In the words of the homie Telisa D, Atlas’ is a “rapping ass rapper!”

Surely you remember…

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I interviewed Cymarshall Law last year and it was a pleasure talking to him. I ended up not posting the interview because I left the company that it was originally going to be for (long dramatic story that may be a blog on day). However, when I get my ish together, I’ll post the interview. Cymarshall Law is a lyrical beast. He stopped by said company last year and mirked some battle raps. He’s definitely someone who takes his artistry seriously. But in the meantime, check out this video from “Harder Than Thou” ft. DJ JS-1 off of his Creator’s Kid EP (on Kevin Nottingham’s, HiPNOTT Records).

Cymarshall Law Accolades:

-Has toured Europe several times.
-Featured on iTunes’ hip hop page.
- Recently featured in MTVU’s “Hot Seat.”

MySpace.com/CymarshallLaw

I’m the worst when it comes to my GangStarr Girl email. Most people don’t respond at all. Me, I just take forever. Like, months. It’s not that I’m trying to be rude–trust me, I also know what it’s like to not get a response (wackness)–I just get a lot of mail and it gets very overwhelming, especially when I have a separate email account to maintain too. It’s just me behind this site and it’s going to stay that way at least for now. But anyway, out of all the artists who email me, some obviously stand out more than others for different reasons (very different reasons). Enter E. Daney. He’s a rapper out of Harlem who wanted me to check out his stuff. (His girl hit me up first, months ago). I checked him out and I wasn’t mad. I liked that he was from Harlem (my hometown) but that he wasn’t trying to be all Dipset or any other Harlem stereotype that you can think of and I liked the street element that he brought without trying to be a thug. I could go into more detail with my thoughts, but I won’t this time because he is the inaugural artist for my new blog feature called “Dear GangStarr Girl,” where I will feature new artists for your feedback. I want you to check him out and let me know what you think. If you don’t like it, you don’t like it but don’t be rude. Give him honest, functional feed back. We don’t make web coward comments like “kill yourself” around these parts. We build. You say you want better music? Then be a part of the new order of business and let him know what you think.

Here are some tracks he sent me:

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Professor X was the son of legendary activist Sonny Carson, who I featured for Blaxploitation Friday #56.

Werk! Two of my favorite, rapping/sanging, triple threat international rude gals did a photoshoot and talked about what inspires their art. I don’t know what the photoshoot was for but they look fly and when these ladies speak, you should listen. Check them out:

Nola Darling Photo Shoot from Revery Media on Vimeo.

And they say female hip-hop is a lost genre. Pssssh!

Show them some love at www.NolaDarling.com.

The video is cute and I like the song. Check it out:

The video was directed by Ethan Lader.

B.o.B’s official debut album, The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, will be in stores April 27th.

She looks good. Check out behind the scenes footage of the shoot:

NICKI MINAJ BREAKS OUT THE BOX FOR RIGHTONMAG.COM from rightonmag on Vimeo.

However, we must still make sure to teach the babies that she’s an entertainer and that it’s not cute to wannabe a Barbie in real life.

If you’re a hip-hop fan who will be in the NYC area this weekend, then get into it.

Rapper/Producer Christina K might be from “Murrland” but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t up on Big. In fact, she made a song called “Maryland” a couple of years ago that paid homage to her hometown but also to Biggie at the same time because she rapped over his beat for “Every Day Struggle” ( from Ready to Die). She begins the song by saying, “Biggie said he was ready to die on this track, but I’m ready to live so I had to flip it.”

Listen below:

Like what you heard? Then download it HERE.

P.S. Christina K is the real mastermind behind Nas and Green Lantern’s “Black President.” I’ll have to repost the interview I did with her for Honey magazine, but in the meantime, check out her music HERE.

He turned his experience meeting Big into a tribute song. Check it out:

You can hit RH Bless on his Twitter.