Donny Goines is in full swagger mode with his Grand Staff-produced “iDat.” Is he really that dude? Listen and comment.
Daley hops on the Gorillaz train for the ode to the Donca Matic beat making machine, “Doncamatic (All Played Out).” The results are anythign but played out
N.E.R.D. and Daft Punk come together for an attempt at sex you up thump with “Hypnotize U.” Does it make you hot?
Tricky is back with Mixed Race. Is his 9th studio album the next dope step after Knowle West Boy? Or has he reverted back to the the man the critics love to hate. Come on in and find out.
J.Cole self-produces this short but potent track featuring Fashawn and Omen titled “Relaxation.” The flows on this track are anything but.
Investigative journalist Ron Chepesiuk debunks the lies told by Frank Lucas in the creation of his American Gangster mystique. What is fake and what is real? Get the lowdown
Waka Flocka Flame drops his own brand of fight music on his debut album Flockaveli. A host of guests and his own Brick Squad crew do the heavy lifting while Flocka takes it to the paint.
A Chicago grandmother shoots a teen for throwing bricks through her window, Kanye takes over magazines, Square One turns 29 and we interview Dame Grease and 2 Hungry Bros. in this week’s edition of Ill Side Radio
Today he is Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, but 40 years ago he was H. Rap Brown. In recognition of his birthday Planet Ill takes a look at the tragic irony that now finds Imam Jamil in prison, probably for the rest of his life.
Young Chris drops a banging street anthem for the City of Brotherly Love with “Philly Shit”