Coming straight out the underground Inglewoods own El Prez brings you his EPK – Past 2 Present. In this video (created by DRG Films) he speaks on his influences and about the hustling and grinding he did to create himself a firm foundation in the west coast rap scene.
“Born out of the new hotbed of West Coast Hip Hop Inglewood, CA, El Prez is a part of the new generation of M.C.’s that are redefining the culture out of the L.A. area. After putting the Broke Million Dollar Man Mixtape, the Prez-A-Nomics EP and the critically acclaimed The Daily Show EP, Prez is plotting for a release in late ’09. After just completing the Perfect Strangers EP with Dale Danja, Prez is putting the finishing touches on Bottles On The White House Lawn.”
Rap has drawn a lot of critics from the beginning of the emcee, of all the critics none are more harsher than rappers towards themselves. Brooklyn emcee PackFM (trying to lead the way in self-hate) has created the I F*cking Hate Rappers contest. A contest where you can let out your frustrations about rappers, the cliches, fads, phony gangsterism etc. and win a t-shirt. In the video Masta Ace, Iron Solomon, DMC, B-Real, Sadat X, Skyzoo,Poison Pen and more show why they F*cking Hate Rappers.
Contest Rules
Step 1. Record your own video explaining why you “F*cking Hate Rappers”
Step 2. Upload your video to youtube (or whichever video hosting service you choose)
Step 3. Email the url to IFHR@qn5.com by 11:59pm EST March 25, 2009
The winner of the contest will be announced on March 30, 2009 and featured on QN5.com and receive one FREE “I F*cking Hate Rappers” T Shirt courtesy of MooseShirts.com.
Grimey beat producer extraordinaire The Alchemist, sat down with XLR8R TV to discuss which street artists inspire him, how his organic train of thought blends with his production process, how he left L.A. for NY then was introduced to Mobb Deep and became Queens certified. Check it out:
DJ Mike Nice aka the “King of Da Crates” breaks us off with some rare demos and unreleased tracks from BK heavyweights Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z & Biggie <— Strictly for the hardcore heads.
Nick Hanekom with styling/art direction by Jaici Chen and layout/design work by Glen Manucdoc has recreated 20 classic Hip-Hop album covers in LEGO® form.
INTERNATIONALLY GHETTO V.1 : JAPAN jintrovert: INTERNATIONALLY GHETTO V.1 : JAPAN Kamagasaki Do Japanese have a ghetto with drug criminals ? ANSWER : Drugs are controlled by Yakuza (mafia) and are serious problem among younger generation (they are usually not poors).Poor people usually don’t get hooked on drugs like America, cos they can’t afford it. ak47 ( […]
