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Beat Drop: The RZA.

As a Wu-Tang stan — and a stubborn one, at that — I always hated reading and hearing people say shit along the lines of the Wu being “over”, or “dead”, or trying to start rumors that they were “breaking up”. Yes, the quality of music coming from the Wu..



Is Hip-Hop Tripping Over Its Own Roots?.

The candidacy of Senator Barack Obama has put the Hip-Hop community in a unique position to affect a national election.  What that position is, exactly, is unclear. Many have characterized Rap artists as petty agitators.  Know nothings, who talk for the sake of hearing themselves talk, and have nothing substantial..

Yung Joc on a Crocs Tour.

While catching up on my ish, I noticed that Yung Joc is currently on a tour sponsored by Crocs.. really now?? Nothing says Hip-Hop elite like a tour sponsored by Crocs. Makes a Lugz sponsorship seems real nice. On that Wall Street Journal tip, I just hope Mr. Joc gets..

Remix Tuesdays: De La Soul.

Remix Tuesdays is temporarily going biweekly, sorry for the lateness on today’s instalment. I’m still trying to figure out whether or not I want to do this feature every week. “Stakes Is High” is a 1996 De La Soul single, produced by Jay Dee. It was released in support of..

Faith Evans – Keep the Faith, Book Review.

Faith Evans’ relevance to hip-hop and R&B has been cut down to her being one of the original members of the Bad Boy family and her being married to hip-hop’s beloved icon, The Notorious B.I.G. Faith, or (ghost?)writer Aliya S. King, recognizes this and opens the book with the night..

ML @ Virgin Mobile Festival 2008, Review.

(As you may know, I was kinda sick so it took a few days more than planned, but here it is, enjoy). It’s the third time ML has sweated out a weekend enthralled in great music courtesy of Baltimore’s Virgin Mobile Festival. Year 3 of the festival definitely brought its..