Recently an article penned by RepPittsburghHipHop writer Rami Bensasi discussed the underwhelming album from two of rap’s greatest artists ever, Watch the Throne. While I respect the effort and opinions laid forth in the article, I couldn’t help but disagree with just about all of it. Rami is an incredible writer and I see...
Now that the dust has settled and everyone has weighed in on the Nicki Minaj/Hot 97 situation, I wanted to take the time to look at a very important aspect of this whole drama that no one has spoken too much about. We know it was the wrong place/wrong time to say what Rosenberg...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com It’s that time again, to look back on the last year of hip hop and pick the top 10 albums that arguably defined this year and are more proof that this culture is very much alive and better than ever. Last year it was impossible to limit the list to...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com Before I start, yes, Kanye just dropped the most epic album I’ve ever heard, it ain’t even hip hop, it’s a symphony, with different movements in each track, and it’s absolutely amazing. So seemingly out of nowhere Friday night it’s announced that the newest member of Illuminati Records is none...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com So the buzz around these interwebs is that Elzhi was kicked out of Slum Village basically because he’s better than everyone else who’s still left in that group and T3 was apparently not too thrilled that the Busta Rhymes move had started to take place (what up Dinco, Milo and...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com You hip hop purists are really fucking yourselves on this one, and you next-shit mafuckas are proving why you need us purists educating your asses on this culture. The backpackers are being total hypocrites with regard to the “old school” they want so desperately to keep living and breathing even...
As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com In the never ending battle of “which decade was the best for hip hop” the general consensus seems to be that the 90s were the “golden age” and that nothing in the last 10 years has been worthy of putting up on the same pedestal that we place Illmatic, Reasonable...
