Things We Missed: “Star Trek Into Darkness” Trailer

If you’ve followed our blog at all, you might know that we took sort of a 1 month hiatus in the midst of a hectic and strenuous first semester at school. During that time, a ton of dope songs, trailers, pics, and news were released and circulated around the web. As a result, we’ve decided to touch … Continue reading →

Lyrical Exercise: J. Cole, ‘Premeditated Murder’

J. Cole has The Audio Dope licking our chops in anticipation for his second studio album set to release sometime in the beginning of 2013. After the release of ‘Miss America’, we have a sneaking suspicion that “Born Sinner” will draw more parallel’s to Cole’s mixtape/album “Friday Night Lights” than his debut studio album “Cole … Continue reading →

Beyonce, I Love You

Beyonce will be featured on the next issue of GQ.  She once again proves that she is perfect. Jay is a lucky man.

Joey Bada$$ links up with DJ Premier for ‘Unorthadox’

The popularity of Joey Bada$$ keeps on rising due to the people he is associating himself with. It is obvious that Joey has been inspired by Primo as some of his favorite albums include Gang Starr’s Moment of Truth and Nas’ Illmatic and it is awesome that this 18-year old kid is able to work with such a … Continue reading →

Ab-Soul to release joint album with JMSN in February

This news came as a bit of a surprise. We knew that Soulo was planning on releasing another full-length album this year, but we were not expecting it to be a collaboration project.  When this news broke, many people were asking who JMSN is.  He is a singer, songwriter, and producer from Detroit who released … Continue reading →

Rex Ryan has a creepy tattoo of his wife in a Sanchez jersey?

After the epic disaster known as the New York Jets 2012 Season, head coach Rex Ryan understandably bolted to the Bahamas to get away from all the drama and Tebowmania. What we don’t understand is the ridiculous tattoo paparazzi spotted on Ryan’s arm while at the beach. That tattoo, depicts Rex’s wife wearing nothing but…. … Continue reading →

Quote of the Day: The Dark Knight Rises, Bane

“The Dark Knight Rises” was definitely one of The Audio Dope’s Top 5 movies of 2012. After witnessing the epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy this summer, The Audio Dope spent two months reeling off random Bane lines in voices we thought sounded like Tom Hardy (upon second viewing, we realized we were doing … Continue reading →

J. Cole reveals ‘Born Sinner’ Delay

We all knew it was coming folks. In this day and age, hip-hop fans can consider themselves lucky if their favorite artists only delay their album once. When J. Cole announced his second studio album ‘Born Sinner’ was set to hit stores late January, The Audio Dope had its doubts. Don’t get us wrong… we … Continue reading →

Kendrick Lamar- Backseat Freestyle [Video]

Kendrick just released these visuals for his next single, Backseat Freestyle.  This black-and-white video is set in Paris, France and is filled with many trippy visual effects and interesting camera angles.  Cut to 2:30 for the ass-shaking.

Review: Moonrise Kingdom

Plot: “Moonrise Kingdom” revolves around a pair of young lovers who flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them. The search party consists of a humorous group: Edward Norton as Boy Scout Master Ward, Bruce Willis as the loser cop Captain Sharp, and Bill Murray and Frances … Continue reading →

DOPE “The Last Stand” Poster featuring Ahnulld

“The Last Stand” hits theaters January 18th and marks the return of action-movie superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger after a semi-successful stint in politics. The new film stars Arnold, Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whitaker, and Luis Guzman in a story revolving around a local sheriff taking down a powerful drug cartel. The poster below for “The Last Stand” was released … Continue reading →

Katt Williams wants to beat up Quentin Tarantino

If you’ve seen or heard anything about Quentin Tarantino’s newest film “Django Unchained”, you probably know it involves a significant amount of racism. As of late, Tarantino has come under fire from a few different figures in Hollywood including Spike Lee for his liberal use of the N-word. While speaking on the topic last week, … Continue reading →

Cool Concept Art for 3 Upcoming Pixar Films

Pixar released some pretty cool concept art for three of the studio’s upcoming animated films yesterday. The art features concept images from “The Good Dinosaur”, which is set to hit theaters May 2014,  an “Untitled Mind Movie”, which is set to hit theaters June 2015, and an “Untitled Dia De Los Muertos Movie”, which is … Continue reading →

Jay-Z working on “The Great Gatsby” Score?

You won’t find bigger Jay-Z fans than the writers of The Audio Dope. That being said, why the hell is he working on the score for Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming “The Great Gatsby” film adaptation? If Jay isn’t a talented enough to do his own beats and loops on the tracks he raps over, how the … Continue reading →