Black Intel

By: James Harris
One of the most anticipated albums in years drops tomorrow June 15, 2010.  Drake releases his first studio album, Thank Me Later, and as I predicted the critics have gone on a rampage.  There are mixed reviews over the album some saying that it has “let them down” or that it “didn’t own [...]

I’m Puerto Rican but I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY…my first job out of High School was working for Rap-A-Lot Records…what separates my sound from other producers is that I have never been one dimensional

Written by J. Ado
Gone are the days of ballads. We’re in a time where our few real singers are either in the neo-soul genre (the only way to hear most of them is on the internet). The others are divas, who have been around for a while and have left the belting out of hard [...]

Written By: James Harris
For the past week I’ve been listening to the same album on repeat, hearing the same two voices and dealing with the same feelings of sadness and disbelief. Little Brother released their final album 4.20.2010 entitled Leftback. The duo (originally trio before producer 9th wonder left the group) released their [...]

Written By: James Harris

A fellow music lover asked me a question the other day that I can’t let go, “Is music today, better than music 10-15 years ago?”  First off I couldn’t believe I was old enough to remember music 10-15 years ago (you’re only as old as you feel right?)! Secondly, I had to really [...]

The Black Intel is said to report that Hip-hop star/rapper Guru passed away Monday from complications of cancer. Born Keith Elam, Guru was best known as one of the two member group Gang Starr. According to reports, Guru had been in and out of the hospital since July and wanted to keep his illness private. Guru was 43 years old.

So a couple of days ago I was diggin’ in the webs(lmao) and I stumbled upon this title COMMON Presents JUST WRIGHT Mixtape Vol. 1 title. Now I usually don’t jump at every mixtape but this one I gave the benefit of the doubt off the strength it had Common’s name in the title [...]

…The standout tracks are “Window Seat” and “Out My My Mind, Just in Time,” which with its length and the way the beat changes is more like three good songs in one…

To keep up with this month Lady MC…here is the classic freestyle battle between Roxanne Shante vs. Sparky D…. I don’t know why this reminds me of Nicki Minaj and Lil Momma…anyways..this is not as clean as the other Lady MC submissions, so be for warned…however they went hard here

To continue with reppin the ladies during Women’s International Month…we’re going to take it back to the one and only group Salt and Pepper…. you can’t get more classic with push it