Must be a circus in town, cuz I’m surrounded by clowns, claiming that their mic skills are ridiculous. – Jamal STEELE Support the underground. A lot of heads are scared to jam unknown acts, but if my time as a writer has taught me anything, it’s that an open mind…
Confession: just last week I didn’t know who Fashawn was – but now I wish I would have known about him much sooner. Fashawn has a new album out called, The Ecology. When I tell you I enjoyed the album from start to finish, it’s the truth. “Starve myself like…
“The passion and purpose are clear, the people authorities fear, whomever you pray to, you need to go thank them for letting this reach to your ear.” – XVRHLDY from the song Road Trips A few months ago, I interviewed a cat by the name of XVRHLDY. I even went…
This album has absolutely no filler – and flows coherently from cover to cover. It’s intricate, down to the last detail, atmospheric and full of depth. There’s something to be said for live instrumentation, or rather, using actual musicians to record live music. It’s a practice that was often reserved for…
The Mood Doctors, more commonly known as The MD’s, are a Long Island based hip-hop group that consists of Lucious “Luck” Mercer, Neal “Purp” Forrester, Savander “Van” Parker a.k.a. Grippy Grip and DJ Evil Dee – one half of the Beatminerz and 1/3 of the legendary NYC group Black Moon.…
I’ve been known to shower Your Old Droog with praise – in fact he was one of my top 5 of 2014; although, it’s hard to argue the opposite. It’s not often in today’s landscape that a white rapper isn’t even acknowledged by critics as a white rapper. Maybe that’s…
January 20th was a big day – and not just because it was my birthday. While a lot of heads were busy checking for the new Lupe and Joey Bada$$ albums, I was checking for my pre-order of that new Sadat X album. Was it worth the wait? In short,…
Sometimes we often forget about the dedication and time an artist and their team put into a project. Here at Above Average Hip Hop we applaud every musician that we cover. Today, Lupe Fiasco blessed the community with his fifth album Tetsuo & Youth – a piece of work that…
