NO TRIVIA

October 5, 2012 – <p>Atlanta producer DJ Burn One's persistent mixtape release schedule recalls the workhorse mentality of Memphis' Hypnotize Minds and Houston's Suave House &#8212; '90s regional rap monoliths that made their names thanks to a constant stream of innovative, well-crafted Southern hip-hop.

October 5, 2012 – <p>There seems to be some confusion about Kendrick Lamar's <i>good kid m.A.A.d city</i>, even after the rapper's major-label debut went up to iTunes for pre-order, earlier this week. The track he did with Lady Gaga, "PARTYNAUSEOUS," was nowhere to be found on the iTunes tracklist, and that's a good thing.

October 3, 2012 – "And I don't fuck with suckers, I'm from the Bay and I fuck with real motherfuckers like Los Rakas." That's E-40 on Panamanian Bay Area hip-hop duo Los Rakas' "Pimpin' Smokin' Dro." The hump of non-English-speaking hip-hop can sometimes be hard to climb over for English-speaking only dummies like myself, so an E-40 shout-out like that helps.

October 2, 2012 – <p>From that <i>XXL</i> cover that tries to claim that Dr.

September 29, 2012 – <p>That <a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/lil-wayne-court-amnesia-threaten-lawyer-qui... of Lil Wayne's deposition</a> getting lots of LOLs isn't evidence that he's lost his marbles. It's proof of the American legal system's absurdity, and that Wayne is painfully aware of this fact.

September 27, 2012 – <p>DJ Drama likes to keep listeners on their toes. Earlier this week, he hosted perpetually-buzzing street dude Freddie Gibbs' much-anticipated <i>Baby Face Killa</i> mixtape, and not too long ago, he lorded over hip-pop superstar Lil Wayne's <i>Dedication 4</i>. Next week, <i>Quality Street Music</i>, the mixtape curator's fourth major label album, arrives.