As seen on ThatGirlMystic.com – written for a 10 year retrospective of the album in which Mystic invited her fans to share their feelings about the record. It all started with “Destiny Complete”. Immersing myself in underground hip hop I discovered The Angel’s No Gravity album and that song especially stuck out due to...
As we await Bricks In My Backpack 2: POWER To The People Troy Ave drops off a couple joints to hold us over, including a remix of Jay-Z and Kanye’s “Otis” Otis Freestyle On My Level
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com Everyone has different reasons for getting into hip hop. Some are trying to escape the harsh world around them. Others grew up admiring the culture and want to be a part of it themselves. Still others are just good business-minded people who want to be a part of that American...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com So last Wednesday, after committing about 30 moving violations on my way home school upon seeing that “Otis” had dropped, I proceeded to bump the track on repeat a good 5-6 times before dipping out for the night. With endless quotables from “I’m bout to call the paparazzi on myself”...
As seen on The T.R.O.Y. Blog Long before he crafted smash hits for the likes of T.I. and Young Jeezy, DJ Toomp produced an entire album for a duo known as the Native Nuttz. Released in 1994, The Nativez Are Restless is a smoothed out album filled with funky beats, chanted hooks and back...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com A little over a year ago hip hop lost a legend, Keith Elam, better known as Guru. While controversy clouded his passing, in life he gave us years of incredible music with and without his Gang Starr partner DJ Premier. Whether lacing Premo’s beats with his signature voice or working...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com One of the biggest problems with hip hop today isn’t a lack of substance, an oversaturation of artists, or the fact that there’s more rappers than fans, it’s the way that it’s no longer about the actual music, even when it comes to what fans listen to. Rather than check...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com 2011 has been a great year for R&B. With exceptional genre-progressing mixtapes like The Weeknd’s House of Balloons and Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia, ultra., we’ve heard some of the best music from hip hop’s closest relation for a minute now. Now we have another tape to add to the collection as...
