From the category archives:

Queens

DJ Envy To Host MTV2’s Sucker Free Daily and Sucker Free Countdown

DJ Envy, who raised radio eyebrows in late 2009 by migrating up the dial from Hot 97 to Power 105.1, has been tapped to host Sucker Free Daily and Sucker Free Countdown on MTV2.

K. Sparks “A Day In The Life” – Album Release

We caught wind of K. Sparks “Manic Monday” a-new-song-per-week series, but hadn’t checked him out until now. Checking out a couple of past Manic Monday joints, plus a track or two from his album A Day In The Life (HiPNOTT Records), we can report that it’s not just gimmick.

T. Shirt – 24 Frames [Audio]

120 film titles rapped in a song? Yep. Pretty hot too. Mostly just phonetically rhymed together but with the slightest plot line filler connecting them, enough so that it’s not simply 120 movie titles strung together just for the novelty of it.

Juganot – Holla @tcha Boy [Video]

Christian San Martin, aka Pookierazzi, and Juganot have released the video for “Holla @tcha Boy,” a slow-rolling track punctuated by piercing strings and a chopped-and-screwy hook that somehow doesn’t end up sounding Down Southy.

SXSW Hip Hop: New York Is In The House

SXSW (South by Southwest), the gigantic yearly music festival goes down in Austin this March 12-21. Here’s a list of the NY-area contingent that will be tearing up Texas stages.

Lord Have Mercy, This Is New York Hip Hop

Nothing says “underground hip hop” more than the Hip Hop Subway Series. Well, except maybe for the unexpected performance by a 50 year old panhandler in the cipher. Now THIS is New York hip hop!

Ludacris ft. Nicki Minaj – My Chick Bad [Video]

Well, we’re NY-area hip hop and that’s that. So norrrrrmally, this wouldn’t make our cut. But Nicki Minaj is from NYC after all. And we like her. So we bent the rules tonight.

Dramills ft. Raheem Devaughn – New York Girls [Video]

For Dramills song “New York Girls”, director Mills Miller conducts a subtle and sexy round-the-way-girl tribute to ladies of the boroughs, matching Dramills’ verbal exaultation. A complex analysis of the lyrics shows that… ah hell, who are we kidding, we’re going to watch the vid again, we not trying to type right now…

Ty Fyffe and Superstar Jay: The Pyrex [Mixtape]

Producer Ty Fyffe and DJ Superstar Jay, both of Queens, join forces and released The Pyrex: Prelude to Raw N’ Uncut. The mixtape features Fyffe produced joints by 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, EPMD and Raekwon

TreSeven “Ave. Music” & Broken Inglee Mixtape

Listen to Queens’ TreSeven’s new joint “Ave. Music”, and download the new mixtape Broken Inglee

Download Raekwon’s “Coke Up In Da Dollar Bill” Mixtape

Free mixtape download, featuring DJ Whoo Kid & DJ Scream

Raekwon, CNN, Styles P Jump On Alicia Keys’ Empire State of Mind [Remix]

By now of course, this is on every hip-hop blog of substance, but there really is no better place for this, than here.

Judge: Nas Must Pay Kelis $51,000 Per Month

A judge ordered Nas to increase his payments to his soon-to-be ex-wife, Kelis, and their infant son to $51,101 a month

Radio Power Plays at Power 105.1

Longtime Hot-97 mainstay DJ Envy “flipped the switch” this week, moving to Power 105.1’s airwaves

Homeboy Sandman – Angels With Dirty Faces

A lyricist who approaches with intellectual and conceptual versatility, H.S. has a vibe that is a little bit harder to find these days, but shouldn’t be. Check his ode to those less fortunate.