Remember last month when we made a hand-wringing post about the death of the MP3 and thereby the end of the downloadable Monthly Mix? Well, fuck it -- ZIP FILE BACK. Thank you for your comments and…   Read Story »

The young Houston goofball-rapper Fat Tony has been steadily building a name for himself for years, but he's only now getting around to releasing his first solo album. That album, Smart Ass Black…   Read Story »

BLOG GAME BRYCE HARPER in the mix again for videos of the week, and you know exactly where this is going (nods head toward top of the post). But, there's some other stuff worth talking about too,…   Read Story »

Earlier this month, Fat Tony & Tom Cruz put out the joint mixtape Double Dragon through the new indie label Young One, a release from which we've already taken in the yes-this-happened collaboration…   Read Story »

The promising young Houston rapper Fat Tony recently hooked up with the brand-new rap indie Young One, and his first release for it is Double Dragon, a collaborative full-length with the…   Read Story »

Today, the brand new Brooklyn-based label Young One announced its formation, and it's already got a small but seriously impressive roster: Bay Area cloud-rap pioneers Main Attrakionz, wide-eyed…   Read Story »

Here's another from Big Baby Gandhi's new tape, another frenetic beat paired with Gandhi's sharp, shrill delivery and a laid-back verse from Houston's Fat Tony. Download it below. "Big Baby Gandhi…   Read Story »

I don't think there could be a Best Videos Of The Week column without a clip of someone spanking or spitting on someone else. I think 2011 may be the year of the S&M video, between Rihanna's video,…   Read Story »