Albums, New Releases, STD Hip-hop is in a state of resurgence, with lots of the elder rap statesmen getting back into the game. Instead of putting it down, most have come back jaded in their old age, preaching instead of grinding. While Nas acts…
Albums, New Releases, STD Hailing from under the wing of old school giant Scarface is a new hip hop trio called “The Product,†but it’s the lesser known two members that provide the new school energy. While Bay Area veteran Will Hen is a…
Albums, New Releases, STD Taib Kweli has never shied away from social commentary, and his newest album, Liberation, is no exception — it’s obvious from when you first cop the disc and see an image of Talib super-imposed on the statue of liberty. Can…
Features, Special 2006 was a pretty good year for hip hop. There are still some fans, though, that yearn for the good old days when rap meant basketball jerseys, backpacks, and so-called conscious lyrics. Hip-hop is dead says Mr. Nasir Jones and…
Albums, New Releases, STD Sometimes the South gets a bad rep. You have to look past the jeweled chalices and oversized tires. Boiled down, Southern hip hop is about making music without pretension, the everyman as artist. Nobody exemplifies this more than Memphis’ Project…
Albums, New Releases, STD Is there a bigger rap enigma than Mos Def? Andre 3000 is up there but I’m going with old Dante. On one hand, he’s among hip hop’s premier performers with charisma to spare and he has two certified classics under…
Albums, New Releases, STD While most eyes are planted firmly on the South, there’s another hub that’s been slowly flanking, ready to take hip-hop by surprise. Fifteen years ago, Common first described the Chicago landscape on “Can I Borrow A Dollar?†Over the last…
