Crowd Sourcing Platforms = Independent Music 2.0

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...

Could Vinyl Make A Full Comeback?

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...

Tidal: Revolutionary or Nah?

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...

Matthew Daniels: Hip-Hop by the Numbers

“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...

Venomiss Interview

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....

Madvillainy: 11 Years Later

“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...

Respect The Photographer

“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...

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