The road to redemption is often littered with potholes. Kanye West hit a huge one when he likened his internet persecution over the Taylor Swift incident to the tragedy of Emmett Till. Planet Ill explores the gravity of such allegory.
Rick Ross goes in on Def Jam labelmate Young Jeezy on The Summas Mine, a response to Jeezy’s Death Before Dishonor freestlye. Jeezy says he wasn’t referring to Ross. You be the judge.
The week in freestyles cover Jeezy, Bekay, Dondria, The Like and much more. Stop in and see what you may have missed.
Star Wars meets blacksploitation in this humorous look at intergalactic hustling. Get a first look at a side of Lando Calrissian George Lucas never wanted you to see.
This week’s show focuses on Wyclef Jean running for President of Haiti, the story of a NYPD officer suing the department for $50 million dollars for placing him in a mental institution, the epic “F*** You” resignation of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater & the backdoor dealings of Google & Verizon on access to the internet for all in the future
Christina Aguilera covers Etta James while making her acting debut in Burlesque. Will she make the legendary star proud or bring out the claws? Take a listen and tell us what you think.
Kanye West talks much junk like Lex Luger got his back (along with Beyonce, Charlie Wilson and NO I.D.) on the brash song See Me Now. With this much firepower, it’s hard not to watch.
Andre300 continues his melodic ways on the new release I Do, an unofficial followup to the marital themes from The International Players Anthem
Seal drops a touching ode to devotion , love and family on his latests single Secret from his upcoming final album, Commitment.
Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello and The Coup’s Boots Riley combine for the Street Sweeper Social Club, and release their debut work, The Ghetto Blaster EP, full of riffs rhymes and revolution.