We’re trying something new with the unsigned hype section. Welcome to the second instalment of Playing 8 Questions With, where we bring you a quick Q&A with a curated up & coming artist. This week we talk to...
It’s no secret that the Brooklyn emcee/actor Mos Def is a fan of MF DOOM. Almost every rapper in that pocket is. How could you not be? His wordplay is godly – even if it almost seems jarringly...
Now we are here to collaborate with YOU, humanoid, on the most exciting project we’ve ever done. – De La Soul Yesterday I received an email from De La Soul [I’m on their mailing list] informing me that they...
A streaming music service owned by music artists will change the course of music history about as much as a Wal Mart employ owning a franchise of the store would change the course of retail history. Jay-Z’s new...
“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...
When it comes to female MC’s, who I always think of as just MC’s, they seem to fall into two distinct groups these days: those who have bars and those who lean on their sexuality as a crutch....
He still has bars on top of bars – stuffed with more bars; however this album seems far less rushed. As far as rap characters go, there aren’t many in the game with the background of overweight-spitter Action...