Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank) (Video)

Everyone please shut the fuck up about this “going commercial” shit. The sound/feel of this song isn’t much different than the rest of his shit. Just because he has a deal now and has big budgets for videos, doesn’t mean he’s a sell out or that he’s gone commercial. It means his music is on a bigger platform now, that’s it.

The Man Behind the MF Doom Mask (Interview)

In a matter of speaking, Blake Lethem is the man behind DOOM’s mask. Not that he is DOOM, but that he worked with the Villain to design his first and second disguises.

Lethem (also known as KEO and SCOTCH 79) is a Brooklyn-born graffiti writer, designer, MC, and raconteur whose stories go much deeper than his time spent with the Villain.

If you’re not familiar with Doom, CLICK HERE, and thank me later.

[HB] via [Frank 151]

Snow Tha Product – Neva Gave A Fuck Freestyle (Video)

I have a hard time taking female emcees serious when they’re REALLY rapping. I feel like females should rap about love and shit, so when they rap for real, it’s hard for me to take them serious. Not sure if that makes sense… My homie, Flaco, sent me this video so I thought I’d give it a shot. Snow Tha Product sounds like she can rap, hard to base it off this video alone though. Looking forward to hearing some more stuff from her. Welp… Glad all our women followers don’t hate me after that. : /

G.O.O.D. Music Covers Complex’s 2012 August/September Issue

Complex did an amazing job with this video (view after the jump). Can’t wait for the issue to drop! While the article, written by Complex‘s editor-in-chief Noah Callahan-Bever, features all the G.O.O.D. Music members, here’s a snippet of a question asked to unofficial member 2 Chainz.

Can you tell me what the nature of your relationship with G.O.O.D. is?

2 Chainz: I’m not officially signed, paperwork-wise, to G.O.O.D. Music. But I have a great rapport with ’Ye. He called me before Watch the Throne came out. I’m an only child. I’ve got trust issues. So I don’t have a best friend, a brother, sister—nothing. Stuff was happening in my life that I couldn’t tell nobody. I didn’t have anybody in my life that I could tell, like, “’Ye just called me.”

I’ve talked to ’Ye 1,000 times about trying to make this situation work for the both of us, so it won’t feel like anyone is getting used or anything. I’m in a position in life where I like talking about things like that. I came from a situation with DTP, being under Luda, where I got a phobia. Sometimes when an artist signs another artist, they’re so worried about themselves. And with ’Ye, he helps everybody.

For the entire interview on Complex, click here. After the jump, check out the BTS video of the photoshoot and actual pictures that will be featured in the upcoming issue hitting newsstands soon.

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