Def Jam

“It's hell of a long way from back in the basement.”

"We gotta realize we are inspiration’s inspiration."

Coming Friday.

"It's still fucked up inside the system."

Maxo’s vocals are clear, incisive stabs of reflective clairvoyance.

Invest in your career.

Us, too.

'Rap or Go to the League' is 2 Chainz displaying his greatest gift as a rapper: eclecticism.

"It surely did."

"It's like a push to the fans and stuff like that.

According to record labels, anyway.

When DaniLeigh was 18, she worked with Prince. Now 23, she wants to be known for her music, first and foremost.

One of hip-hop’s most relentless new forces understands the time for change is now.

'The Black Album' was meant to be a once-in-a-career album.

That may not be a good thing.

Well, that was unexpected.

“He said he needed something that represented him and where he comes from so here it is.”

'MihTy' is a collection of safe songs that are too formulaic to be interesting.

The fight Logic began all those years ago, and extended across the three previous ‘Young Sinatra’ projects, is finally won on ‘YSIV.’

"This is a man who wants to translate his passion for rapping to the listener."

"I’m not giving a deal just because they have numbers to support it.”

Jeezy's third album was as timely as it was timeless.

“It might fit the next person but it ain't fit me…”

The West Coast might not get the shine it deserves on the national hip-hop stage, but YG has a plan.