For a certain age group the names Pete Rock and DJ Premier represent the gold standard for hip-hop production. For them these two credits automatically upgrade ... Read More...
It's been over ten years since Harlem's Smoke DZA first graced these webpages with his partner in rhyme Numbers and their mixtape "The Color of Money." Since re... Read More...
J Dilla's 2006 album "Donuts" is the instrumental hip-hop album that I compare all instrumental hip-hop albums against. What Dilla nailed with "Donuts" was usin... Read More...
In July RR received a press release promoting The Academy, billed as a new compilation conceived and organized by Kurupt that would be "a bi-coastal merging of... Read More...
Best shortstop of all time? Derek Jeter. Best "Rocky" film of all time? "III." Best Air Jordans of all time? XIs. Best producer of all time? Pete Rock. Glad th... Read More...
In an apparent quest to sign East Coast rap acts of both artistic and commercial merit in the early '90s, Elektra Records stumbled upon a certain Mount Vernon p... Read More...