September 23-26, 2021 at the Highland Festival Grounds of the KY Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky, West Coast icons Snoop Dogg and Cypress Hill will be joining rock icons Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, and KORN during the largest rock festival in America. The four day music festival will also feature performances from Judas Priest, Jane’s Addiction, Staind, Rise Against, Mudvayne, Machine Gun Kelly, Anthrax, […]
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WE TV Premiering Investigative Series “The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E” On August 12
Eazy-E, known as the Godfather of Gangsta Rap, is responsible for igniting a revolution in the world of popular music. His company and label, Ruthless Records, and his iconic and legendary group N.W.A, gave the world an entirely new kind of hip-hop and paved the way for much of what the genre is today. From […]
Classic Collaborations: Snoop Dogg & Mel-Man – “Dogg Named Snoop”
Multi-platinum producer and Pittsburgh, PA native Melvin Bradford, a/k/a Mel-Man, is best known for co-producing the six-times platinum 2001 album by Dr. Dre. However, Mel-Man has also produced on a few other several-times platinum efforts for artists including Eminem (“The Real Slim Shady”), Xzibit (“X”), Truth Hurts (“Tired”, “Benefit of the Doubt”), The Firm (“Untouchable”), Busta Rhymes (“Bounce (Let […]
Happy Birthday, Erotic D!
Legendary Dallas, Texas producer Erotic D is now in his 4th decade of music with his fingerprints on some definitive classic projects such as Dr. Dre‘s The Chronic and producing fellow DFWer The D.O.C. on the cult-classic Helter Skelter. He has worked with several of the most iconic figures in music including Dr. Dre, The […]
Scarface & Willie D Talk Industry Evolution, Geto Boys History, New Podcast + More On The Breakfast Club Interview
Scarface and Willie D of The Geto Boys, along with deceased member Bushwick Bill, put Houston, TX on the map by pioneering their nightmarish imagery, physical abuse and psychological horror in their songs like their opus “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”. Releasing their debut album, 1989’s Grip It! On That Other Level, on Rap-A-lot Records, the trio would go on […]
DJ Battlecat Talks Dr. Dre, “Bangin’ On Wax” + More On The Gangster Chronicles Podcast
Iconic west coast producer DJ Battlecat was a recent guest feature on The Gangster Chronicles podcast with MC Eiht, James McDonald, and Norm Steele. During this incredible episode that took place on June 10th, DJ Battlecat talks about his role in the 1993 Dangerous Records release Bangin On Wax, producing his early classics, touches on […]
Glasses Malone Drops West Coast Banger “Gangsta Boogie” Ft. The Game & Kurupt (Prod. Fingazz)
Glasses Malone recently dropped the new Fingazz-produced single “Gangsta Boogie”, featuring The Game and Kurupt, from the forthcoming Glasshouse (The Prequel) album, a different version of the Los Angeles rapper’s 2012 debut mixtape Glasshouse. The upcoming album is slated to have guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Schoolboy Q, Xzibit, Ty Dolla Sign, Warren G, E-40, Cypress Hill, […]
Ice Cube Gives Mt. Westmore Update During The Breakfast Club Interview
Ice Cube was a guest on The Breakfast Club, on yesterday’s (July 6) episode and spoke with Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee about the status of the much-anticipated Mt. Westmore album. Around the 18-minute mark of the conversation, Cube said, “We getting our ducks in a row. When we did Fight Club Triller, we had […]
Pittsburgh Connection: Bud’da & Mel-Man In The Studio
Multi-platinum producer, Bud’da, who produced the majority of the Westside Connection double-platinum selling masterpiece, Bow Down, and defined the west coast gangsta rap sound of the ‘90s, posted a photo to Instagram recently of he and fellow Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanian Mel-Man in the studio together. Most will recall Mel-Man as the co-producer with Dr. Dre, on the classic […]
Happy Birthday, DJ Speed!
DJ Speed, the legendary N.W.A DJ for Eazy-E, The D.O.C., and J.J. Fad, rocked crowds for the Ruthless Records acts and became known as “The Worlds Most Dangerous DJ”. Born in Compton, California seven houses down from Dr. Dre, two blocks down from Eazy-E and three blocks down from MC Ren, the Super Dope Speed, […]
Happy Birthday, DJ Pooh!
Pioneering producer DJ Pooh is undeniably a pillar in hip-hop. Four decades in, he has produced classic songs for LL Cool J, King Tee, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Ice Cube, Tha Dogg Pound and others. Coming up as a DJ for the legendary West Coast DJ crew of Uncle Jamm’s Army, Pooh’ historical production on LL […]
Scarface & Willie D Of The Geto Boys Announce New “Geto Boys Reloaded” Podcast
Bushwick Bill, Scarface, and Willie D – known to the world as The Geto Boys – put Houston, TX on the map by pioneering their nightmarish imagery, physical abuse and psychological horror in their songs like their opus “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”. Releasing their debut album, 1989’s Grip It! On That Other Level, on Rap-A-lot […]
Classic Collaborations: Too Short & Ice Cube – “Big Thangs” (Prod. Ant Banks)
Too Short and Ice Cube appeared on the incredible 1997 compilation album Big Thangs from multi-platinum producer Ant Banks, on the title track, “Big Thangs”. The Big Badass composed an incredible compilation of tracks performed by a bevy of West Coast rap artists, and the “Big Thangs” collaboration between two West Coast icons over a groovy, funk […]
DJ Kay Slay Releases Posse Cut ‘Rolling 110 Deep’ Ft. Chuck D, E-A-Ski, Raekwon, Ice-T, MC Serch, Shaq Diesel, Big Daddy Kane + More
DJ Kay Slay has enlisted a total of 110 rappers on his new song “Rolling 110 Deep”, a fresh take on his decade old track ‘Rolling 25 Deep‘ which featured folks like Saigon, Papoose, Stack Bundles, Murda Mook and more. In late 2020, he released the follow -up “Rolling 50 Deep” featuring Bun B, Royce da 5’9, Twista and others. Upping […]
Def Jam’s New Strategic Consultant Snoop Dogg Confirms New LL Cool J Album Is On The Way
In his new role of Executive Creative And Strategic Consultant to the iconic music label Def Jam, West Coast icon Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to confirm that a new LL Cool J album is indeed on the way. In the post over the weekend, Snoop and LL tease that his first album in over […]