Look, I ain’t advocating violence, but it’s about damn time something happened. It’s been boring as hell recently. I ain’t been writing shit but half-reviews of albums, bringing up shit from damn near 10 years ago just to complain about why an artist today ain’t never really gonna be shit, and I even recently...
Most anticipated album of the year? Yeah probably. Aside from the follow up to Rick Ross’ best effort yet, the G.O.O.D. Music label’s debut compilation album has been much discussed ever since it was initially announced (as are most Kanye projects) and so now that the dust has settled and the album is out...
As I alluded to in last week’s post, I want to revisit something that happened almost 10 years ago to perhaps examine why a certain artist’s career panned out the way it did. I recently wrote about Slaughterhouse and how each of the member’s individual careers took a swan dive before it ever really...
Nas is one of those rappers who constantly gets listed with the greats, and rightfully so. Between Illmatic and It Was Written he easily has two of the best rap albums of all time in his catalog. So when almost four years to the day after his Untitled album was released we finally got...
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 he preps his new tape Twenty One Aziz drops off his latest set of visuals where he flips both flows and his voice over a medley of classic beats from the 90s. Be sure to pick up his previous effort Daydreams of a Spaceshot and check out www.azizmusic.com for more. Twitter: @LeaveMeAziz
Hip hop is approaching a 40 year life span. What some thought would die early has gone on to get bigger and more diverse than anyone ever expected. And in those almost 40 years the general consensus among numerous rap fans has been that Illmatic is one of if not the greatest album in...
So once again we have a case of dickridin ass mafuckas who can’t wait to crown something a “classic” when it hasn’t even had time to circulate throughout the internet and be digested. I download this “Glory” joint, listen to it once, throw on an episode of The Wire and before I even have...
The Roots have always been a group known for change and progression. From a rap/jam band hybrid to a full on rap collective to one the house band for a late night talk show, they have never remained stagnant in one style, beating it til it dies like so many other groups have done...
