“I never said, ‘give me the Prince or Michael Jackson hairstyle,’” says Utica, Mississippi-born, Chicago-living singer/songwriter Kentrell. What he is asking you give him is your attention, time, and optimism as he prepares for the 2010 release of his Jive Records debut album, U Will Believe. Taking musical inspiration from Michael Jackson and Prince, Kentrell...
How many times has an artist, regardless of genre, age, and skill said something that resembles, ‘man, you can just listen to this album front to back.’ We’ve all heard it, and here at Ruby Hornet, we don’t trust anyone. So, instead of taking these artists at their word, we’ve come up with a way...
I find it amusing how sometimes we as Hip Hop connoisseurs tend to only think good Hip Hop can come out of the three, or maybe four major cities in the United States: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta. Well, today we have a cat who is hailing from Hartford, Connecticut. Personally I...
Seeing pictures of Jamaica’s Jovi Rockwell, and hearing her dancehall heavy music could lead you to some guesses as to what album was first in her record collection. Perhaps you’d gander that her earliest influences were Jamaican in nature, filled with reggae, dancehall, and the cabaret of her father, Winston Sly Clarke. Going stateside...
To be totally honest when I think of Florida cutting-edge hip-hop doesn’t necessarily come to mind. In fact my knowledge of the scene there unfortunately stops short at a Rick Ross or Flo Rida, a shameful admission I know. But beyond the Hollywoodesque happenings of South Beach, and to my surprise, is a burgeoning scene...
My first meeting with A.J. Crew came at SoundScape studios, where I was working with Michael Kolar on something or other. I asked the kid if he was working on something at the time, and he said that he wasn’t, that he was just at SoundScape to hang out. What he really meant was watch...
Biting wouldn’t be an issue if it wasn’t prominent. Proven methods wouldn’t last the test of time if they didn’t work. While the middle ground between pure biting and pure originality is where most fall, and perhaps where the new innovations emerge, it is the biting that kills promising trends, and makes something creative...
Today we turn the First Look spotlight on Marion Write, hailing from Las Vegas by way of Virginia Beach. A lot of influential people have come out of the Commonwealth, including artists such as, N.E.R.D, The Clipse, Timberland, and Teddy Riley. Write took influences from Virginia, and relocated to Las Vegas, where he began pursuing...
“If you don’t have confidence in your work, why would you put it out in the first place?” says, Dave Coresh on the consistent amount of scrutiny he receives from the “anonymous haters” on Fake Shore Drive. Despite the negative comments, constructive criticism, and even praise, he continues to keep submitting music to FSD and...
I’ve been following Big Homie D.O.E. for a while now. His catchy hooks and lyrics to go along with them made him stand out amongst the pack, and his recent move to our homie Naledge’s Brainiac Society has only served to increase his visiblity, improve his work ethic, and place him in the right...
