With the biggest news of the day, Cudi announced his split with Kanye’s label, G.O.O.D. Music on Los Angeles’ Power 106. He made it clear that there are no hard feelings between he and West and both agreed this was the best decision. Check out the radio interview below. My thoughts though (in case you were wondering and pretty sure you WERE), Cudi’s split from GOOD Music is not entirely   Read More ...

Last week, I spent my time shedding 3 or 5 years off my life and loving every moment of it. I saw some of my favorite artists and possibly new cherished ones. Spent Wednesday through Saturday in Austin, Texas, but it all blends together. It was like one big party that I never wanted to end. Anyways, here’s my top 5 moments. If you’re looking for pictures, just check the   Read More ...

For the past week and a half, I’ve posted my favorite songs of the year 2012. It was a tough job. Probably the toughest job in the U.S.A. Should’ve been paid for it, but I don’t make the rules. Anyways, you saw a 17 Brooklyn kid crack the top ten, Kanye had TWO songs on the countdown, Frank Ocean made an appearance, Kendrick came through with my favorite phrase now   Read More ...

I’m completely in love with this song. The beat, the hook, the way Macklemore raps…everything about it just gets me so hyped. I really want to put it as the #1 song, but the song I have in mind won’t let me. By the way, if you’re an aspiring artist, I don’t wanna here any complaints about not being able to breakthrough. This dude here, did it all by himself.   Read More ...

I came real close to leaving this song off the list. It kinda wore me out in the end. Big Sean’s verse is lame and Kanye’s verse is like he listened to a bunch of euro dance songs and popped some pills so he could get his “freestyle” on. The highlights are Pusha and 2 Chainz’s verse, but is it really enough to propel this song into the top ten   Read More ...

I sort of cheated with this one. Kendrick’s album came out October 22nd, so it just didn’t live long enough to be a part of a “best of” 2012 list. But once the album dropped, the influence on social media and pop culture was definitely impacted. It quickly went from saying “YOLO” to “Ya Bish” within a day (an improvement if you ask me). It’s probably the most quoted song   Read More ...

The number 6 spot was pretty tough for me, but it was between two Nas songs; “Bye Baby” and this one here, “Cherry Wine”. I ended up listening to both back to back before ultimately deciding on this collab with Amy Whinehouse mainly because “Cherry Wine” had slightly more of an impact on me than “Bye Baby”. It kinda reminded why Amy Whinehouse was so revered, and when she passed,   Read More ...

At the beginning of the year, ScHoolboy Q came through with a solid album to set 2012 off just right. One of my favorite jams happens to be this one, which I played all the way up until the summer. The beat is pretty dope with the different sounds weaving in and out, backed with a crazy piano throughout the song. Q basically talks his shit about groupies, fans, being   Read More ...

“I believe there’s a God above me. I’m just the god of everything else” For the #8 song of the year, goes to the dope track from the G.O.O.D. Music comp, Cruel Bummer Summer, which features not just one, but TWO aggressive verses from the man Pusha T, a dope “college dropout” type of verse from Kanye and then the surprise guest spot from Ghostface Killah. Some of you guys   Read More ...

For the number 9 spot of this countdown, 17 year old Brooklyn rappeer Joey Bada$$ comes through with a track that’s reminiscent of the 90′s New York hip hop that we all know and love. Somewhere, Biggie is looking down smiling. This lives on his mixtape, 1999. Other songs that could’ve made the spot: Oddisee – Ready to Rock, Action Bronson – Pouches of Tuna, Schoolboy Q – Hands On   Read More ...

So it’s that time of the year again! Thankfully, we survived the Mayan Apocalypse to get this list started today. Last year, I posted a song each day until the 31st of the top ten hip hop songs of the year and it seemed like you all enjoyed it. The criteria relied mainly on quality and impact. Sure, there are TONS of amazing songs that could be mentioned, but it   Read More ...