photos: Victoria Ford/Sneakshot Photography “Who woulda thunk?” That’s the opening line in Nas: Time Is Illmatic; an independent film about the making of Nas‘ legendary first album. Time […]
MUSIC: Rich Medina & The Marksmen – Ill MIC tic
Rich Medina & The Marksmen decided to pay tribute to two greats by remixing them together. In celebration of Michael Jackson’s birthday and the 20 year anniversary of […]
MUSIC: Your Old Droog – Sleepers
A month ago a little known rapper named Your Old Droog set the hip-hop nerd internet on fire by dropping a group of songs that sounded like the […]
REVIEW: Omar – The Man
Reality. As we grow older each day, we watch our heroes, our idols, our favorite artists, etc. get old — or just older. Artists, like athletes, rarely age […]
REVIEW: Omar – The Man
Reality. As we grow older each day, we watch our heroes, our idols, our favorite artists, etc. get old — or just older. Artists, like athletes, rarely age […]
OPINION: Let The Rapper Wars Begin
Kendrick Lamar sent out a missive that echoed across the hip-hop world that even mainstream press covered it; the closest we’ve come to such a widespread call to […]
PLAYLIST: The Baker’s Dozen – Vinyl Wishlist
Welcome to another installment of The Baker’s Dozen, a feature in which I will deliver a playlist of some of the things I’ve been listening to lately and […]
LINEUP: Governor’s Ball 2013 Lineup Announced
Though it’s still January, the Festival season will soon be upon us and today Founders Entertainment released the lineup for this year’s Governor’s Ball in NYC. Held […]
CONTEST: Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill: The Life is Good/Black Rage Tour
When we heard that two of Hip-Hop’s lyrical luminaries, Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill, announced that they were hitting the road together for their Life Is Good/Black Rage […]
LIVE: Rock the Bells, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ
Photos: Victoria Ford/Sneakshot The Couch Sessions was in full effect at this year’s Rock The Bells festival in Holmdel, NJ. The two day event featured Slaughterhouse, Jadakiss, Ice […]