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ALBUMS: The Art of Cheat Codes

August 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments A$AP Rocky, Armand Hammer, Black Thought, BMG, Cheat Codes, Chef Raekwon, Danger Mouse, Denzel Curry, Hip-hop, Joey Bada$$, MF Doom, Rap, Run The Jewels, The Roots

Danger Mouse and Black Thought come correct on collaborative debut

Hip Hop Rap

ALBUMS: Trying to Give E L U C I D and billy woods My Money (But That’s a Whole Thing)

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2022, Aethiopes, Armand Hammer, Backwoodz Studioz, Billy Woods, Elucid, Hip-hop, I Told Bessie, Preservation, RZA

Auditing the best rapper alive and his stranger half

Hip Hop Rap

Some Thoughts on the New Kendrick Lamar Album

May 13, 2022May 15, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aftermath, Ghostface Killah, Interscope Records, Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers

Does Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers step up to the social media hype surrounding it?

Hip Hop Rap

ALBUMS: Pusha T’s It’s Almost Dry Proves the Well Is Anything But

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2022, Clipse, Def Jam, G.O.O.D. Music, It’s Almost Dry, Kanye West, King Push, Pusha T, Timbaland

Is this the Virginia rap great’s finest solo album yet?

Hip Hop Rap

WATCH: The Manifestation of Wildchild

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Big Daddy Kane, California, Fat Beats, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Guilty Simpson, Hip-hop, Lootpack, Madlib, Manifestin', Miles Brown, Murs, Omowale, Oxnard, Police Brutality, POS, Ras Kass, Sadat X, West Coast, Wildchild

The onetime Lootpack MC recounts his police brutality experience on first single off his new album Omowale

Alternative Rock Rap

Sad New Day, Go Away: Me Phi Me’s ONE at 30

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, Arrested Development, De La Soul, Me Phi Me, Michigan, One, P.M. Dawn, RCA

Looking back on an unsung alt-rap classic three decades ahead of its time

Hip Hop Music Journalism Rap

The Thin Line Between Rap and Reality

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Michaelangelo Matos 1 Comment 2 Live Crew, 2021, Books, Death Certificate, Eric Harvey, Geraldo Rivera, Ice Cube, Michaelangelo Matos, Oprah Winfrey, Run DMC, University of Texas Press, Who Got The Camera: A History of Rap and Reality

An interview with Eric Harvey, author of the new history of hip-hop and tabloid TV, Who Got the Camera?

Hip Hop jazz Rap

Masta Ace: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 Daniel Offner 0 Comments A Tribe Called Quest, Analog Players Society, Ben Rubin, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Donny McCaslin, Hip-hop, Home In America, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, MF Doom

The Brooklyn rap great talks about his jazz roots, Biz Markie, and 20 years of ‘Disposable Arts’

Hip Hop Rap Remembrance

Biz Markie Has Left The Building

July 18, 2021March 28, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Benny and the Jets, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Cold Chillin', Cool V, Elton John, Just A Friend, Masta Ace, Nick Cannon, RIP, Roxanne Shante, Vapors, Yo Gabba Gabba

When it came to bringing humor and warmth to a most serious rap game, Marcel Theo Hall had what we all needed

Dub/Reggae Pub Rock Punk Rap

A Funny Thing Happened En Route To Seeing The Clash At Bond International Casino….

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Billy Sternberg 3 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Bonds International Casino, Joe Strummer, London Calling, Mick Jones, New York City, Paul Simonon, The Clash, Times Square, Topper Headon

One fan’s unique remembrance of catching the British punk godfathers on Broadway 40 years ago this month

Hip Hop Psychedelics Rap

Is He Weird?: Dr. Octagon at 25

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1996, Blue Flowers, Bulk Records, Dan The Automator, DJ QBert, Dr. Octagon, Dreamworks, Earth People, Kool Keith

A quarter century later, hip-hop is still trying to keep up with this Kool Keith-sired psych rap classic

Electronic Experimental Hip Hop Rap

Moor Mother Signs To ANTI- Records

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments "Zami", 2021, ANTI-, Archie Shepp, Bahamadia, Hip-hop, Moor Mother, Philadelphia

The futuristic Philadelphia MC shares video for new single “Zami”

Hip Hop Rap

How’d You Get My Name and Number?: De La Soul Is Dead at 30

May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead, Long Island, Maseo, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug 3, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Tom Waits, Tommy Boy, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove

Still unavailable on streaming services, the second De La Soul albums nevertheless remains a high-water mark in hip-hop creativity

Funk Hip Hop Rap Remembrance

Rest in Peace Shock G, You Piano Playing, Biscuit Grabbing Genius

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2Pac, C-Rayz Walz, Def Jux, George Clinton, Humpty Hump, Murs, RIP, Shock G, The Digital Underground

Remembering the life of rapper, producer, musician and character kingpin Greg Jacobs of The Digital Underground

Hip Hop Rap Remembrance

X Gave It To Us… And Gave And Gave

April 12, 2021April 14, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Dark Man x, DMX, Earl Simmons, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, RIP DMX, Ruff Ryders

Assessing the complicated legacy of Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons

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