There is not one major label musician who can say that they do not run into label troubles or career setbacks resulting from internal problems. It is something that plagues new and old artists alike while depriving the starving ears of the fans who crave for a new meal of music. Chicago native rap battle...
So time has said that our economy is to take a turn and our hip hop will follow. The broker our NYC pockets seem to get, the hungrier the emcees seem to get as well. Having personally known this guy right when he came down from his home in Rochester, it’s nice to see that...
This week we put the microscope on L.A.’s TiRon. Originally from the Chicagoland area, TiRon got a break when he moved to the sunshine state, his new(er) outlook, Ketchup Mixtape, and much more are on tap. Check out the First Look below.
The overseas Hip Hop collaboration has seen winners and losers. Since losers get nothing, we won’t even mention those failed cross-Atlantic partnerships, and skip to the one that arguably shine’s the brightest. I’m referring to Phonte’s file-sharing experiment with Nicolay that has since become known as The Foreign Exchange, which witnesses an emcee from...
Colin Munroe put out a cover of Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights”, and a year and some change later is opening up for Wale’s national tour, has a critically acclaimed and bloggerific mixtape, and is readying a Dallas Austin assisted debut LP. Mike Maven is hoping for a similar result, after his acoustic cover of “Amazing”...
(Left to Right: Rio, and Nez) Where would music be without the production duo? Gamble & Huff, Cool & Dre, Elton John and the dude he produced with, the Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin (Beastie Boys serving as one collective person)…Anyway, you get the picture. In this RH First Look, we turn the microscope...
Diversity is a constant running through our everyday lives. Constantly we see new people, places, and styles that are different. This everyday occurrence is not something new to music, everyday a new group comes out under the clear, yet simple, genre of experimental. Experimental, meaning leaving the limits to the end of the mind and...
When Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace crafted his debut album, Ready to Die, originally the song “Everyday Struggle” was slated to be the first single off the album. The sample (“Either Way” – Dave Grusin) was a favorite in the Bad Boy studio, everyone planned for the track to be a hit and something that would...
The image of a poet is often that of a lonely and isolated drunk, or perhaps a love torn romantic, pen in hand, rage in eyes, and chain on desk. Maybe you’re more familiar with the poet as the guy or girl that, TALKS like THIS about THINGS. Maybe your poet is one of...
This past summer I had a great opportunity to interview suburbanite sensation, Asher Roth. At the time, he was the buzz on MySpace, highlighting himself as the realest thing from the ‘burbs through viral videos and playful lyrics. This career through MySpace eventually paid off, landing him in the hands of industry executive Scooter Braun....
