He still has bars on top of bars – stuffed with more bars; however this album seems far less rushed. As far as rap characters go, there aren’t many in the game with the background of overweight-spitter Action Bronson, coming straight out of Flushing Queens. Aside from his infamous Fuck…
At the turn of the millennium, alternative hip-hop label Def Jux was dropping some pretty avant garde shit. The game was in a weird place – the golden era was over, and we weren’t as deep in the musical “cesspool” we’re engulfed in today. Artists like MF DOOM thrived in this…
“So nasty that it’s probably somewhat of a travesty…” — DOOM It’s all entertainment. When it comes to the rap game, you often need to take the character most artists portray both on stage – and on wax – with a grain of salt. Whether most of them reveal it…
“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.” ― Ansel Adams Hip-hop has always been a very visual medium. Aside from the obvious audible aspect of the listening experience, the first impression most of us have about a…
“Do what you want kitties! Live your life and don’t let anyone tell you how to live it!” —Laya LaRoche As a preface, I’ll say that the R&B game is quite funny sometimes. Things come in waves, which often leaves us with many artists who sound similar. Sometimes though, you…
I just keep going for what I know. Just doing it. Living it. Breathing it. – Moka Only There’s nothing like pure musical expression that comes from the heart. It’s hard to find in the mainstream (music scene), but it’s easy to find in the expansive catalogue of Vancouver-based artist…
We’re trying something new with the unsigned hype section. Welcome to the first instalment of Playing 8 Questions With, where we bring you a quick Q&A with a curated up & coming artist. This week we talk to Dunn, a young mc out of New Jersey. Give this cat an ear!…
If there was one show that set the bar, and arguably still stands as a benchmark for hip-hop radio, it’s the duo of Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito. They always say hip-hop doesn’t live on the radio, but that wasn’t always a true statement. In it’s younger, and arguably better days,…
