While a slew of fresh faces stole headlines last year, few captured the attention of pontiffs like A$AP Rocky did. The 24-year-old, New York native crafted an indelible style, one that seamlessly blends grizzled street [...]
Because there’s more to hip-hop than doobage and riches, even “Super Nintendo” and “Sega Genesis” – see life – The New York Times has brought back their partnership with nerdy, yet endearing educational rhyming platform, [...]
Releasing an album after only one year is a bold move, even for an eccentric soul like Wiz Khalifa. He’s a pop rapper who doesn’t regularly indulge in heady lyricism. So it’s a wonder as to what [...]
When MCs from Yonkers and Staten Island meet lyrical sparks will fly. The only question is – to what effect? For Wu-Block, a collaboration between Wu-Tang and D-Block, it’s a harmonious union, one that puts [...]
For his 11th studio album, lyrical juggernaut Nasir Jones teamed up with the enigmatic Lauryn Hill for the “Life is Good/Black Rage” tour. Together, they descended upon Chicago’s Congress Theater, and with them a drove [...]
When Public Enemy decided to release two albums in one year they made sure to explain that both are one of a kind – completely separate projects standing on their own two feet. But the way The Evil [...]
For his third album, 18 Months, producer/DJ/singer Calvin Harris made a concerted effort to step away from the vocal booth in order to focus primarily on production. He makes a few cameos here and there, [...]
As a lyricist K’naan is as skilled and thoughtful as they come. But for Country, God or the Girl it couldn’t be further from the truth. His goal here is to reach a wider audience. It’s [...]
Kreayshawn, for the non 38-million of you who haven’t heard her single ”Gucci Gucci” yet, exploded late 2011 out of Oakland with her brand-repping infectious brat-rap style [LISTEN]: One big room full of bad bitches One big [...]
Kendrick Lamar has the ability to take a contrived metaphor that should by all accounts be annoying after a single use and build an entire song off it. The newest single from his upcoming good [...]
