Riley

After announcing that he was in home hospice care on his website on May 1st, blues legend Riley “BB” King passed away peacefully this past weekend. He will – and should – be remembered for not only is...

Sugar Tongue Slim, also known to the world as STS, has an interesting background. He first got his foot in the door when he helped pen the song Oh by Ciara – random right? Well, he’s worked (in various capacities)...

Welcome to AAHIPHOP Radio – a new pilot initiative here at aboveaveragehiphop.com. We bring you dope monthly mixes, and give our unsigned submissions a chance to get some shine at the same time. We’ll be reserving 2-3 slots...

Tensions between record labels and music artists have existed since, well, the beginning of the music industry. Hip-Hop didn’t begin with commercial aspirations, so when big business stepped it, many of the genre’s architects were taken advantage of,...

On Halloween-eve 2001, Farewell Fondle ‘Em dropped and signalled the end of an era. Fondle ‘Em, owned and operated by Bobbito Garcia (of Stretch Armstrong Show fame), dropped a series of vinyl-only gems between 1995 and 2001. A...

Every month, we here at Above Average Hip-Hop choose one unsigned artist to profile/review. This month I was put on to a young brother by the name of Kid Cubicle hailing from New Jersey. His latest release, Mind...

This past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of the classic album Sittin’ On Chrome by Masta Ace Incorporated – a short lived group formed by Masta Ace shortly after the release of his debut album. To help put...

“Dreams and schemes to make a knot… I sat on the stove and wrote C.R.E.A.M., one blunt 2 o’clock…” —Raekwon from the song Heated Nights Look, do you like Raekwon? Done – you’ll love this album. That was...