Fat Beats, aside from being the go-to new york record spot for legendary DJ’s in NYC during hip-hop’s golden age, was also a congregation circle for underground emcees on the come up. In it’s last few years, though,...
Aaron Cohen is well traveled. He’s a young man but properly weathered from seasons of coast to coast treks. He’s from Washington, breathes NYC, and spent a stint in the City of Angels. Regardless of his coordinates, there’s...
To me, he was my father, he was Eric – daddy Eric. To everybody else, he was Eazy-E. – Yung Eazy The movie Straight Outta Compton took the world by storm and introduced a whole new generation of...
If you’ve fallen victim to a YouTube black hole, where you find yourself watching video after video and all of a sudden an hour has passed, there’s a good chance you’ve been under the spell of hip-hop enchantress...
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen talking about group dynamics, people like to point towards Wu-Tang Clan as the quintessential example of a hip-hop dynasty; however, that’s not entirely accurate. It’s impossible to have such a conversation and negate the influence of the...
Wally Clark, creator and owner of Gummy Soul Records in Nashville, is a Renaissance man of sorts. His authentic ear and love for hip-hop led to some of the greatest mashup projects of the last decade. Long after...
In today’s hip-hop climate, where artists are here today and gone tomorrow, terms like classic and legend are grossly overused. Artists from my era had to earn titles through consistency, longevity and – most importantly – building a...
I’ll always credit Gang Starr’s Who’s Gonna Take The Weight with being the record that made my ears perk up and say “what ever that is, THAT’S what I wanna do with my life”. — El RTNC Nothing...