And many people know about the producer/ artist/ manager/ photographer/ project manager/ yelper/ last but not least dj, they call He's released so much classic music. But did you also know he writes? Here's something special from the one they call dj noname. talking about his newest single The main point of my production stems from how I grew up, especially late-night freestyle takeovers. It was all about the raps, I didn't care about subject matter to an extent, what did the production make you come up with initially? That's what I wanted to be laid on my production. As my first year choppi ..read more

We are in good company. LVLC's sets out to prove this on his new album with 13 tracks that read more like a compilation project than a solo album. The album features 11 credited artists, that's almost a 1-to-1 with the tracklist, but these are friends. As far as , with this album, he's out to tell the world that he's one of the best and I have dope friends too. So, without further ado, let's get into the album they call . I learned that this actually stands for "so I told God, thanks a lot, but I don't need love when it's my name" It’s lines like these that grab your ear and make you pay close ..read more

Album Review: 4batz "u made me a st4r" . Well, this is the general consensus when people try to explain 4batz's quick fast rise to fame. Neko Bennett, better known as 4batz is a singer/songwriter from who has been taking the world by storm which has also landed him a deal with Drake’s record label . 4batz has the radio on lock but what about an actual project? 4batz just answered this question with the release of his mixtape The 11-track project comes in at 23 minutes and 35 seconds, making it very . But does it live up to the hype? Let’s dive into it!!! The first track is actually a skit ..read more

Thrilling True Crime film, "Boneyard", co-written by Tulsa-based writer, drops its first action-packed trailer! Tulsa-based screenwriter, Hank Byrd is one of the talented screenwriters behind the thrilling screenplay based on a true story. When the skeletal remains of eleven women and girls are discovered in the New Mexico desert, an extensive investigation is launched. Inspired by true crime stories, this chilling crime-thriller follows Police Chief Carter ( ), Detective Ortega (Brian Van Holt), and Agent Petrovick (Mel Gibson) in a multi-agency effort to identify and apprehend the killer. Th ..read more

Over the past couple of years rap beef has occurred, but it’s mostly been a regional thing where artists from the same city beef over who’s the in that city. There hasn’t really been a big rap beef since the beef. Some might argue that the beef is a major one. To be honest. Both didn’t really give the people what they wanted. The diss tracks seemed to be more like jabs that stung but didn’t really inflict any actual damage. So, I would say that the game has been relatively chose to shake up the game and drop a verse that broke the internet, I say again because this isn’t the first ti ..read more

"Critics want to mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin' ​Motherfucker, if you did, then Killer Mike'd be platinum"  ​                                                                                  - Kendrick Lamar It’s been almost 10 years since spit this line on his song , And since then Killer Mike still continued to push the needle of hip-hop, but to many it was a surp ..read more

What does it mean to be from the To be overlooked. To be undervalued. To be counted out before the game even starts. Growing up on the East Side puts a chip on your shoulder. Your thrown into this environment with so many different cultures that you even you have trouble knowing where one culture’s neighborhood and another ends. But that’s the East Side. That’s also the advantage of the Eastside. This past weekend 3 artists showed just what it meant to be from the East.  , the 3 artists did their own flip on the name and came up with what would become the . The SoundPony stage w ..read more

When you think of what’s and what’s considered indie, your first thought to come to mind is that hip-hop has so many underground artists, especially in a city like Tulsa. But that wouldn’t be true. If you look at hip-hop even here in Tulsa, it’s beginning to get the recognition it deserves. That starts with having acts at big venues like Cain’s or even the Vanguard. To be truly means that your genre isn't in these big venues and therefore you have to create spaces that go against the norm of poplar mainstream music. That sounds like . Noise is a genre that goes against everything and ..read more

When you’ve been in the for a while you start to notice the trend. In the beginning it’s these old artists, that people know and respect and have pushed the culture forward. Then there’s the artist that have been doing music for a long time, but you start to see outside influences take their time away from the music such as relationships and kids. Finally, you have the young artists. These are the artists that haven’t been jaded by life. These artists don’t have much money but what they do have on their side is time, and a fearlessness to get their music in front of anybody and every ..read more

When it comes to making music there are a million artists on this to choose from. But maybe that's where the problem lies, we’re only looking for artists that are on this planet. It’s a big . So why limit yourself to just the Top 40. Go see the galaxy. That’s exactly what is doing. It’s doing things on an level. And passing up all the haters in the process. Let’s take a look at the latest project from NASA BO. NASA Bo is an artist from who has become known for his hardcore in your face delivery and his hard-hitting bars, and can you believe this is his first project of which comes in ..read more