[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ishing Blues is the seventh studio album from Minneapolis hiphop icons Atmosphere. Released this summer, the album has received wide praise, including from Complex who noted, “20 years in, Atmosphere is older, wiser, and still able to make...
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a preface, I’ve seen a few writers cover this topic over the years, but the sheer amount of blank stares the conversation elicits on my part suggests that revisiting it wouldn’t be such bad idea. I’ve made...
“We make music. Of course, with a Hip-Hop base but also sprinkled with Jazz, Funk, Dancehall, Rock, Folk, Salsa, etc. man. I mean, for real, the list goes on and on and on—and on! We love art…but we...
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]urrey, British Columbia, is the province’s roughest city—in fact, in 2015, the city’s crime rate had risen almost 36% as the result of a bloody gang war. Surrey is the birthplace of rapper POLO, who is a longtime friend...
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]irst off, excuse the unintentional pun in the title. Now, there’s always been this hip-hop edge to Alicia Keys that I’ve loved; she has this beauty and grace about her, but her gorgeous vocals have a certain soulfulness...
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollowing in the footsteps of some of the biggest female rappers in the timeline of the game, Glamour Gurl Pearl — straight out of Brooklyn — is ready and poised to take the game by surprise this quarter....
“It be the closest of niggas that change on you quick and know most fo your business.” –Meek Mill [dropcap]I[/dropcap] sometimes liken Meek Milly to the elusive Edward Snowden; much like the whistle blower who alerted us to...
“I should make a stand on this land of war” –Bonnevilla [dropcap]H[/dropcap]ip-hop has always — at its core — been an underdog sport; although it’s often used as a cash cow for those more focused on material elements...