Staying current on everything Hip hop!

As everyone knows it is hard these days to pick an reliable source for information. With the introduction of the internet came a plethora of options for people to get the news they desire. This is no exception within the world of Hip Hop. Go a head and ask anyone where they get their music and news of hip hop culture from, and i bet you do not hear the same answer more than twice. In a world where being up to date matters it is important to have the right sources. This is where i intend to help out. When it comes to staying up to date with Hip hop across the US, i turn to the website Hotnewhiphop.com. Hotnewhiphop is run by the famous Dj ill will, who is a staple name in the world of hip hop. Dj ill will has worked with countless established artist in the industry and have been hosting mixtapes for years now. Artist Send Dj ill Will their new music first for him to post on his website, making it the number one site for new hip hop. However new music is just one slice of the cake in being up to date with Rap. Hip hop these days has gone through this convergence culture like many other sources of media. Rap has now been infused with music, music videos, Dairy videos, and viral videos. This new infusion of video has been a major player in many artist careers. If you take Solja Boy's "Crank Dat" video for example you will recognize how influential a video can be. His absurdly popular dance video has reached close to 100 million views making it one of youtube's most successful videos. Now a days a successful video can lead to a successful career and Solja Boy is once again a prime example of that. The top Hip hop video site everyone should check out is Worldstarhiphop.com. World star is the leading site the hip hop community uses to promote their latest music videos, interviews, and viral videos. Many videos posted on world star have led to successful careers for many artist. You could say its Hip hops youtube. Since all major established artist post their material on the world star it makes the site one of the most reliable sources for videos. Both of these sites will lead you to the material you seek. As stated, Both sites are reliable sources for content due to their involvement with leading people in the industry. Therefore if you ever find your self not being able to hold a discussion about your favorite rapper, than you need to check these sites out. You will forever be a step a head of everyone else, making your self a reliable source of information!

Gnarcade

Since we have been talking about video games the past week I thought i would post something that mixed both mediums of games and music. Here is a cool music video i stumbled upon from one of my favorite Philly Groups "Ground up". In this video, Ground up Teams up with Knife show to create an awesome viral video. Ground up provides the sound track for the video that has Video games clash with action sports. Classic video game icons such as pac man, Space invaders, and Mario make appearances. If your a fan Hip hop and Video games your defiantly going to wan to check this out!

Greg Falatek- Higher Education

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Here is the highly anticipated mixtape by my good friend Greg Falatek. This tape is a passport into the everyday life of most college kids, wake up, go to class, then blow off some steam durning the weekends. When checking out this tape you will quickly realize that Greg is blowing more than steam these days, with his many smoking references. Even though smoking mary jane has been a over beaten subject these days in rap, Falatek is not beating the dead horse with these references. He uses his weekend life style to tell a story and doesn't over glorify his extra curricular activities. Pretty much He is just one cool kid that likes to have fun, and your having fun with him while vibing out to this Tape. If i had to compare him to any artist out there today i would say he is a hybrid of Currency, and wiz khalifa with his feel good music. That is the one statement that best describes this Mixtape "feel good music." The tracks that you all should defiantly check out are "Get By", "Fly me to the moon", and "that good"

Here is the music video for Falateks first single "Get by"