Vibes In the City is not just your ordinary showcase for musicians to display their talents. It’s a chance for artists to network with other artists around Newark. This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing some of...

Keith’ has created a triangular balance of rap, pop, and R&B with this single that’s more captivating than corny, a difficult feat to pull off within these genres as of late. — Jason Randall Smith (Impose Magazine) Jersey-Born...

Above Average Hip Hop brings you Fire Fridays! Every Friday we will list our top five songs of the week. From Billboard charting hits to up and coming underground artists, we leave no stone unturned. Feel like a...

We’ve featured rapper MPYRE here on AAHIPHOP in the past — here’s a refresher. This time around, though, I sat with his full mixtape, TWO-STOCK. Let me back up, I’m getting too excited. MPYRE is a Philapino rapper...

Dead Reputation, the trio of 22-year-old NXUS, Delirious Beats (producer/engineer) and Rake (writer/videographer/film editor/photographer), certainly have a lot going for them. They have the type of sound and imagery that gives writers like me what can only be...

Lavell William Crump, known to the masses as David Banner, released his first solo album Mississippi: The Album about 13 years ago; but he’s not letting up. Banner still manages to keep his presence very relevant from movies,...

Major key alert: congratulations are in order for Snapchat’s favorite user, DJ Khaled. It’s been reported that the DJ and Snapchat King is expecting his first child with his fiancée, Nicole Turk. So naturally, I decided to go...

There comes a point in every musician’s career when a proverbial crossroad lies ahead, and a choice must be made. Do they continue to make the records that the people need and want, or do they bury those...