Pursuit of Dopeness

JDott Trife is back with another video. This time he has Nascent & Q.B. to help him with the production duties for “Homicide”. Here’s what JDott says about the track,

Although the title is very bold and straight forward, “Homicide” is not a song glorifying violence but simply raising  awareness of the current Homicides occurring in the inner city of Chicago. The video shows the day in a life of a young teenage boy growing up in a inner city Chicago neighborhood and how he is influenced by ” Hustler lifestyle” which ultimately leads him to an early demise.

I think this is the third Beast Factory Films video we’ve posted up in two days! Big ups to the fine people at Beast Factory!

Panik from the legendary Molemen Records has an upcoming album called, “Coloring Outside the Lines”. For “Queen Until”,  one of the tracks he produced, he brought in Rhymesayers’s own Psalm One. The video was directed by Beast Factory Films (Damn those guys don’t stop!). Peep the video above and don’t forget to check out Psalm at this weekend’s SoundSet festival in Minneapolis!

It’s finally here. After much anticipation, Scheme finally lets loose his video for “La Clika”. The video was produced by the fine people over at Beast Factory Films (Sense Hernandez and Tony Shane). We were lucky to be present on the actual day of shooting and ended up having a great time with everyone who showed up.

Well this came out of nowhere! It’s crazy to think that the WU have been in the game for only two decades. With the 20th anniversary of their debut album “Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers” set for this November, the 8-man crew from Shaolin show us why they ‘legends never die’. Soul Temple Music recently releases some unreleased Wu-Tang material out of the vault titled “Execution In Autumn.” Take a listen below! [...]

DB3 came out of no where recently to give us another track. He brought in Rob Metaphor to help him out with “Run Away”. Word is that DB3 will be randomly dropping tracks throughout the next couple weeks, so be on the lookout! Peep the track below! [...]

Not many people have had the success that Jeff Staple has had throughout his career. HypeBeast recently linked  up with him at American Rag Cie to talk about his 16 years in the industry. Staple has always kept it original and is a go-to for just about any person trying to keep a dope fit.

Check out this interview above where Duck Down’s own Statik Selektah discusses Black Thought, Busta Rhymes, how Sean Price ended up working with Mac Miller, Scarface’s unrecorded verse, and the Under the Influence Tour with Joey Badass. I actually got to chop it up with Statik Selektah out in Austin, Texas for SXSW when he first premiered “Bird’s Eye View” at Haven Lounge. Big ups to Statik and everyone at Duck Down Records! Extended Play is out on June 18th so be on the look out for that!

As you know, JDott Trife’s “The Plug” should be arriving on June 18th. Here;s something to hold you off until then. The title is called “Clockwork” and it’s produced by DJ O-Zone. When JDott and O-Zone link up, some sort of magic suddenly happens (JDott’s “Paid” is a prime example). Peep the track by clicking HERE!

Check out the latest video from Chicago’s own Rockie Fresh for his “Life Long” joint from his Electric Highway project. The video features Nipsey Hussle and Rick Ross and takes place out in Crenshaw! Peep the MMG member’s latest video above!

Imagine having Kendrick Lamar as your principal for a day! Well, Kendrick Lamar did just that at Mount Pleasant High School in Providence, Rhode Island. The students received this opportunity for winning the Get Schooled National Attendance Challenge. Kendrick gave a pretty dope speech highlighting the importance of a good education.