As autumn temps begin to drop, New Jersey-based MC Topaz Jones offers up a slice of West Coast warmth. His new single, “Get Lost,” finds the rapper California […]
NEW MUSIC: Phil Adé – War of the R.O.S.E.
Breaking a hip-hop act in the District of Columbia has been proven a mounting feat in the wake of Southern bass domination. The region of the East coast […]
PHOTOGRAPHY: The Northern Face of Hip Hop, Viking Rappers
Writer/director Simen Braathen and photographer Martin Johansen devoted two years to documenting the Norwegian rap scene and the different regions that make up the movement. Viking Rappers: from New York to the […]
OPINION: Brad Paisley’s “Accidental Racist” feat. LL Cool J
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSurzeGvPrQ[/youtube] Disclaimer: I am a Brad Paisley fan. His music is the perfect blend of Wal-Mart country, old school country, and more effortlessly soulful than so-called soulful country […]
ART: Jay Shells Posts Up on the Blocks: Rap Quotes Street Art Project
NYC based website Animal released a short video documenting street artist/communication designer Jay Shells’ Rap Quotes project. The artist manufactured signs featuring quotes from classic rap music […]
Event: BMI’s How I Wrote That Song, Los Angeles, CA
EVENT: BMI’S How I Wrote That Song, Los Angeles, CA. Roxy Theater, West Hollywood, CA. February 9, 2013 There is something about songcraft. The art of songwriting is […]
ART: Rap Coloring Book
Bun B has created a Jumbo Coloring & Rap Activity Book that is looking pretty fresh with the inclusion of many new cats like Kendrick Lamar, French Montana […]
REVIEW: Ryan Leslie – Les Is More
I love most things in the 1990s; with the exception that it was a time when everyone thought they could rap. Singers and artists from Prince to Big […]
Interview: Ayana Soyini: Femcee 2.0
Gritty & intimate, profound & simple, the EP is a teaser, a small appetizer that may leave some listeners wanting more; while with others, Soyini’s sound takes root, promising the griot’s latest productions are to bloom.