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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:03:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/01/download-prgz-born-2-ball-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/01/download-prgz-born-2-ball-mixtape/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:45:56 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=151114 While fellow Huntsville-residents G-Side have taken the Block Beattaz production sound and made a career out of world-weary but excitedly global raps, the PRGz crew is using that same sound as a jumping off point … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/01/download-prgz-born-2-ball-mixtape/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/26/stream-prgz-hood-headlinaz-vol-3-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/26/stream-prgz-hood-headlinaz-vol-3-mixtape/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:03:45 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=107660 A pretty heavy portion of this Hood Headlinaz tape is produced by Block Beattaz, and if you’re familiar with this blog, you’ll know that those dudes have yet to make a beat that is not, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/26/stream-prgz-hood-headlinaz-vol-3-mixtape/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/08/the-let-out-off-the-porch/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/08/the-let-out-off-the-porch/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:30:31 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=104359 This week the James Pants remixed Tyler, the Creator, Nicki’s beef with Lil Kim entered into Mean Girl territory and the Beastie Boys previewed a short film about themselves starring Will Ferrell and Elijah Wood. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/08/the-let-out-off-the-porch/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/10/jhi-ali-f-mata-mad-at-me-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/10/jhi-ali-f-mata-mad-at-me-mp3/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:11:16 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=98643 Jhi Ali has lately emerged as the strongest rapper of the PRGz, his voice a pillow-soft sing-song that can blend in with just about any beat around. It is so smooth, in fact, that he … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/10/jhi-ali-f-mata-mad-at-me-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/04/prgz-28-grams-mp3-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/04/prgz-28-grams-mp3-2/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:00:17 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=96846 In case you were wondering, there are 28 grams to a sandwich bag. And there are approximately 4 minutes and 24 seconds of some solid rapping to PRGz “28 Grams” a track off their forthcoming … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/04/prgz-28-grams-mp3-2/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/16/huntsville-releases-more-music-to-tirelessly-document/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/16/huntsville-releases-more-music-to-tirelessly-document/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:45:39 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=40282 And the endless well of creativity also known as Huntsville, Alabama also known as that city with actual legit ROCKET SHIPS in their skyline continues to gush forth more new music. The tail end of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/16/huntsville-releases-more-music-to-tirelessly-document/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/14/premiere-prgz-stop-n-go-mp3-prod-by-diplo/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/14/premiere-prgz-stop-n-go-mp3-prod-by-diplo/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:00:20 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=36754 What else can we say about PRGz and the rest of the Huntsville rap scene? Is there something in the water over there? It’s like you can hand them any instrumental and they have zero … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/14/premiere-prgz-stop-n-go-mp3-prod-by-diplo/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/15/premiere-stream-prgz-addicted-to-balling/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/15/premiere-stream-prgz-addicted-to-balling/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:45:07 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=33242 There could be worse things to be addicted to. Drugs immediately spring to mind. As does robbing banks. But buying awesome shit? Go for it dudes! What if this song was responsible for pulling us … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/15/premiere-stream-prgz-addicted-to-balling/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/27/prgz-hood-headlinaz-volume-2-still-headlinin/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/27/prgz-hood-headlinaz-volume-2-still-headlinin/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 16:30:43 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=30962 It seems like we’ve been waiting for this PRGz mixtape forever, and here it finally is. Over production that sounds like it came from dudes—not just from The Block Beattaz, but also Zaytoven, Benzi and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/27/prgz-hood-headlinaz-volume-2-still-headlinin/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/13/prgz-f-big-pope-anutha-night-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/13/prgz-f-big-pope-anutha-night-mp3/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 15:30:41 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=29296 It’s been awhile since we’ve heard Block Beataz flip a sample so blatantly corny, but it’s also the reason we loved them in the first place. These are the dudes responsible for “Rollin,” which basically … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/13/prgz-f-big-pope-anutha-night-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/15/prgz-trap-like-mine-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/15/prgz-trap-like-mine-mp3/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:10 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=23212 Listening to PRGz‘ “Trap Like Mine” late night over the weekend, it felt like we’d hit a turning point when it came to Huntsville rap. The reason the music from that city feels so exciting … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/15/prgz-trap-like-mine-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/07/prgz-f-king-kuma-good-times-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/07/prgz-f-king-kuma-good-times-mp3/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:50:05 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=21279 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/07/prgz-f-king-kuma-good-times-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/12/freeload-prgz-bama-gettin-money/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/12/freeload-prgz-bama-gettin-money/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:10:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/12/freeload-prgz-bama-gettin-money/feed/ 1