Category: News
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Happy Birthday To Sean Falyon!!!
When it comes to hard work, dedication, good music and literally “being everywhere”, there is only one person that comes to mind. I first heard this guy’s music maybe three or four years ago when listening to some records from the homie Playboy Tre. Lazies meet (if you haven’t already) Sean Falyon. There are people…
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56th GRAMMY Nominations
Christmas came early for Jay-Z last night as the Brooklyn emcee continued his birthday celebration with nine nominations. Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams comes in a close second each seven nods; Drake is next up for five awards. Peep the nominations in the General Field categories after the jump.
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Str8OutDaDen Phone Interview: Jesse James
Yesterday we had the opportunity to talk Rhode Island emcee Jesse James. We talked his new project with Miami based production team The Renegades, how honesty lacks in hip-hop, his new single “Outcast” and the effects of bullying in the community. [display_podcast]
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Kanye West on Juan Epstein
Remember the old saying “if you ask, then you shall receive”? Well that’s what Rosenberg and Cipha did a while back when they pleaded for Kanye to come through for an episode of Juan Ep. This one will go down in history. Relax and Listen after the jump.
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Childish Gambino Releases An Original Screenplay For Because The Internet
In a rather clever way Childish Gambino releases an original screenplay to go along with his album Because the Internet. Gambino takes us on a roller coaster of emotions and cleverness in the screenplay, as you are allowed to listen to the whole album while reading about his character, sarcastically named “The Boy”. He preface…
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Jay-Z Ranks His Solo Catalog
Unless you are under a rock some where then you know Jay-Z turned 44 today. Hov took to his Life+Times site to rank his own solo albums (those R.Kelly collabs not included). Pretty dope to see one of the greats put himself aside and provide an honest self evaluation. I agree with a good portion…
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Asher Roth On Juan Epstein
Asher Roth stopped by for another episode of Juan Ep. Rosenberg and Ciph break down the Em diss and drop a few gems. Relax and Listen after the jump.
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Happy Birthday Jay-Z!!!!
It’s December 4th and Jay-Z turns 44!!! In all honesty its hard to forget just how old Hov really is. Lets face it, dude continues to move the culture forward and whenever we think he is getting “old”, he reinvents himself. With arguably three (I say four…don’t sleep on American Gangster) classics under his belt,…
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Outkast Together In Atlanta Last Night!!!
So not only was my favorite group of all time out and about in Atlanta last night; they were around the corner from the crib. Not exactly sure if the duo were just out on the town or if they were shooting anything, but Big Boi dropped these photos via his Instagram. I for one…
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Happy Birthday Str8OutDaDen.com!!!!
Man oh man, the difference a year makes. Who would have thought an idea to start a site with the underground emcee in mind would turn to this? Lazies even though it doesn’t feel like it, we have been live for a year now! Thanks to all of you who have supported by dropping comments,…
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T-Pain on Juan Epstein
Admit it, you knew all of T-Pain’s records and after Jay-Z’s Death of Autotune, you felt a certain type of way. Well T-Pain stopped by Juan Ep to talk his feelings toward that, his new project and gave us a lot of history in between; including a classic story of how Kanye West “Good Life”…
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Jeezy & CTE Signs To Roc Nation
Looks like Jeezy and his CTE imprint is headed to Roc Nation. Jay-Z’s Life + Times made the announcement moments ago via Twitter. Not exactly sure in what capacity his involvement with Roc Nation will be. More details to come soon. Until then enjoy the mystery. UPDATE: According to XXL Jeezy’s CTE and Jay Z’s Roc…
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Exit PK ONEDAY (The Band)…Enter PK ONEDAY (The Brand)
PK ONEDAY hit the net today with a big announcement for their fans. The group that consisted of Brian, Lasanna & Marlon has decided that their time as the PK ONEDAY (the band) has come to an end. The crew will continue you on with Lasanna (Ace Harris Music) focusing solely on production and Brian…
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3 Lazy Questions w/ Shawn Chrystopher
With his latest project, The Lovestory LPÂ hitting the net back in July, Shawn Chrystopher has been on the road nonstop doing shows. We recently caught up with the Inglewood emcee after his performance of “One Of My Homies” at the A3C Festival in Atlanta this year to ask him our #3LazyQuestions. Relax and Listen to…
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Juan Epstein w/ Bun B
Bun B finally makes his way to Juan Epstein and man this was a treat. There is so much history here from classic Pimp C stories to Biggie & Jay-Z. Relax and Listen! Hit the jump for the video.