2006: Another One Bites The Dust
Jan 15, 2007The best (and some of the worst) of 2006.... Just in time for February!
Line for line: EPMD - Chill
Dec 13, 2006Sermon’s metaphor is a little unusual. He brags about being too tiny to be seen by the naked eye, a dubious virtue.
Cut Chemist Interview
Dec 13, 2006agent b speaks with Cut Chemist about vinyl, parting ways with Jurassic 5 and what's under Numark's hat.
Line for Line: Oh No feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow - T. Biggums
Jul 30, 2006Dudley Perkins puts himself in the shoes of America’s hopelessly addicted, expressing pain and vulnerability that few rappers would even attempt to understand.
Blog-Marketing Case Study: What is A Piece of Strange?
May 04, 2006These case studies will look at how hip-hop projects can make use of blogging as a marketing tool
Dropping Science With Large Professor!
Apr 01, 2006Large Professor ruminates on who is really dropping science.
Hip-Hop's Unknown Legends: The Anticon Crew
Apr 01, 2006Hey kids! Ever wonder what your favorite hipster magazines really wish they could write about while they’re out covering Fabolous and Young Jeezy?
The World Misses Jay Dee
Feb 16, 2006Most of us probably didn't realize until we heard the news that the potential loss would feel like losing a relative. Or that it would be possible that we could come together afterwards and mourn like a family.
Hip-Hop's Mysteries of the Unexplainable
Feb 15, 2006Amateur paranormal snoop and ill-informed hip-hop aficionado Rat Banjos explores the eerie other-worldly events that have shaken the rap world...
A Queens Lineage: Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Jan 25, 2006In Mobb Deep's extended family, professional and musical expertise is ritually transmitted from one generation to the next.
2005: We Reminisce Over You
Jan 06, 2006At long last, our utterly arbitrary collection of lists summarizing the year in hip-hop
Line for line: Devin the Dude - Briarpatch
Nov 29, 2005Brer Rabbit loafs about, steals from the fruits of others' labor, woos women away from his oppressors and insults his rivals. His cleverness and ability to use words to get ahead of a world of opponents should make him a very familiar figure to the hip-hop generation.
Line For Line: Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
Nov 08, 2005“Hell on Earth" offers us a nightmare street vision where Queensbridge is one ring in the larger inferno of New York. Grab your fireproof black Timbs and let’s take a look…
Damage Ya Whole Era: 1992
Nov 01, 2005Between scrubs strutting in lavender Cross Colours pantaloons and overly defensive wiggers traipsing around in billowy overalls, something’s gotta give.
Line for line: Ice Cube - Jackin' For Beats
Oct 20, 2005In Cube’s estimation, there is no funk without righteous rage, and there is no creative process without an explicit and deliberate critique of the status quo.
Soldiering on through Bucktown
Oct 08, 2005On Dah Shinin', Smif n Wessun portrayed their home streets as the battleground for two similarly militaristic forces: Hoods and Pigs.
Joe Fatal, Folk Hero
Sep 27, 2005Contrary to popular belief, somebody dared to rap after Nas on "Live At the BBQ."
Time Travelin' with the Genius
Sep 19, 2005Kevin Beacham sat down with The Genius to speak about slaying MCs in the rec-room era and life before the Wu-Tang Clan.
How Digable Planets Straight New Yorked You
Sep 10, 2005"The defined mission is to speak perfect slang and emulate the chillest villains of Blaxploitation, to be slick yet gutter, to look fresh but remain largely unseen."
R.H.S. takes a look back at Blowout Comb.
White Boys - ...On A Mission
Sep 10, 2005The gentlemen on the cover of this album are not spandex-wearing, feathered hair sissies, but true metal fans who wear acid-washed jeans and carry hairbrushes in their back pockets.
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Sep 10, 2005As a group, all Black Moon wanted to do on Enta Da Stage was whatever the fuck they wanted. Their rogueishness throughout this record is contagious.
Line for line: Ghostface Killah - Woodrow skit
Sep 10, 2005What Wu-Tang does so well is tell stories, and the skits on Wu-Tang albums can sometimes be the purest form of those stories.
Ignorance In Effect
Sep 10, 2005The villains of hip-hop videos have long been overlooked and marginalized. In the spirit of shining light on the unrecognized, we caught up with Ignorance, Jeru The Damaja’s arch-nemesis and rap video legend.
L'Trimm - Grab It!
Sep 10, 2005L'Trimm, which is French for "The Trimm," consists of Chicago-born Bunny D and New-York born Tigra...
