Features, Special 2006 was a year filled with comebacks, delayed releases, and pleasant surprises. With the eruption of the Game’s Doctor’s Advocate, the critical content of The Roots Game Theory, the seemingly unbelievable track “Black Republican†from Nas’s Hip Hop is Dead,…
Features, Special The mixtape genre has seen a crazy rate of evolution over the past few years; the fact that we still call them “mixtapes†when we can’t find a tape to save our lives is pretty ironic. In 2006, artists were…
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…
Features, Special With the ever-evolving dominance of mainstream hip-hop and the industry over what was once an art-form primarily represented in the streets, it is important to acknowledge and pay respects to those artists who are still doing it independently. With budgets…
Features, Special It’s a basic concept – take the components of any successful hip-hop album, put them on a video and sell it for the same price as an album. With advances in technology, and hip-hop’s continued mainstream rise, this year, the…
Features, Special A picture says a thousand words but for many hip-hop album covers there often aren’t a thousand words to be said. The typical hip-hop album cover displays a portrait of the rapper with the album title sprawled across the bottom,…
Features, Special Rap videos have become somewhat formulaic over the years. Rent the latest cars for whip appeal, hire the finest in video girls, add some flashy jewelry and the infamous entourage and a chart topping video is born. In the midst…
Features, Special It was a good year, to rephrase Ice Cube, for those who like sneakers more than they aught. New technology was unveiled, legacies continued and revered favorites were resurrected. Indeed, the past couple years have seen more technological innovation than…
Features, Special Determining the Top 10 Breakthrough Streetwear Labels of 2006 was not an easy task. With new T-Shirt companies and start up urban clothing lines emerging at even faster rates all over the globe, finding those labels that really made an…
Features, Special In England, hoodies are known as the clothing of choice by hooligans. That’s why a lot of establishments in the UK, especially malls, have banned entry to those wearing them. It seems anyone rocking a hoodie can’t be trusted these…
