The answer here is yes people. In what may be Rihanna’s best, but most controverisal video of all time, she is clearly promoting smoking, ecstasy use and raging like a hormone fueled lunatic.

Garcia spins all around the East Coast and will be delivering this Thursday at the Pudding Yacht Cruise.

  The up-and-coming rapper Hoodie Allen has gained major play and garnered equal attention in alt-rap circles. Along with rappers such as Mac Miller and Sam Adams, he has been making it big with his brand of “frat rap,” fun upbeat rap that harks back to the days …

Yesterday the duo’s Watch the Throne was released. Word is that the album is amazing. This track, Murder to Excellence, is produced by Swizz Beats and S1; check it out after the jump.

Lorin Ashton’s project Bassnectar released their newest album this week, so our song of the day is The Matrix off the new Divergent Spectrum. Check out the song after the jump.

You loyal readers may be saying, “another Hoodie Allen Song of the Day?” Well, you don’t tell a flame to not burn, and Hoodie is on fire (I thought it was witty). The dubsteppy flavor of his “You are Not a Robot” add some sick …

  Ceci Gomez bleeds from the mouth, smacked in the face with her own microphone. The crowd mobs against her, frenzied by the pop-punk outfit that she fronts, Beast Make Bomb. The front row sinks to its knees, pleading for Glenn Van Dyke to shred the guitar, as …

The Red Hot Chili Peppers released the first song from their 10th studio album, I’m with You. This single isn’t the Chili’s in their best form, but it’s certainly better than most songs out there. Hell, the Chili Peppers could record a crap and it would be better …

Hoodie Allen, the UPenn alum, former Google employee raised in Long Island, doesn’t exactly have the classic hip-hop story, but let the music speak for itself, I suppose. This spring he played Bamboozle with Chiddy Band, so a blessing like that’s pretty big. Check out his newest track after …

Wednesday night’s Ninjasonik listening party was in an “old movie theater,” which I learned means empty rec hall. But first about the important thing: the band. Ninjasonik released a new mix-tape on Wednesday in preparation for their early 2012 release of their sophmore album. Their video that debuted …

The author looks at the first four Beastie albums and how they sync up to the insanity of college.

Sometimes a mo’fu#*ah has just gotta listen to some socially conscious, hardcore hip-hop. Luckily Wu-Tang released a new album on Tuesday. I haven’t listened to its entirety yet, but if the rest holds true to this song, it’ll be awesome. Check it out after the jump.

The duo that made our Song of the Day are, of course, working on a full length album. Here’s a leak of a short doc on the making of. See it after the jump.

New Kanye/Jay Z featuring Otis Reading. Enough said. Check it out after the jump; album drops August 1.

This Funday, head out to Rockaway and catch some live beach music.

The White-Stripey, Garage-Rocky musings of Kentucky’s Sleeper Agent may put them pretty far into Hipster-land, but don’t let that turn you off. The band offers up super-fun, rocking music for the summer. It could add some spice to your office environment, so check out their song “Get …

The mellow-dub Brit shook Webster Hall, which it turns out, is not just a place for drunk tweens.