Is Action Bronson the best white rapper around these days? Granted, that title has less significance or stigma since the days when MC Serch locked a bunch of whack ones in a house and made them do tricks and rap for peanuts. As Yelawolf noted in his BET Cypher, there are a lot to pick...
With the critically-acclaimed #10Day ‘tape, a co-sign by Childish Gambino and multiple performances around the country, Chance The Rapper’s buzz is at an all-time high. That said, the Save Money representative proved this past Friday, that it’s just the beginning with the sky truly being the limit. The exclamation point coming in the form of...
“You losing to Dilla, you losing to Godzilla.” If you google “Plateau Vision”, you’re likely to find a very old episode of Unsolved Mysteries in which a woman gets lost while taking a hike near her home. Family, friends, the full police department are all in full pursuit, and have come up with nothing after...
Big K.R.I.T.’s the most promising artist in the game right now. I will say that without a doubt, and proposition anyone who has a different view to please let me know. The native Mississippian is perfecting a sound that has seemingly been drowned out, a southern sound that incorporates a healthy dose of nostalgia, real life passion, soulful...
The road to success may be long and arduous, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be enjoyed. Such is a driving point for The Kid Daytona who mixes blood, sweat, and tears with all the finer things in life on his latest release, The Interlude II. The intersection of luxury and struggle has been present...
“Just a young ni**a from Homewood who started thinkin’ forward” raps the young MC in his closing track “So Long”. The line summarizes a lot of things about Rockie. No more than two years ago he was an unknown artist from Chicago. Now he is at the forefront of a crop of new young artists...
When you mix the slums of Philly, Bailman jeans, Rodarte sweaters, Martinelli apple juice, and weed together, The Dirty Middle Class emerges with countless forms of Hip Hop. “I’m a premium kind of n*gga. If you saw me walking down the street I’m like in Balmain and Timbs in the middle of the f*cking hood...
The Black Keys hit another level following the release of Brothers in 2010. The Keys were everywhere. They appeared on late-night TV, their songs showed up car commercials, movie soundtracks, they even collaborated with the likes of Dame Dash, Bun B, and other Hip Hop artists who had finally become, well, hipped. While the duo...
These are hard times. With the economy, global revolutions and civil unrest, it’s easy to see the state of the world and slip into pessimism. It’s interesting then that Common picks this time to release perhaps his most optimistic offering yet in The Dreamer, The Believer. The album, a sleek 12 songs, carries with it...
The story of troubled youth in an inner-city ghetto is a theme wholly synonymous with Hip Hop. The Roots themselves have explored the topic many times before, however undun takes it to another level. The concept album details the life of a hustler dubbed Redford Stephens, as he spirals into the depths of crime and sin, truly becoming...
