The Return of Clean
Masta Ace is a legend who keeps coming with fire. He is the only member of the Juice crew to continue making dope music at a high level and I think a lot of that is because he is a master of the concept album. From “Disposable arts” to “long hot summer” ace has carved … Read More “MASTA ACE-THE FALLING SEASON” »
One of the most beautiful parts of hip-hop is the fact people tend to rework previously classic works into new songs from their perspective. This is done in other Genres as well of course but in Hip-hop it is a lot different due to the collage art nature of the genre itself i.e. crafting new … Read More “Rico Suede and Joey Lavander – Sometimes” »
yy De la soul recently gave us a teaser EP to hold us over until the release of their full length. Now they are celebrating the release of their classic “De la soul is dead” with the release of a unreleased song from “De la soul is dead” entitled “sho nuff”. This track was produced … Read More “De la soul-sho nuff” »
All De la soul fans know about their epic kickstarter campaign that funded the legendary hip-hop groups latest effort yet to be release because of distribution and artist clearance issues. Well the plugs have decided to give us a free EP to hold us over while everything is cleared up for the official summer release … Read More “De La Soul-For your pain and suffering” »
Bonebreaker Jones has dropped his latest ep “revenge of the nerds”. It pays homage sonically to hip-hop circa 88-94 and if you listen to bonebreakers cadence and delivery you will see why he has the nick name “the futuristic throwback”. This is not a concept album given the title, as much as a straight forward … Read More “Bonebreaker Jones- revenge of the nerds” »
Somewhere between poet and emcee sits Bentley. His album “street knowledge” plays like a modern blaxsploitation soundtrack, with each track being stories and perspective from a young man struggling with the harsh reality of life from a lense of a poor kid in the south. The beats are trap influenced with a soul samples mixed … Read More “Bentley-Street Knowledge” »
It is finally here….Dr Grabow “operation code Kansas” the full length from the Alabama abstract wordsmith. In lieu of the loss of phife this is like a tribute to sound created by the native tongue with a southern flare. Big Craz bka Dr Grabow puts together his flow in a intricate borderline encrypted manor that … Read More “Craz Dr Grabow-operation code kansas” »
Verbal Kent (of Ugly Heroes) and !llMind (platinum producer) have teamed up to give fans a free album the day after 4/20. The new LP is loaded with 13 new !llMind slaps and verses from Verbal Kent as raw as any he’s penned before. This is raw battle rap mixed with off-the-wall levity, bizarre metaphors, … Read More “Verbal Kent & !llmind – Weight of your world” »
Shaun Judah recently dropped a ep entitled the entitled lectures and it was dope…If you consider yourself a hip-hop head do yourself a favor and go download it asap(here). Now he is connecting with various indie producers around the world and in his base of operations Birmingham Alabama to give us more dope jawns to … Read More “62nd spazz x Shaun Judah produced by 16 bloxx” »
Needless to say we lost one of the all time greats when Malik Taylor aka Phife Dawg returned to the essence last month. Well almost as a goodbye in true emcee style his latest video appeared across the internet just two days ago and it is him doing what he does best, spitting hot memorable … Read More “Phife Dawg-Nutshell(produced by J dilla)” »
