Stories of young black men being cut down have been glorified on screen with the “hood classic” films of the early 90s. It’s the same prognosis for every male under the age of 25 these days – you’ve grown up with the hood movies that spoke on such issue and now you’re literally living it. See more...
So it came as no surprise when MTV, pardon me y’all the esteemed braintrust behind Music Television came up with their nominees for Hottest MC of 2011. Sure, usual suspects such as Ross, Wayne, Jay & ‘Ye were there, same goes for Aubrey & Nicki but more puzzling than the fact that three stalwarts went milk carton. See more...
It took three years and numerous oddball moments from an artist for us to almost completely write him off and then in the early hours of the day – his album leaks. Us being the society with a penchant of sampling the goods before making a purchase, cracked open a zip file, uploaded it to iTunes and began listening. See more....
New York City hails itself as the birth place of hip-hop, an area that claims it has produced the best rappers and still dominates discussions in terms of who runs the genre regionally. Their radio stations matter, if an artist from another city goes there to perform, it’s a big deal. Despite all of the grandiose notions about NYC hip-hop, it’s most promising rookie at the moment doesn’t even sound like a NYC hip-hop head. See more...
I agreed with him in that respect but sorry, the war of my generation on a smaller scale happened to occur in New York between two rappers, one of whom would wind up becoming the most successful rapper ever and the other arguably it’s most hailed poet with a street education. 9/11 made me leave school. 9/13 made me go out and buy my second Jay-Z album. See more...
Ultimately, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest effectively does what Rappaport intended for it to be, a visual man crush towards a group he idolized while doing films such as Zebrahead and more. It makes you wax nostalgic over the day Midnight Marauders joined Wu-Tang Clan’s 36 Chambers on the shelves in 1993 and even gives you a glimmer of hope. See more...
In 2007, during the great blog creation period and also when rappers still thought ringtones were going to be career savers, multiple blogs sprouted up across the country with each one aspiring to become the next big blog. Problem was, out of the hundreds of rap blogs that sprouted, only ten or so truly matter when you open your Google Reader in the morning. See more...
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While Fiasco’s thoughts stirred up multiple debates when “Words” first leaked, his comments on CBS’s “What’s Trending” set off a wildfire with Fiasco standing by his comments on the record and his thoughts on the United States government, saying that Obama was “the biggest terrorist” and inspired people in other countries to become terrorists. See more...
Today is Lauryn Hill’s 36th birthday, one of hip-hop’s brightest stars once upon a time and now someone who should either be an ambassador for the genre or someone who should cake off of her one solo album. That being said, the days of Lauryn Hill being a well paid headliner are over. See more....
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Though their art can be viewed as amazingly different, Tyler, The Creator is 2011's Drake.After releasing critically-acclaimed free projects, Tyler's ascension to the front of every conversation and publication with co-sign's from seemingly everyone with either of their hands in the media has done nothing more than build a significant buzz for this commercially-new artist. See more...
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