EPMD Still At It & They Mean Business

Erick and Parrish are still in business of making dollars and fittingly, the title of their new album is We Mean Business. The December 9th Fontana distributed release will be their first full lenght album since 1999’s Out Of Business.

“The CD is fuckin’ crazy. The shit is bangin’. Like, I ain’t gonna lie to you. It’s real Hip Hop shit for real Hip Hop heads. If you a Hip Hop head, it’s hard to hate the CD. You’re gonna be excited, trust me,” said Sermon.

We Mean Business boasts features from the likes of Redman, Havoc (Mobb Deep), Raekwon, KRS-One and 9th Wonder among others. Below is their lead single, “Run It,” featuring KRS One and in the spirit of Throwback Thursdays, we felt it appropriate to add some old school knock.

“Run It” ft. KRS One

“So What Cha Sayin’?”

SLAP | E-40 | “Sprinkle Me”

Too Short’s induction into the VH1 Hip Hop Honors family this past week is a pretty good indication that E-40 will follow in a year or two. No matter how much game they stole and how often they hated, rappers and critics alike all got a little bit of 40 Water in them along the way – whether they wanna admit it or not. This song, is ONE reason why. 

As he puts the finishing touches on his 11th album, The Ball Street Journal, we thought it fitting to take it back to the early 90s – the Bay Area’s glory days – to truly appreciate the catalogue this brutha has assembled.

Kickin’ on back wit tha Hennessy/ 40 Wata wata would ya sprinkle me?

Scarface Opens Up | Calls McCain “Pink”

In this clip with rolling out TV, Houston legend Scarface opens up about the Presidential race, namely John Racist McCain’s refusal to engage Barack Obama during the first debate. For that Uncle Face called the Republican candidate a “peckerwood” and went on to slur the 72 year old war vet (and grandson of slave owners might we add) with other derogatory terms.

GAME | Barry Sanders Highlights

Throwback Thursdays – GAME

He was playing the last game of the season and had a choice. The Detroit Lions had the game won, but in the balance, he had a chance to break a record. Ten more yards and it was his. Being the humble, non self consuming individual that he is, Sanders decided against it and calmly watched the rest of the game from the sideline.

Barry Sanders may not have won a Super Bowl and he may not have played the extra year or two it would have taken for him to conquer the “most yards ever” claim, but he was easily the most spectacular running back to ever touch the pigskin… and arguably the best ever. His talent was unrivaled during his era.

SLAP | San Quinn | “Northern California”

THROWBACK THURSDAYS

Not like it was all that damn long ago when this song dropped… heard it out in Georgia thanks to the homie DJ Juice, who always makes sure we stay laced with Bay SLAP. If you fuck with the Bay this song puts it all together. A history lesson if you will, Quinn speaks on every era from the mid ’80s when it first started crankin’ in the Yay. If you’re from the Bay, nostalgia is sure to catch you up. From Hammer’s glory days to the Too Short/Luniz feud, Mac Dre & 2pac eras; it’s all that and a fat ass burrito!! Yadada?! 

In related news, San Quinn’s heavily anticipated From A Boy To A Man is finally set for a November 25th release on Northern California based SMC Records.

“Quinn went in and gave them what they wanted – that honesty, that reality that people are dealing with everyday,” said SMC Co Founder Wil Bronson. “The dopest thing is, when we approached producers about doing the album, they we’re just as excited as us and you can hear it in the songs.”

THROWBACK THURSDAYS | 2PAC | “Last Muthaf*cka Breathin'”

Even after the 12 year anniversary of his untimely death, 2pac’s been on the mind of late. We just happened to stumble upon this gem today and thought we would drop it for “Throwback Thursdays.”

The irony… Pac would be 37 years old today and possibly Barack Obama’s running mate or the biggest, most influential human vehicle to unite young America during these historical times.

R.I.P. Pac