“Eminem’s style was so free and I always wanted to have that in my music. I liked 50 cent’s arrogance. Then you have the conscious types like Kendrick and J.Cole…I incorporate all of that in my music.” –F.A.A.N.A.N....
“First N–ga taught that crippin’ to your kids, huh,” proclaims Snoop Dogg — and rightfully so. Unless the average middle class American [white] kid was jamming to groups to Compton’s Most Wanted, which wasn’t a sure bet in...
Here at aahiphop, we’re still not a level like Complex or Fader, so we had to watch Kanye’s new visual, “Famous,” like everyone else — live on Tidal X. What an experience. It was difficult, but I tried...
“Playing her (Angie Martinez) was like a dream.” –Lian Toni Amado The hip-hop community is buzzing about the release of the long-fabled Tupac biopic, All Eyes On Me. Like most of the world, we’ve been following the movie’s...
“As long as you have life, you can put up that fight!” — Cost Back in 2011, Bronx rapper, Cost, was looking for a band to back him for live performances. What he found is what we now,...
Master P [arguably] helped the southern hip-hop scene (specifically the NO) go mainstream, Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa contributed to making Pittsburgh a viable name in the game, and Drake pretty much made “the 6” a thing —...
“There’s no glory in keeping it real — most people can’t handle the truth.” That’s the type of gems you’re going to get from London, UK, rapper Elijah Kaizen. He’s an artist’s artist, who seems to exhibit the...
“I don’t think that there’s pressure on any females to be lyrical. I don’t think anyone looks for us to be lyrical anymore.” – Intelligenz When it comes to contemporary hip-hop, there seems to be a definitive blueprint...