video from Charleston, SC’s Fat Boy. The rest of the video is still being filmed around Charleston and the full version is coming soon. This track is pretty hard. I wonder which SC rapper Fat Boy is referencing? Peeped over at Randy’s house.

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerI think this deserves a Happy (Belated) Mother’s Day from a hip hop perspective. Waka Flocka’s mama looks like she’d make you pick your own switches off the tree. And you’d pick the biggest one too, just to avoid any further problems. Originally peeped on Derty Den’s facebook page. Moon crickets…

The listeners love hearing fresh new music on feature night Thursdays and so do I. May 13 it all goes down once again. 9PM-12MN, WYXC 89.3 FM Chapel Hill, NC. Live streaming will be available on the stations’ website. The two interviews scheduled include Tray Chaney (aka “Poot” from The Wire) and SC’s Boss G,…

…from a Hip Hop perspective. P.S.–The title of this picture said “Me and Mama.” This lady probably never listened to 16 bars of your favorite rappers rhymes but her B-girl posed slayed me. Bonus:Brand Nubian ‘Momma’.Kanye West ‘Hey Mama’.Tupac ‘Dear Mama’. Run That Back: Happy Easter from a hip hop perspective. Happy Valentine’s Day from…