There are almost a million British Jamaicans living in the UK, many of whom either came over or are the children of people who came over in the 1950s when the ... Read More...
Hip-Hop has always been reverent of jazz, yet oftentimes rap producers use jazz sampling as mere means to a new end. The masters from Pete Rock to Buckwild to ... Read More...
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No pun intended, but this is a bit of an odd album. This is the album that really blew Frank Ocean up in a big way. This is the album Jay-Z was listening to wh... Read More...