The 90’s hip-hop sound had a very specific sound/feel to it. It’s often duplicated, and many artists claim to be “bringing it back”…but it’s not that simple. The music we grew up on was driven less by money...
We put songs that we feel strongly about in, essentially, a better position to be heard. Nowadays artists have a sea of options to share their music, including services like Bandcamp and the ever-popular behest that is Soundcloud....
“Back in the days I use to rock a troop jacket, me and everybody in my cabinet, we was shining, if you had the troop jacket you was grinding…” —E-40 – It’s All Gravity Hip-hop and fashion have been...
“This is not a serious academic study. This is an, like, ‘I thought it’d be cool on the Internet [project]…” – Matt Daniels, in a interview with NPR. Meet Matthew Daniels – a New York based designer, data scientist...
“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...
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),...
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...
If Young Thug were white, black Twitter would be losing their f’ing minds. The term cultural misappropriation has been used frequently in many recent hip-hop conversations. Used during a Hot 97 interview with Azalia Banks, and aimed squarely...