We’ve featured rapper MPYRE here on AAHIPHOP in the past — here’s a refresher. This time around, though, I sat with his full mixtape, TWO-STOCK. Let me back up, I’m getting too excited. MPYRE is a Philapino rapper who hails from Chicago, which is arguable one of the most eclectic…
Dead Reputation, the trio of 22-year-old NXUS, Delirious Beats (producer/engineer) and Rake (writer/videographer/film editor/photographer), certainly have a lot going for them. They have the type of sound and imagery that gives writers like me what can only be described as a “writer boner.” Self-professed semi-conscious hip hop, you can feel…
Lavell William Crump, known to the masses as David Banner, released his first solo album Mississippi: The Album about 13 years ago; but he’s not letting up. Banner still manages to keep his presence very relevant from movies, interviews, and all the way back down to the music, the Jackson,…
Major key alert: congratulations are in order for Snapchat’s favorite user, DJ Khaled. It’s been reported that the DJ and Snapchat King is expecting his first child with his fiancée, Nicole Turk. So naturally, I decided to go ahead and list five parenting tips inspired by his very own Snapchats.…
There comes a point in every musician’s career when a proverbial crossroad lies ahead, and a choice must be made. Do they continue to make the records that the people need and want, or do they bury those considerations and go for self? In Drake’s case, that time is now.…
Not to sound all DJ Khaled-ish, but the keys to success in the rap game are a combination of both quality and consistency. With over a decade of solid bars under his belt, Sacramento/San Diego’s rapper and CEO, Smigg Dirtee, walks the line — and he has the war stories…
“If you’re tired of hearing your kids singing songs around the house that’s talking about pushing crack, then get our new album !” — Horseshoe Gang Julius, Kenny, Demetrius, and Dice are straight out of the streets of Long Beach, CA — where the grass is green on the other…
Royce Da 5’9 is a busy man. He’s one part PRhyme, one-fourth Slaughterhouse, and broke into the game by cementing his place as a steadfast wingman alongside Eminem. Layers, his first solo record since 2011, is an honest confessional. Highly personal minus any wallowing or emotional instability, the record takes…
