“I don’t want to be known as just a “rapper,” I want to be more than that.” —Meechi Blanco [dropcap]A[/dropcap] new project came across my desk today; State College, Pennsylvania, rapper Meechi Blanco is youthful, clever, nerdy, and...
“I ain’t no gangsta man, but I be with the gangstas, man.” –EJ Carter [dropcap]G[/dropcap]odfather of the Panic Flow, leader of the R$F Regime [which is an acronym for Redshirt Freshman], rapper, singer, producer, engineer, videographer and photographer,...
“It’s been tough to be a Gucci friend, a Gucci sibling, a Gucci girlfriend or a Gucci partner. I done took people through a lot, man.” —Gucci Mane; New York Times Ol’ Dirty Bastard wasn’t — by any...
“That’s my goal. To be known for something different. I want to be a pioneer in my field, of my generation.” –Skiggz [dropcap]P[/dropcap]eople love a good “follow your dreams” story — and as such, it’s a common theme...
A new album came across my desk today — all the way from Bridgeport Connecticut. Member of the DertGang, which is an affiliated off-shoot of Dirtbag Clothing [a brand that gained notoriety earlier this year due to a...
Honesty, substance, realness, bars and hella bass — that’s what [Geoffrodamus] delivers. –AAHIPHOP [dropcap]A[/dropcap] new album made its way across my desk today, all the way from Albuquerque, New Mexico. A young rapper by the name of Geoffrodamus...
I’m a writer — obviously — and I’m usually on it. But I must admit, for a good part of the early 2000s, I was an artist myself, slugging it out in the studio, flipping through beat tapes,...
Dr. Dre once famously said that this [music] business is entertainment; to believe it to be anything else then that would be “stupid [sic].” ScHoolboy Q, when examined under this lens — for me — has made him...