The 90’s hip-hop sound had a very specific sound/feel to it. It’s often duplicated, and many artists claim to be “bringing it back”…but it’s not that simple. The music we grew up on was driven less by money...
Welcome to AAHIPHOP Radio – a new pilot initiative here at aboveaveragehiphop.com. We’re going to be bringing you dope monthly mixes, and giving our unsigned submission a chance to get some shine at the same time. We’ll be...
We put songs that we feel strongly about in, essentially, a better position to be heard. Nowadays artists have a sea of options to share their music, including services like Bandcamp and the ever-popular behest that is Soundcloud....
Are mixtapes dead? Yes – well, actually…no. Kind of? I mean, as a format, yes. Handing a copy of your burned cd to someone is essentially the same as a grocery store or bank handing out promotional frisbees...
It’s always interesting to me that when it comes to comic book characters, illustrated stories of their origins are treasured and adorned with monetary value, yet the recorded/documented origins of our own cultural characters often gets the “blahzay”...
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...
First it was vinyl, then cassette tapes and next CDs. With the decline of cassette tapes and physical cds being sold it’s strange to hear that [newly pressed] records are on the raise. In 2014, almost eight million...