Styles P

"I have aspirations to be Marvin Gaye in the back of my head." Drake said those words in an interview with MTV back in September, once again establishing that his musical ambitions can't be contained to the rap world. In June, the Canadian rapper/singer revealed to GQ that his then in production new album would be heavily influenced by Gaye's 1978 record Here, My Dear, a wounded and em

Grafh takes it back to underground hip-hop with his new single featuring Styles P and Loaded Lux. The battle rap specialists do their thing on the gritty instrumental. The track will appear on Grafh’s Pain Killers Reloaded.

Game originally wanted “Last Supper” to appear on Jesus Piece, but it didn’t make the final edit. Instead, he gives it away for free on the Internet. The track—which features Jadakiss, Styles P and AR-16—is a poignant posse cut that sticks to the theme of Gs and important figures at the table. Listen to the soul-laden tra...

Stop, drop and roll up. Kid Ink serves up another smoker's delight with the Styles P assisted track, "Fired Up." The two rappers express their love for top notch herbs over the Marvel Hitz beat. Kid Ink's forthcoming LP My Own Lane is scheduled to drop January 7...

Styles P shows his veteran stripes on Twitter by tweeting a link to his new track through a ZShare link. Despite the dated file sharing website, the Yonkers MC teamed up with Action Bronson and Easy Money for “All I Got.” No matter how you download it, "All I Got" is produced by Statik Selektah and stays within the pure boom-bap sound rap heads can’t get enough of. ...

The Alchemist is a known staple of hip-hop. Alc is closely affiliated with Dilated Peoples and Mobb Deep, but his connections run deeper than that. Throughout his 20-year career, the Los Angeles producer has gone on to get placements with hip-hop heavyweights like Lil Wayne, Nas and Cam’ron. Cons...

Statik Selektah And Ransom On 'The Proposal'

Heat makes people do crazy things. Even though summer is winding down, The LOX—the reunited Yonkers super-group of Sheek Louch, Styles P, and Jadakiss—has released a new track about rising temperatures and the sometimes violent outbursts that come with them. Over a gri...

Big Sean's "Control" pretty much consumed twitter this week. Whether it was fellow emcees congratulating the lion hearted rapper or people coming for his head, all in all Kendrick Lamar was the topic of conversation on the social network...

It has been a little more than 48 hours since the occupying force of Kendrick Lamar declared himself “King Of New York” on his monumental verse on Big Sean’s “Control.” Hip-Hop has been served notice that Kendrick has claimed superiority over his peers, putting himself on the pedestal of the greats. Newtonian physics tell us...

Just two days after the verdict was announced in the landmark Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case, D.C. crooner Raheem DeVaughn releases a tribute song to the 17-year-old Martin in "Trigga Man," appropriately hashtagged #ATRAYVONMARTINSONG. Whi...

Styles P drops a StreetHeatTV-directed video for his freestyle over this Lex luger beat, featuring Big Pun’s son Chris Rivers and Tyler Woods. Styles’ newest project, Float, is out now. The video follows the trio on there day to day in NYC. Rivers dro...