Nas’s Classic debut Illmatic is timeless – period. It’s something that has been written about and debated to death; however, with the recent release of the documentary Time Is Illmatic, we are reminded of the bigger picture the...
On December 2nd, Wu-Tang Clan will drop their long-awaited A Better Tomorrow – an album fraught with turmoil, rumours of family feuds and sheer anticipation from music geeks everywhere. It also didn’t hurt that they have some of...
The Barrel Brothers – aka Skyzoo & Torae – drop new visuals for the Antman Wonder produced Memorabilia of their Barrel Brothers project. This album is incredibly underrated, if you haven’t heard it, head over here and stream...
Every (real) hip-hop head is anxious to get their hands on that new Prhyme album – the collaboration of Royce 5’9 and DJ Premier. Today they blessed fans with some new visuals for their track U Looz. Peep...
You may recall last month’s disappointing last minute (literally) cancelation of the epic battle scheduled between Def Squad’s Keith Murray and Onyx frontman Fredro Starr. Well, according to a Tweet from MC War, the promoters who took an...
It runs in the family. It’s often (but not always) surprising when you realize that artists are the products of either musical parents and/or have talent in their families. This was true for artists like Prodigy of Mobb...
Commercialization of hip-hop culture during the 90s had more than one negative effect on the way we consume music. The obvious, which I’ll begin this piece by delving into, is the dictation of what we should be listening...
“Golden era” of hip-hop — not rap — can be defined (as an era) by three distinct things: scratch hooks, anthems and albums. In an era where the DJ was seen as equal group member with the emcee,...