The Musik Lounge

Remember how trendy it was to hate on NY and the East coast Hip Hop scene? People placed a lot of high hopes on the likes of Saigon, Papoose and Tru Life. Well none of them have yet to drop an official release, although they have some great unofficial work available. With them taking their time playing the major label games, I’m going to spend the next couple weeks looking at several loosely associated artists from around the East coast (who actually release music) and have taken the art into their hands and brought back the classic feel to their tunes that only their coast is known for. First up hailing from Massachusetts is the latest young gun to grace many a Primo banger. Termanology built his name up traveling to Boston and NY while releasing a series of great mixtapes - what you know about them Hood Politics ? Over the course of his grind he made some valuable connections and with the delivery of his debut album we are treated to the fruits of the hustle. With an old lead single ...

Another week past and more craziness going down! But before we get into all that I just want to send a big thank you out to Saigon, dude came to town and killed it! Then he spent an afternoon talkin with the people at Seattle Central. This guy is on some real uplifting Hip Hop music and he deserves his props! Now let’s get this thing started. Bun B is coming to town April 4th! Nuemo’s is about to be crackin! He was out here in November or December at the War Room but I couldn’t make it so I’m definitely trying to make it out to this show. RIP Pimp C. I have to once again give respect to hiphopdx.com for dropping another fresh interview. This week they sat down with Olu Dara. That’s right Nasir Jones pops! Check it out here . Any of y’all see the new site that popped up this week www.kingmathers.com ? What do you think? Is Em going to come back and wreck the game? My boy Mike says that him and Dre are back in the lab and Em is on his Slim Shady/Marshall Mathers type ish? Can Eminem ma...