Catch Deen in Atlantic City, blowing nothing less than 50. I pride myself on listening to as much music as possible. If it’s on rap blog somewhere, I’ll probably listen to it. Time gets scarcer, but I think I make an honest effort to listen to as much new shit as possible while maintaining gainful […]

Deen stays ’bout it. Hey there. It’s your resident Freddie Gibbs stan again. Call me biased, but Baby Face Killa hasn’t left the rotation since it dropped. But you already knew that. In any event, Fredericko decided to shoot a video for one of my favorite tracks on the mixtape – “BFK.” The second I […]

I think I get why you hate Swizz Beatz. Maybe I don’t, but I’ll try anyway. Is it the fact that a 17 year old figured out how to make a ton of money off the basic shitty Casio keyboards we all owned, by making alternately good and shitty beats for the last decade and […]

Deen’s voting for Sosa. Nicki Minaj confuses me on so many levels. From wanting to bang her, to being kinda disgusted by her, to  defending her music to straight shittin’ on it, Nicki has this observer halfway bi-polar. In my defense, it’s her fault. She made that really interesting album that started with about six […]

The Game-Holy Water Music Video from Taydoe Kidd on Vimeo. Deen once drank Holy Water before an exam. He thinks it gave him dysentery. I get the distinct impression that no one really cares about Game anymore. With every passing project, Jayceon seems to slip further into dreaded “irrelevance.” Between his antics – which while […]

I’m not sure if I actually liked shit that sounds like this prior to Drake and 40’s rise, but at the moment I’m a huge fan of sounds I’d describe as muted and/or underwater-ish. To be completely honest, it’s the primary reason I check for any of Drake’s music. I’m always hoping 40 has a hand […]

So it’s about that time again when folks start making all kinds of lists and slideshows arguing who made the best music we’ve heard this year. Skressful exercise if you ask me. Thankfully, I presume I’ll be sharing that responsibility with the POTW gang, so instead of getting all skressed about what I’m forgetting or […]

Deen doesn’t care what you don’t like. Given recent events (which we won’t link to), it’s nice to hear some fire ass Chicago music that one can enjoy guilt-free. Even better is the fact that it doesn’t sound like Memphis revivalist shit masquerading under whatever new moniker the industry (or whoever is in charge of […]

Deen is wonderful. So you got my attention Gucci Mane La Flare, Esq, but whatchu gon do with it? I hate to admit it, but your ominous trolling was entertaining enough to ensure that I’d be listening to your shit the minute it dropped. Well, more like the minute I was done with the Kendrick […]

You know where Deen stands on those who are soy latte only. Disappointingly, our boy Rocky seems to have settled for the French Montana “Pop That” approach for his newest lead single. Also known as the “throw the kitchen sink of name recognition at em” approach. This shit isn’t nearly as cynical or derivative as […]