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At the turn of the millennium, alternative hip-hop label Def Jux was dropping some pretty avant garde shit. The game was in a weird place – the golden era was over, and we weren’t as deep in the musical...

“So nasty that it’s probably somewhat of a travesty…” — DOOM It’s all entertainment. When it comes to the rap game, you often need to take the character most artists portray both on stage – and on wax...

“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.” ― Ansel Adams Hip-hop has always been a very visual medium. Aside from the obvious audible aspect of...

“Do what you want kitties! Live your life and don’t let anyone tell you how to live it!” —Laya LaRoche As a preface, I’ll say that the R&B game is quite funny sometimes. Things come in waves, which...

I just keep going for what I know. Just doing it. Living it. Breathing it. – Moka Only There’s nothing like pure musical expression that comes from the heart. It’s hard to find in the mainstream (music scene),...

We’re trying something new with the unsigned hype section. Welcome to the first 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 Dunn,...

If there was one show that set the bar, and arguably still stands as a benchmark for hip-hop radio, it’s the duo of Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito. They always say hip-hop doesn’t live on the radio, but that...

Who is realer than Mobb Deep? I mean from Loud, to G-Unit, to Havoc losing his phone at a gas station (come on son), the Mobb consistently delivers quality street music. If Prodigy’s novel – which is extremely...